Over 40 years Ménière’s disease was cured by Buddhism (眩晕症)

Introduction

Meniere’s disease (MD) is an inner ear disorder characterized by the presence of endolymphatic hydrops in the inner ear and symptomatology of recurrent and debilitating vertigo attacks, tinnitus, aural fullness, and fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss [1]. Impacts on quality of life are severe. The constant uncertainty of vertigo attacks, and fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss, with neuroses and depression affects 40 to 60% of sufferers of intractable MD [2]. Although many therapeutic options for MD have been proposed over the years, there is currently no international consensus on a standardized therapeutic protocol for this condition [1]. From Dharma’s point of view, MD is a spiritual disease. Once the spirit is ascended, the patient recovers health. Following is an MD case that was successfully treated by Dharma.

Patient Meng, female, 20 (1975), college degree, Inner Mongolia, China

Under the age of 20, in 1975, I suffered from MD. Typically, the disease strikes once a year. After I got married, at the age of 27, I had my first miscarriage, and since then, three more in a row. Later, to prevent pregnancy, I resorted to birth control by taking birth control pills. With the increased number of miscarriages, MD episodes gradually increased to 3-4 times a year. These episodes last 3-4 days in mild cases and a week or so in severe cases. I lost my appetite, which seriously affected my work and life. I could not work. When I had an attack, I couldn’t eat for 1-2 days, couldn’t open my eyes, felt spinning around, was nauseous and vomited. It was very painful and uncomfortable. By 2019, I had suffered from MD for over 40 years.

Over the past 40 years, although I tried various therapeutic methods, including Chinese and Western medicines and even folk remedies like travelling to temples to burn incense and worship Buddha, the condition did not improve. Despite it all, my medical report showed that everything regarding my health was normal. With age, illness onsets increased. Since the onset was sudden, there was no way to prepare in advance.

Prior to 2015, I knew nothing about Buddhism. One day in 2015, Ms. Chen, a Dharma practitioner, offered me the book Introduction to Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. In this book, Master Lu said vertigo was a spiritual disease. From that moment on, I was determined to practice the Dharma to cure my illness, and I started to recite the Little House a month later. At the beginning, since I did not practice Buddhism diligently, I could only recite two Little Houses a week. Back then, I did not even know about the three golden Buddhist practices, so my condition did not improve.

In July 2016, a Dharma convention was held in Hong Kong. It was not until 6 months before that that I started practicing diligently. In order to become a disciple of Master Lu, a threshold number of Little Houses was required. Additionally, I had to remain vegetarian for 3 months before the ceremony. I became a vegetarian on April 1, 2016. At that time, I made a vow: “Merciful Guan Yin Bodhisattva, please bless me, so that I can vow to become a vegetarian and bless my family not to hinder me from being a vegetarian. When returning from the Dharma convention, if I can’t hold on, I will be a vegetarian for six days per month”. Looking back on this vow today I realized I had to apologize to Guan Yin Bodhisattva and Master Lu; I was feeling ashamed and regretful. The power of this vow was too simple to rescue me from vertigo!

During the Dharma convention, Master Lu not only gave us instructions but also revealed the relationship between cause and effect through their totems. If I couldn’t see it with my own eyes, I couldn’t believe that there was such an extraordinary person, who knew everything within and beyond this world. There were such effective examples that sentient beings could abandon suffering and obtain happiness. I felt shocked and my heart was full of Dharma joy. After formally becoming a disciple of Master Lu, I made a great vow in front of Guan Yin Bodhisattva: For the rest of my life, I will never kill, I will be a vegetarian, focus on Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door diligently and never quit.

By practicing the three golden Buddhist practices, I gradually eliminated my karma. After returning from the 2017 Malaysia Dharma Convention, I made 2 new vows: Recite 108 Little Houses and release 10,000 fish in half a year to eliminate vertigo karma. All were completed on time. From 2017 to 2019, I have recited Great Compassion Mantra 49, Heart Sutra 49, Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance 3, Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots 49, Xiao Zai Ji Xiang Shen Zhou 49, Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra 21, Cundi Dharani 21 times per day as my assignment.

