Fresh hope for asthma patients

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, MAY 20.

There is fresh hope for those wanting to rid themselves of chronic asthma. Bathini Fish Medicine -- administered once every year by the Goud family in Hyderabad and a boon for suffering asthma patients in India and abroad -- once again offers a possibility of total cure on the auspicious day of `Mrigasira Karti' which falls on June 7 morning.

Continuing a family practice of 156 years, the five Goud brothers offer this medicine free of cost, its secret formula known only to them. The medicine is prepared at Doodhbowli, 2 km from the historic Charminar in Hyderabad, and distributed at the Exhibition Grounds there.

Modern asthma treatment requires emergency room visits or mechanical ventilation (nebulization), very expensive for the common person. Drugs like Aminophyline have played a controversial role in the treatment of bronchial asthma. In this context, the Bathini Fish cure has gained immense popularity over the years.

Legend has it that the formula of some miraculous herbs was passed on to Veeranna Goud by a holy man way back in 1845. The practice has flowed down in the family since then.

Bathini Fish Medicine is given on Mrigasira Karti nakshetra. At first the medicine is kept in the mouth of a live sardine fish, 2 to 3 inches in size, and the same is slipped into the mouth of the patient. The fish is slippery, so it causes no problem in swallowing. The live fish travels wagging its tail and fins through the throat and negotiates the phlegmatic congestion, curing hundred per cent.

Three doses of the extra medicine are provided to the patients, to be taken on three successive Karthis -- Arudra Karthi, Punnarvasu Karti and Pushymi Karti -- which fall every fifteen days. After taking Bathini Fish Medicine, the patient is put under strict diet control for 45 days.

The medicine has been found quite effective in providing complete cure, if taken by a patient for three consecutive years.

Since the death of two elder brothers in the family, there have been rumours that the yearly medicine may not be administered. But the three younger brothers along with the trained eldest sons of the two who passed away recently will continue to treat the patients this year on June 7.

The Goud brothers have warned the people against accepting cures from quacks claiming to be their assistants or relatives, as that might be fatal.

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