A ‘Miracle’ Oil To Cure Dengue Patients
By Nirmala Kannangara
Applying the ‘miracle’ oil on a patient
Despite claims by Ven. Amithirigala Palitha Damma Thero of Seth Vehera, Weerasuriyakanda, Pasyala that he has cured over 450 dengue patients at Ragama General Hospital and Wathupitiwala Base Hospital using a medicinal oil, Medical Supirintendent Wathupitiwala Dr. Sisira Wijesundara says that he cannot say whether this treatment cured the patients as the dengue death rate is very low at his hospital.
“Since the death rate is very low in dengue cases in this hospital I cannot really say whether this oil treatment was able to cure the patients or not. Anyhow Damma Thero visited this hospital once and gave the oil treatment to the patients,” said Dr. Wijesundara.
However Deputy Director Ragama General Hospital Dr. Champa said that she knew nothing about any treatment given to their in-house dengue patients by a Buddhist monk.“I am not aware of it cannot make any comment,” said Dr. Champa.
However there are those who claim that lives of more than 20, 000 have been saved by a medicinal oil made out of herbs by Ven. Amithirigala Palitha Damma Thero. His temple is a few kilo meters away from Nittambuwa on Colombo- Kandy main road.
This oil is said to have given relief to many patients. This is not an oral medicine but it has to be applied above the eyes on both sides of the patient’s forehead. Chief Minister Western Province Prasanna Ranatunge- brother of former Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Arjuna Ranatunge is one of those who bear testimony to the effectiveness of the oil. he says it saved the life of his little nephew from deadly dengue six months ago.
“When the doctors who attended on my nephew gave up hopes, it was this oil that helped to save his life. Certainly this is a miracle. I have recommended this Buddhist monk and his miracle oil to many of my friends including politicians and also those whom I come across having dengue. I know as to how Palitha Damma Thero cured dengue patients in large numbers when he treated patients in Wathupitiwala and Ragama Hospitals,” he said.
However he said that he was unable to talk openly about this oil and the monk to prevent dengue deaths as he cannot take the blame in the event if this oil does not work on any individual.
“We have seen as to how many patients have praised Dr. Eliyantha White for curing their ailments but what happened next? When the same medication did not agree with the others they blamed him as a rouge. So that is why I did not want to talk openly about Palitha Damma Thero and his miracle oil although I have first-hand experience. Certainly I know this is a miracle oil and there is no question about it. He is known to cure many ailments not only dengue. During my father’s last few days, this Buddhist monk visited our residence and prayed for my father. I believe his peaceful death was due to this monk’s blessings,” said the Chief Minister.
For Veena Ratnayake of Minuwangoda, she would have lost the apple of her eye- the only child if not for her brother who brought the oil to her when her son was dying at the ICU at Durdans Hospital last month.
For Ratnayake, it was truly a miracle which saved her son’s life. “My son was having high fever and was in dengue hemorrhage stage. Even the doctors gave up hopes and I sought divine help. I then asked my husband who was in Germany to come back immediately. I had a strong belief that my late parents may have seen my plight and got the information about this Buddhist monk and his miracle oil,” said Ratnayake.
According to her, from the moment this oil was applied on her son’s forehead on June 12 afternoon, the child’s health dramatically improved.“I can remember vividly how my brother came and gave me a tiny piece of cotton wool soaked with this oil when I had lost all hope. Although I did not believe in this oil at first, I applied the oil on my son solely because I could not disappoint my brother. This was repeated once every four hours. Miraculously the child who did not open his eyes for three days slowly opened his eyes after the second application. Within two days my son was completely out of danger but still had to be in a ward for three more days as he was weak. No sooner we bought the son home; we took him to this Buddhist monk to pay homage to him. It would be a great help if wide publicity is given to this medicine. I do not want to see any mother in this world suffer the way how I suffered,” added Ratnayake.
When this reporter visited the Sethvehera temple at Pasyala, the temple was full of people – not with devotees but with patients who have come from far away to take medicine for their different ailments.
