ABOUT AYURVEDA

Ayurveda is the most ancient system of medicine in the world, its antiquity going back to the Vedas and it is considered the Upveda of Atharveda. Ayurveda is the science of life in biological terms, it is a systematic manner describing the phenomenon of health, diseases, methods of diagnosis, prognosis and health care that is promotive, preventive and curative

Ayurveda may perceived as an experiential science in contrast to western medicine which is largely experimental. Ayurveda is a classical holistic medicine as compared to western medicine.

Ayurveda is strongly pro-nature as compared to western medicine which is ant-inature. Ayurveda is promoting, preventive medicine as compared to western medicine, where the main concern is disease and cure.

Ayurveda is the knowledge of life and tells us how to live a healthy life, before to discuss how to go about Ayurveda, we need to appreciate the difference between disease free and healthy. The opposite of healthy is unhealthy and the later is not necessarily synonymous with being diseased. Have you not on some days awakened in the morning after a fitfull sleep feeling sick? which are bags under your eyes and no sparkle in your eyes. You suffer from a feeling of incomplete bowel evacuation, vague ache and pain throughout the day. You shout at your children more than you need to, and argue with peers for rhymes or reasons and are by the large unhappy, but such symptoms can not be classified in to any disease syndrome.

If guided by today’s medical system, you are certainly not well and definitely not in a state of positive health. When patient comes with such complain, what do allopathic medicos have to offer? In the past it would have been vitamins and tonics where as the current trend is to prescribe the popular anti-stress drugs. Did you know that ayurveda, our indigenous system of medicine has given us several tricks to follow that will prevent us feeling unwell.

Ayurveda is often erroneously associated with herbs only, but it has a huge canvas which includes among other things Yoga, Meditation and Panchakarma. An important concept of ayurveda is that each individual is genetically different. This gives him/her a very specific constitution (prakriti), and also a very individual ways of interacting with the environment. Ayurveda tells us of the framework in which we can modify our lifestyle to optimize our bodily functions.

If for some reasons, an illness does occur, then ayurveda describes remedies based on herbs minerals and other therapeutic procedures like Panchkarma, Yoga and Meditation. Nobody likes to age but it is a law of life; Ayurveda teaches us how to age with dignity and grace.

The entire science of Ayurveda is based on the Panchmahabhoot (the five great elements) theory. All matters from tissues and organs to cells is built on the foundation of this theory the five elements are : Earth (prithvi), Water (jal), Fire (agni), Air (vayu), Ether/Space (akash). Earth represent the solid state , Water the liquid state, Air represents the gaseous state, Fire represents the transforming force and ether is simultaneously the source of all matters and the space in which it exists.

The science of ayurveda has simplified the organizational layout of the human body into three basic components, Dosha, Dhatus, Mala and are intricately linked to each other and influenced by the external environment.

DOSHA : the word dosha means fault strain or an inaccuracy that leads to chaos. Doshas seems to be called such because they have capacity to cause disease under certain circumstances.

There are three dosha in the body :

1. VATA DOSHA
2. PITTA DOSHA
3. KAPHA DOSHA

Characteristic of each dosha :

VATA DOSHA: The origin of the word Vata can be traced to “that which moves- air" :

1. Vata is an initiator of all forms of activities.
2. Vata is important in the body's communication network from sense organ to the brain and from tissue to tissue and from cell to cell .
3. Vata is responsible for perception, assimilation and reaction.
4. Vata brings memory to consciousness and transfer current experiences into memory .
5. Vata inspires speech and it is the base for laughter and exaltation.

PITTA DOSHA: The pitta dosha can be correlated with “the metabolic processes inside the body" - fire

1. Pitta dosha is responsible for all type of transformation in the body.
2. Pitta controls digestion of food in the gut .
3. Pitta controls conversion of light rays which fall onhe tretina to electric impulses which in turn are carried by optic nerves for processing in brain.
4. Pitta controls emotions like anger fear and bravado, and it is responsible for positive action oriented approach.

KAPHA DOSHA: Kapha the third dosha is also termed “as phlegm” - water

1. Kapha is the cohesive energy in the body
2. Kapha denotes loyalty, compassion, and love.
3. A predominance of this dosha makes a person for giving of nature, free from envy and endowed with patience.
4. Kapha lubricate the gut, and holds the food while it is being cooked by pitta and churned
   by Vata.
5. Kapha is involved in the construction of the smallest cell and also the largest bone.
6. Kapha hold together all the structural element.
7. Kapha gives mental strength, as well as resistance to diseases

DHATUS (Tissues): Dhatus are created nourished and repaired by the juice of a healthy diet. These tissues or dhatus are in fact the product of digested food. This clearly explains the importance that ayurveda places on the food we eat.

The most important difference between Dosha and Dhatus is that the Dhutas perform functions under the fine control of Dosha. The word dhatu means ‘support’ in Sanskrit Dhatus therefore form the infrastructure of the body.

MALA (waste product of the body ): We would normally think that Mala, like urine and feases would be of no great importance in maintaining the Health of an individual. However ayurveda puts emphasis on charecyeristics of the different malas. Mala referred to in the Dosha - Dhatu - Mala tripod of life, Malsa are not restricted to waste product. If one has to interpret the term more academically it would be best to translate it as metabolic end product. Keep all the three legs of tripod (Dosha-Dhatu-Mala) healthy and balanced you will not face any disease.

We have realized by now that in ayurveda as well as in western medicine a healthy interaction between the functional components of the body is keyword to physiology. Ayurveda says that this interaction occurs via channels - macro and microscopic receptors that open or closes at the behest of neurotransmitters to produce effects on the cells. In ayurveda these channels are called the Srotas.

SROTAS or The receptor channels thus play a very major role and any dysfunction in them can be disastrous for the cell, tissue, organ and in general to the individual. So Panchkarma is recommended for clearing these srotas (channels) at our panchkarma treatment center.

THE DRIVING FORCE: AGNI (FIRE)

In Charaka Samhita it is described that: life, complexion, strength, health, enthusiasm, glow, structure, immunity, tissue metabolic fire and life force are all good if Agni (body fire ) is good. What happen when either the fire of fuel is suboptimum or suppressed Ama (toxin) result. Ama molecule that are absorbed can play havoc inside the body.

WHAT IS AMA? (TOXIN)

Ama may be nutritionally unimportant but is immunologically powerful as it is generated from improperly digested food. However ama does evoke a strong immune response as it is foreign to the body and results in formation of antibodies, the Ama (toxin) and antibodies then interact with each other to form an immune complex which is a deadly combination. Wherever this immune complex goes inside the body systems it produces an inflammatory reaction which is the root cause for many diseases. So whenever someone has a disturbance with his body fire then there is a production of ama, highly fatal . So to get rid of these toxins we offer Panchakarma detoxification treatments to prevent the illnesses in there future and enhance their nonspecific immunity.