From 2017 to 2019, because of occasional worries and complaints and not reciting Buddhist scriptures diligently, I experienced dizziness twice. However, I recovered within a couple of days, with mild symptoms. Since the second half of 2019, vertigo has completely disappeared. I am finally healed after suffering from MD for more than 40 years!

My deepest gratitude to the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva!

My deepest gratitude to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from ten directions and three periods of time!

My deepest gratitude to the Dharma protectors!

My deepest gratitude to the selfless and altruistic Master Jun Hong Lu!

If there is anything that is not rational or in line with the truth in the presentation, I’d like to seek forgiveness from the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Dharma protectors, and Master Jun Hong Lu.

I’d also like to seek forgiveness from my fellow Buddhist practitioners.

I, not my fellow practitioners, will be responsible for my own karma!

Presenter: Dharma practitioner Meng, Gratitude and Namaste!

Translator: Frank

Statement by Translator

1. The story was translated from Chinese into English by meaning, not word by word. If there is anything that is not rational or in line with the true meaning of the Chinese version, I’d like to seek forgiveness from the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva, all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Dharma protectors and Master Jun Hong Lu.  

2. Author Meng was interviewed by Frank during the translation for the detailed information.

References

[1] A Scarpa, et al. Pharmacological, Surgical and Diagnostic Innovations in Meniere’s Disease: A Review. Transl Med UniSa. 2020 Dec; 23: 48–52.

[2] Nadera Ahmadzai, et al. Pharmacologic and surgical therapies for patients with Meniere’s disease: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2019; 8: 341.

Some basic facts (American Hearing Research Foundation, 2022)

(1) Meniere’s affects roughly 615,000 people in the United States, making it a relatively rare disorder, according to current statistics. About 0.2 percent of the U.S. population has it. And each year about 45,500 new cases are diagnosed. But despite these statistics, there continues to be debate over how common Meniere’s actually is.

(2) Although it can come on at any age, most people with Meniere’s are 40 or older. Onset most often occurs between 40 and 60. And the probability of developing the disorder is fairly equal between both women and men, although some studies do show that women may be more likely to be diagnosed with it.

(3) Meniere’s is called a disease, but it really is a cluster of symptoms for which the underlying cause is unknown and for which there currently is no cure.

(4) Named after the French physician, Prosper Ménière, who first identified the disorder in 1861 as being linked to the inner ear—rather than to the brain as once thought—Meniere’s is a particularly intrusive disorder that can be difficult to diagnose.

(5) More than anything else, Meniere’s tends to be known for the extreme and unpredictable dizziness that typically comes with it—vertigo, with which the individual is overcome by an overwhelming sensation of spinning. Other telltale symptoms come with Meniere’s as well, but it’s the intense and random vertigo that many people find the most troublesome.

(6) The other common symptoms of Meniere’s include tinnitus (commonly called “ringing in the ears”), muffled hearing or the sensation that one’s hearing has been blocked, and a feeling of congestion, fullness, or pressure in the affected ear. Most often, Meniere’s involves only one ear, but in about 15 percent of people with the disorder, both ears are involved.

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原文如下：

心灵法门治愈了我40多年的美尼尔氏综合症（眩晕症）

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我是孟同修，我分享的主题是：心灵法门治愈了我40多年的美尼尔氏综合症（眩晕症）

我不到20岁就患上了美尼尔氏综合症。一般地，该病一年发作一次。婚后，大约27岁，我做了第一次人工流产，此后，又连续做过三次。后来为了防止怀孕，我采用了吃避孕药的节育措施。随着流产次数的增加，我的美尼尔氏综合症的发作频率也逐步升高至一年三四次，轻则持续三四天，重则一周左右。我根本无法上班，食欲不振，严重地影响我的工作和生活。犯病时，一到两天我不能进食，不能睁眼，天旋地转，恶心呕吐，非常痛苦难受。至2019年，我患美尼尔氏综合症达40多年了。

这个病医生根本就治愈不了，去医院检查全部正常。犯病之前，没有任何的预兆，也就没办法预防。这么多年来，通过种种的方法，中医西医乃至偏方，包括去寺院烧香拜佛都试过，病情都没有好转。随着年龄的增长，犯病的次数逐渐增多。