Although we got the opportunity to talk to a section of the crowd about their illnesses and how they were cured by Palitha Damma Thero, unfortunately there weren’t any one that had come to take treatment for dengue.
Palitha Damma Thero was not keen to talk about his ability to cure illnesses especially dengue patients. But the few words he spoke showed how much he is satisfied after saving lives from certain death.
“Gautama Buddha preached that health is wealth. So if I am able to give this wealth to any patient irrespective of cast, creed, religion or financial status I am happy since I am able to follow the Great Teacher’s path,” said Palitha Damma Thero.
Although our main objective was to know about the dengue treatment and to talk to family members of those were infected with dengue virus and to capture their pictures we could not fulfill our mission.
It was only then I asked the Thero whether I can get any contact details of some of the dengue patients to find out what their experience was. “I do not want much publicity about this treatment as it could be harmful to me. I do not want to have any enemies- if people who are in mosquito coil and mosquito nets businesses they can get angry with me for curing dengue. But since you have come all the way from Colombo to meet me I will give you some books where family members of dengue patients have written their comments,” said the Thero.
That was how we were able to speak to family members of a few dengue patients.
K.G. Dhammika Priyadharshana Principal Nalagasdeniya Model School in Hikkaduwa was a father who had to give up hopes of his 9 year old son Sakindu. He was admitted to Karapitiya Hospital for dengue.
“My son was having high fever for two weeks and the doctors could not bring the fever down. It was only then I came to know about this monk and when I telephoned him there was no answer. I then tried to contact my sister who is in Gampaha to meet this monk and see whether there is any possibility for us to start any treatment. However by which time my sister too had come to know about this oil and had brought the medicine. It was truly a miracle. The fever went down gradually and the platelet count increased. I got my son discharged and admitted to Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital as he needed much bed rest as he was so week.
May this Buddhist monk attain Nirvana- the sublime bliss for curing my son,” said Priyadharshana. Nine year old Namithma Samarasekera’s condition too was critical and her platelet count was decreasing alarmingly when her grandfather came to know about this oil from one of his friends at Kadawatha.
“We went and met the Buddhist monk and the cotton wool soaked with this miracle oil was given to apply on my granddaughter’s forehead once every four hours. The moment the oil was applied we saw a change in the little girl and her condition improved. We did not tell the medical team at the Nawaloka Hospital MICU where Namithma was taking treatment as we did not know as to what they will tell us. Later I went and asked this monk whether we could go to hospitals and cure patients,” said the grandfather.
Palitha Damma Thero said that he does not have any issue of visiting hospitals to cure dengue patients but added that it has to be done with the proper approvals.
“How can I go to a hospital and treat the patients without any approval. If the Health Ministry gives approval I will certainly discharge my duties by the sick – treating sick is a meritorious deed. I have treated President Mahinda Rajapaksa for a leg ailment and have told him about this oil as well. If the officials want my service I am glad to visit any hospital in the country and cure the patients. When I was asked I have gone to Wathupitiwela and Ragama Hospitals and have cured more than 450 patients. I came to know that some patients have got discharged forcibly and have gone home after the treatment,” said Palitha Damma Thero.
For Damma Thero Thursday is a busy day as he treats patients for any ailment from 6 am till 7 pm. However for dengue, there is no specific day for treatment any person can visit the monk round the clock to obtain the oil.
“Dengue is a deadly disease. It can snatch away any person at any time. That is why any person can come to the temple at any time and ask for this oil,” said the Thero.
My hats off to Ven Palitha Damma, over finding the miraculous Dengue cure, which may be the most anticipated breakthrough to save millions of lives in the future. I do not mean any disrespect, but are we Sri Lankans, very good at jumping our guns too quickly about these quick fixes and unproven treatments before scientifically verifying the facts? Are we all very good at believing things too quickly based on anecdotal evidence by some politician or by a religious leader? Not too far ago, we heard of another miraculous doctor who cured Dengue with Papaya (Gas Labu) leaves, but Dengue in Sri Lanka still prevailed! We had another miraculous engineer recently who ran his car with pure water, but the cars in Sri Lanka still run on fossil fuels! Correct me if I am wrong, are we really missing something? The best way to control Dengue is to stop the mosquito breeding and the most obvious solution is for Sri Lankans to be environmentally responsible in the way they dispose their waste. In other ways keep the environment that you live cleanly, not only your clothes! If you want to win over the mosquito, treat the “CAUSE” not the “EFFECT”!
