Ritucharya

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  • Good Food and Bad Food According to Ayurveda – I : Food that should not be consumed

    Good Food and Bad Food According to Ayurveda – I : Food that should not be consumed

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    Dr Kanika Verma
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    Keeping in mind that food cannot be cooked separately for all persons in a house, Acharya Charak describes the food quality that should be taken regularly for all seasons and all prakrati, along with food that should be used very rarely by all prakrati individuals. However, it is particularly important to refrain from the bad…

  • Know thy food – Basic Ayurvedic Classification of Food

    Know thy food – Basic Ayurvedic Classification of Food

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    Dr Kanika Verma
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    According to Ayurveda, the one who eats healthy food will never need any medicine; and the one who eats unhealthy food will never benefit from any medicine. Therefore it is important to know thy food!

  • Prakriti : Code of Body Physiology

    Prakriti : Code of Body Physiology

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    Dr Kanika Verma
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    Dosha governs the health patterns and susceptibility to diseases of a person. 3 Dosha Vata, Pitta and Kapha are like 3 legs of a tripod on which the health is based. Any of the legs is disturbed, the health gets imbalanced. In every person, there is a constitution based on the 3 Dosha, which is also…

  • Dhatu

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    Dr Kanika Verma
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    Dhatu is something that holds or sustains (धारण करना), similar to anabolism (Building up process). Dhatu is a very important factor as it holds the life force and controls or steers the Dosha. Dhatu is like the hand that holds the steering wheel of Dosha, without which the wheel may throw the vehicle off track…

  • General Functions of Balanced Dosha:

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    Dr Kanika Verma
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    सर्वशरीरचरास्तु वातपित्तश्लेष्माणः सर्वस्मिञ्छरीरे कुपिताकुपिताः शुभाशुभानि कुर्वन्ति- प्रकृतिभूताः शुभान्युपचयबलवर्णप्रसादादीनि, अशुभानि पुनर्विकृतिमापन्ना विकारसञ्ज्ञकानि||९|| uraḥ śiro grīvā parvāṇyāmāśayo medaśca śleṣmasthānāni, tatrāpyuro viśeṣesarvaśarīracarāstu vātaPittaśleṣmāṇaḥ sarvasmiñcharīre kupitākupitāḥ śubhāśubhāni kurvanti- prakṛtibhūtāḥ śubhānyupacayabalavarṇaprasādādīni, aśubhāni punarvikṛtimāpannā vikārasañjñakāni||9|| The normal (physiology) Dosha, in balanced condition, result in good health, Upachaya (body nourishment) Bal – improvement of strength and immunity Varna Prasad – improvement of…

  • Dosha

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    Dr Kanika Verma
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    Dosha is something which has tendency to malaise or spoil. It can be understood as a factor of catabolism (breaking down process in the body) Also Dosha is a concept in itself. According to Ayurveda, there are 3 kinds of Dosha or body temperaments – Vata, Pitta and Khapha. It is said that as life…

  • Ooja

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    It is considered to be the end product of entire metabolism, or let us say, the fruit of it. Ooja is the protoplasm, life force or pure energy. According to Ayurveda, the food particles ingested in the body are converted to rasa or food juice, best part of rasa gets converted to Rakta (blood), best part of blood gets converted to Mansa(Muscles), best of which gets converted to Meda(Fatty tissue), Meda converts to form Asthi(Bone tissue),Asthi converts to Majja( Marrow) and…

  • Ayurvedic Definition of Health

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    Dr Kanika Verma
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    Sam-Doshaha Sam Agni Shcha Sam Dhatu Malakriyah! Prasann Atma Indriya Manah Swasthya Ityabhidhiyate!! Balanced state of Dosha, Agni (digestive fires), Dhatu (Metabolic essence) and Mal (Metabolic waste) Happy soul, senses and mind constitute the (complete) health Kshetra of Ayurveda and Importance of mind Kshetra means field of Ayurveda, on which it acts. There are 2…

  • Jivem Shardah Shatam

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    Dr Kanika Verma
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    TACH CHAKSHUR DEVAHITAM PURASTAACH CHHUKRAM UCH-CHARAT PASHYEMA SHARADAH SHATAM JEEVEMA SHARADAH SHATAM SHRINU-YAAMA SHARADAH SHATAM BHOOYASH CHA SHARADAH SHATAAT. – Yajur Veda 36:24 TACH CHAKSHUR DEVAHITAM PURASTAACH CHHUKRAM UCH-CHARAT PASHYEMA SHARADAH SHATAM JEEVEMA SHARADAH SHATAM SHRINU-YAAMA SHARADAH SHATAM BHOOYASH CHA SHARADAH SHATAAT. – Yajur Veda 36:24 TACH CHAKSHUR DEVAHITAM PURASTAACH CHHUKRAM UCH-CHARAT PASHYEMA SHARADAH SHATAM JEEVEMA SHARADAH…

  • Introduction To Ritucharya

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    Dr Kanika Verma
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    Human body is a very complicated machine that requires regular servicing. Only vitamin pills, exercise and annual health tests are not enough. It faces seasonal changes, stress, lifestyle changes and a lot more; it fights against in numerous infections, trying to keep us alive. Swasthyavritta (Sphere of health) series celebrates the boon of a healthy…