2015年我接触到心灵法门。我于2016年香港拜师。在这之前，我对佛法一窍不通。陈师兄给我看法门的入门手册，我觉得非常好。师父说人的病有两种，一种是肉体病，一种是灵性病。眩晕症就是灵性病。从那一刻起，我决定学习心灵法门，试试看能不能治疗我的病，一个月后开始念组合经文。由于学佛不努力，一周最多念两张经文组合，还觉得很紧张。不懂得许愿、放生、念经，更不懂得学习《白话佛法》，所以病情没有好转。

直到2016年7月香港法会拜师前半年，因为经文组合有数量要求，我才开始努力学习。拜师前三个月必须全素，我从2016年4月1日开始吃全素。我当时的想法就是为了去拜师。那时我跟菩萨讲：请观世音菩萨加持保佑我，让我能够坚持吃全素，保佑家人不要阻碍我吃全素。如果我不能坚持，回来后吃六斋日。现在回想起来这个祈求，我真是对不起观世音菩萨，对不起师父。我惭愧、忏悔。自己的愿力还不够啊!

香港法会期间，师父不仅给我们开示，还给师兄们看了图腾。听到师兄们灵验事迹的分享，我感到震惊、震撼、法喜。要不是我亲眼看到、听到，我真不敢相信世上真有这么厉害的师父和这么灵验的事例。拜师后我在观世音菩萨面前许愿：今生今世永远不杀生，吃全素，一门精进永不退转。随着学习心灵法门一点点地进步，知道运用三大法宝，来消除我的业障。

2017年马来西亚法会回来后，我许愿：半年内（时间可能记得不准）念组合经文108张，放生1万条鱼，来消除昡晕症业障。两个愿力如期完成。从2017年至2019年，因为自己烦恼四起，怨天尤人，学佛也是时紧时慢，所以昡晕症又犯过两次，但是症状很轻，两天就好了。是观世音菩萨慈悲我，让我看到了光明，坚定了我学佛信心。自2019年下半年以来，昡晕症再没犯过。

无比感恩大慈大悲观世音菩萨赐我放生、还债、消业障的机会。从2019年4月到现在2021年6月，我合计给自己放生了10万条鱼。感恩菩萨慈悲，对我重罪轻罚。

至此，困扰我40多年的美尼尔氏综合症终于痊愈了。

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如果在分享过程中有不如理不如法之处，祈请大慈大悲观世音菩萨慈悲原谅！请十方三世一切诸佛菩萨慈悲原谅！请龙天护法金刚菩萨慈悲原谅！请恩师慈父慈悲原谅！请师兄们批评指正！我自己的业障自己背，不让师兄们背！   

分享人: 孟同修 感恩合十

2022-02-25

美尼尔氏症的几个基本事实（美国听力研究基金会，2022）

(1) 根据目前的统计数据，美国有大约 615,000 人遭受美尼尔氏症影响困扰，使其成为一种相对罕见的疾病。大约 0.2% 的美国人口患上此病。每年约有 45,500 例新病例被诊断出来。尽管有这些统计数据，关于梅尼埃实际上有多普遍仍然存在争议。

(2) 虽然它可以在任何年龄出现，但大多数美尼尔氏症患者都在 40 岁或以上。发病最常发生在 40 到 60 岁之间。女性和男性患上这种疾病的可能性相当，尽管一些研究确实表明女性可能更有可能被诊断出患有这种疾病。

(3) 美尼尔氏症是一种疾病，但它确实又是一组症状，其根本原因不明，目前尚无治愈方法。

(4) 以法国医生 Prosper Ménière 的名字命名，他在 1861 年首次发现这种疾病与内耳有关——而不是像曾经认为的那样与大脑有关——梅尼埃病是一种特别难以诊断的侵入性疾病。

(5) 最重要的是，美尼尔氏症往往以伴随它而来的极端和不可预测的头晕而闻名——眩晕，个体被压倒性的旋转感所征服。美尼尔氏症也有其他明显的症状，但强烈和随机的眩晕是许多病人觉得最棘手的。

(6) 美尼尔氏症的其他常见症状包括耳鸣（通常称为“耳鸣”）、听力低沉或听力被阻塞的感觉，以及受影响的耳朵有充血、饱胀或压力感。大多数情况下，美尼尔氏症只涉及一只耳朵，但在大约 15% 的患有这种疾病的人中，两只耳朵都受影响。

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