little frightening. Anyway I
did the normal things such as chant Hare Krsna as well as Nrsimha mantras.
This didn`t seem to work as I kept getting them again and again. Finally I
took some L-Tryptophane (1000mg) an amino acid, which I keep on my night
stand and went back to sleep. I slept very soundly and was not bothered by
nightmares again.
L-Tryptophane is totally safe as it is an amino acid and is found in large
quantities in many of the foods that we eat. So it is not a drug nor does it
have side effect (of course if you take too much of anything it`s not good).
It is a pre-cursor [sic] to serotin which is a natural tranquilizer
manufactured by the brain. It helps to establish the brain`s chemistry.
Along with DL-Phenylalanine it is used as a natural `tranquilizer` and it
helps to promote sleep. I often take it alone (on sleepless nights) in a
dosage of 500-1000mg. As I said before it is a precursor [sic] to serotonin.
It was found in studies that serotonin was one of the main brain checmicals
that was affected by LSD and its associated hallucinations and psychomimetic
effects. ...
Take this at night before retiring (1000mg) with water on an empty stomach
(no proteins or the amino acids will combine). It is very cheap."
So this is in our "For what its worth" department as a personal testimony
from a devotee of something which can help.
Perhaps some should try it?
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(Comment in (Text 26333) by Rati d.d.)
(Text 26333) 23-Aug-88 13:00 /0 lines/ Rati d.d.
Receiver: Practical Medicine <87>
Comment on: (Text 26246) by Harikesa Swami
Subject: Discovery by Symasundar das
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dear sri visnupada,
please accept my humble obeisances.
question to sound sleep:
in theletter are two substances mentioned, L-Tryptophane and
DL-Phenylalanine.
Which of the two should be used?
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(Comment in (Text 26336) by Harikesa Swami)
(Text 26336) 23-Aug-88 13:23 /0 lines/ Harikesa Swami
Receiver: Practical Medicine <88>
Comment on: (Text 26333) by Rati d.d.
Subject: Discovery by Symasundar das
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L-Tryptophane, obviously.
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(Text 35760) 21-Nov-88 19:23 /70 lines/ Kardama muni das
Receiver: Practical Medicine <89>
Subject: Brahmastrajuice.
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Shyama Sundara prabhu wanted me to put this on the conference.
He starts:
My personal recipe for Brahmastra juice is superior to others that are
circulating because it is more effective and tastes much better as well,so
that you will take it thus getting the effects. Make a large batch and
drink it as hot as you can stand itthrough out the winter and any time you
are feeling ill due to cold in the stomach i.e. mucous problems( which is
centered in the lungs). One of thethree causes of diseases according tp
the ayurveda is improper diet which leads to digestive problems and build
up of aam, undigested food in the system which becomes toxic. This aam
settles inone of the three doshas,kapha (mucous causing), pitta (heat
causing) and vatta (vayu) ;and vitiates it. Sometimes more than one is
affected or all three, these are serious cases. I don`t want to go into
details of ayurvedic theory ( I studied it while in India, my astrology
teacher was a Vaidya(physician). The essence is this; when the body gets
cold because of suppression for some reason, of the fire of digestion, the
fluids and tissues also getcold. When this happens they get more viscous
(thick) and become breeding places for germs which are ever present in
the body. It is easely seen that when gee or any oil is hot it flows very
easy and is thinn and runny. But when they get cold they solidify in the
case of ghee or get very thick This is what happens in your body. By
stimulating the fire of digestion, you dramatically increase the heat in
your body which dissolves and thins out the mucous. It the either dries
out or becomes very easy to expecturate. Your whole metabolism become
stimulated and you actually digest all the mucuos causing agents and burn
them up, thus detoxifying your system and increasing your power to digest.
Now the formula:
Pure water, ginger (raw, grated or dries), black pepper. These are the
main ingredients. For 1l of water you can use about 100 gm. ginger and
15-30ml. blackpepper. You can vary the quantities to suit your taste.
Experiment.
Ideally, you start with 2l of water and boil the water down to 1l with the
ginger and pepper, this is not so necesarry. Otherwise just boil (low
boli) 1l of water with the two spieces for 15 min. Then add 15-30 ml
fennel,
15-30 ml licorice root, 10-15 cloves , 1-2 cinnamonsticks, 5-15 ml nutmeg
or ma same amount of allspice (optional). Then cover the pot and simmer on
low heat for 5-10 min. Meanwhile powder some cardamon seeds 15-30 ml and
squeeze the juice from a lemon and then slice up the peel. When the time
is up add the cardamon and lemon peel to pot and again cover and continue
simmering for