We live in a strange age.
An age where the first knock on every ache comes with a medicine bottle, every anxiety is answered by a capsule, and every solution is smilingly prescribed by an advertisement-laden doctor. We have mechanized our lives to the point that we rarely listen to our own bodies.
We have reduced life to prescriptions, painkillers, and packets—tiny colorful tablets promising instant relief, while silently stealing long-term wellness.
As Javed Chaudhry often says, the real problem is not the illness but our lifestyle. Illness is merely a letter that our body writes to us, but we choose to ignore the letter and blame everything else.
We treat symptoms, not causes. We consume medicines to suppress signals instead of understanding why they occur. Fatigue? Vitamins. Sleeplessness? Pills. Stress? Antidepressants. But who asks why the body is tired, why sleep is disturbed, or why the mind is restless?
Medicine: Temporary Relief, Permanent Dependency
Today in Pakistan, the pharmaceutical market is worth billions. Hospitals are overcrowded, pharmacies operate 24/7, and pharmaceutical companies make record profits.
Have we really become this sick, or are we being made sick?
Every street has a clinic, every channel is full of medical ads, every ache has a new pill. But if medicines were truly curative, why are diseases increasing? Because medicine today is business first, healing second.
I am not against medicine, but against blind dependency. Medicines meant for emergencies have become everyday crutches. We suppress the body’s natural intelligence and its capacity to heal.
The Human Body: A Divine Design
Nature designed the human body with incredible self-healing powers: wounds heal, bones mend, immunity fights invaders. So why doubt the body while blindly trusting chemicals? We silence our own bodies with pills, rather than nurturing them.
Food: The Original Medicine
Hippocrates famously said, “Let food be thy medicine.”
Yet we have made processed foods, refined sugar, white flour, and factory oils our staple. Health has shifted from the plate to supplements. Simple, traditional foods—lentils, vegetables, eggs, yogurt, and limited pure ghee—are not medicine in bottles but blessings.
Exercise: The Cure Nobody Can Sell
Exercise is the only treatment no company can patent. Walking, sweating, breathing deeply—these restore vitality. But we avoid stairs, choose elevators, and then marvel at rising heart diseases.
Natural Remedies: Quiet but Effective
Our homes hold centuries-old, tested wisdom: ginger, garlic, turmeric, honey, black seeds. Science now confirms what our elders always knew. Yet even natural remedies only work if lifestyle aligns—proper sleep, hydration, and movement.
The Pharma Mafia: White Coats, Dark Profits
It is essential to speak frankly. Some companies do not want healed patients; they want lifelong customers. They sell maintenance, not cure. Medicine that truly cures is a threat to their profits. Doctors are pressured, patients confused, profits guaranteed. This is not an accusation; it’s a systemic reality.
The Real Revolution: Awareness
Change will not come through protests—it will come into kitchens, bedrooms, and walking tracks. When individuals ask: “Do I really need this pill?” “Can I fix my diet?” “Can I give my body 30 minutes of daily exercise?”—then the pharma monopoly weakens itself.
Conclusion: Life Before Pills
Medicine should be the last resort, not the first. Proper food, movement, sleep, and rest—these pillars, when strong, leave no room for disease.
This is not anti-medicine. It is pro-life. We must return to nature, simplicity, and awareness. Life is improved not by pills, but by how we live it.
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