Salient features of Ayurveda

Totally Safe: It’s Natural and all medicines are herbal.
It’s deep: Works at the roots and not just to suppress the external symptoms
It’s complete: special diet, yoga, breathings, meditation for a complete restoration.
It’s Clean: detoxify the body from the years of toxins and tensions.
Both preventive as well as curative treatments

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What should I expect from an Ayurvedic treatment?

Ayurvedic treatment focuses on restoring the natural harmony of your body and mind. On your first visit, our doctor will ask for your medical history, check your pulse, palpate your abdomen, examine your tongue, eyes, nails, and skin, and listen to the tone of your voice. Our doctor will also ask you questions about your general state of health with special focus on your lifestyle, diet, habits, and environmental surroundings. Based on this assessment, our doctor will then make recommendations on how to restore your natural balance, which always includes the changes in lifestyle, particular diet and the following practices:

Pranayama -- breathing exercises. Practicing pranayama generates more energy.
Abhyanga -- rubbing the skin with herbal oil to increase blood circulation and draw toxins out of the body through the skin.
Rasayana -- using mantras (repeated words or phrases) during meditation combined with specific herbs to rejuvenate a person.
Yoga -- combining pranayama, movement, and meditation. It has been shown to improve circulation and digestion, and to reduce blood pressure, cholesterol levels, anxiety, and chronic pain.
Pancha karma -- cleansing the body of toxins to purify the body and reduce cholesterol. Practitioners use methods to induce sweat, bowel movements, and even vomit in an effort to cleanse the body of toxins.
Herbal medicines -- prescribing herbs to restore dosha balance.

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Ayurveda

Ayurveda, India's Ancient System of Herbal Medicine:
Ayurveda, the oldest form of health care in the world, is originated in India over 5000 years ago, and continued to thrive throughout these centuries and it’s getting better than every last year. The very uniqueness of Ayurveda is that it doesn’t fight with the body to control the diseases, but teaches us to harmonize our body-mind with the universal laws of nature – thereby removing the very roots of all the diseases.
In Sanskrit, Ayurveda (Ayur-Veda) means the "Science of Life," and based on the one fundamental principle that health is the natural state of an individual as long his/her body-mind are in harmony with nature (environment) and Disease is outcome of the disharmony. Ayurveda is different from other system in a way that it places emphasis on prevention at the root causes, instead working with symptoms, and it employs right diet, yoga, pranayama, meditation, herbal medication along with the cleansing, rejuvenation and detoxification of both body and mind.

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Significance of Mala

Mala are the substances or waste matter to be thrown out of the body. The waste produvts are called mala. Mala are excretory by-products formed as a result of various physiological activities going on in the body. Purish (stool), Mutra (urine) and Sweda (sweat) are considered as main excretory product of the body. These are also known as Dushya as these tend to be influenced to cause pathology or disease by imbalanced doshas. These are known as Mala due to its principle property of Malinikaran i.e. Toxification. Malas are the third in the trinity of the body; the other two are doshas and dhatus. According to Ayurveda only a balanced condition of doshas, dhatus and malas is Aarogya (good health or disease free condition) and their imbalance causes ill health or disease.

Significance of Mala:
As a result of metabolic processes being carried out in the body, essence of ingested food and waste products are constantly formed. If waste products are not being formed besides the essence i.e. beneficial products that nourish tissues, then metabolic process would be impaired ultimately leading to the formation of malformed tissues. So, there needs to be an appropriate segregation of essence of ingested food and waste product and excretion of the waste matter on appropriate time for maintaining health. Malas are actually the waste products of the body and their proper excretion from the body is essential, so that the proper health of the individual can be maintained because if the waste products are not thrown out it can toxify. Waste products:

There are mainly three types of Malas:

• Purish: Stool.
• Mutra: Urine.
• Sweda: Sweat.

Significance of Doshas

According to Ayurveda there are three vital principles, which regulate and control the biological functions of the body. They are known as Vata, Pitta and Kapha. They are the subtle forms of the three bhutas -air, fire and water. Doshas play a vital role in the basic foundation of Ayurveda. They are responsible foe coordinating and directing all the substances and structures of the body. Doshas are referred to as 'dynamic energies' and 'vata dosha' are kinetic energy. Vata doshas initiate all forms of activity and motion in the body. It acts as a network of communication from tissue to tissue and cell to cell. It is responsible for perception, assimilation and reaction. Vata doshas is the basis of all communication process in the body. All motions, transportation and electromagnetic activities are controlled by vata. 'Pitta dosha' is responsible for all types of transformations in the body. Pitta controls digestion of food as well as conversion of light rays that fall on the retina to electric impulses. It is mainly associated with the chemical reaction and changes taking place in the body. Pitta controls emotion like anger, fear and boldness. Pitta controls digestion of food, it is responsible for hunger, appetite and thirst. The functions of pitta are more physical compare to vata. There are mainly five types of pitta dosha. The quality of Pitta dosha' is most predominant during youth and adulthood. 'Pitta' reflects the dynamics of youth. Kapah dosha is the third important part of dosha. It is the cohesive energy in the body, it smoothes out problems, lubricates and provides support when needed. If 'vata' is kinetic energy then 'kapha' is potential energy. Kapha is the principle of water and earth is heavy and moist. It is said that carbohydrates and fats can increase 'kapha' There are five types of kapha dosha, based on both anatomy and body function. 'Kapha' abnormalities lead to respiratory disease, feeble mindedness, weakness and lethargy.

