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Diseases & Conditions
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Abhyanga
An ayurvedic oil massage practiced by two medics who massage to let go
the warm oil into the tissues of the entire body. This helps loosen and
facilitate the removal of accumulated ama (toxins) and the doshas (vata,
pitta and kapha) from the body.
Vata
Pitta
Kapha
Acara
Good conduct, an established rule of conduct.
Agada tantra
Toxicology, a branch of Ayurveda dealing with poisons.
Agantuka
External or a stranger.
Ahamkara
Conception of one's individuality, egoism, pride or haughtiness.
Ajasrika
Activities that promote positive health.
Ajirna
Indigestion, weak digestion.
Akasa
Free open space, ether, sky or atmosphere.
Akriti
Physical appearance or external shape.
Alabu A vessel made of dried gourd.
Alocaka (Pitta)
A type of
Pitta governing vision, causing to see.
Amala (Amalaki)
An Ayurvedic herb, Emblica officinalis (Emblica myrobalan)
Amavata
A disease caused by ama and vata, comparable to arthritis in modern
medicine.
Vata
Pitta
Amla
Sour taste.
Anjana
Black pigment applied in eyes and eyelashes.
Anna-vaha srotas
The channels transporting grains or food, the digestive system,
alimentary canal.
Anupana
A fluid vehicle for medicine; drink taken with or after medicine, drink
after eating.
Anurasa
A secondary flavor (as a little sweetness in sour fruit), a subordinate
feeling.
Anuvasana (Basti)
Enema given with an oily substance.
Apa
The element water or water.
Apana
One of the five types of
vata, which goes downward and is responsible
for expulsion of faces, flatus, urine, menstrual blood etc.
Vata
Aparadha
Offence, sin, wrong action or misuse.
Apara-ojas
One of the less important of two types of vital fluid (ojas) present in
the body, inferior, lower.
Ardhavabhedaka
A kind of migraine affecting half of the head or skull.
Arsha
Saintly, pious, and sacred.
Asana
Posture, seat or position.
Asatmendriyartha samyoga
Improper contact of senses with their objects.
Asatmya
Unwholesome, bad, improper.
Astanga Hrdya
An ancient Ayurvedic text written by Vagabhatta.
Adaptogens
Herbs that improve body's ability to adapt to stress, including
infection, mental stresses and fatigue. It supports the adrenal glands
and the pituitary glands and changes the threshold of resistance to
damage.
fatigue
Agni
Agni is the form of fire and heat that is the basis of the digestive
system and the process of release of energy. The term includes the body
heat, body temperature, sight, the digestive fire; its function is
transformation, absorption, elimination and discrimination is agni.
Ahara rasa
It is the nutrient substance that is acted upon in the digestive tract
by the enzymes or the bile juice.
Akasha
It is the free space or void; also related to the property of sound and
is one of the aggregate elemental processes.
Alternatives
Alternatives alter existing nutritive and excretory processes gradually
restore normal health; cleanses and purifies the blood. Alternatives
improve the tissue ability to metabolize and eliminate waste to restore
the proper function of the body. Most of the alternative herbs that have
their initial action on the liver or kidneys can be considered.
Alochaka
It is one of the five varieties of pitta and helps in catching the image
of external objects.
Ama
It is the toxins that enter the blood stream and are circulated in the
whole body. Toxins or ama are produced in the body by the raw,
undigested food products that become fetid.
Retention of toxins in the blood results in toxemia. Almost every
disease is a result of toxicity ormits crisis. Toxins are vital for
prana (vital life energy), ojas (immunity), and tejas (cell metabolic
energy).
Anodynes
They are the herbs that reduce the sensitivity of the nerves and reduce.
They have a similar reaction as that of the analgesics.
Antihydrotics
It is the herbs that decrease sweating.
Anthelminthics
This herb destroys or expels the parasitic worms from the digestive
system.
Anticoagulant
They are herbs that resist the coagulation in the affected area and
helps in massage also.
