Hebbar - Living Easy With Ayurveda

LIVING EASY
with
AYURVEDA

Dr JV Hebbar

Copyright 2015 by Dr JV Hebbar.

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CONTENTS

Sleep And
Related Aspects

ABOUT THIS BOOK:

Ayurveda, the traditional and ancient Indian system of medicine emphasizes equally on maintaining good health and treating diseases. Ayurveda firmly believes that most of the diseases can be easily avoided by following a disciplined lifestyle. Starting from sleep, food habits, sex, daily routines, mental habits and seasonal routines, Ayurveda explains every aspect of life and how one can adopt natural techniques to live happily and healthily for long.

Ayurveda The Science is so strongly built that it has stood the test of time for thousands of years.

This book is an attempt to help you enrich your life by adopting Ayurvedic principles into your daily routine.

DEDICATION

I dedicate this book to the Holy Feet of Dr A Chandrashekhara Udupa, Managing Director, Divine Park Trust , Saligrama, Udupi District, Karnataka, India. www.divinepark.org

Disclaimer:

Contents of this book are for educational purpose only. Please consult your healthcare service provider before following any health advice given in this book. Do not use this book to self medicate / self-treat your diseases or to treat others.

The spices, herbs, herbal products, home remedies, health tips and such other materials explained in this book are not intended to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Many of the herbal products and concepts explained in this book have no clinical documentation. The herbs, their combination and Ayurvedic formulations are described based on rich Traditional Ayurvedic classical texts and authors own experiences.

Special thanks to -

Sri Guruji Swami Vivekananda for being The Guiding Light

All my family members and friends for their immense support

Ms. Simone Van Hove- Van Der Gaag, Netherlands and Dr MS Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu)., PhD (Ayu), for contributing few important chapters of this book

Smt. Harshita for helping me in editing this book

Smt. Divyashree for coming up with the title

Contact details of Dr Janardhana V Hebbar

website : easyayurveda.com

email : hebbarjv@gmail.com

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Twitter : @hebbarjv
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CATEGORIES:

Healthy lifestyle

Basics of Tridosha

Massage

Panchakarma and related

procedures

Mental and physical exercises

Health advice based on season

Diet advice

Fasting tips

Tastes and their qualities

Abstinence,

Sexual health

Sleep and

related aspects

Dairy products and more Spices,

Oils and more Introduction to Ayurvedic medicine

Mental and spiritual health

Special aspects of Ayurveda

Ayurveda - The Ancient Indian system of health and medicine has many dimensions. From whichever angle we see it, Ayurveda gives a refreshing look. If we sit and analyze the depth and reach of Ayurveda, we can differentiate many aspects of Ayurveda into different categories. Here is a personal attempt to explain Ayurvedic medicine system.

Different facets of Ayurveda:

1. Spiritual Ayurveda

Ayurveda has its roots deep in spirituality.

Ayurveda tells us the very purpose of life, about the karma, why we take birth, various theories about the formation of this entire universe and the simple and humble ways of human existence.

• The origin of Ayurveda was to help people live long so as to follow righteous path.
• Many diseases like skin disorders are said to be caused due to sin.
• In the Ayurvedic treatment of many diseases, like in selected types of fever, spiritual practices have been mentioned.
• In every ancient Ayurvedic text book, there is a separate chapter dedicated to righteous living.
• It is a well-known fact in Ayurveda that, as long as one is not mentally and spiritually healthy, his/her overall health aspect is incomplete.
• Even in understanding health and disease, ancient Ayurveda scientists used to acquire the sacred knowledge of Ayurveda about health and disease through spirituality. Example: Sushruta used to do dissection of dead bodies to understand the anatomy and physiology of body thousands of years ago. He writes in a context The parts of body that can be seen through naked eyes are less, those that cannot be seen are infinite. The knowledge of those unseen parts can only be had by the eyes of meditation and eyes of knowledge!

2. Holistic Ayurveda

The health science that gave the concept of holistic approach to health and disease is Ayurveda.

In Ayurvedic treatment, Ayurveda gives importance to,

• Strength of the disease,
• Strength of the patients body
• Dosha body type of the patient
• Mental condition of the patient
• While treating a patient, Ayurveda not only concentrates on getting rid of the disease process or breaking the disease pathology, but puts light on overall recovery of all the aspects of health spiritual, mental and physical.

3. Ayurveda as preventive healthcare system:

If you open any Ayurveda book, the first few chapters are dedicated to explain how your daily routine should be, how your seasonal routine and rituals should be, techniques to secure and maintain good health etc.

There are two aims of Ayurveda.

1. To maintain the health of the healthy.
2. To treat the disease.

So, preventive healthcare is considered ahead of curative aspect.

Many aspects such as oil pulling, regular oil massage, and selection of hot or cold water bath are explained in Ayurveda, which emphasizes the importance of preventive healthcare.

4. Curative aspect of Ayurveda:

Set aside the aspects explained above, Ayurveda is a hardcore science of treating diseases. From the treatment of a simple fever to complicated cancers, Ayurveda books explain volumes and volumes of treatment options, surgeries, Panchakarma treatments, oral medicines, lifestyle changes, diet changes, home remedies and so on.

Sushruta is considered as father of Surgery even by Allopathic fraternity. He used to do surgery of cataract, kidney stones, rhinoplasty (cosmetic surgery of nose) etc. 2000 years ago.

In general, Ayurvedic treatment comprises of

• Panchakarma 5 sets of detox programs
• Ayurvedic medicines
• Diet and lifestyle, to be followed, to avoid the disease as well as for quick relief from the disease.
• Rejuvenation program to gain back the original vigor and vitality.

5. Ayurveda for health promotion:

This special section comprises of aphrodisiac treatment, geriatric treatment to have high quality sexual life and old-age life.