It is seen that the dead body and the other inanimate objects have none of the three doshas. Which proves that all the three doshas are invariably connected with life. Each of them has it's own significance and qualities, which are contrary to each other so as to maintain the equilibrium.

Significance of Dhatu

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The word dhatu comes from the root DHA meaning basis or foundation. The purpose of metabolism is to create proper dhatus together with the intelligence with which they carry out their role as the field of physiological activity. Dhatus are created through the action of catalysts that convert one tissue to another. In this way, progressively refined tissues are created from their grosser precursors. The catalyst for this is another type of agni, a dhatu-agni or metabolic fire. According to Ayurveda dhatus are the basic tissues, which maintain and nourish the body in other words it can be defined as one, which supports the body. There are mainly seven types of dhatu according to Ayurveda. The seven dhatus are composed of five mahabhutas. These dhatus remain inside the human body in a proper equilibrium so that the body can function properly but any disturbance in their equilibrium causes disease. The seven dhatus are as follows:

• Rasa: (Plasma)
• Rakta : (Blood)
• Mansa : (Muscles)
• Meda : (Fat)
• Asthi : (Bone)
• Majja : (Bone marrow)
• Shukra : (Reproductive fluid or Semen)

In Sanskrit the word dhatu means 'that which binds together'. Dhatu is the element, which constructs our body. Dhatu is the base of growth and survival. Dhatus take different forms in our body to maintain life. Different organs (sharir avayavas) and different body systems (strotasas) are made out of dhatus. Our nourishment and development is fully dependent on dhatus. They support the mind. To summarize, dhatus account for the Ayurvedic explanation of the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Our body processes consumed food and transforms it into life sap, which in turn creates a chain of further body tissues i.e. dhatus. Their gain gives quality to our life and their loss destroys life. The Quantity and quality of each dhatus and it's balanced functioning is very important for perfect health.

Ayurveda Diognosis

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Samanyaj This disease is caused due to disequilibrium of any one, two or three Doshas refers to samanyaj vyadhi. Like Anemia that can be caused due to the vitiation of either of Vata, Pitta or Kapha Dosha or all of them.

Nanatmaj This disease is caused due to disequilibrium of one particular Dosha. Like grudhrasi(sciatica), Kamala(jaundice), Medorog(obesity) due to vitiation of Vata, Pitta, Kapha Doshas respectively.

Sadhya refers to curable diseases and

Asadhya means incurable diseases.

Sadhya is further divided into following two categories: http://www.indianholidays.org

• Sukhasadhya refers to diseases, which are easily curable within a short span of time.
• Kruchchhasadhya are those diseases, which are curable with difficulty.
• Asadhya is divided into following two categories:
• Yapya Where in treatments or remedies applied afford relief to the patient but within a short span relapse again. So also the patient is relieved when he is on medication but if the medication is stopped the disease relapses. It is controllable only at the time of medication.
• Anukarma irredeemable i.e. remedies applied in no way give relief to the patient

Characteristics of Sukhasadhya diseases: http://www.indianholidays.org
Diseases that can be cured in a short span are called su-sadhya.
The body of the patient is capable of withstanding all types of therapies.
The patient has control over his sense organs.
The disease has few causes, mild pro-dormal symptoms, mild characteristic features and no complications.
Doshas, dushyas (tissues), desha (regions), kala (season) and prakruti (constitution of body) are dissimilar.
Disease arising from only one dosha, manifesting in one pathway only and is of recent onset.

Characteristics of Kruchchhasadhya:http://www.indianholidays.org
It requires more than one difficult method of treatment.
It has many incurable (distressing) symptoms.
Takes long time to develop.
It might need surgical and other methods of treatment.
All such diseases are cured, but with difficulty, hence Krcch - sadhya.

Characteristics of yapya: http://www.indianholidays.org
It is that disease which though is generally opposite (in qualities) of the curable;
still persist for remaining period of life.
Giving slight relief by suitable pathya (diet and medicines).
Getting aggravated again by even trivial causes.
Does not get cured without leaving remnants.
Arising from bad actions of the patient.
Continuing long because the person has a certain definite span (duration) of life.

Characteristics of Anukarma: http://www.indianholidays.org
It falls under the category of incurable diseases.
Has to be rejected because it possesses qualities entirely opposite to curable.
It produces giddiness, delusion, restlessness, and appearance of fatal signs and loss of function of sense organs.

Even curable (sadhya) diseases, if they are in strong combinations, become incurable (asadhya).
Other than this there are diseases, which falls under the category of Agantuj caused due to external factor like poison, accidents, heat stroke, etc. Nijroga caused due to disharmony of the Doshas and lastly Manas (psychiatric disease).