MAHARISHI AYURVEDA FOR TODAY, TOMORROW AND BEYOND 6th FEB2001

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UNEP LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME 2005
  HUMAN DIMENSIONS   SCIENCE OF LIFE -
AYURVEDA     by  Dr. Anand Shrivastava
Maharishi Ayurveda Products Ltd  
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To address the various health threatening issues
raised in the earlier session, we now will
discuss the relevance of the time-tested holistic
ancient technologies which have been revalidated
through rigorous scientific tests trials in the
recent past.
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Ayurveda
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Ayurveda Its meaning

• Ayurveda is the combination of 2 words
• Ayur - Veda
• Ayur meaning The Whole Lifespan
• Veda meaning Total Knowledge
• The science of Ayurveda, therefore, encompasses
• treatment of the total knowledge of the whole
  Lifespan.

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Ayurveda Its Purpose
Preserving the health of healthy and eliminating
suffering of the sick
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Health according to Ayurveda
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Balance in Doshas, Balance in Agnis, Balance in
Dhatus, Proper elimination, Blissful Senses, Mind
and Bliss at the deepest level of Soul is Health.
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3 fundamental principles governing body functions
DOSHAS

• The Human Body Health System simplified into
  three fundamental principles
• Vata - governs all the movements
• Pitta - governs digestion, metabolism energy
• production
• Kapha- governs physical structure fluid
  balance.

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3 fundamental principles governing bodily
functions

• These 3- principles(Vata, Pitta, Kapha) govern
  all the activities of mind body.
• When V,P,K, are in balance, health is optimal.
• When the balance is disturbed, health problems
  surface.

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3 fundamental principles governing body functions

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Five Elements the Three Doshas
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. Fire is one of Natures 5 basic elements. .
Fire (heat), in our body, takes the form of
the digestive Juices, known as Agni..
Ayurvedic treatment is mostly about sustaining
and balancing digestive fire (Agni).. Agni,
having the qualities of heat and
transformation, is responsible for cooking
and digesting the food.
Agnis (the Digestive Fires)
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THE 13 AGNIS

• JATHAR AGNI (made up of 5 Bhootagnis).
• 5- BHOOT AGNIS (Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Space).
• 7- DHATU AGNIS ( Plasma, Blood, Muscle tissue,
  Fat tissue, Bone tissue, Bone marrow tissue of
  the nervous system, reproductive tissue.

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AGNIS IN DIGESTIVE PROCESS
FOOD INTAKE
JATHARAGNI
formed by all 5-elements, cooks (transforms)
food into
2 substances
KITT Basically waste matter With some nutritive
matter
PRASAD Nutritive matter With some waste matter
Undergoes further digestion, transformation
metabolism
Undergoes further digestion, transformation
metabolism
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AGNIS IN DIGESTIVE PROCESS

• Prasad

Dhatuagnis
Dhatus (7-Body Tissue)
Malas (Waste)
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Dhatus (Body Tissues)
Three Doshas express themselves through
Dhatus. Doshas govern Dhatus which in turn
makeup body organs Balanced Dhatus mean normal
development of body Structure Imbalance in any
one of Dhatus leads to abnormalities in Body
structure and its development
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The Seven Dhatus (Body Tissues)
Rasa - Plasma, the first product of digestion
and metabolism. Rakta - Blood, including
haemoglobin Mamsa - muscle tissue Meda - fat
tissue Asthi - bone tissue Majja - bone
marrow, tissue of the nervous system Shukra
- reproductive tissues
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Malas (Waste Products)
Post digestion, human body eliminates
waste Products mainly in the form of foeces and
Urine. However in the process of forming of
Dhatus, waste products, called Dhatu Malas are
also produced. All the Malas need to be
eliminated for good health. If Malas are not
eliminated properly, toxins start Accumulating
resulting into disease onset.
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The Seven Tissues (Dhatus) and Their Normal Waste
Products (Malas)
Dhatu Mala Rasa (plasma) Phlegm
(Kapha) Rakta (blood) Bile (Pitta) Mamsa
(muscle) Excreta from the outer
openings (Ears, Eyes, Mouth, Nose, Roots
of Hair) Meda (fat) Sweat Asthi
(bones) Head and Body Hair, Finger and
Toe-nails Majja (bone marrow, nervous
system) Oily substances in the eyes,
Skin, and Foeces Shukra(reproductive) No
waste product
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