Thousands Asthma patients throng to have wonder cure in Hyderabad
June 8th, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI ( 16 comments )Hyderabad, June 8 (ANI): Thousands of people jostled in Hyderabad to swallow medicine stuffed inside a live fish - a treatment believed to cure asthma and other respiratory ailments.
The Asthma medicine is a herbal formula placed inside a small fish and thrust into patients mouths which is celebrated as an annual event.
Since 1845, members of the Bathini Goud family have been performing the closely guarded medicinal ritual.
Patients have to buy a two-inch-long Murrel fish, and swallow it live after Bathinis stuff their secret herbal mixture inside its mouth.
The fish helps to clear the patient’s oesophagus as it makes its way down to the stomach, and later releases the medicine. It survives for about 15 minutes inside the body, and clears phlegm in the lungs as it flaps about.
The patients have to take the complete course of the treatment for four years continuously to get cured fully.
“This time we are expecting many more people. Many of the patients have not come because of chillness in the weather at night but they will come tomorrow,” said B. Harinath Goud, a Fish Therapist on Saturday.
The fame and success of the treatment has attracted lots of people from all walks of life.
“Many of my relatives were cured after coming here. After hearing so much about this medicine, I decided to bring my wife along, as she is an asthma patient. There is no permanent cure for asthma in allopathic so I decided to give this traditional technique a chance,” said Aseem Kumar Ojha, a doctor by profession.
The medicine comes free, but patients have to buy the fish, which is locally called “murrel”.
The Bathinis say a saint gave the wonder cure in 1845 to Bathini Veeranna Gowd, a generous farmer, and asked him to treat all who came to him free of cost.
The medicine is distributed to patients during the auspicious Mrigasira solar phase, an astrological phenomenon that occurs once a year for two days. (ANI)
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August 4th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
have any permanent treatmant for asthama.if yes plz reply me.
November 26th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
dear sir/madam,
Can you give the detailed address, timings, place and fees
about fish treatment for asthama
March 5th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
Please let me know the next date of fish therapy for Asthma patients in hyderabad.
March 19th, 2010 at 3:02 am
Please send detail address for fish therapy & fee.I am wating for ur replay.
April 1st, 2010 at 7:58 am
Sir
please tell me the address and date.
April 1st, 2010 at 8:02 am
please tell me where it happens. i mean the address.
April 6th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Please tell me the address and contact number of this place in Hyderabad.
May 6th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Sir
Give me date of this
year 2010 & i Am From
surat
May 7th, 2010 at 1:39 am
anybody can mail me on rocky_bhai60@yahoo.com. i have some details of this event. by the way the date is 7 or 8 and place is dhood bhowali near historical place of hydrabaad that is char minar.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Please tell me the address and contact number of this place in Hyderabad
August 2nd, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Please let me know the next date of fish therapy for Asthma patients in hyderabad.
August 3rd, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Please let me know the next date of fish therapy for Asthma patients in hyderabad.
Please tell me the address and contact number of this place in Hyderabad
November 24th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
may i get the address plzzzzz
January 12th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Sir,
When your team will visit chennai what is the fees for fish sallow treatment pls inform i am from chennai.
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January 16th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
plzzz mail the detailed address, date,timming, and fees for fish treatment
January 16th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
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