AFVOA Newletters of Year 2005

Page 32 of 75 ~ Merrick Furst Obituary 45. Members of the AFOVA mourned the demise of the following: a) Maj S Veeraswami, Engrs passed away on 23 rd March 2005. He lived at No 43, Flat No 4, 1 st Floor, Vijaya Raghava Road, TNagar, Chennai – 600 017. Telephone: 2815 3651. b) Capt PS Sankaranarayanan, passed away on 27 th March 2005. He lived at New No 3, (Old No 2), Padmanabha Nagar V Street, Adyar, Chennai – 600 020. Telephone: 2491 3381. c) Mrs. Ramani Thomas, (wife of Brig PJ Thomas), died on 04 th April 2005, and was buried the same day. She lived at 161 Defence Officers Colony, Ekkaduthangal, Chennai 600 032; Telephone 2234 8655. We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright.. ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe~ (1749 – 1832; German Poet, Novelist Honey and cinnamon Introduction 46. It is found that mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most of the diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Ayurvedic as well as yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries. Scientists of today also accept Honey as a Ram Ban (Very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today’s science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients also. A famous magazine named weekly world news published in Canada dated 17 January, 95 has given a list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists. 47. Arthritis Take one part of honey to 2 parts of Luke warm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two. Or arthritis patients may daily, morning and night take one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If drunk regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research done at the Copenhagen university, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon of honey and half teaspoon of cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month , mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain. 48. Hair loss Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx 15 min and then wash the hair. It was found to be very effective if kept for 5 minutes also. 49. Bladder infections