History of Ayurved... charaka samhita (ancient way of treatment)

Ayurved...

Lord of Ayurved

History

It is said that Ayurved treatment was present since the​ origin of mankind.

Ayurved is not merely a science for treatment of body but it also covers the subtle mind and spirit in the process of attaining a complete State of health.

According to the scriptures (charaka samhita), lord bramha recalled the knowledge of Ayurved. He then passed the same to sage Daksha Prajapati, then to Ashwinkumar (dr. Of heaven) and atlast it came to lord indra. But still the knowledge of Ayurved was available in heaven and only known to lords.

Lord Bhrahma >>> Daksha prajapati >>> Ashwinkumar >>> lord Indra

After sometime, diseases kept rising on Earth. And a number of people died without any medicinal treatment, the kind sages called for a meeting in the Great Himalayan mountain where they decided to save the mankind by bringing the knowledge of Ayurved from heaven to Earth.

The meeting was held. But the question arises that who will take this immense responsibility to go to heaven and learn Ayurved from lord indra???

Atlast, Sage Bhardvaj voluntarily announced his name and went to the heaven for the upliftment of mankind. Sage Bhardvaj presented himself to lord indra and told him about ailments on Earth and requested him to bestow him with the knowledge of Ayurved.

Lord indra then taught him all the fundamentals of Ayurved ("The trisutra Ayurved"). And then after few days sage Bhardwaj left for Earth.

Sage Bhardvaj was warmly welcomed as a hero and then he taught all the other sages and told them to cure the mankind with the sacred Ayurved.

From sage bhardwaj knowledge of Ayurved came into hands of many brilliant sages who then wrote it down on bark of trees for preserving it for future generations. Which is now a days are the reference books in Ayurved. (Charaka samhita, susrtuta samhita, Asthang hridaya, Astang sangrah and others)

Today Time have disorganized many text but still even in 21st century the basic fundamentals and concept of Ayurved cannot be challenged. Many research work and experiments have proven the concept of Ayurved.

Ayurved can be considered sacred as it was acquired from the heaven.

Ayurved herbs ; Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) and Neem (Azadiracta indica)

Ayurved herb - Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum)

Sanskrut name : सुलभा, बहुमंजरी, भूतध्नी,

English name : Holy basil

Intro :
It is considered as sacred plant in india. 30-75 cm in length with serrated leaves having aromatic smell. Leaves have 0.7% aromatic oil. The plant is of two types green tulsi (as stem is green in colour) and Black tulsi (as stem is black in colour)

Medicinal part : leaves and seeds

Uses :

• Its leaves juice is been in use in India for thousands of years as a cough expectorent and in asthamatic patient along with Marich powder (piper nigrum) taken after adding tea spoon of honey.

• The leaves juice is also used in fever (malarial ,typhoid) and it also increases the digestive power of the stomach.

• The black seeds are having diuretic properties and used with other diuretics medicine in urinary tract disorder.

• Externally the leaf juice can also be applied on wound as it have antiseptic properties.

Dose: leaves juice - 10- 200 ml
           Seed - 1-2 gms


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Ayurved herb : Neem (Azadiracta Indica)

Sanskrut name : पिचुमर्द, तिक्तक, हिंगुनिर्यास

English name : Margosa indian lilac

Intro :
Found in many region of india. The tree grows to a length of 13-17 metres with serrated leaves. It have small 12 mm small fruit with one seed which tastes astringent in raw state and sweet when it is rippened.

Chemical composition :
The leaves are bitter as it contains margosine, nimbidin, nimbin. It also contains 6% tanin in outer bark. The seeds contains 31 % bitter taste oil having nimbidol 0.6% , oleic acid  50-60% , stearic acid 21% and palmitic acid 15% .

Medicinal part :
Leaves, bark powder, oil, flower (almost every part is having a medical property !!!)

Uses:

• The bark of neem is used in malarial patient. 

Prepare a decoction (30ml) of neem leaves   add sunth 10 gm (zingiber officinale), marich 10 gm (piper nigrum), loung 10 gm (syzygium aromaticus), twice a day.

•  It is as potent as that of chloroquine and in many malarial resistant cases neem is the drug of choice.

