Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:11 am (PST)
‘I have cured more than 1,000 cancer patients,’ says
Ramdev
‘By Preeti Kannan (Staff Reporter) Khaleej Times
24 January
2008
DUBAI - Baba Ramdev, the Indian yoga guru, claimed that he had
cured over 1,000 cancer patients through of the practice of yoga and breathing
techniques and also had proof to back his claims.
In an interview with
Khaleej Times, the 38-year-old yogic, who is in Dubai for the first time to
conduct a three-day yoga camp, said, “I have helped cure more than 1,000
people of cancer through yoga and pranayama (breathing techniques) over a
period of time and have scientific documentation to prove it. People who had
blood, uterus, breast and pituitary gland cancer and have had abnormal
parameters, now have normal parameters.”
The spiritual guru, known to
have had many a brush with controversies in the Indian subcontinent, however
added that, “I am not saying you should abandon chemotherapy, but people with
cancer can practise yoga alongside chemotherapy.”
Clad in saffron
robes, the austere yogic, who is on a flying visit and presently put up in a
plush villa in Bur Dubai, also discarded rumours that he could completely cure
HIV/AIDS, but asserted that the CD4 cell count, that strengthens the immune
system in HIV patients, had been increased and the effect of the virus
decreased. “Through the practice of pranayama and healthy food, we have been
able to help increase the CD4 count and decrease the presence of virus in the
body,” he said.
The Baba also remarked that the people, who
participated in his three-day yoga camp in Dubai, would definitely lose 2-4
kilos of weight. The yoga guru said, “I do not do any magic or miracle.
Neither do I give any false hopes to people. But everyone can see that people
who participate in the camp will lose 2-4 kilos in three days.”
Baba
Ramdev, who is eternally on a diet of fruits, vegetables and milk, emphasised,
“My one target is to create awareness in the Middle East on yoga and teach
people of its benefits. I have a vision to make man healthy through his inner
powers. Breathing techniques awaken the inner power and the requirement of
chemical, salt and hormone in the body reduces.”