AYURVEDA  LECTURE  3THERAPEUTICS

“WITH  PROPER  DIET  AND  LIFESTYLE,  MEDICINE   IS  OF  NO  

NEED.  WITH  IMPROPER  DIET  AND  LIFESTYLE,  MEDICINE   IS  

OF  NO  USE.”  ~AYURVEDIC  PROVERB

IT ’ S  ALL  ABOUT  FIRE: AGNI  &  WHAT  PUTS   IT  OUT  

•TOO  MUCH  WATER/LIQUID  WHILE  EATING  

•NO  SCHEDULE  AROUND  EATING  

•HABITUALLY  EATING  THE  SAME  FOODS

•STAYING  UP/EATING  LATE  

•EATING  TASTELESS  FOODS    

•RESISTING  THE  URGE  TO  EAT  

•OVEREATING    

•FOODS  THAT  THROW  OFF  DOSHAS

FOOD  BECOMES  YOUR  BODYTHE  DHATUS:  THE  BODY’S   SEVEN  MAJOR  TISSUES

DHATUS:  BUILDING  OF  TISSUES  

COMMENCES,  BEGINNING  WITH  PLASMA  

• Plasma  (Rasa)  

• Blood  (Rakta)  

• Muscle  (Mamsa)  

• Fat  (Meda)  

• Bone  (Ashthi)  

• Bone  marUow  and  nerWe  (Majji)  

• Reproductive  fluid  (Shukra/Ar\ava)  

• Digestion  is  evident  in  the  tissues—their  health  and  

for`ation

OJAS

• “WHITISH-­‐GOLD  LIQUID”  

• RESULTS  FROM  PERFECT  

DIGESTION  

• IMPENETRABLE  

IMMUNITY  

• CONSISTENT  ENERGY    

• VITALITY  

• CONTENTMENT

BUILDING/MAINTAINING  OJAS

• laugh  and  smile  a  lot  

• take  time  to  relax  

• meditate  regclarly  

• spend  time  in  natcre  

• exercise  your  creativite  

• offer  your  gists  to  others    

• follow  your  hear\’s  passion  

• engage  in  physical  activite  

AMA:  THE  TOXIC  

BYPRODUCT  OF  

POOR  DIGESTION•UNDIGESTED/PARTIALLY  DIGESTED  FOOD  

LINGERS   IN  THE  BODY  

•ACCUMULATION:  COLON>>THEN  

BLOODSTREAM  

•TRAVELS  AND  LODGES   IN  TISSUES  &  

ORGANS  

•SOURCE  OF  DISEASE  

•THROWS  OFF  UNDERLYING  BALANCE  OF  

ALL  DOSHAS  

•AFFECTS  KAPHA  AND  DATA  MOST,  

HOWEVER  

•PITTA  TYPES  BURN  IT

ASK  YOURSELF:

ObserWe:1. Stick  out  your  tongce  in  the  mirUor  

2. Is  there  a  white  film  on  it?  

3. If  so,  this  is  ama,  direct  obserWation  

4. Use  a  tongce  scraper  

5. What  you  scrape  off,  that  is  ama

HOLISTIC  

PERCEPTION:    

