Introduction to Ashtanga Ayurveda

A pictorial description of Eight Branches of Ayurveda..!!

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HOW TO SPLIT THE KNOWLEDGE (WRITTEN)
FROM THE VEDAS:

| RIG: MANTRAS AND SONGS

SAMA: AND SOUND BASIS OF PRANA

YAJUR: TRANSFORMING ACTION OF YOGA

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THE HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BASIS OF

AYURVEDA.

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YURVEDA A COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE 有
Y TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEXITY AND UNIQUENESS OF HUMAN pitan

BEINGS REQUIRES A SCIENCE THAT INCORPORATES MANY ME
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Y STUDY AND PRACTICE AYURVEDA, INVOLVES KNOWING
SCIENCE AS DIVERSE AS:

AYURVEDIC LIFESTYLES
YOGA

VASTU SASTRA

VEDIC ASTROLOGY
ASTHANGA AYURVEDA

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THE OTHERS.

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UNDERSTANDING AYURVEDA À >

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OF LIVING & LONG LIFE (AYUSO) HEALTHY,
SCIENCE OF LIFE
2)THE HUMAN BEING 15 IMMERSED IN THE CREATION
AND THUS INTERACTS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THEY
LIVE (VASTU) WITH THE PEOPLE THEY LIVE, EVEN
WITH THE CELESTIAL BODIES THAT MAKE UP OUR
UNIVERSE (ASTROLOGY).
8JIN THIS WAY THE HEALTH OF HUMAN BEINGS IS
GOVERNED BY ALL THESE FACTORS AND MANY
OTHERS.
A)THE HUMAN BEING IS PART OF A WHOLE THAT IS
CREATION, BUT IT 15 A UNIVERSE IN ITSELF

5. SOME PEOPLE HAVE AN UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLE WHICH
LEADS THEM TO ILLNESS, AND SICK.

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THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GET SICK EVEN WITH & HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE.

~ OTHERS ARE "SEE SOUND" NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.

WHILE SOME PEOPLE REMAIN HEALTHY DUE TO THEIR
LIFESTYLE.

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YURVEDA A COMPREHENSIVE SCIENCE 有
Y TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEXITY AND UNIQUENESS OF HUMAN pitan

BEINGS REQUIRES A SCIENCE THAT INCORPORATES MANY ME
SKILLS AND DISCIPLINES. cad

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Y STUDY AND PRACTICE AYURVEDA, INVOLVES KNOWING
SCIENCE AS DIVERSE AS:

AYURVEDIC LIFESTYLES
YOGA

VASTU SASTRA

VEDIC ASTROLOGY
ASTHANGA AYURVEDA

Y THE STUDENT OF AYURVEDA WOULD BE TEMPTED TO
SPECIALIZE IN A CERTAIN AREA, AND THEREFORE COULD 3
ONLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT AREA, NEGLECTING wu
THE OTHERS.

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THE EIGHT BRANCHES OF AYURVEDA 9

1.KAYACHIKITSA (GENERAL MEDICINE)

2. BAALA CHIKITSA

(TREATMENT OF CHILDREN / PEDIATRICS)

3. GRAHA CHIKITSA (DEMONOLOGY / PSYCHOLOGY)
4, URDEVAANGA CHIKITSA

(TREATMENT OF DISEASE ABOVE THE CLAVICLE)
5. SHALYA CHIKITSA (SURGERY),

6. DAMSTRA CHIKITSA (TOXICOLOGY),

7. JARA CHIKITSA (GERIATRICS, REJUVENATION),
8. VRSHA CHIKITSA (A PHRODISLAC THERAPY).

8. ASHTANGA AYURVEDA

(THE $ PARTS OF AYURVEDA )
KAYA CHIKITSA - INTERNAL MEDICINE

THE WORD 'KAYA' REPRESENTS 'AGNI - | po
THE DIGESTIVE FIRE IN THE BODY. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAU |
METABOLISM IN THE BODY. THE IMBALANCE TO THIS ‘AGNI IS
THE CAUSE FOR MANY DISEASES, KAYA CHIKITSA DEALS WITH

THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL VARIATIONS IN THE HUMAN BODY |

AND THE TREATMENT OF GENERAL AILMENTS, SUCH AS FEVER,
DIARRHOEA AND COUGH, BY TREATING AGNL

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(PEDIATRICS)

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CALLED BALA CHIKITSA. THERE ARE THREE
ASPECTS THAT MUST BE REMEMBERED WHILE
TREATING CHILDREN-
Y CHILDREN CANNOT EXPLAIN THEIR COMPLAINTS
THE DOSAGE OF MEDICINE 1S DIFFERENT FOR THEM

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TO THEM.
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DONE IN A DIFFERENT MANNER, HENCE ASEPARA
BRANCH IS DEVOTED FOR THEM.