• The leaves juice have a remarkable result in slskin disorders like eczema, scabies, pemphigus, itching and also few fungal infection.

The ghee prepared from the leaf juice provide a higher immunity against skin disorders and prevents it recourrence.

Take 250 ml of ghee add neem leaf juice 500ml and 100 grams of neem leaves paste along with 30 grams of  triphala churan plus 30 grams of turmeric (curcuma longa). Heat the above mixture on a stove and wait until all the water is evaporated. Check the paste added, when it is easy to roll the paste between the finger your ghee is ready to use. Filter the ghee and keep it in a airtight jar. Dose : 2 spoon daily twice a day.

• The bark decoction is also useful in syphilis (250ml two times a day) and also for external cleaning of the affected area.

Taking powdered leaves regularly also prevents pimples and dark spots in teenagers.

• The oil obtained from its seeds are used in treatment of greying hair. (3-3 drops of oil is added in nostrils 2 times a day for 2 month) helps  slows down greying of hairs and provies a natural looks.
• The fuits have a antihelmenthic property and thus used in form of powder in children.
• Externally the paste of leaves if applied on wound as it have antiseptic properties.
• The patients with skin disorders are recommend to have bath with the decoction of neem leaves. 
• Dried leaves are kept in books and clothes as it prevents worms.
• Dried leaves are burned to prevent mosquitoes bites and it also have gemicidal properties.

Dose : 

Bark powder - 2-4 gms

Leaf juice - 30-60 ml

Oil - 5-10 drops

Ayurved herbal Medicine for intestinal Worms in kids

Ayurved Decoction for intestinal worms in kids

Ingridents :

1. Vidang (Embelia ribes) ... 30 grams
2. Pippali (Piper longum) ... 30 grams
3. Marich (Piper nigrum) ... 30 grams
4. Sunthi (Zingiber officinale) ... 30 grams
5. Nirgundi leaves (Vitex negundo) ... 30 grams
6. Shigru (Moringa pterygosperma) ... 10 grams
7. Musta (cyperus rotundus) ... 10 grams

Preparation :

• Take all the raw drugs given above in a bowl.

• Add four times water and heat it slowly on the stove.

• When 1/4 of water remains. Stop heating.

• Filter the solution.

Preparing decoction

Your medicine is ready to use.

Use : Best homemade and cheap medicine for worms and abdominal pain in kids can also be used in medicine.

Dose : half cup twice a day for kids

            One cup twice a day for adults

Note :

The life of decoction is one day only. Thus it should be prepared fresh every day.

Homemade Ayurved herbal medicine for dandruff, hair fall

Ayurved hair oil preparation :

Uses : dandruff , hairfall and irritation in scalp.

Ingredients :

1. Til tailm (Sesamum indicum)... 1 litre oil
2. Dhatur leaves (Dhatura metal)
3. Amlaki (Emblica officinalis)... 250 grams
4. Yastimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra)... 250 grams

Procedure :

• Extract the Dhatur leaves (Dhatura metal) juice with the help of mixture grinder. Extract almost 2 litre of Dhatur leaves juice.

• Take 1 litre of Til oil (sesamum indicum) and slowly heat it on a stove.

• When oil gets slightly heated. Gradually add 2 litre of juice of Dhatur leaves juice.

• Also add the seeds of Dhatura after proper crushing.

• Now add 250 gms of Amlaki (Emblica officinalis) and Yastimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra) each.

• Keep heat low. And stir the mixture whenever required.

• Donot let the mixture to stick to the base as it may give pungent smell to your hair oil.

• Wait till all the water evaporates.

• While preparing the hair oil, Take a small quantity of mixture with the help of stirrer and try to make pill out of it... (be careful as the oil is hot and can lead to burns), If the pill is easy to make then your hair oil is ready to use. If not, then keep heating it untill all the water evaporates and pills can be made from the mixture.

• After all the water is evaporated, filter your hair oil.

• Let it to cool down naturally and then add artificial fragrance to your hair oil.

Store it in a glass bottle.

Dhatura hair oil

Now your hair oil is ready to use.

Apply gently at the roots of your hairs. And get rid of dandruff and hairfall naturally using the power of Ayurved.