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8 Step Ayurvedic Treatment for Healing and
Addiction
Posted in Ayurveda,Detox & Cleanse,Emotional Mastery,Health and Wellbeing by Anmol
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Todays guest article is really special. It is an excellent guide on how to use
the great power of Ayurveda to heal yourself naturally and nurture yourself
back to health. Although the article is specifically about Ayurvedic treatment
for addiction, the principles and methods discussed apply to any ailment or
disease. This article is from Dr. Rajiv Parti, who is a rare combination of both
Western medical training and Eastern holistic healing expertise and he shares
his knowledge and wisdom on his excellent website and blog www.drraj.com.
I highly recommend stopping by and checking out his site.
If you would like to be a guest author on Mastery of Meditation and Yoga,
please email me at anmol@anmolmehta.com.
8 Steps Ayurvedic Treatment for Addiction and More
Part 1
by Rajiv Parti, MD (aka Dr. Raj )
Ayurvedas treatment for addiction recovery is a process: a lifestyle and a
journey into wellness. It is an invitation to participate in our own wellness and
healing, to co-create our full potential and to live every future day with a
commitment to nurturing and valuing ourselves.
Ayurveda is a whole person non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical approach aimed
at perfect balance not a method in which we become pharmaceutically
dependent patients. It teaches that all material forms in the entire Universe
including the human being are made up of different combinations of five
essential elements, the Mahabhutas. These Mahabhutas are: Space, Air, Fire,
Water, and Earth.
Differing combinations of these essential elements create an infinity of material
forms: differentiating a flower from a river, a mountain from a cloud, a human
being from a star; But every material thing contains a combination of these
elements the cosmos and we are made of the same materials.
Ayurveda teaches that in human beings there are three dominant combinations
of these elements that give us each our specific body mind constitutions: these
three constitutions are called doshas, each one of the representing a vital dose
of the essential elements in our own individual make up: Vata (the Air
element), Pitta (the Fire element) and Kapha (the Earth element):
1. STEP ONE: Identifying the Doshas
Typically each one of us will have a dominant dosha that determines our over
riding body mind constitution. We can be categorized as a planet of Vata types,
Pitta types or Khapha types and our inclinations, capacities and nature will be
determined by our dosha.
Vata types tend to be highly creative, quick thinking, quick to learn and forget,
lean, physically and mentally agile, involved in many things at one time, and
prone to anxiety and overwhelm.
Pitta types tend to be leaders, extremely focused, goal oriented, driven
physically and mentally and prone to bouts of anger, possible aggression,
frustration and impatience.
Kapha types tend to placid, easy going, slower and heavier physically and prone
to being anxious to avoid conflict, and experiencing mental and physical inertia
or fatigue.
When the doshas are in perfect balance, we humans are well, functioning
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optimally, mentally and physically, living with vitality and in ease. When the
doshas are disturbed, our wellbeing is obstructed, our mental and physical
functioning is impaired, and we will live with fatigue and dis-ease.
At the heart of all Ayurvedic treatments therefore is the intention to restore
balance to the doshas. Once this is achieved, wellness flows naturally.
Having diagnosed the individuals dosha type and which doshas are
experiencing stress, treatment will now focus on the removal of the stress.
For this the therapeutic practices of Ayurveda center on creating restfulness,
restoring calmness, nurturing the body-mind. The mind, and the subtle energy
of the body-mind are all equal targets for therapeutic applications.
What you can do at home:
1. Find out your Dosha at http://doshaquiz.chopra.com/
Creating a stress free zone to allow the doshas to come in to natural balance,
and support the individuals natural intelligence at the physical, emotional and
mental levels to re-emerge then becomes the foundation for all further
treatments.
2. STEP 2 : Rebuilding the Body: Re-storing Ojas
The Ayurvedic texts identify a substance called Ojas as being the vital force of
the body. Like honey is the essence of flowers, in the same way, Ojas is
considered to be a secreted essence from our tissues, muscles, blood, plasma,
fats and bones: produced by all healthy cells, imparting strength, radiance,
luster, and power to the body and mind.
In addiction, this Ojas is being continually depleted and ultimately the
depletion of Ojas will eventually cause death. One of the main areas of focus
therefore is restore Ojas in the body.
Ojas is mainly cultivated through diet the useful product of food materials.
Therefore in Ayurveda, there is a major emphasis on diet.