I agree with you “Lunudehi” protection is better than getting medicine after word, but same time we cannot forget about in ancient India city called Wisalamahanuwara, there was an epidemic and it was completely undercontrol by just water chanted “Ratana Sutraya” by real buddhist monks, and Angulimala Piritha in Buddhist culture.Any how we must not be extremist to kick out one another, but greatly advice follow up the modern science and tecnology.
I have heard the “Rathana Suthara” & “Angulimala Piritha” are very powerful too! These are chanted at every street corner in Sri Lanka day and night, but has not done the trick with the Dengu Mosquito. Don’t know why? When someone claims that certain medicine is the cure for a sickness, that claim needs to be supported by logical evidence. In this case, the oil has been tested on patients who were taking hospital treatment which had been proven to work in the past. The only way to confirm the claim that the oil is the cure, the treatment need to be sampled with many other patients who are not taking western medical treatments. Would you like to participate, or would you dare make any of your loved ones participate this test, if suffer from Dengu? Mate, I am a Buddhist myself and I would love to talk very proudly about my religious believes. But this is not the right stage for that because there is something called as “Logic” too and your theory fails there.
Miracles happen. I know that for sure. There was a time, I had scoffed at such happenings, but not any more. The probable power of this medicinal oil is more in the venerable thero’s need to heal people and the oil becomes energized, by his chanting and his feelings from his heart.
The doctors would say everything against such happenings, as patients are profit to most.
Very good information. Thanks to Sunday Leader
This is so stupid. Dengue is caused by a virus and the body fights it. There is no known cure for it and the chances that an oil developed by a monk with no knowledge of modern medicine can do what researches haven’t been able to do for decades is too much.
Both the doctors clearly know that this oil is no cure but they don’t want to offend the monk, who really may have the best intentions. But these doctors are doing society a misservice when they don’t call a spade a spade.
Mervyn Keppitipola is stupid.
mervyn , raj and the bikku all are stupis
The Thero should hand over the manufacturing process details to the minister of heath so tha it can be produced on a mass scale to benefit all those afflicted in the whole of sri lanka with dengue.
If he refuses to do this, he is not a true buddhist and is a charlatan.
I thought you said “…..he is not a true Buddhist but a Christian” LOL
You know what, I am a Buddhist but we have to rely on the medicines of Christian for our lives wether you like it or not.
korala is definetly right. Buddhist and Christian are different religions but it does not mean that we have the right to make fun of them!
Good suggestion. At the same time SriLanka needs to implement procedures to recognize new findings and to give credits and rights to the inventors. We do not need to link a new finding to a religion or a race. While the Thero should be given the credit and his right for the medicine. Authorites need to check and validate the medicine in the proper way. This is what is done in developed countries. Inventions are worth when those serve human kind.
I can also cure dengue in one week( left to nature it may last 7 days)
Is this worth a news for print!!!!
god bless this great great monk.
I don’t give one cent worth to what politicians say. Knowing the scientific reason how dengue affects a person, how could this monk can explain us how it works by just rubbing over the eyes? Ranatunga is a politician and will not confront a monk even if the story is baseless. I thought this ‘kokatath thailaya’ is something belonged to the past…………………..
There is no treatment for dengue except, management of symptoms and complications.
The body’s immunity, works for (killing the virus) and against (causing bleeding). I think dengue is far more common than it is actually known because nothing will be noted in any of the tests unless the virus is searched (by immunoassays, which I believe is not done due to cost issues).
The dengue bleeding is due to the reaction by the body to the dengue virus but not a direct virus effect/attack.
