part 1 "DINACHARYA"

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