Rejuvenation Therapy in Ashtang Hridayam

Rejuvenation Therapy in Ashtang Hridayam 



Rejuvenation therapy is an ancient healing practice rooted in the holistic principles of Ayurveda. This massage therapy focuses on restoring body, mind, and spirit balance by using warm herbal oils tailored to individual doshas (body types). The gentle, rhythmic strokes and specific techniques helps in relaxing the muscles and stimulate the body’s natural healing processes, detoxifying the system and rejuvenating the skin. Whether you seek to alleviate stress, improve circulation, or experience deep relaxation, Ayurveda rejuvenation massage offers a profound sense of renewal and well-being. It emphasizes balance within the body through diet, herbs, massage, and yoga. It rejuvenates the body to restore and sustain health.

Long life (good), memory, (great ) intellegence, (perfact) health, youthfulness, (bright) complexion and colour, (bold) voice and magnanimity, increase of strength of the body and the sense organs, perfection in speech, sexual prowess and brilliance-are all obtained from Rasayana therapy. It is the best means of keeping the rasa other dhatus in excellent condition. 1-2.

It should be administered to persons in their early age or middle age and always to those who are self-controlled, who have undergone oleation, blood letting and purificatory therapies. 3. 

Rasayana (rejuvination) or vajikara (aphrodisiac) therapies administered to those whose body has not been purified becomes useless, just as colouring a dirty cloth. 4. 

Rasayana bheda (types of rejuvination)

Rasayana (rejuvination) therapy is of two kinds-as known to the sages. (1) Kutipravesika-the important one (greatly beneficial) and (2) Vatatapika-the other (less beneficial). 5. Kutipravesika krama. 5.

In a city, at an auspicious place, where articles required are available and which is devoid of too much of breeze and other causes of fear, a white house (made white by painting with slaked lime) having three apartments one inside the other; with small openings (doors and windows) should be got constructed, facing north (or in the north side of the city), free from smoke, sunlight, dust, wild animals, women, idots etc. It should be equipped with all the necessary medical equipment's (including the medicines) and made clean (by washing, painting etc.). 6-7.

Next, on an auspicious day, after worshipping those who are to be worshipped; he should enter that house (specially built), clean (in body and mind). There he should get purified by purificatory therapies (emesis and purgation) become comfortable (free from diseases) and obtain his earlier strength. He should lead a life of celibacy, courage, faithfulness, controlling the senses, granting gifts, compassion, truthfulness and righteous activities; always thinking of divine beings, sleeping and keeping awake in proper manner; be fond/ desirous of medicine and speaking pleasant words such a person should then start consuming medicines. 8-10.

(Then the person who has undergone snehana (oleation) and svedana ( sudation ) therapies earlier should drink hot water added with the paste of hritaki, amalaki, saindhava, nagara, vaca, haridra, pippali, vella and guda; by this, he purges without any difficulty. 11-12a.

Next, the person who has thus been purified and who has followed the samsarjana (regimen of liquid diet after pruification) should be given food prepared from yava only added with ghee for there, five or seven days till the old faeces (lurking inside ) gets purified. 12b-13.

Having conditioned the alimentary tract in this manner, the person should begin to consumed that rasayana (rejuvinatory medicine) whichever formula is found suitable, after considering his habits etc. 14. 

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