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yoga Ayurvedic Diagnosis
Diagnosis is a very vital aspect of Ayurvedic treatment. Diagnosis according to Ayurveda is to find out the root cause of a disease (Nidan). Unless the proper diagnosis is not done it is difficult to provide medicine and cure the disease. It is not always necessary that the root cause is internal. Many times the cause may be external. To give permanent relief the root cause has to be removed. Ayurveda not only treats the physical aspect of the disease but it cures the total disease. All causative factors of disease internal or external directly or indirectly create an imbalance (increase or decrease) in these doshas first and only then do the symptoms of the disease manifest. The causative factors can be the food, life style or other activities. Factors affecting your health could be your diet, life style or daily activities. In Ayurveda, the diagnosis and treatment of disease is always individual to each patient. As Ayurveda treats according to the constitution of an individual, it is known as a highly accurate and personalized method of analyzing diseases. All diseases are caused by aggravation of the three doshas i.e. vata, pitta and kapha. This aggravation is caused by the intake of improper diet and an improper lifestyle.
- Excessive intake of food like cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, sprouts, beans, dry fruits, mushrooms and raw foods.
- Travelling too much by any means of transportation.
- Too much eating of junk food, frozen food and micro waved cooked
- Excessive physical labor like sports
- Taking too much medicinal, recreational and stimulating drugs.
Deeper Ayurveda Course This course goes a step further than the earlier course. Apart from dealing with Ayurvedic pathology in general, it also contains topics relating to preventive medicine, dietary details, daily routines, seasonal regimens, drug addiction and its treatment, Ayurvedic diagnosis, bodily imbalances, stages of disease manifestation, energy centers, vital points, yoga, naturopathy and the Ayurvedic science of aphrodisiacs.
- Preventive Medicine according to Ayurveda
- Food items that can be taken regularlywithout causing any harm
- Maintaining personal hygiene and daily routine
- Outline of seasons according to Ayurveda
- Drug addiction and its treatment according to Ayurveda
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF YOGA THERAPY
It considers the role of the mind, meditation, and the Purusha, or higher Self, for both mental and physical health. Ayurvedic practitioners, particularly those trained in traditional Ayurveda, commonly prescribe Yoga practices of âsana, prânâyâma, mantra, and meditation, along with natural healing methods of diet, herbs, and massage.
When Yoga came to the West in the twentieth century, not much Ayurveda came along with it. This was due in part to various historical influences, such as the closure of Ayurvedic schools by the British during their colonial rule, and the ascendancy of allopathic medicine. People in the West found great health benefits in Yoga and wanted a medical application for Yoga. Not finding a specific system of medicine in the Yoga that they learned, they sought to adapt Yoga to modern medicine.
After around 1970, when alternative medicine began to spread, Yoga practitioners sought to ally Yoga at a health level with alternative systems like naturopathy, chiropractic, massage, herbal medicine, and Chinese medicine, which seemed to fit better with the naturalistic approach of Yoga than did modern Western medicine. It was only in the mid-eighties that Ayurveda began to be taught in the United States. By this time, the basis of a new Yoga therapy had arisen, which was largely apart from Ayurveda and not aware of its principles.
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Because of this historical situation, many people today believe that Yoga therapy is one thing and Ayurvedic medicine is another. Owing to the ascendancy of allopathic medicine even in the Indian context, some modern centers of Yoga therapy in India have emphasized Yoga therapy along with modern medicine and have not given much attention to Ayurveda either.
However, this situation has been changing in recent years. Ayurveda is becoming more common and popular in Yoga centers in India today, with large new centers like Patanjali Yogpeeth in Haridwar (now the largest in the country) including a full range of Ayurvedic practices. This trend is slowly extending to Europe and North America.
Now that Ayurveda is available and its connection with Yoga is becoming clearer, it is important that Yoga therapy in the West brings more Ayurveda into its application. There are several areas in which Ayurveda can be very helpful.
First, Yoga therapists can benefit from learning the Ayurvedic view of the body and mind and of health and disease, including individual constitution and Ayurveda's naturalistic approach to living. Studying the Ayurvedic view of anatomy and physiology, constitution, and the disease process, which follows the energetics of prâna, will greatly enhance the Yoga therapist's view of disease and how to treat it in a Yogic manner. Studying the Ayurvedic view of how physical diseases are connected to psychological diseases and lack of connection with our inner consciousness (Purusha) will greatly expand the realm of Yoga psychology.
Ayurvedic Herbal Medicine
this course, students will learn about herbs as they are used in Ayurvedic medicine. Students will study Ayurvedic herbal philosophy and practices, acquiring beginning knowledge of major Ayurvedic herbs and how they are used to benefit physical, psychological, and spiritual health and ameliorate disease.
Ayurvedic practitioners also employ other diagnostic techniques such as palpation, percussion, auscultation along with examination of the heart, liver, spleen, kidney, urine, stool, sputum, sweat, and speech.
Anatomy and Physiology
This course provides a study of the anatomy and physiology of the human urinary, reproductive, nervous, and endocrine systems and a discussion of fluid and electrolyte balance, genetics, and growth and development.
A skilled Ayurvedic Practitioner uses several techniques to determine your current condition as well as any imbalances in your doshas. These are used to augment the questions he or she asks during consultation to determine your dosha type.
Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Internship
his internship provides students with an opportunity to practice Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy methods and procedures learned in the classroom in a supervised clinical setting. Students are required to complete 150 hours of Ayurvedic internship, in which they complete treatments with at least 20 different patients.
Ayurveda or the 'science of longevity' is the Indian system of nature cure. It is known to promote positive health, natural beauty and long life. Although rooted in antiquity, Ayurveda is based on universal principles and is living, growing body of knowledge as useful today as it was in earlier centuries. It is said that Ayurveda is old as the world itself. Its basis is the spiritual knowledge of the ancient seers of India and the cosmic consciousness in which they lived. Its strength lies in its broad, all encompassing view of the dynamic inter-relationship between organic physiological process, external factors including climate, life work and diet along with the internal psychological and spiritual condition. Ayurveda, with its tridosha or three humours system, is able to provide a complete understanding of the cause of health in terms of metabolic balance. Disease is simply understood as an imbalance between the nerve energy (vata), catabolic fire energy (pitta) and anabolic nutritive energy (kapha). All foods and experiences have an effect on the overall balance of these respective humours. Ayurveda therefore aims to keeps the three humours in equilibrium.
Only then can perfect health be attained and maintained. In Ayurveda Diagnosis is more subjective than objective. But the comprehensive ness of the examination offsets any deficiencies because of subjectivity of the diagnosis. Ayurveda aims to solve many health problems. Thousands flock to India from all over the world in search of Ayurvedic healing. Kalari treatment, like Ayurveda has its roots in an age-old tradition, but only a few exponents remain today.
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