Hello Readers and My Dear Patients,
Today we are going to discuss about the Basic principles of
ayurveda and how it works on the human body to rejuvenate the body and attains
the balance hence resulting the cure of the illness.
Ayurveda; the science
of life believes that anything under the sun and moon they are either of
hot potency or of cold potency means everything can make heat or cold
by the influence of sun or moon.
This is the base of ayurveda. Yesterday I explained about the five
element theory and Three life forces in the body.
We start with the details
of sun:
It is very hot when sun become powerful by noon the dehydration is
happening,fire element in the body aggravating its nature.
So
the Pitha dosha will be dominant in the noon time.
Same way during the “sarath rithu” in this season the fire element will be
ruling the entire atmosphere.
So we getting the diseases due to the vitiated
fire element (Pitha Dosha).
Pitha dosha mainly
affecting the digestive system,circulatory system,it controls the vision,blood
related disorders etc..these are some of the examples.
The basic properties of the
fire element told in Sanskrit texts are as follows;
“pitham
sasneha theekshnoshnam laghu visram saram dravam”
(sanskrit slogan)
It can circulate,very hot,light,foul-smelling,liquid form,can
flow,slightly unctuous .
Here when we get a disease
due to the raised and vitiated pitha dosha or fire element we
have to apply the herbs which are of opposite properties.
When the fire burns
we pour water in order to stop the fire as the water having just
opposite properties to fire.
Same way to treat pitha or fire
aggravated disease we apply the medicines made of the herbs which are opposite
to fire element .
Moon:
It is cold .
When the moon
influencing our body the vatha or wind element and Kapha or
water element will be aggravating.
Vatha and kapha both are
cold where the pitha is hot.
The difference
between vatha and kapha ,even though both are cold ,the
wind element the
vatha is very light
,moving,rough, hard,minute, and cold
Kapha is very heavy
,dense,unctuous,slow and cold in nature.
The water element will be aggravating in the early morning hours
and during the winter.
It will aggravate the phlegm in the body.
We may get the diseases
like, phlegm accumulation in the chest and head region,bronchial asthma,high
cholesterol,cardiac blockages,obesity,migraine,sinusitis etc..
Here,to treat these
conditions we are applying the herbs which are of hot potency.
Some examples
for the herbs which are of hot potency – Piper nigrum(pepper),
Piper longum(Thippali), Calotropis(erukku) etc..
According to ayurveda we can treat any diseased condition by
applying just opposite properties.
We Analyse the patient by
signs and symptoms.
In Ayurveda texts it explained three methods to
diagnose a patient.
“Darshana,sparsana,prasnaihe parikshetha cha
roginam”.(Sanskrit slogan)
That means by seeing the patient and the affected areas,by the
touch and feel the affected part whether it is cold or hot etc.
And asking the
patient about the symptoms just like when it started where is it affecting,when
it will be aggravating etc..
I know you can't grasp it exactly isn't it? Ok I can understand so
we will stop today. I gone bit deep into the subject.
Don't worry,will be easy
when it come to the practical application area.
Thank you for reading .
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