Happy day for me. Several people I care a lot about got the COVID vaccine today, overcoming some hesitancy. What do I say to my patients who are unsure about the vaccine? This:

1. Talk to me. I’m happy to spend as much time with you as you need to discuss COVID and the vaccine. As it should be with any trusted primary care physician.
2. Over 95% of doctors got the vaccine as soon as it was available to them, and if you focus on physicians who actually care for COVID patients it is nearly 100%.
3. I am vaccinated, as is all my family including my 14 and 16 year olds. With no hesitation.
4. No corners were cut in the development of these vaccines, only red tape was cut. I’m happy to discuss how they were made and how they work.
5. At this point in the vaccine journey, we not only have great studies pointing toward their effectiveness and safety, but now we have real world experience in giving them to hundreds of millions of people over the last 9 months affirming their safety.
6. COVID is real. COVID is serious. COVID is unpredictable. The risk of the virus will always trump the risk of the vaccine. We as doctors know this after battling the virus for 1.5 years now.
7. In my own practice, the score right now is COVID 100: Vaccine 0. I literally have about 100 stories to tell you of my own patients who have either died, been on ventilators, been hospitalized, lived on the verge of being hospitalized for weeks, texting me at midnight about
low oxygen levels or chest pain, or now have COVID long haul symptoms. I have absolutely zero patients who have had a bad outcome from the vaccine other than brief side effects. Seeing our hospitals fill up, not being able to care for our patients in normal ways is so sad for us.
8. That all being said, your questions/skepticism are OK and need to be addressed. To that end, nothing we do in medicine has zero risk. Every medication or vaccine has risk. But I like to use this example to illustrate why we in medicine are so comfortable with the vaccine:
In teens, it seems the COVID vaccine carries a very small risk of myocarditis or heart muscle inflammation after the second dose, to the tune of about 50 cases per a million doses given to boys, and about 12 cases in girls. Typically it is mild and resolves in 1-2 weeks. BUT . .
Teens who get COVID disease get myocarditis much more frequently, anywhere from 500-3000 cases per a million. Not even a contest. The risk of the virus always beats the risk of the vaccine. We find this line of logic applies to really any known negligible risk from the vaccine.
9. I direct patients to trusted resources that all physicians use, but a unique strategy I use at times is to give patients printed copies of Up To Date advice on COVID vaccines and treatment. I say “If you come to me for ANY medical problem, you want me to be up to date . .
Meaning I know the standard of care from experts and evidence-based medicine. Across all fields of medicine, the resource called “Up To Date” is our “Bible” for that, a source all doctors trust. Here you will read about the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccines,
and why we WILL treat you with monoclonal antibody therapy if you get COVID and are at risk, but also why we will NOT treat you with ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine at this point. You want me to be Up To Date on COVID like you do all your medical problems.”
10. Lastly and most importantly: I CARE DEEPLY FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. I ALWAYS HAVE. I ALWAYS WILL. THAT IS WHAT MOTIVATES ME TO SHARE THIS ADVICE WITH YOU TODAY. I JUST ASK THAT YOU TRUST ME NOW AS YOU HAVE FOR ALL YOUR OTHER HEALTHCARE NEEDS.

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कुंडली में 12 भाव होते हैं। कैसे ज्योतिष द्वारा रोग के आंकलन करते समय कुंडली के विभिन्न भावों से गणना करते हैं आज इस पर चर्चा करेंगे।
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रोग की स्थिति में उत्प्रेरक का कार्य करने वाले ग्रह, आयुर्वेदिक/ऐलोपैथी/होमियोपैथी में से कौन कारगर होगा इसका आँकलन, रक्त विकार, रक्त और आपरेशन की स्थिति, कौन सा आंतरिक या बाहरी अंग प्रभावित होगा इत्यादि गणना करने में कुंडली का प्रयोग किया जाता है।


मेडिकल ज्योतिष में आज के समय में Dr. K. S. Charak का नाम निर्विवाद रूप से प्रथम स्थान रखता है। उनकी लिखी कई पुस्तकें आज इस क्षेत्र में नए ज्योतिषों का मार्गदर्शन कर रही हैं।
प्रथम भाव -
इस भाव से हम व्यक्ति की रोगप्रतिरोधक क्षमता, सिर, मष्तिस्क का विचार करते हैं।


द्वितीय भाव-
दाहिना नेत्र, मुख, वाणी, नाक, गर्दन व गले के ऊपरी भाग का विचार होता है।
तृतीय भाव-
अस्थि, गला,कान, हाथ, कंधे व छाती के आंतरिक अंगों का शुरुआती भाग इत्यादि।

चतुर्थ भाव- छाती व इसके आंतरिक अंग, जातक की मानसिक स्थिति/प्रकृति, स्तन आदि की गणना की जाती है


पंचम भाव-
जातक की बुद्धि व उसकी तीव्रता,पीठ, पसलियां,पेट, हृदय की स्थिति आंकलन में प्रयोग होता है।

षष्ठ भाव-
रोग भाव कहा जाता है। कुंडली मे इसके तत्कालिक भाव स्वामी, कालपुरुष कुंडली के स्वामी, दृष्टि संबंध, रोगेश की स्थिति, रोगेश के नक्षत्र औऱ रोगेश व भाव की डिग्री इत्यादि।