Back to the THAILAYA. There are many known and unknown issues affect the body’s immunity. Stress have long known to play a part (The mental well being). I cannot comment on the effects of the THAILAYA as it is not being tested (It will be extremely difficult to test, due to ethical issues and diagnostic issues). Saying that going to traditional healers may improve people’s belief, therefore the mental well being (thus immunity to some extent). This effect will have some contribution to the eradication of the virus (as there are no medicines to kill the dengue virus).
If I have a serious dengue attack I may need hospital treatment (especially fluids and platelets) but yet people are still dying and the answer is difficult to know as to why many get cured without any treatment or complications, out of them some have a drop in platelet count only, and out of them some have bleeding. Out of the “bleeding” patients many survive (by body’s immunity) but some die.
The answers may come to light in future. A medication to eradicate dengue will be ideal but may not be seen for a long time. Forget dengue, there is no treatment for common cold or flu and body has to sought it out. I do believe in unexplained mechanism for eg. The creation of the universe, Asamodhagam, kuppamaniya for cats and nasna. I also strongly believe in Scientific models/explanations e.g. Insulin for diabetes, antibiotics for bacteria, worm treatment and paracetamol for fever. I will not walk to the temple to get the thailaya but if Dhamma thero comes and offers to me I will give it a try (not as a religious healing but for its placebo and unknown effects and also to not to offend him if he is doing it with good intentions).
PS: Don’t spray DDT on all fresh water because I have seen fishes in many of them and also don’t spray BTI on trees and elsewhere because it is a waste. Spray them on fresh water. Good luck
Dear readers.Dengue is a lethal illness.However it is not lethal in everyone. It may passover as a normal viral fever in many cases.Whether you apply oil or not you will be cured. I am a western doctor and have a qualification in alternative medicine also. I have experienced spiritual healing in a foreign country as well. My opinion is ,if you think of ”Dengue” take your patient to a hospital or a qualified doctor FIRST. Because there is a vital window for treatment and in minority of patients, they can slip into hemorrhagic fever and shock if not treated well in time, which can be life threatening. I don’t want any one to succumb without proper treatment as this period is extremely important. Perhaps while getting standard treatment, as an additional measure ,anybody can try these alternative therapies. This monk may be doing his treatment with good intentions though its success cannot be measured scientifically. However there may be many outside there considering this as an opportunity to get publicity and other gains. Be careful.
We need a good publicity to your advice. Most people in this country are blind with myths and illusions. Their thoughts still belongs to 19th century. That’s why a country with so much resources and economic potential is among one of the poorest in the world.
Damm Palitha thera would be called a snake oil salesman in the West.The SL population is so superstitious, ignorant,gullible and stupid beyond comprehension because they don’t have basic science education at any stage of their existence.The next step would be to find a cancer cure.Ranathunga should stick to cricket and not expose his ignorance on other matters he has no clue.I would like to donate a basic 101 Biology book to these ignoramouses
This is monumentally dangerous stuff. Have we forgotten what happened in South Africa, one of the world’s HIV hotspots, when the government subscribed to similar gobbledegook? Thousands died unnecessarily.
In a country where its government is run by those who consult astrologers before deciding on anything, I suppose this kind of NONSENSE is to be expected. In fact I’d suggest that a Presidential edict be issued giving this robed charlatan and “Dr” Eliyantha White absolute authority in all matters concerning national health, only answerable to the man who propagates this rubbish, the President of the Miracle of Asia.
In my opinion after go thru with many dengue paitient ,beside using paracetamol to prevent the fever runing up to 40 degree ,we also subside by drinking of 100 plus soft drinks and eating of fruits like watermelon daily. If there is a genius that can invent the medicine and can cure the dengue why not put on experimental test before using on human. . One way of preventing mosquitos from breeding is the disposal of waste ,home potted plants and flowers inside the home for those with water must be change everyday. The garden unwanted pots all have to be overturn and keep dry and co-operation of personal hygiene and enviroment awareness is very important.