Ayurveda for Healthy Living

DR. KIRTI S. MUCHANDI

• MD (AM), PGDCR
• Mental Health Promoter

The problem of Female infertility has become very common nowadays and Ayurveda can contribute to find out solution.

• Ovulation Disorders
• Blocked Fallopian Tubes
• Uterine Abnormalities
• Hormonal Imbalance
• Low AMH
• Thin Endometrium
• PCOD
• Premature Ovarian Failure
• Recurrent Abortion
• Other Problems

When a man is unable to conceive a child despite regular, unprotected intercourse for over a year

Affects 1 in 7 couples worldwide

Low sperm count, motility, or quality issues

Stress, lifestyle, and diet issues

Hormonal imbalance affecting fertility

Medical & genetic factors

SPECIALISED COUNSELLING SESSIONS

• Pre-Marriage Counselling
• Pre-conceptional Counselling
• Pubertal / Adolescent Clinic

USES :

• Purification of reproductive elements before pregnancy
• For the complete physical and mental development of both mother and baby during pregnancy, and to help prevent miscarriage
• To promote good memory, intelligence, and overall health of the baby
• To reduce stretch marks during pregnancy and after delivery
• To help reduce enlargement of the abdomen and looseness of breasts after childbirth

Panchakarma refers to five types of body purification therapies. These treatments are performed after carefully considering the disease, an individual’s body constitution (Prakriti), and the season.

Just as we service our vehicle every three months, what about this precious human body? It also needs regular servicing and repair. Panchakarma helps fulfill this need.

Snehana is a full-body oil massage therapy, especially beneficial for all Vata-related disorders.

Benefits :

• Helps reduce dryness in the body
• Makes the skin soft and smooth
• Performed prior to all Panchakarma therapies
• Strengthens and nourishes the body
• Makes the skin soft, unctuous, radiant, and glowing
• Strengthens muscles and bones
• Improves blood circulation in the blood vessels
• Helps eliminate waste products from the body (through sweating)
• Increases enthusiasm, concentration, and freshness

After Snehana (oil massage), the person is seated in a specially designed steam chamber where medicated steam is administered. This induces profuse sweating all over the body, helping eliminate toxins from the system.

Benefits :

• Makes the body feel light and refreshed
• Makes the skin soft, smooth, and radiant
• Reduces heaviness in the body
• Relieves stiffness in hands and feet
• Helps reduce body fat
• Helps relieve body aches and pain
• Used as a preparatory procedure in Panchakarma
• Helps expel waste products from the body (through sweat)
• Regulates body heat

Vamana is a Panchakarma therapy in which diseases originating in the stomach are expelled through therapeutic vomiting using medicated decoctions, milk, sugarcane juice, etc. It is mainly used for Kapha-related disorders.

Benefits / Uses:

• Common cold, cough, asthma, and Kapha-related disorders
• Skin diseases such as psoriasis and vitiligo (white patches)
• Hyperacidity and Pitta-related disorders
• Indigestion and gastrointestinal disorders
• Weight reduction
• Rheumatoid arthritis (Amavata)
• Nasal disorders
• Thyroid-related disorders

Virechana is a Panchakarma therapy in which impurities and toxins are expelled from the body through the intestines by means of medicated substances, resulting in bowel cleansing.

Benefits / Uses:

• Uterine and gynecological disorders
• Hyperacidity
• Skin diseases
• Blood-related disorders
• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Pitta-related disorders
• Indigestion, constipation, and abdominal disorders
• Weight reduction

A therapy in which medicinal substances are administered into the body through the rectal route to reduce disorders caused by Vata.

Uses :

• Considered half of the complete treatment in Ayurveda
• Paralysis, neck pain, lower back pain, back pain
• Joint pain, knee pain, sciatica, rheumatoid arthritis (Amavata)
• Spondylosis, slipped disc, gaps between vertebrae
• Indigestion, constipation, and abdominal disorders
• Weight reduction and weight gain
• Diabetes, piles (hemorrhoids), colitis
• Gynecological disorders, infertility, sexual problems

Nasya is a therapy in which medicinal substances are administered through the nose for diseases affecting the area above the chest.

Uses :

• Nasal congestion
• Oral diseases (disorders of the mouth)
• Shoulder pain
• Neck pain; eye and ear disorders
• Frequent cold, cough, asthma, and phlegm-related conditions
• Hair fall and premature greying of hair
• Headache and migraine
• Frozen shoulder, stiffness of the neck
• Paralysis, neck pain

Shirodhara is a therapy in which a continuous stream of specific medicinal substances is poured on the forehead at the Ajna Chakra (center of the forehead) to promote mental calmness and also help with abdominal disorders.

Uses :

• Headache
• High blood pressure
• Hair fall, premature greying
• Dandruff
• Insomnia
• Mental stress and restlessness
• Mental disorders
• Depression, anxiety, tension
• Head pain

Raktamokshana is a therapy performed to eliminate blood-related disorders, usually by using leeches (Jalaukavacharana) or by withdrawing a small amount of blood through a needle from a vein. It helps remove impure or vitiated blood from the body.

Uses :

• Beneficial in skin disorders and allergies
• Helpful in reducing pain and swelling in joint disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis (Amavata) and other types of arthritis
• Burning sensation in hands and feet
• Skin diseases such as psoriasis, white patches (leukoderma), and hyperpigmentation (dark spots)
• Blood-related disorders
• Nagin (a traditional term used for a specific blood/skin-related condition)

These therapies involve retaining warm medicated oil or herbal preparations over specific body parts such as the neck, lower back, knees, or the heart region using a special technique, mainly for joint and musculoskeletal disorders.

Uses :

• Paralysis, neck pain, back pain
• Joint pain, lower back pain, knee pain
• Spondylosis, slipped disc, gaps between vertebrae
• Tingling or numbness in the hands
• Pain and stiffness in the hands
• Heart diseases
• Blockage in blood vessels
• Shortness of breath, excessive sweating
• Dizziness

Netra Tarpana is a therapy in which a boundary made from black gram (urad dal) flour is created around the eyes, and medicated ghee is poured and retained within it. This treatment nourishes and strengthens the eyes.

Uses :

• Eye pain and frequent redness
• Excessive watering of the eyes
• To help reduce eye power (improve vision)
• Burning sensation in the eyes
• Squinting (crossed eyes)
• Dryness of the eyes

Agnikarma and Viddhakarma are therapeutic procedures that provide immediate relief from pain.
Agnikarma is a treatment in which controlled heat is applied to specific points of the body using a gold rod, without causing a wound.
Viddhakarma is a therapy that helps regulate and improve blood circulation. According to this method, there are 108 vital points on the body that control overall bodily functions, and treatment is performed by stimulating these points.

For Agnikarma and Viddhakarma, it is necessary to undergo the therapy for three consecutive sessions.

Uttar Basti is a specialized Ayurvedic treatment in which medicated oil or herbal decoctions are administered through the vaginal or urinary route.

Uses :

• Infertility and gynecological disorders
• Irregular menstruation, uterine cleansing
• Blocked fallopian tubes, PCOD (Polycystic Ovarian Disease)
• Hormonal imbalance and uterine fibroids
• White or reddish vaginal discharge
• Ovarian cysts and Fibroids

Suvarnaprashan is administered to children from 1 to 16 years of age, usually on the day of Pushya Nakshatra.

Uses :

• To enhance intelligence and memory
• To improve immunity and disease resistance
• Especially beneficial for maintaining hormonal balance in girls