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treatment and these text books are included advice us to follow some regiments like.
in Ayurveda curriculum.
1. Dinacharya [regiments to be followed everyday]
What is Health ? 2. Ritucharya [seasonal regiments]
Everybody knows that Health is a condition
where there is no disease. But in 1948, as per DINACHARYA
WHO “Health is a state of complete Physical, It tells us about the time to wake up, which
Mental, Social and Spiritual wellbeing and is the Brahma Muhoortha and is the best
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” time to get good concentration especially for
but let me tell you the definition of Health in studying. Modern man has violated the life
Ayurveda. [In Sanskrit sloka form] style even from this point.

सम दोश् समाग्निच सम धातु मलक्रिय Then to make the body system clean and
प्रसन्ातम इग्द्रिय मन स्वसध् इथयग्िधीयते ! to expel the waste materials one has to
perform defecation and micturation in the
It means one is said to be healthy, early morning itself without stimulating and
- when there is a balance of thridosas, proper inhibiting it. Then the remaining routines
internal agni or digestive enzymes, like brushing, oiling the body, excersices,
- when there is balance in proper functioning bath, putting medicated’ anjana’, nasyam,
of 7 dhaathus [blood, lymph, flesh, body medicated fumigation, gargling with
fat, bones, bonemarrows, semen], normal medicated water, etc. has been adviced to
digestion. be done early in the morning as a routine
- also when there is normalcy of aathma practice inorder to make your body and mind
[spirit], sense organs,and mind. healthy.

This is the detailed explanation of health These all are practised by our grand parents
mentioned in Ayurvedic scripts 5000yrs ago. in the olden days and in the present era,
due to lack of time and migration to different
Ayurveda is the only science which gives countries for the sake of job etc. has taken
importance to mind while giving treatment to away many of these routines from Indians
body. It believes that complete cureness is or they are not performing these routines on
possible only when mind is also stable. time.

Ayurveda can be considered as Holistic RITHUCHARYA
medicine because of this concept. Unless the These are the regiments which are to be
symptomatic treatment, Ayurveda believes followed according to seasonal changes.
that a symptom like fever, head ache etc. is not There are 6 seasons as per Ayurveda, they
a disease but an imbalance in the equilibrium are:
which impairs the rhythm of health system 1. Sisira [ Winter ]
of body. So as a holistic treatment it corrects 2. Vasantha [ Spring ]
the imbalances and thus the symptom will 3. Greeshma [ Summer ]
be cured. Life style diseases are common 4. Varsha [ Autum/Rainy ]
nowadays and there are many medicines 5. Sharat [ Autum/Rainy ]
available in market with strong support of 6. Hemanda [ Winter ]
advertisements. So rather than consultation
and diagnosis, people go behind the medicines These seasons are seen in India but modern
in most popular advertisements. This itself era classified them as 4 seasons.
worsens the condition. In addition we all are
leading a stressful life in the present era for 1. Spring
one or other reason and so mental support 2. Summer
or palliative correction to balance mental 3. Autum
equilibrium is also important. 4. Winter
In this case, in order to avoid the life style
diseases and to live in harmony, Ayurveda

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