Action

• G. Therapy and Nerve Growth Factor: In a preliminary study, few long standing spinal cord injury cases & peripheral neuropathy cases have shown unusual recovery with G. Therapy. Possibly it is acting as a nerve growth factor.
  
  
• G. Therapy and Neurotransmission: Possibly the body salts of G. Therapy reactivate the chemical changes for neurotransmission, while the herbal extracts act as catalyst to speed up the improvement.
  
  
• G. Therapy possibly removes the blockage of synaptic levels or,
  
  
• It helps myelination
  
  
• It acts at a molecular level.

Discussion

Since basic facilities to carry out Neurophysiological tests were not available, it was difficult to pin point as to how the G. Therapy is working. Further research with modern facilities will throw more light on this basic question.

The clinical improvements seen are not claims, but actual observations in a substantially large number of patients of Cerebral Palsy and Mental Retardation. All patients are video monitored. Opinions about improvements by teachers, therapists, and parents are recorded. Since they are always in contact with the patient, their opinions give us correct picture.

It is seen that a wide range of pathologies and physical and cognitive disorders are helped by G Therapy. Possibly in all these conditions neuronal activity or the Neurotransmitters are affected and possibly G Therapy works on the neurotransmitters or nerve growth factor and so has shown a wide spectrum of action in all these disorders.

In all these patients before starting G Therapy, conventional treatment like Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Symptomatic drug treatment was tried. The response seen after G Therapy was much greater than with the previous conventional treatment indicating the efficacy of G Therapy.

A large number of patients above the age of 6 years have shown significant recovery with G. Therapy. In this group natural recovery is difficult but still this group has shown improvements in various parameters. Few boys of 10 to 20 years age group have gained toilet control after G Therapy. Few children of 10-15 years age group have started walking independently after G Therapy. Cases of irreversible brain damage have also shown positive response with G Therapy in just a few months. All this indicates that there definitely exists some neurophysiological improvement with G Therapy.

The results of G Therapy should be compared with results of other interventions in vogue for cerebral palsy or mental disorders viz Physiotherapy, Diazepam, Baclofen, Levodopa, Methylphenidate, Trihexiphenidyl, Botox injection, Tendon release operations, Rhizotomy etc. G. Therapy certainly qualifies itself to be evaluated as a safe adjunct to various interventions carried for the above patients in total good faith. In fact it has been seen in clinical practice that response to other therapist is better if the child is already on G. Therapy, as is explained under the previous heading of ‘ Functional Improvements’.

The degree of improvement seen in an individual case cannot be predicted, and certainly depends on the amount of initial disability present. G. Therapy does not claim that it can make every spastic – walk, and the mentally retarded to achieve normal IQ. It should also be noted that there is a definite number of patients who fail to respond positively to G. Therapy.

The aim of any treatment is to help the sufferer and in these conditions to bring functional improvements. Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Surgical Procedures do the same work, as also G Therapy. G Therapy has shown persistent results in more than 2000 patients. And so it is upto the developed countries with modern amenities and electrophysiological studies available, to think, to test & to verify the efficacy of G Therapy, so that it can be made available to all the needy individuals. And I think Medical Organisations, Professionals and Researchers can do a lot in this context.

Conclusion

This observation suggests that ‘G’ Therapy does have beneficial effects on the Motor & Higher Mental Functions.

G Therapy if used alongwith rehabilitation in patients with C.P. and M. R. can improve their quality of life & give enormous relief to the parents and caretakers.