Doc springs hope, says regression therapy can cure patients with chronic ailments

Lucknow: If doctors can combine medicine with regression therapy then they can bring a phenomenal change in the field of medicine and can treat patients with chronic ailments, said Natwar Sharma, associate professor, pediatrics, Saveetha Medical College Chennai, presently on a sabbatical in Kuwait.

Sharma and author-journalist Jane Borges discussed regression therapy and Sharma’s latest book ‘Metaphors of Memory’ at the spring edition of Metaphor The Lucknow Lit Fest.

Sharma talked about the mysteries of mind and how the past and present life influences our current behaviour and medical conditions.

Regression therapy is a treatment that focusses on a person’s past life or significant past events that have been interfering with physical or mental health.

“In acute conditions, nothing can replace allopathic medicines. Similar is the case when it comes to surgeries and acute infections like dengue and malaria, which can be treated with medication. But when it comes to patients suffering from chronic conditions like depression, insomnia or arthritis that have no cure in allopathy, regression therapy can give better results,” said Sharma.

Sharma said the therapy is different from hypnotism and explores the subconscious mind to find the link between a person’s present life and past.

“Be it physical, emotional or mental issues, releasing memories and negative energies associated with our past life can help us understand the root cause of a problem. The healing and recovery rate is always high when the patient is equally cooperative in the therapy,” he added.