FOOD’S  MANY  FORMS•UNDIGESTED  THOUGHTS,  EMOTIONS  AND  

SENSORY   IMPRESSIONS  WILL  ALSO  LEAD  TO  

THE  FORMATION  OF  MENTAL  AMA  

•EG. ,  THOSE  TIMES  WHEN  THE  ANSWER  

COMES   IN  THE  SHOWER  

•ALL  A  BYPRODUCT  OF  FAST-­‐PACED  SOCIETY  

•NEED  TO  BUILD  IN  TIME  TO  PROCESS  AND  

DIGEST—TO  FIND  BALANCE  

• INTUITIVE  POPULAR  MIGRATION  TOWARD  

YOGIC  ACTIVITIES  

MIND:  FOUND  THROUGHOUT  THE  ENTIRE  

BODY—NOT  CONFINED  TO  THE  BRAIN

• StUeam  of  consciousness  flows  through  evere  cell  in  the  body  

• Life  force—AycrWeda  recogrizes  this  flowing  through  mind  and  body  

• When  we  are  joyfcl,  the  body,  evere  cell,  exteriences  this  

• Fear  is  the  same  way  

• Physical  disease  always  has  a  mental/emotional  component  

• Mental  disease,  when  lest  untUeated,  manifests  in  the  body

SLEEP—TIPS

• GO  TO  BED  BEFORE  10  PM  

• SET  REGULAR  BEDTIME  

• CLEAN/PLEASANT  BEDROOM  

• BEFORE  SLEEP,  CONCENTRATE  ON  BREATH  ONLY  

• TAKE  A  WARM  BATH  BEFORE  BED  

• READ  BEFORE  BED  OR  WITH  BOOK  LIGHT/KINDLE  

• AVOID  BLUE  SCREEN  

• WARM  MILK  WITH  PINCH  OF  CARDAMOM/

NUTMEG  BEFORE  BED  

ACTIVITY  BY  DOSHAVATA:  AEROBICS   (LOW  IMPACT) ;  

EASY  CYCLING;  TAI  CHI ;  WALKING;  

YOGA;  GYMNASTICS;   SWIMMING  

PITTA:  ARCHERY;  BASKETBALL;  

CYCLING;  FOOTBALL;  MARTIAL  

ARTS;   SURFING;  TENNIS ;  WEIGHT  

LIFTING;   SKI ING;  MOUNTAIN  

CLIMBING  

KAPHA:  AEROBICS;   JOGGING;  

ROCK  CLIMBING;  RUNNING;  

TENNIS ;  YOGA;  ROWING;  

FOOTBALL

HERBS—COMMON

• Triphala—combo  of  three  herbs/natcral  laxative  effect/can  

be  dreing/master  herb—ex\Uemely  healing    

• Guggclu—helps  rid  the  body  of  unwanted  fat  and  ama/

different  for`ulations  for  different  dosas  

• Brahmi—i.e.,  gotc  kola/cams  nerWes/improves  memore/

promotes  restfcl  sleep  and  balancing  of  doshas  

• Chavanaprash—immunite  enhancing  wcit/high  in  vitamin  

C/rejuvenating  jam/stUeng\hens  ojas/  NOT  recommended  

for  those  with  excess  ama/obese  body  condition  

• Ashwagandha—calms  nerWes/stUeng\hens  muscles/reduces  

anxiete  in  men  and  women/reverses  sexcal  debilite  in  men  

• Satavari—female  herb:  menstUcation/menopause/

infer\ilite/low  libido/hor`onal  imbalances

HERBS—BY  DOSHA

+raises  dosha/-­‐balances/*in  moderation

ABHYANGADAILY  FOR  PITTA-­‐  AND  VATA-­‐PREDOMINANT  TYPES   (LESS  

OFTEN/DAILY  DRY  BRUSHING  FOR  KAPHA)

ABHYANGA

• Head-­‐to-­‐toe  oil  massage  

• Relaxes  nerWous  system  

• Removes  impurities  wom  plasma  

• Feeds  inner  tissues  of  the  body  

• Powerfcl  preventative  measure  

• Vata—war`ing  (almond/sesame)  

• Piza—cooling  (coconut/olive)  

• High-­‐qualite,  organic,  cold-­‐pressed  

• Add  essential  oils

• “PANCHA"—FIVE  ACTIONS  TREATMENT  

• RID  THE  BODY  OF  EXCESS  AMA,  BALANCE  DOSAS  AND  PURIFY  TISSUES  

• LIGHT  FASTING  AND  STEAM  THERAPY  TO  OPEN  BODY  FOR  OILS  

• F IVE  PRIMARY  TREATMENTS:  VAMAN/BASTI/NASYA/HERBAL  PURGATION—OILS  AND  HERBS  

• SHIRODHARA  (AWESOMENESS!)  

• BASIS :  QUALIFIED  PRACTITIONER  ADVISES  BASED  ON  INITIAL  CONSULTATION  TO  DETERMINE  PRAKRITI  

• 3 -­‐ 14  DAYS    

• RECOMMENDED  EVEN  FOR  HEALTHY  INDIVIDUALS  AS  A  PREVENTATIVE  MEASURE  

PANCHAKARMA