1. STUDY
OF
HUMAN
PHYSIOLOGY
Shr i n iwa s
Kasha l i k a r

2. Our s t udy of human phys i o l o g y beg i n s
r i gh t f r om th e t ime of
conc ep t i o n , though uncon s c i o u s l y .
Consc i o u s l y th e s t udy beg i n s wi th
l e a r n i n g of th e in t e r a c t i o n s amongs t
fami l y members and the l i v i n g and
non l i v i n g sur r ound i n g s . But th i s
s t udy i s in f o rma l or non - fo rma l .
Formal and con s c i o u s l e a r n i n g of
human phys i o l o g y beg i n s when one
s t a r t s go in g to schoo l . Here a
var i e t y of in t e r a c t i o n s in th e
natu r e ; are taugh t wi th re sp e c t to
th e i r e f f e c t s on human l i f e . Thi s
knowledg e i s somet ime s ca t e g o r i z e d
as human phys i o l o g y and somet ime s
not .

3. The pro f e s s i o n a l or academi c s t udy
of human phys i o l o g y beg i n s when one
en t e r s a gradua t i o n or pro f e s s i o n a l
cour s e .
The founda t i o n of th e s t udy of human
phys i o l o g y i s s t udy i n g eve r y t h i n g in
natu r e wi th re sp e c t to i t s
in t e r a c t i o n s wi th human l i f e and
v i c e ver s a !
Thus we s t udy phys i o l o g y in
fo l l ow i n g way .
1. We obse r v e s i g n s and symptoms in
pat i e n t s and cor r e l a t e them wi th the
s t r u c t u r a l and func t i o n a l
abnorma l i t i e s .
2. We use obse r v a t i o n s in day to day
l i f e and cor r e l a t e th e i r caus e and

4. e f f e c t e . g . th e e f f e c t of day and
nigh t on s l e e p and wakefu l n e s s
cyc l e .
3. We use the knowl edg e of phys i c s ,
chemi s t r y e t c and app l y the
pr in c i p l e s invo l v e d to the human
body to exp l a i n the in t e r a c t i o n s in
human body .
4. We use t e chno l o g y such as
micro s c op e to s t udy smal l e r
s t r u c t u r e s such as ce l l s ,
th e i r membrane s etc .
5. The ac t ua l even t s ( phenomena ) in
th e body are compared wi th oth e r
obse r v e d even t s ( phenomena ) such as
e l e c t r i c i t y in th e natu r e and thu s
th e natu r e of th e body ac t i v i t i e s i s
de f i n e d .

5. 6. The var i o u s con t r o l mechan i sms in
th e mach in e s are cor r e l a t e d wi th
body and the
natu r e of regu l a t o r y and con t r o l
mechan i sms in the body are
id en t i f i e d or hypo th e s i z e d and
ver i f i e d .
7. Exper imen t a t i o n such as ab l a t i o n
( remova l ) of an organ and i t s
e f f e c t s are obse r v e d and
cor r e s p ond i n g func t i o n i s as s i g n e d
to tha t organ .
8. St imu l a t i o n or l e s i o n expe r imen t s
wi th
bra i n e l i c i t func t i o n s of organ s
re l a t e d to tha t par t of bra i n .

6. 9. Observa t i o n s of e f f e c t s of
prac t i c e of pranayama , di f f e r e n t
exe r c i s e s and oth e r a l t e r a t i o n s in
the env i r o nmen t or di e t add to our
knowledg e of human phys i o l o g y .
10 . Var i ou s measuremen t s such as
hemog l ob i n , pu lmonary ven t i l a t i o n ,
blood
pre s s u r e add to our under s t a nd i n g
11 . Techn i qu e s such as
e l e c t r o c a r d i o g r a phy ,
e l e c t r o e n c e p h a l o g r a phy ,
e l e c t r o r e t i n o g r a phy and
magne t i c re s onan c e s t ud i e s g i v e
quan t i t a t i v e per sp e c t i v e of
cor r e s p ond i n g s t r u c t u r e s
and th e i r func t i o n s .

7. 12 . Based on the s e and oth e r s t ud i e s
and obse r v a t i o n s , one l e a r n s to make
hypo th e s e s and to ver i f y them and
make th e under s t a nd i n g of human
phys i o l o g y deepe r and more accura t e .
13 . Learn i n g human phys i o l o g y can
not grow wi thou t ask i n g ques t i o n s at
eve r y po in t .
14 . Learn i n g human phys i o l o g y
requ i r e s ( l i k e any oth e r f i e l d )
unpre j ud i c e d and rea l i s t i c mind . I t
i s sa i d tha t NAMASMARAN can be
prac t i c e d to deve l o p cry s t a l c l e a r
and unb i a s e d mind , which fa c i l i t a t e s
e f f e c t i v e and more compl e t e l e a r n i n g
of human phys i o l o g y .
Dr . Shr i n iwa s Kasha l i k a r