RASAYANA- a MULTI dimentional approach

Presenter:

Dr.kishore mahindraker

Pg scholar dept. of panchakarma

g.a.m.c bangalore

Why and how concept of life style disease

• Primitive concept of life style disease in ayurveda

can be attributed to graamya ahaar.

• Which is nothing but the change of life style into

other which is not congenial

• Our acharya’s experienced this when they shifted

from himalaya’s

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• It means to stay in group ,and meaning of graama

is the place where people live in group.

• This was the change of way of life from that of

being living in Himalaya's into a sedentary style

• The effects of “Gramya Ahara” on the body is

explained as follows

.• Diet related changes

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Activities related changes

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• Ayurveda has always stressed at healthy way of

life through

• Dinacharya

• Rutucharya and has called it as

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• Swastha vrittha truimph card of health

Concern for Life style in ayurveda

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What is rasayana?Western medicine studies nutrition!

Ayurveda studies metabolism!

Put them together and study we get

–Rasayana

It is defined as

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Why multi dimentional approach?

• Rasayana is of different types kaamya, naimittika,

ajasrika, all have the utility in different aspects of life

style disease, kaamya-to get the desired effect on body.

Naimittika-to counter specific disease. Ajasrika to give

the daily nourishment with the usage of ghee, milk etc.

• Based on the mode of indication, kuti praveshika –to

rejuvenate the body by resorting a indoor stay with

consumption of rasayana drugs

• When we our self get expose to modern world with

the concept of rasayana, we equate it, in terms of

• Immune-modulator

• Anti-oxidants

• Adaptogenic

• Cytoprotective

• Prohost therapy

-And many others multiple properties

RASAYANA AS IMMUNOMODULATOR

o Activation of macrophages for enhanced

generation,

o Stimulation of cytotoxic activity and

Phagocytosis,

o Proliferation of lymphocytes leading to production

and also cytotoxic induction of T- helper &

natural killer (NK) cells and activation of

complement pathways.

.• To prove the hypothesis that Rasayana drugs may

have immunity promotion effects, DR.Gurdip

Singh (1982) carried out an experimental study

and showed that Vacha (Acorus columus),

Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) and

Mandukaparni (Hydrocotyle asiatica)

significantly increase the serum humeral antibodies

in rabbits. Out of these three drugs, the effect of

Mandukaparni (Hydrocotyle asiatica) was

considered better.

.• Encouraged from the results of the above

mentioned experimental study, further studies

were undertaken on human beings to evaluate the

immunity promotion effects of certain Rasayana

drugs

• Twenty-two patients of allergic rhinitis and

pharyngitis were studied in this series. They were

randomly divided into two groups.

.• The patients of first group were administered

powder of Ashwagandha in the dose of 6 gm twice

a day with ghee for a period of one month. The

patients of control group were kept on placebo for

one month.

• The results of this study showed that

Ashwagandha significantly (P<0.001) improving

the serum IgA, IgM and IgG in comparison to

control group. It also observed that the recurrences

of these diseases were preventing by the treatment

ranging from six months to one year.

.

RASAYANA AS ANTI OXIDANT

.

.•Antioxidant nutrients:

• These include beta carotene (precursor of Vit. A),

• Vitamin E ( - tocopherol)

• vitamin C (ascorbic acid),

• etc

.What is meant by Adaptogens?

The concept of 'Adaptogen' was coined in

1947 by a Russian Scientist, Lazarev. He defined

them as "substances meant to put the organism into a

state of non specific heightened resistance in order to

resist stresses and adapt to extraordinary challenges".

CONCLUSIONAfter taking you through the journey of evolution of

rasayana till date - In a multi dimentional

spectrum of approach, these are the few words of

conclusion-

• The Rasayana approach for each dis – ease must

be cause specific. i.e

• Cause being auto immune- rasayana is

immunomodulator.

• Free radicals as cause- anti oxidant.

• Adoptogenic cause (lifestyle)- adaptogens.

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The goal of life is to die young …As late as possible!

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