health is wealth control in a shouts to
make an important announcement the head man of our village is ill the person who cures him will get a reward while such an announcement of course there is a reason for it the head man of full pool is ill it is not at all an ordinary illness it is an illness the medicine for which is not
even known to the best physician due to
this illness the head man has become not weak or thin but fat and obese is the
head man's illness now the head man is
in such a position that he needs the
help of attendants to make him do his
daily jaws he can only sit when he is
made to sit by his attendants and lie
down when he is assisted to do so
standing and walking is just out of
question how did the head man reach this condition this happened not because of any illness or disease but because of
lack of exercise and by overeating the
poor head man keeps lying in his bed
waiting for his attendants to help him
sit and then lie down announcements were done earlier - but nothing happened
physicians came and went taking away fat fees now the announcement has become a regular feature in the village a poor old lady named Rama by also hears the announcement Ramabai though old is hardworking and intelligent she somehow understands the real cause of the head man's illness an idea strikes her mind she makes a planto cure the head
man Ramabai tells no one of her plan she
packs a bag ties her hair up in a bun
and goes straight to the head man's
house she looks like an experienced
physician after saluting she says
honorable head man I have come here
after hearing about your illness I am
NOT an ordinary physician you may call
me the empress of doctors the headman is impressed and allows her to start
treating him Ramabai boughs before the
headman and says there is one condition
you have to do what I tell you to do
otherwise my medicine will not cure you
do you think the head man will do what
Ramabai tells him to do the head man is in a fix but there is no other alternative but to accept Rama boy's condition Rama by then tells the head man that there is a simple routine he has to follow it is as simple as plucking five neem leaves every morning from a particular tree this tree stands about 500 steps away from the main gate of the head man's house there is another
point to be kept in mind only one neem
leaf is to be plucked at a time and is
to be brought back to the main gate of
the house and then chewed in this way
five neem leaves are to be plucked and
chewed daily for 30 days without any
break in between this has to be
performed by the head man himself and
not by anyone else do you think what
Rama boy asked the head man to do will
bring results to get your the head man starts following ramabai's advice but the head man finds it difficult to follow the
instructions in toto on the very first
day he walks down to the neem tree with
great difficulty and with the help of a
dozen servants pulls down a leaf after
coming back to his house he relaxes for
the whole day then next day Ramabai
comes to find out how the head man is
doing however she encourages the head man to continue the treatment the same incident is repeated the following day as days pass surprisingly the head man finds that he is able to walk up to the tree
on his own then he realizes that he is
not so tired after returning from the
tree he now enjoys the walk to the tree
and back from it at times he even looks
forward to it after 15 days the head man
feels much better he appears to be
somewhat thinner and more energetic what a surprise at the end of 30 days the
head man can not only sit and stand up
all by himself but also walk he is happy
that Rama bhai has made him realize the
importance of exercise and the disadvantages of overeating as promised
the head man gives him a bag full of
gold coins to Rama by Rama by returns
home as a rich and famous woman
physician everyone in the village is
happy for Rama bye I have a question to
ask you the head man has understood the importance of exercise he has stopped using his horse carriage and has started walking the villagers to walk most distances can we also do the same
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