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MUMBAI: Did you know that flowers not only look good and smell
good, but also have remarkable healing properties. In the latest
episode of Mano Ya Na Mano being telecast on Star One on Friday,
January 19 at 11 p.m., noted actress Bhumika Chawla explores the
exotic world of Flower Therapy and discovers not only the flower
essence that can help her hair grow, but also the way a unique doctor
couple Dr.Atul and Rupa Shah are using flower essences to cure their
patients, some of them suffering from incurable diseases.
Dr. Atul and Rupa Shah who have researched and compiled a unique
list of Indian flowers and their healing properties say that the
Ashoka flower helps overcome grief and is hence grown around graves.
The Parijaat flower is for Sadness and is grown around graves.
The Lotus represents purity, and is offered to Goddess Laxmi for
Prosperity. It is therefore a Spiritual enhancer. The Jasmine flower
is known for being a sexual enhancer and is used as Gajra, veni,
and garlands for weddings.
Rajnigandha and Raat rani are also used for the same purpose. The
Temple tree has a great fragrance and is used as a crown worn during
wedding decorations, symbolising love, partnership and harmony.
Marigold flowers and tulsi flowers help ward off evil.
Bougainvillea is used in fencing as it offers protection.
The Peepal tree is a tree of wisdom and meditation and helps enhance
spiritual learning.
Banyan tree is good for business transactions and wisdom related
to money matters and in general life.
Flower Therapy is a complimentary therapy like many others but
one should not confuse it with Aromatherapy.
In an intimate tete-a-tete with Bhumika Chawla they also reveal
the unusual way in which they collect the flower essence without
plucking or destroying the flower. They have devised a special instrument
for collecting flower essences from forests and mountains without
having to destroy the flower. In Mano Ya Na Mano Bhumika Chawla
goes through a process of self-analysis and discovers fascinating
facts about flower essences, a little-known aspect of India's healing
tradition, from India's pioneering doctor couple.
Bhumika Chawla says," I have seen this kind of use of flower
essences to treat people for the first time ever. It is hard to
believe that a flower essence could even heal broken bones after
an accident but I actually met the person who was healed, and that
to in much quicker time then through conventional medicine. For
me it was really Mano Ya Na Mano!"
In another segment of this episode of Mano Ya Na Mano, Producer
and Director Siddharth Kak visits a forest and mountains in distant
Philippines to explore the mystery behind the amazing Mummies of
Kabayan and the strange curse that is visited upon the people if
the mummies are disturbed in their remote caves in the high mountains.
He discovers the unbelievable secret of the Mummies that has been
hidden from the world. The tribal community of Kabayan is the only
one in the world that begins the process of mummification even before
the person has died!
Siddharth Kak says," I was astounded to see the amazing rituals
of the tribals to avoid the curse of the Mummies. I had to climb
almost a kilometre straight up a steep hill before I could reach
the remote cave in which the Mummies were kept. They were all in
a crouching position because they were mummified sitting on a chair
that was kept in the centre of the tribal families home. I can never
forget the experience."
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