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(DEMONOLOGY/PSHYCHOLDGY)

GRAHA CHIKITSA ALSO KNOWN AS BHUTA VIDYA . IT 15 ONE OF

THE LIGHT BRANCHES OF ASTHANG AYURVEDA WHICH DEALS WITH

THE PHYSIC AND PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS OF AN INDIVIDUAL.

THESE ARE THE IDIOPATHIC DISEASES WHOSE EXACT REASON IS
UNKNOWN TO US. IT HAS A GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ASTHANG f
AYURVEDA AS IT 15 CONSIDERED TO BE THE SCIENCE OF x
SPIRITUAL HEALING.

11. (DISEASES OF THE HEAD AND NECK)

THIS BRANCH OF AYURVEDA DEALS
TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE ORGANS ABOVE
THE CLAVICLE. IT INCLUDES THE TREATMENT OF
EYES, EARS, NOSE, THROAT, MOUTH, TEETH AND
HEAD,

12. (SURGERY)

に THE WORD SHALY A MEANS EVERYTHING THAT BOTHERS THE PSYCHE

AND/OR SOMA. WHILE DEFINING SHALY A TANTA SUSHRUTA (SU. 1/8)
| + STATES THAT SHALYA TANTRA (SURGERY ) IS THE BRANCH OF
|) AYURVEDA WHICH EMPLOYS YANTRA (BLUNT SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
、 ス 、 AND TOOLS) SHASTRA (SHARP SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS) KSHARA

(CAUSTIC BIO CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES), AGNI (CAUTERIZATION) TO
EXTRACT VARIOUS TYPES OF FOREIGN BODIES SUCH AS GRASS,
WOODEN SPLINTERS, STONES, MINUTE PARTICLES, METAL PIECES, LUMPS,
BONES, HAIRS, NAILS, PUS, EXUDATE, ABNORMAL FOETUS, ETC. AS WELL
AS THE STUDY OF VRNA (TRAUMATIC WOUNDS INCLUDING INFLAMMATION) E

SHALYA TANTRA INCORPORATES THE SPECIALTY OF SURGERY. Fa:

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AGADA TANTRA
(TOXICOLOGY)

= THE WORD A€ GADAAC™ MEANS DISEASE,
THEREBY IMPLYING THAT ÁS A-GADAAC™ MEANS
WITHOUT DISEASE, BUT IN PARTICULAR THE WORD
AGADA€™ STANDS FOR ÁS” ANTI-POISONAC™.
SUSHRUTA DEFINES AGAD TANTRA AS THE BRANCH OF
AYURVEDA WHICH DEALS WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF
DISORDERS ARISING OUT OF THE BITES FROM SNAKES,
INSECTS, SPIDERS, RATS AND OTHER VERMIN, AS WELL
AS THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS VENOMS AND POISONS.
AGADA TANTRA INCORPORATES THE SPECLALTY OF
TOXICOLOGY.

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CHAKRA DEFINES RASAYANA AS THE MEASURES ADOPTED TO ET]
ACHIEVE THE BEST QUALITY OF DHATUS (BODY TISSUES). a.
SUSHRUTA DEFINES RASAYANA TANTRA AS THAT BRANCH OF

AYURVEDA WHICH DEALS WITH THE MEASURES TO CHECK THE

EFFECTS OF AGING AS WELL AS TO INCREASE LIFE SPAN AND E
MEMORY. IN THE PROCESS, THERE MAY ALSO BE RESULTS IN THE

IMPROVEMENT OF DISEASES, RASAY ANA TANTRA, THEREFORE, >

IS A SPECIALTY ESSENTIALLY DEALING WITH THE MANAGEMENT 1

OF THE PHENOMENA OF AGING (GERIATRICS) |

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VAJIKARANA TANTRA
(SEXOLOGY) 1

THE LITERAL MEANING OF THE WORD 48 VAJLAC™ IS STALLION, MN
THEREBY IMPLYING THAT VAJIKARANA MEANS THE PROCESS OF N ka

METAMORPHOSIS OF AN ORDINARY MAN INTO A STALLION.
ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF HIS SEXUAL POWER. ACCORDING TO
SUSHRUTA AC“ VAJIKARANA TANTRA IS THAT BRANCH OF AYURVEDA |
WHICH DEALS WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE VARIOUS DISORDERS
OF RETAS (SEMEN). BROADLY SPEAKING, VAJIKARANA TANTRA
INCORPORATES THE SPECIALTY OF ANDROLOGY AND SEXOLOGY.