Concept of Naishtiki chiitsa in Ayurveda PPT

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1. Naishtiki Chikitsa नैष्ठिकी चिकित्सा Dr.Sudha S Assistant Professor Dept. of Swasthavritta Govt.Ayurveda College Thiruvananthapuram

2. Naishtiki chikitsa Chikitsa which is devoid of Upadha which is the root cause of desires and leading to Moksha or liberation from miseries is Naishtiki chikitsa.(reference Charaka Samhita Sareera sthana Kathidhapurisheeyam Sareeram ) It helps in relieving the pain of past, present and future. It helps to eliminate psychological fluctuations like desire, anger, greed etc. It helps in attaining true knowledge Ashtanga Sangraha starts with the words Ragadi rogas .

3. Diseases of the past चिकित्सति   भिषक्   सर्वास्त्रिकाला   वेदना   इति| यया   युक्त्या   वदन्त्येके   सा   युक्तिरुपधार्यताम्||८६|| पुनस्तच्छिरसः   शूलं   ज्वरः   स   पुनरागतः| पुनः   स   कासो   बलवांश्छर्दिः   सा   पुनरागता||८७|| एभिः   प्रसिद्धवचनैरतीतागमनं   मतम्| कालश्चायमतीतानामर्तीनां   पुनरागतः||८८|| तमर्तिकालमुद्दिश्य   भेषजं   यत्   प्रयुज्यते| अतीतानां   प्रशमनं   वेदनानां   तदुच्यते||८९||

4. Diseases of the past Recurrence of headache, fever, cough and vomiting establishes the fact that diseases of the past do relapse. Some even say 'the time of occurrence of the various diseases of the past' has come once again. The therapeutic devices meant for alleviating such recurring diseases by considering the past history (of such diseases) and also the time period of their occurrence (recurrence) are considered as the 'treatment of the diseases of the past

5. Diseases of the future आपस्ताः   पुनरागुर्मा   याभिः   शस्यं   पुरा   हतम्| यथा   प्रक्रियते   सेतुः   प्रतिकर्म   तथाऽऽश्रये||९०|| पूर्वरूपं   विकाराणां   दृष्ट्वा   प्रादुर्भविष्यताम्| या   क्रिया   क्रियते   सा   च   वेदनां   हन्त्यनागताम्||९१||

6. Diseases of the future To prevent the flood waters from damaging the crops as they did in the past, a dam is constructed as a preventive measure. Similarly, some therapeutic devices are designed, and the medicines are prescribed to prevent certain diseases that are likely to attack living beings in future after having considered the premonitory symptoms of the diseases and inferring the time of occurrence of pain or disease. This treatment relates to the prevention of future diseases

7. Diseases of the present पारम्पर्यानबन्धस्तु   दुःखानां   विनिवर्तते| सुखहेतूपचारेण   सुखं   चापि   प्रवर्तते||९२|| न   समा   यान्ति   वैषम्यं   विषमाः   समतां   न   च| हेतुभिः   सदृशा   नित्यं   जायन्ते   देहधातवः||९३||

8. Diseases of the present The successive continuity of aliments is checked by treatment conducive to the continuity of happiness and health is established. When one takes the treatments that would establish happiness and health and also would avoid taking the causative factors that would cause diseases, the diseases are not formed. And the diseases would get destroyed by themselves. Since the person is also taking the treatments that would establish health and happiness, health and happiness, too, would be established. Since the etiological factors are kept away, the diseases that could occur in the future are aborted in their premature stages, and hence, health will be established. Due to the constant intake of the causes (things) that would establish happiness and health, the state of equilibrium of tissues and body components will be established. When this state is maintained, the person would enjoy comprehensive health.

9. नैष्ठिकी चिकित्सा युक्तिमेतां   पुरस्कृत्य   त्रिकालां   वेदनां   भिषक्| हन्तीत्युक्तं   चिकित्सा   तु   नैष्ठिकी   या   विनोपधाम्||९४||

10. Naishtiki Chikitsa Absolute eradication of miseries is called as nishtha . The treatments done to achieve this are called as naishtiki chikitsa. The secret of success of this treatment is 'elimination of upadha ' i.e. an abnormal thirst called desire which keeps one attached to this materialistic world and is a cause of all miseries. Desire is the root cause of all miseries. Elimination of desire is the eradication of all miseries. The agony of birth and death (cycle of birth and death) is the greatest misery, and the body is the abode of miseries. Therefore, rejection/elimination of all kinds of upadha desires is the best way to avoid all diseases. A silk-worm produces and weaves around it the silk threads which would cause its death. Similarly, an ignorant person, bound with worldly miseries, provides for himself and weaves around him the 'threads of death' of desire arising out of the various

11. Upadha उपधा हि परो हेतुर्दुःखदुःखाश्रयप्रदः । त्यागः सर्वोपधानां च सर्वदुःखव्यपोहकः ||९५|| कोषकारो यथा यंशूनुपादत्ते वधप्रदान् [७] | उपादत्ते तथाऽर्थेभ्यस्तृष्णामज्ञः सदाऽऽतुरः ||१६|| यस्त्वग्निकल्पानर्थाञ् जो ज्ञात्वा तेभ्यो निवर्तते । अनारम्भादसंयोगात्तं दुःखं नोपतिष्ठते ||९७|||

12. Upadha A silk-worm produces and weaves around it the silk threads which would cause its death. Similarly an ignorant person, bound with worldly miseries, provides for himself and weaves around him the 'threads of death' of desire arising out of the various objects.

13. Objects A wise person who abstains from the objects of senses, considering them as dangerous as burning fire would keep self detached from the rajas and tamas qualities. He will not indulge himself in any actions which will push him to adorn this physical body to experience the fruits of those actions i.e. he would keep himself out of desires and materialistic attachments. By not beginning the actions which would keep him attached to the desires and attachments to the materialistic world and consequently being not embedded in the physical body he will get freedom from the miseries. [94-97]

14. Reference 1. https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/ 2. https://www.easyayurveda.com/2022/06/28/katidha-purushiyam-shareeram/