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Religious Cure

Religious medicines are often different according to the different cases. e.g. if a patient is suffering from hallucnations or scared of certain things, images or food etc. he/she may be asked to recite morning noon and night the 40 verses/hymns dedicated to the Monkey God Hanuman who had killed many demons. Or the patiend may undergo an elaborate exorcism, or wear a mantra exorcised thread or talisman or jwellery etc.