Practices against stroke

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Practices against stroke

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Hi dharma friends

please could you tell me if there are some practices that could help prevent a stroke or help recover from one?

Thank you

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Medicine Buddha usually for health and healing.

Not sure specifically about stroke.
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In Tibetan culture, strokes (with their associated paralysis and palsy) are often associated with depredations by the Za/Rahula class of the spirits. Such attacks are usually retribution for some sort of len-chag (karmic debt). There are many practices in Tantric Buddhism that seek to repay such debts, such as sang, sur, water torma, and chod. Since you're worried about having a stroke, you could also do various dok-pa/reversal practices (such as Dug Karmo, Senge Dongchen, or even Prajna Paramita dok-pas). Another possibility is reciting the "Dharani Possessing the Limbs of All the Buddhas" which relieves fear and trepidation of the four great rivers of suffering in the human realm (birth, old age, sickness, and death). There are other dharanis and sutras that can be recited for the prevention and treatment of disease. I believe someone has already mentioned Medicine Buddha practice. That's good for preventing and curing all types of disease. There are both sutra and tantra versions of Medicine Buddha practice. So one doesn't necessarily have to have wang/empowerment and lung/transmission. There are also amulets that one can wear after they have been properly consecrated. Even one can simply take a little men-drub in boiled water every day first thing in the morning.

Since there are so many, many practices within Tantric Buddhism for preventing and curing disease, I would suggest getting a really good Lama to do a divination for you to find out if:

1. You are truly at risk for a stroke
2. What, if any, of the "eight classes" of spirits may be involved in this
3. What would be the karmically best practice(s) to deal with this

There are a number of different types of divination in Tantric Buddhism, but the method doesn't matter so much. It's the practitioner's accuracy of prediction that matters. So try to get a divination from the best Lama you can, i.e., one famous for their divinations.

Just my two cents. Oh, and:

I've been told that forcing oneself to use one's non-dominant hand can help prevent stroke. I can't remember where I heard this. Since I was a doctor for 30 years, it caught my attention. However, I don't know/can't remember if there's any research on this technique. It's probably something I learned in China. And finally, if, unfortunately, one does suffer a stroke, I'd get scalp acupuncture (especially from Dr. Jason Hao in Santa Fe, NM). It can work wonders. The quicker it can be applied after a stroke, the better the results. FYI, Blue Poppy Press has a whole book on the Chinese medical (including acupuncture) treatment of stroke. It may also have a section on prevention. Again, I don't remember. Ha!

In terms of "Western" medicine, Losartan has both some heart attack and stroke preventing ability. So you might want to ask your doctor if that's something you should/might take.

Good luck and best wishes.
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In this link Lama Zopa Rinpoche briefly mentions a few of mantras meant for preventing strokes and healing stroke victims. They're under the section titled The Benefits of the Naga King's Mantra.

http://www.lamayeshe.com/index.php?sect ... 3&chid=648
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Stroke: Giving up. Resistance. Rather die than change. Rejection of life.
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I wanted to meet Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche in person for the first time but I didn´t succeed. Few days before retreat my condition of body and mind was weekend and maybe therefore it was easy to get some problems. After extensive Dorje Gotrab recitation sympthoms of stroke vanished(I activated that mantra before). SMS teacher whom I asked for advice recommended to do the practice of Vajrapani. My divination showed that Vajrapani and Guru Dragpur could be helpful, but I never practiced them at all, so I relied upon method that I practiced before. Another SMS teacher adviced long life practices. As far as I know Dorje Gotrab is a manifestation of Vajrapani. I am doing it on daily basis since then. For the future I want to rely more upon Vajra Guru mantra and concentrate more on Guruyoga on Padmasambhava. And maybe when my body starts saying: "hey it would be usefull to slow down and relax a little bit" I will relax. In underestimated relaxation. Well I am a human being and not a machine...
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Re: Practices against stroke

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practice of eating herbs

moringa leaves.. can be found quite readily in various places, markets n even commercial tea bags, capsules..

http://bernardlsh.hubpages.com/hub/Afri ... for-Stroke
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