TREATMENTS IN AYURVEDA

The Ayurveda treatment principle focuses on bringing back the normal functions of systems by various methods. The method is a process of changing the condition through different steps and there by establish the equilibrium of doshas (humours). According to ayurveda In fact treatment is directed to perform a well-planned re-arrangement in the subtle plane according to Ayurveda.

The Eight divisions of treatments in Ayurveda:

(1) Kaya chikitsa (General treatment) 
(2) Bala chikitsa (Pediatrics)
(3) Urndhanga chikitsa (ENT & eye diseases treatment), 
(4) Grahachikitsa (Psychiatry), 
(5) Salya chikitsa (Surgical procedures),
(6) Visha chikitsa (Toxicology), 
(7) Rasayana chikitsa (Geriatrics).
(8) Vajeekarana chikitsa (Aphrodisiac treatment). 

Various types of therapies includes: medicated oil massage, preventive aspects like daily and seasonal regimens, curative /curative purification process using herbal preparations like juice of wet herbs, herbal pastes (kalka), kashayams (herbal decotions) medicated oils, medicated butter and ghee preparation, Arishtams (fermented preparations) etc.

Panchakarma (purification therapy) is the specialty of Ayurveda treatments which consists of Snehana (oleation), Swedana (sudation), Vamana (inducing emesis), Virechana (inducing purgation), Nasya (medication through nostrils), Kashaya Vasti (enema using medicated decoction) and Snehavasti (enema using medicated oils). These treatments help cleanse the systems to maintain perfect health. The inconsistency developed and lodged in Dhatus (tissue spaces) due to the vitiation of doshas (humours) gets eliminated by the panchakarma therapy.

Ayrvedic pharmacology is based on a sophisticated indigenous knowledge category called ' DRAVYAGUNA SASTRA' consisting of the study of a drug in relation to its Rasa (tastes), Guna (properties), Veerya (potency), Vipaka (biotransformation) and Prabhava (special therapeutic action).

According to Ayurveda the Prakruti (body constitution- see chart) has got serious consideration, Agni (digestive fire), Ahara (food habits), Ritu (seasonal changes) etc. while selecting the drug and therapy for the particular disease. Ayurvedic pharmacology considers the overall systemic effect of any plant in terns of its effect on physiological balance (equilibrium of doshas), body tissues (dhatus) and the excretory system (malas).