"Regular medicine has antidotes: alternative medicine has anecdotes." - Frank Coffman

Kichammi is a real entertainer. He is a harmless sweet person. Give him a cup of hot strong coffee; he will entertain you with juicy news and stories with convincing evidence. He has his own knack of turning and twisting information. As he builds his vamboos*, what all he utter appears near truth - as he narrates - he can dramatizes any issue be science or politics - he seems to know everything. 

He will talk about elections, DNA medicines, rainwater harvesting and also the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein & Bin Laden. It will appear as though he is in the very inner circle of CIA. 

You see sir, our modern medical system is not right; he jumped into a new topic. I became cautious now. "What do you mean, I take Asprin, my headache gone - I take Paracetamol (acetaminophen) by fever gone", I said.

That is the problem. If you swallow too much of these pills, you will get Stomach Ulcer. Oh, no!!, now I am worried. I started counting the number of golis I have swallowed during this season. My stomach started churning - a slight pain showed up here and there. 

You see, Kichami continued, "Doctors and researchers are not doing their part correctly. They feel body is healthy at 98.4 Degree centigrade". I interrupted "no, it should be Fahrenheit", "whatever it is" he continued. Fahrenheit/Centigrade means the same for Kichammi, he does not like people interrupting, he looses the flow. 

When any one brought to an emergency ward doctors study the Blood pressure, Sugar in the Blood and so on. They try to bring all of them to bookish normal 120/80, 98.4, sugar around 120, now, he is careful Kichammi does not mention units. "That is the real trouble" - Kichammi shakes his head vigorously. Everything in nature is doing its duty. One should control things gradually. I am not sure whether Kichammi talking Science , philosophy or the O&M. 

For a fraction of a second, it appeared to me as though the medical science has to be rewritten, I thought, as we have missed the boat in the Herbal fuel production with Ramar, Kichammi can put us into top of the world in Medical science. 

Kichammi did not stop, he continued, he is least worried about the surrounding - "You see if you brush your teeth regularly with plastic brushes, you get gum cancer. Oh!! But before you respond he adds, If you do not brush you get stomach ulcer". 

I ran for safety with a revolving head with an excuse of meeting a right doctor, I did not wait for Kichammi's response. I am terribly confused, what about you??