The land and seed traditional theory of health

IF 0.2 4区 医学 Q4 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL West Indian Medical Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-05 DOI:10.7727/WIMJ.2013.159
J. Jainarinesingh
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The 'land and seed' theory hinges on the principles and practice of Ayurvedic medicine which postulates that, "if you are strong enough, cancer does not stand a chance". The theory expounds that the human body is the 'land' and all the cancercausing pathogens are the 'seed.' The theory further expands that if a seed is strong and the land is infertile, but the environment is supportive to cancer, the disease might probably stand a chance of attacking the body. An easy and accessible defence is to minimize your environmental risks eg do not smoke, avoid situations of second-hand smoke and maintain a healthy lifestyle to ward off the ravages of cancer. A worse-case scenario would be where the seed is good – the risks of cancer are high with perhaps free radicals – the land is rich and fertile ie you do not have effective immunity to disease, and the environment supports the prevalence of disease. This may become a reality if you reside on top of a toxic waste dump in which case you run a high risk of being affected by pathogens. Fortunately, Ayurveda presents a remedy or a prescription that assists in creating 'infertile land' ie a body that is so strong that it will not support the invasion of cancer (1).
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土地与种子传统健康理论
“土地和种子”理论依赖于阿育吠陀医学的原则和实践,该医学假设,“如果你足够强壮,癌症就没有机会”。该理论阐述了人体是“土地”,一切致癌病原体是“种子”。该理论进一步扩展到,如果种子很强壮,土地很贫瘠,但环境有利于癌症,那么疾病可能有机会攻击身体。一个简单易行的防御措施是尽量减少你的环境风险,例如不吸烟,避免二手烟,保持健康的生活方式,以抵御癌症的侵袭。一种更糟糕的情况是,种子是好的——患癌症的风险很高,可能有自由基——土地肥沃肥沃,你对疾病没有有效的免疫力,环境支持疾病的流行。如果你住在有毒废物堆上,这可能会成为现实,在这种情况下,你被病原体感染的风险很高。幸运的是,阿育吠陀提供了一种疗法或处方,帮助创造“贫瘠的土地”,即一个如此强壮的身体,它不会支持癌症的入侵(1)。
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