Ācārya Balkrishna, a great scholar of Āyurveda, sanskrit language and grammar, and the Vedas, was born to Smt. Sumitra Devi and Shri Jay Vallabh.
A simple and unassuming versatile genius, he is the chief architect
of the visionary planning of Swami Ramdev. Equally well versed in Yoga
and Āyurveda, he is an able and sincere collaborator in all the projects
and ventures launched by Swami Ramdevji, ever since their chance
meeting in the Gangotri caves.
Balkrishnaji studied Sāṅkhya yoga, Āyurveda, Sanskrit language,
Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, Vedas, Upaniṣads and Indian philosophy under the
guidance of Ācārya Shri Baldevji in the Gurukul at Kalwa (near Jind,
Haryana) and obtained his postgraduate (Ācārya) degree from,
Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi.
During his journey and austere penance in the Himalayas he was able to explore four rare and extinct
aṣṭavarga plants used as ingredients in the preparation of
cyavanaprāśa, an āyurvedic tonic.
He is also credited with discovering the
sañjīvanī būtī
of legendary fame. As the head of all the medical institutions and
chikitsalayas (Hospitals and clinics) functioning under the aegis of
Patañjali Yogpeeth he is mainly focused on the research and development
of Āyurveda to make it complete successfully with the modern medical
science. He has been able to cure lacs of patients at his Brahmakalpa
Chikitsalaya of a number of stubborn, chronic and incurable diseases
like diabetes, rheumatism, osteo-arthritis, gout (rheumatism and
arthritis), migraine, cervical spondylitis, respiratory disorders,
asthma, cancer, nervous disorder, heart disease, brain diseases, etc.
Yoga and Āyurveda have combined wonderfully in the treatment of these
diseases at a very nominal/ affordable price.These successful treatments
have been documented by Ācāryaji in his renowned book:
Yoga In Synergy With Medicial Science. Another very popular book written by him is
Aushadh Darshan, a handy pharmacopeia of ayurvedic and home remedies.
