Maintain your health by practicing Bodhichitta

Bodhichitta is a Sanskrit word meaning of 'awakening mind' or 'mind of enlightenment.  It is simply an aspiration to render service to worldly beings on the same foot as we do something to our own children, and is a practice by which one can sooner or later attain Buddhahood. Beyond the concept of Buddhism, the practice of cultivating Bodhichitta brings valuable advantages to oneself as well as others, especially prevents process of aging, disease and recuperation. Thus, the practice of Bodhichitta is not only a tool to attain the Buddhahood but is a noble medicine for mental health.

Doing something for the benefits of others and thinking the other being more important than oneself is an unimaginable thought to benefit oneself as well as others. In the pursuit of Bodhichitta one should always extend your helping hand to all, share the suffering of others and meditate on the welfare of all sentient beings. The Buddha said, "to make oneself happy, should you make others happy." Without involvement of other people conventionally one cannot be happy by oneself. If there is one who is in the dire need of help, if you do help, he or she will be happy by the way you become happy. Happiness that you pant for more comes from doing help to others. Happiness keeps your mind always peaceful and calm. The more your mind is peaceful and calm, the more your body becomes healthy. Thus, there is a saying from the Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta

With bodhichitta one drives feelings of pain
With bodhichitta one overcomes nastiness
With bodhichitta one cures unhappiness
With bodhichitta  one gets rid of fear

However, if you practice bodhichitta to benefit for yourself, is not a genuine practice of bodhichitta.

In modern science happy mind plays a significant role in health. The happy mind protects your immune system which keeps us away from infection. To be happy should we practice bodhichitta.While cultivating Bodhichitta there is no spacious room to develop illness and even the sick relieving from the pain. Thus, bodhichitta is a noble medicine for our mental health too. Thus, there is a saying from the Jewel Lamp: A Praise of bodhicitta:
By relying on the medicine of bodhicitta
all the diseases of defilement are cured
so in all the world it is definite
that there is no medicine like this