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Lubricant/चिकनाई

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                     Lubricant / चिकनाई Pour a few drops of oil in naval Just as a cloth absorbs water and releases the excess, a lubricant is absorbed by  the body and the excess discarded. Introduction Ill health indicates the perturbation of doshas and the breakdown, in greater or lesser degree of their equilibrium. The treatment is of ill health consist of setting the  perturbed doshas by measures such as Fasting, physical activity and medication for improving digestive power. In more severe ill health, elimination of the perturbed doshas, would be mandatory. Lubricant have an important role in setting perturbed doshas, their role as a perspective step to eliminative therapy is no less important.  When doshas are perturbed, lubricant in the correct form, dose and time dislodge accumulated doshas from the tissues ( dhatus ) and body channels transform them into central canal ( koshta ) from where they are eliminat...

Slimming and Building uo in therapeutics

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          Slimming and Building up in therapeutics If the disturbance of dosha fails to settle or worsen, the therapy is inadequate or or is inadequatly carried out. Introduction A good physician  must know the principles and practice of six procedures which are employed in therapeutics. They are : Slimming Langhana Building Brmhana Roughening  Roksana Lubricating  Snehana Fomenting  Svedana Arresting or Checking  Stambhana Slimming  Langhana    लंघन  upvas Slimming makes the body light Procedure Qualities of medication : Lightness, heat, roughness, instability, non slipperiness, intensity. Action : Makes the body light. Diet Building  Brmhana Building up adds to the bulk. Procedure Qualities  of medication : Heaviness, coldness, softness, lubricity, solidity, stability, slowness, smoothness. Action : A dds to the bulk. Diet Medication Roughening  Roksana  रुक्षता ,    रूखापन Roughening i...

Saptaparni /Alstonia Scolaris

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              Saptaparni /Alstonia Scholaris Alstonia scholaris / Seven Leaflets / Black board tree/ Milkwood/Devil tree or / सप्तपर्णी/ शैतान का पेड़                                      Saptaparni - Enchantress of Sharad Ritu October brings with it the onset of Delhi’s winter and the festive season.   In this season Saptaparni  (Alstonia scholaris) tree is in bloom with a bunch of pale green flowers lying on the ground. It marks the debut of the winter.   There’s a change in the air accompanied by a distinct strong smell, which for some of us, is synonymous with this season. It’s from the flowers of the Saptaparni (  Alstonia scholaris  ) tree that are small greenish-white, growing in tight clusters that stay until December. They are first been introduced in Delhi in 1940's and first planted in the then new Golf Links. The gigantic ...

Sekaash (Saccharum spontaneous)

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              Sekaash (Saccharum spontaneous) Saccharum  spontaneum (wild sugarcane, Kans grass) is a grass native to the Indian Subcontinent. It is a perennial grass, growing up to three meters in height  with spreading rhizomatous  roots  .  Elsewhere, its ability to quickly colonize disturbed soil has allowed it to become an  invasive species  that takes over  croplands and pasturelands Why is  'Sekaash (Saccharum spontaneous'   harmful to humans ? The pollens from   ''Sekaash (Saccharum spontaneous"   causes asthma, sinusitis, eye related issues and skin allergies also .  It is also termed as one of the polluting grass.   https://natureloversindia123.blogspot.com/2022/10/sekaash-saccharum-spontaneous.html

Constitution/Prakruti/Vikruti

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             Constitution/Prakruti/Vikruti Group of elements from our feeling’s, actions, and beliefs into a pattern, called our constitution, Prakruti. Prakruti describes the innate disposition, body make up, or constitution of a person at conception. Every person’s physiology and psychology is made up of three governing biological principles, the Doshas which are various combinations of five elements. When normal, the three doshas constitute three basic pillars, termed ‘ The Tri-Doshas’ which stabilizes life (health). When abnormal, the same three doshas are responsible for ageing, disease and death. At the time of conception, each person’s is created by the way in which the three doshas combine through the union of the parents. In addition to genetics, other factors which influence the creation of our constitution include diet, lifestyle, and emotions of our parents, the external environment which includes the conditions, weather and even ...

Prana Vayu

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                                  Prana Vayu                                                              (Breath of life/ Life Force/ Our body fuel) What is Prana? Prana with the capital P - life force, animation principle (   जीवन्तता/चंचलता ,  सजीवता ,) , without prana there is no life. Originates outside the body. Gives vitality and strength. Provides the link between the physical body and the energetic bodies / astral body. When this link is lost death results. Associated with sun, all pervading exist in both macrocosm and microcosm. The same energy from the same force, but manifest in different forms. More about Prana : That which is / goes everywhere, in the beings, in earth and rocks. Flows through the channels nadis, whose gateway i...