Treatment should center around foods that support the restoration of Ojas, and
also support sup: green vegetables, kale, parsley, spinach, rice, honey,
almonds, strawberries, mangos, split mung lentils, amaranth, cooked lightly in
spices that are also Ojas enhancing: cumin, coriander, ginger, fennel,
cinnamon.
What can you do at home:
1. Cut out foods that are processed or pre-cooked
2. Stock up on lots and lots of green leafy vegetables
3. Try cooking with fresh spices: fennel or cinnamon or ginger
3. STEP 3: Restoring Natural Intelligence : Cultivating Tejas
Vitality in Ayurveda is not something that occurs only in the body. Tejas is the
radiant vitality of the body-minds innate intelligence: the intelligence by which
our cells innately perform a myriad of miracles carrying oxygen molecules in
our blood or releasing neurotransmitters or metabolizing nutrients from foods
and identifying waste materials simultaneously, continuously. Tejas is also the
means by with which we can digest and process mental thoughts and
impressions, and experience higher perceptual capacities;
Having strong Tejas therefore gives us digestive and information processing
power at the mental and physical levels: cellular metabolic energy.
Restoring Tejas would involve calming the nervous system, through a variety of
techniques that involve Panchakarma (a series of detoxification and purification
therapies) and Rasayana the practice of destroying disease through the
conservation transformation and revitalization of energy.
(see step 4)
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4. STEP FOUR: Detoxification and Purification: Panchakarma
Pancha means five in Sanskrit and karma means action.
Panchakarma is a unique set of five detoxifying Ayurvedic treatments
administered in three phases: the preparation, cleansing, and rejuvenation
phases.
The first phase is oleation ingesting and applying pure essential oils in order
to mobilize the accumulated toxins in the body. The first of the five actions of
Panchakarma here is Swedana the application of hot steam and warm oil
therapies that loosen toxins and encourage their flow to the GI tract for
elimination.
The second phase is the cleansing phase: now that toxins have been mobilized,
their elimination is focused upon through a further three actions, all of which
are administered gently through the application of medicinal herbal oils: Basti
(intestinal irrigation); Nasya (nasal irrigation) and Vamana (oral elimination)
The final phase of Panchakarma is Rasayana: here medicinal and Ayurvedic oils
are applied in uniquely restorative bodywork and massage techniques. Most
famous of these is the practice of Shirodhana where warm oil is poured
continuously on to the center of the forehead between the two eyes: acting as
a powerful pacificier for the entire nervous system.
Further Rasayana would be pursued through Ayurvedic herb prescriptions using
the healing properties of plants and flowers, for example:
Ashwaghandha proven in some 216 medical to: confer immune system
protection, combat the effects of stress, improve learning, memory, and
reaction time, reduce anxiety and depression without causing drowsiness,
reduce brain-cell degeneration.
Guggulu purifying herbs. It cleanses unhealthy tissues, increases the white
blood cell count and rejuvenates the
Brahmi nerve tonic
Ayurvedic teas and tonics would be included in the diet every day to enhance
healing, reduce stress for the rebuilding of tissues: pumpkin is a known
sedative, nutmeg is a nervine, and chamomile is a digestive tonic and known
sedative nervine herb.
What You Can Do At Home:
1. You can order many of these herbs and teas are available at reputable
herbalists, and my own favorite source for these is at world center of
excellence, with whom I have personally trained, The Chopra Center:
http://store.chopra.com/showitems.asp?deptcode1=717
Stay tuned for part 2 of Ayurvedic Treatment for Addiction and More, where Dr.
Raj will detail steps 5 through 8
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the Chief of Anesthesiology at Bakersfield Heart Hospital where he
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thousands of patients for acute and chronic pain relief. He now
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Hyderabad ayurveda Says:
September 20th, 2013 at 6:11 am
Air, Fire and Earth these three are the main elements in this world which are
unbreakable and with more power. These elements have effect on our body. This
ayurvedic treatment not only cures physical illness but also mental illness and makes
our mind fresh and feels good. The description about doshas which you have mentioned
in step 1 is really informative. Each and every step on ayurveda which you have
explained is pretty cool.
Kathy Lavigne-Mason Says:
January 20th, 2013 at 5:29 pm
Dear Anmol,
I am so grateful for all the information that you have given me over the years. Thank
you~
Love & Light~
Namaste,
Kathy
francis Says:
October 26th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
dear dr raj,
could you pls help me. i have been suffering from anxiety and depression for the past
25 years or so. i need to heal from it completely. Can you pls let me know what
ayurvedic treatment or herbs i can take to get cured from this. thanks very much and
hoping for an immediate reply
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