Anti-inflammatory
It restrains inflammation and counteracts to its effects.
Antioxidants
These medicines absorb or attach themselves to the oxygen free radicals
that are highly receptive to compounds that attack the cell membranes,
enzymes etc.
Antispasmodic
These medicines help preventing and relieving spasm.
Apana
This medicine acts in the downward direction of the body and regulates
exhalation and excretion.
Aphrodisiac
It acts as a stimulant and when consumed heightens senses and stimulates
sexual drive.
Appetizer
The medicine is a good stimulant and increase appetite by stimulating
it.
Artha
It relates to meaning, the final essence of every thought, it is an
object of pursuit, which is desired and desirable and satisfies the
acquisitive tendency in every individual.
Asthi
It is one of the seven components and the bone tissues that supports the
body by giving it protection, shape, nourishment and longevity.
Astringent
This medicine has a binding effect as it checks hemorrhages and
secretions.
Atman
Atman means the true self, which is the cause of consciousness and all
functions by the mind.
Atreya
Atreya is the author of Charaka Samhita.
Aum
Also said as OM, the god's name has in itself the sounds for all
omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence. A, U, M, represent the outer,
the inner, and the super conscious stages of consciousness, waking,
dream, and the state of extreme sleep.
Avalambaka
It is located in the heart and the sacrum and has the vital function of
nourishing them both, lubricating and protecting the heart and support
the sacrum.
Avyakta
It refers to indistinct, not evident and inarticulate.
Ayurveda
Constituted of two words, Ayur meaning life and Veda meaning knowledge,
ayurveda means the knowledge of life. Another accurate translation of
ayurveda is 'the knowledge of longevity. The roots of ayurveda rest in
the ancient Indian culture. Ayurveda can be thoroughly understood by
getting woven up in the fabric of nature.
Ayurveda encompasses the secrets of why Man needs to cooperate with
Nature completely in order to insure his well being.
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Abhyanga: |
Daily oil massage to increase circulation, decrease
dryness and reduce vata aggravation.
An ayurvedic oil massage
practiced by two medics who massage to let go the warm
oil into the tissues of the entire body. This helps
loosen and facilitate the removal of accumulated ama
(toxins) and the doshas (vata, pitta and
kapha) from the
body.
Vata
Pitta
Kapha
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Abhyantar Snehana: |
Internal oleation. Part of Purvakarma (the
preparatory procedures of
(Panchakarma) it is
specifically designed to liquefy and dislodge ama
from the dhatus. |
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Acara |
Good conduct, an
established rule of conduct. |
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Agada tantra |
Toxicology, a branch of Ayurveda dealing
with poisons. |
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Agantuka |
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Agni: |
The element and universal organizing principle of
conversion, light and heat. |
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Agni Svedana: |
A
procedure used to promote
sweating and dilation of
channels through heating the body. |
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Ahara: |
The Ayurvedic knowledge of proper diet. One of the
three pillars of Ayurveda. |
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Akash: |
The element and universal organizing principle of space. |
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Alochak Pitta: |
The metabolic function associated with the eye. |
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Ama: |
The toxic residue of undigested food that is the source
of illness in the body. |
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Anuloman: |
The aspect of gastrointestinal vitality concerned with
proper elimination. |
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Anuwasan Basti: |
An
oil basti which is meant to be retained in the
colon for a long period of time. |
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Apana Vayu: |
The sub-dosha of
vata
which governs the elimination of waste.
Vata
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Asanas |
Hatha yoga postures designed to refine physiological
functioning. |
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Asatya-Indr-Sanyog |
The improper uses of the senses. |
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Asthi: |
The dhatu
or
bodily tissue of bone. |
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Atma: |
The universal intelligence of nature. Also known as
Param atma |
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Aushadhi: |
The Ayurvedic management of disease. One of the three
pillars of Ayurveda. |
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Avapidana Nasya: |
Herbal mixtures crushed and squeezed into the nostrils |
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Ayurveda: |
The science of life, the oldest health-care science
known to man.. |
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