Natural calamities and epidemics
Particular epidemic affects only a particular region and takes toll of lives of masses. Ayurveda ascribes the epidemics to non-religious behaviour and the sinful acts of the masses.
Srotodushti (Vitiation of Body Channels) – Various grahas and the associated reproductive conditions in Manifestation, Predisposing factors and prognosis
Most authorities feel that affection by grahas is a result of bad deeds of the past life of the same individual. These grahas do not enter the body of child themselves, but affect the babies through their innumerable, microscopic followers, which thrive on blood, fat, muscles, etc. of the baby.
Srotodushti (Vitiation of Body Channels) – Grahabadha , Manifestation of affection by supernatural powers
There is a subtle-world much more vast than the physical world and Incidents taking place in this world affect the health of human beings too. Ayurveda calls these subtle aspects ‘grahas’.
Srotodushti (Vitiation of Body Channels) – Infectious Diseases and Parasitic Infestations
Our Saints and Sages have conducted detailed studies on disease-causing germs thousands of years ago. The germs play a very important role in pathogenesis of a disease.
Srotodushti (Vitiation of Body Channels) – Aama (The partially digested food but not assimilated)
Fasting is indicated, when Aama doshas have accumulated in the tissues as in states of toxaemia. Get rid of Aama by stimulating the tissue enzymes, which would digest Aama locally–
Srotodushti (Vitiation of Body Channels) – Digestive and tissue enzymes – Their Causes of affection; Dietetic factors
All the diseases arise as a result of less, excessive or abnormal digestive or tissue enzymes. Weak digestive power lowers the body resistance and acts as a predisposing factor to all the diseases.
Srotodushti (Vitiation of Body Channels) : Rakta, Mansa, Meda, etc.
The specific treatment for the disease depends upon the affection of ‘Srotas’ means channel of the particular system of body – See article.
Ayurveda, Baba Ramdev and Germany
Ayurveda presumes that intelligent impulses, like thoughts, express themselves as chemical molecules in the whole body !
Srotodushti (Vitiation of Body Channels)-Clinical manifestations and line of treatment of vitiation of body channels
Disinclination for food, anorexia, nausea, heaviness, impaired sensation of taste, fever with body ache, loss of digestive power, premature wrinkling of the skin and graying of hair are the manifestations of vitiation of these channels.
Effect on Living creature by – Suppression of exertional breathlessness, yawning, belching, ejaculation, tears, hunger, thirst, and sleep – Complications and treatment
The treatment is directed towards educating the patient to attend promptly to and never to suppress the biological urges. Vataprakopa is the end result of suppression of all the urges.