It discusses about a specific type of Rasayana ie Kutipraveshika rasayana.

...long life, increased memory and intelligence, freedom from disease, youth, excellence of luster, complexion, voice, strength of body and mind are obtained by vitalizers. These materials termed as Rasayana may be inducers of beneficial enzymes, hormones during health and disease.

Most modern diseases are caused by prolonged exposure to a combination of faulty lifestyle, food habits and toxic environmental factors. Chronic stress has a vital role in immune disorders

Chyavanprash is in the Ayurvedic category of rasayana- a super-concentrated mixture of vitamin-rich herbs and minerals designed to restore spent reserves of vital energy (ojas) and revitalize normal body function. For centuries it's been used to maintain youth and optimal health, and its adaptogenic properties make it an excellent anti-aging and anti-stress tonic.

Ayurveda, the oldest health science has eight branches. Rasayana (rejuvenation) is one of them. Rasa has different meanings like juice, "taste, essence," "flavor, or emotion", but is not limited to any of these in itself. In therapeutic process Rasa is concerned with the conservation, transformation, and revitalization of energy. Rasa nourishes our body, boosts immunity and helps to keep the body and mind in best of health.

Rasayana, or rejuvenation, is a therapy through which one can achieve the aim of Ayurveda. It not only helps in maintaining health, it also enhances the bala (strength), thus developing the vyadhiksamatwa (immunity).

 

            Sushurata?s school of Surgery emphasizes Rasayana chikitsa (rejuvenation therapies) for repairing wear and tear of the body due to aging or disease. This treatment is planed in three ways,

Preoperative

Postoperative

Adjuvant therapy

Authors:

• Dr. M.D.Samudri, PG scholar, Dept. of Shalya Tantra           
• Dr. Hemant D.Toshikhane, Asst. Prof. Dept. of P.G. Studies in Shalya Tantra   
• Dr. P.Hemantha Kumar,  

  Asst. Prof. & Head Dept. of P.G. Studies in Shalya Tantra, S.D.M.College of Ayurveda Hassan Karnataka India.

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