Rasayana Chikitsa is the branch of Ayurvedic science, which deals with various aspects of preventive health care. This branch of Ashtang Ayurveda aims at achieving a long and healthy life. It includes longevity, improved memory, health, youthfulness, glow, complexion, generosity, strength of body and senses. Rasayana improves the metabolic activities and results in best possible bio-transformation. Jara Cikitsa or Rasayana Tantra is the rejuvenating therapy, which promotes rejuvenation in a healthy person and cures the disease of an unhealthy person.
Rasayana chikitsa helps a person to maintain good health or to establish impaired or lost physical or mental health. The Jara chikitsa regime comprises of a very strict diet. Amalaki, haritaki, trifala, brungaraj, ashwagandha, punarnava, chitraka are few out of the long list of herbs that are called rasayanakar. The Rasayana medicines are believed to have aphrodisiac qualities as well.
Three Modes Of Rasayana: Rasayana basically promotes the nutrition through three modes. They are:
Rasayana chikitsa helps a person to maintain good health or to establish impaired or lost physical or mental health. The Jara chikitsa regime comprises of a very strict diet. Amalaki, haritaki, trifala, brungaraj, ashwagandha, punarnava, chitraka are few out of the long list of herbs that are called rasayanakar. The Rasayana medicines are believed to have aphrodisiac qualities as well.
Three Modes Of Rasayana: Rasayana basically promotes the nutrition through three modes. They are:
- By directly enriching the nutritional intake of the body through increasing the consumption of satavarai, milk, ghee, etc
- By improving agni i.e. digestion and metabolism through bhallataka, pippali etc, thereby promoting nutrition.
- By promoting the capability of srotas or microcirculatory channels in the body, through herbs like guggulu, tulsi, and so on. Ref
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