Swastavrittha
A.
Definition
Swa
= one’s own (state)
Stha
= being in
Vrittha
= action, ritual, character
So,
swastavrittha means art of being is one’s own state. In ayureveda, many rules
to maintaining the health in healthy person such as:
1.
Dhinacharya (daily regiment)
Key points: time, state of health,
state of digestion
a.
Brahma Muhurta
Conducive for spiritual and education activities 88
minutes before sunrise.
1.
Clear belching
2.
Enthusiasm
3.
Normal
initiation of vega
4.
Lightness of the
body
5.
Manifestasion of
proper hunger and thirst
What
should do in Brahma Muhurta? Look time, asses digestion, then contemplation
(Sariracintam/little meditation)
·
Sarirachintam :
how is my body, what is good for me, what is bad for me, thingking on your
body. What’s the time now, who are my parents, who are my friends, which people
place i’m, who i’am, what are my strength, what is positive to me, which
negative to me, what is my purpose in my life today, etc,.
b.
Kruta shoucha Vidhi
Thats means action to clean your bowels, like
stool, urine, wash the hand, wash the face, feeth, teeth,etc,.
c.
Danta Dhawana
Cleans/brush the teeth.
Key point:
1. Of kashaya, katu, and tikta taste dominate
2. Without attecting the gums (gusi)
3. Each attecting to be separately brushed
4. To be done twice (do and time)
How
to make the brush:
1. From the branches of arka tree, etc,.
2. The branches must 12 anggulas long
3. The thick must on little finger size
4. To use it, by chewing it and before we must to
little pounding to make eassy when we chewing the branches.
Benefit:
1. Relieve bad odour, coating, kapha malas, imparts
clarity, give good clarity in taste for food, and also peasant state of mind.
Contraindication:
(not to be done during)
1. Indegistion
2. Vomiting
3. Disease of the head
4. Breathing disorders
5. Cough
6. Fever
7. Disease of ear
8. Facial palsy
9. Thirst
10. Mouth ulcers
11. Disease of the heart
12. Disease of the eyes
d.
Jihva Nirlekhanam (clean/skripping the tongue)
Benefit:
1. It’s remove bad odour
2. Give sense of taste
3. It gives lightness/ clealiness
4. Clarity of speech
5. Removes kapha / mala in mouth
e.
Anjanam / Collyrion (vision is the seat of Pitta)
How
to make it:
Take
silver lamp and add ghee to it, burn the wilk. Hold the silver plate, close to
it and collect the soat.
How
to use it:
1. Use finger ring
2. Open under eyelid and from middle to laterall
3. Open the above eyelied and also from middle to
laterall
Benefits:
1. Protecting our eyes
2. Clarity of vision
3. It’s remove kapha/ mala in eyes
f.
Nasya/Nasal Drops
Medicine put throught nose thats means nasal
treatment. Every day one or two drops of oil in each nostril.
Benefits:
1. Improve eye sight
2. Impact strength to the teeth, alleviates vata
3. Clarity of sense
4. Remove disease from nose, throught, and head.
Contraindication:
1. Chronic sinusitis/vhinitis
2. Drunkard
3. Chose hearing is weak
4. In whom doshas are in on extremely, excite state
g.
Gandoosham
It’s holding mouth fuul oil till secretions come
from nose and eyes
Kavala : it’s pulling/moving the oil
Benefits:
1. Make strength to the jaw
2. Make strength to the voice
3. Make strength to the face
4. Make strength to the root of the tooth
5. Gives good sense of taste
6. Not make troath dry
7. It’ll not make lips crack
8. Not make teeth decay
9. Not make teeth sensitive
10. Not make tooth pain
h.
Dhoomapanam
It’s means medicated smoke inhalation.
a. Preparation
Take gauze piece. Apply evently tumeric powder and
ghee mixture over it. Make rool it tightly and allow it to dry
b. How to used
Make a papper cone, hold it towards one nostril,
close the other nostril. Hold the dhoomapana stick at one end and inhaale
throught nose exhale throught in mouth. Repeat it in 3 times and then do it
again similiary with other nostril, and the same procedure.
c. Benefit
Clear all elongged up channel and is best treatment
sfter nasya and gandoosha.
i.
Tamboola Sevana eat the bettle leave, that’s so good for
teeth, and for mouth tube.
j.
Abhyangam (apply
the oil)
For
sevanam treatment only in three place Head, Ears, and Feeth
Benefits:
1. Removes delays ageing
2. Removes fatigue
3. Alliviate vata
4. Increase vision perceptions
5. Strengt in the body
6. Increase life span
7. Gives good sleeps
8. Gives firmness to the skin
Contraindications:
1. People suffering from kapha disease
2. People who have under gone panchakarma treatments
3. People who suffering from indigestion
k.
Nyanyana
“sharira ayas jaanaka karma
Vyayana”
Sharira : body
Ayas
: trouble/efort
Janaka
: cousing
Karma
: action
vyayama : excersise
Rule
: we do until a half our capacity, thats means when we have begining sweat and
should be stoped then must to drink mineral water. Then when vayu come out in
the mouth (vayu in the heart come out in the mouth). This rule only to
individual capacity, because we see from how to live (life habits).
From:
astngahrdaya sutrasthana chapter 2 (10, 3, 11, 12, 24, 47)
Yoga isn’t exercise because when we do exercise, our
heart is increase and i get sweat. Then if in yogasana make decrease in heart
and we get sweat not like if we get seat in the exercise.
Benefit:
1. Lightness on the body
2. Ability to do work increase (capacity to work)
3. Agni increase
4. Meda dhatu decrease
5. Parts of the body be come well. Definite and firm
Who
and when:
1. Strong person
2. People eating “snigdha ahara”
3. Winter/ spring must more to do Vyayama
4. Summer seasons must less Vyayama
Contraindications/
to be Avoid by:
1. Vata disease (joint pain, etc.)
2. Pitta disease
3. Those bellow 16 years
4. Those above 70 years
5. Have indigestion problems
l.
Udvartaanam (Treatment to Kapha)
1.
Anuloma : Loma means hair. Inderection with the hair (downward). Example: kaya
abhyangam. This is for Vata disease.
2.
Pratiloma : opposite that. Direction with the hair (upward). Example:
Udwartanam. So this is treatment to kapha disorders.
Benefits:
1. It’s give formness of the body
2. Remove kapha haram / kpaha disorders
3. Medasa Pravilayamam (melts medas/reduces medha
dhatus)
4. Sthiri Karanam Anganam (make stability{sthiri} in
the body{anganam}/ firmness of the body parts)
5. Twak Prasada Karanam (bring softness to the skin/ or
makes skin healthy)
m.
Snanam (take bath/shower)
Benefits:
1. Deepanam (agni) increase
2. Vrushya (Aphrodaisiac) means increase sensual
capacity energising
3. Ayushya (life span increase)
4. Gives Urja (energy)
5. Gives bala (strength of the body)
6. Removes itching
7. Removes mala
8. Removes tiredness
9. Removes sweat
10. Removes Drowsonnes
11. Removes thirst
12. Removes burning sensation
13. Removes sins (make fress and happy)
Contraindications:
1. Facial Paralysis
2. Disease of eyes
3. Disease of mouth
4. Disease of ear
5. Disease og digestion ( luss mossion/diarhoea,
flatus, blooding in stomach, indigestion, ect.,)
6. Sinusitis
7. People who have eaten food
