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patients. He found that those patients who religiously follow the yoga and meditation regime start exhibiting improvement and their symptoms of angina become milder. He concluded that while all did not respond to the spiritual healing, 30-40% patients were benefited. Their angiography results were wonderfully encouraging and out of them around 15-20% sufferers reported reduction in their blockages.
Dr. Arvind Jain, renowned physician at M.G. Hospital, Jodhpur has published a separate study on 25 heart patients. On his instructions, these patients regularly practiced Pranayam. Kayotsrg and Preksha for six consequetive months. Out of these 10 individuals reported positive results. Their blood cholesterol reduced to normal, chest pain subsided and echo cardiograph showed enhanced heart efficiency. His findings can be tabulated as follows
Average Anginal Average Maximum Number of Patients
Pain Per Day ST Depression in ECG Age Males Females Total Before After Before After 31-45 03 - 03 0.8+0.6 0.6+0.4 2.1 1.4
Segments Segments 46-6011 04 | 15 Time Elapsed during T.M.T. before pain starts61+ | 04 03 07 - 6.9 Minutes Before Preksha Grand
- 9.2 Minutes After Preksha 18
25 Total
07
Analyzing above table Dr. Jain observed that Preksha meditation acts in two ways - one, by reducing Lipoprotein in the blood and another, by inhibiting Platelets to cumulate.
A particularly helpful mean of Preksha is suggested by Mahapragya. He asks the people to echo a particular sound of Lnnn... According to him, this reverberating sound excites the Parasympathetic System which, in turn, relaxes the coronary artery and resultantly increases the blood flow. Results obtained during Preksha meditation on the patients of valve dysfunction, Myocardium and Pericardium are also encouraging. If these observations can be verified on medical grounds, it will be a great help to the mankind.
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