Sukhanidra, Ayurvedic Sleep Therapy

Sukhanidra is a form of Ayurvedic treatment aimed at pacifying mind and to treat such conditions like insomnia (sleep deprivation), anxiety and depression.

Sukhanidra (sukanidra) means calm sleep or sound sleep.

Insomnia or lack of sleep is in fact a serious problem that can cause other disorders like anxiety and depression. A good night’s sleep can reduce anxiety and depression.

Sukha nidra treatment program is aimed at creating a pacifying environment to facilitate sleep. The treatments include body and head massage with medicated oils. Sirovasty, thalam, ksheera dhara, thaila dhara etc are employed.

The person is also given medicines to strengthen immune system and blood circulation. Yoga and meditation further pacifies the soul of the person. He or she will be able to sleep calmly at night, effectively reducing anxiety and stress related problems.

Sukhanidra (also spelt sukanidra, sukha nidra, suka nidra) treatment lasts for 7 to 21 days, during which the person is kept in a pacifying environment. The person receives full body medicated oil massage, head massage with medicated oil and spends time doing yoga and practicing meditation techniques.

A person can expect immediate positive results in the form of reduced stress, increased confidence, better immune system and calm sleep.

Nidra in Malayalam means sleep. This is a treatment aimed at ensuring calm, sound sleep to pacify troubled minds and souls. Though it appears to be a very simple treatment, the benefits are manifold. Seasoned Ayurveda practitioners in Kerala give good treatment for people from parts of Kerala, India and around the world.

Ayurveda and Natural Medicare

Ayurveda sees late worldwide acceptance as a natural holistic treatment method. Now people increasingly are aware of the effects of chemicals entering our body in the name of prescription medicines. Ayurveda is not just about treating diseases. It is about living a life with fullness of health by mind, body and soul.

Medicines in Ayurveda are prepared from the flowers, seeds, roots, stem and plant products like resins. There are some claims that Ayurvedic medicines have a large content of heavy metals. The fact remains true that almost every human being on face of earth has at least a hundred different harmful chemicals in his/her body.

Ayurvedic philosophy depends on treating the person as a whole by identifying his/her body type (vata prakriti, pitta prakriti or kapha prakriti) and not the diseases. It is about helping the person regain that natural healing power, instead of applying some chemicals to kill the bacteria or virus that attack the body.

Ayurvedic remedies may take some time before showing results, but there will not be major side effects that are very common with different prescription medicines. Make use of the incredible power of herbs for natural medicare with Ayurveda.

Relaxation techniques in Ayurveda is also a major thing to study. Dinacharyas help persons attain what is expected of him. Laziness and being exhausted are states that you must avoid. All you have to do to attain your full potential is to do your karma only. Nothing more – exhausting, nothing less – don’t be lazy. You will be in a relaxed state of mind, you don’t over-exert your body, thus your body too will be healthy.

Surgery in Ayurveda-Salya Tantra

Salya Tantra or Surgery in Ayurveda
Surgery has longer history than treatment using medicines in Ayurveda. Salya Tantra or the technique of surgery is one of the eight branches of (asthanga) Ayurveda. Ayurvedic surgeons are traditionally known as Dhanwantareeyas (after Dhanwantary).

Lord Dhanwantary’s image has in his one hand a pot of Amrit (the divine nectar of immortality) and in the other a leech, suggesting surgery. Dhanwantary has once taken incarnation as a human, as the son of the king of Kashy. (Human) Dhanwantary’s great grandson, Divodasa was an expert in Salya Tantra or surgery. Sushrutha, Ouradra, Pushkalavada and Oupadhenan had their education under Divodasa.

Dhanwantary and Jeevaka did surgery for brain, while Nimi specialized in ophthalmologic surgery. Bhoja was an expert to treat wounds occurred from weapons (sword, arrow, etc) and Sushruta specialized in cosmetic plastic surgery. Westerners got the idea of plastic surgery, when a local Ayurvedic surgeon re-created the nose of a British soldier named Kovaski, which he lost in a battle with Tipu Sultan of Mysore in 1792. Now Sushrutha is regarded as the father of modern plastic surgery.

There are surgical methods for treating bodily pimples, cancer, cataract, bones and diseases that affect urinary bladder, liver, intestine, etc. Surgical methods were also practiced on ear, nose and throat. Dental surgery too was not rare.

Surgery had three main phases, poorva karma (pre-surgery), Sashtrakriya (surgery) and paschath karma (post-surgical treatment). Poorva karma involves diagnosing the disease and the part of the body that affects the health of the person and pashchath karma refers to post surgical care.

Sasthrakriya is the Sanskrit word of surgery. Sasthra means a weapon and kriya means and action. Thus sasthrakriya or surgery is an action with a weapon or tool. There are about 108 different tools used in surgery, all of them have striking similarities with the surgical instruments that allopathic surgeons use.

In Kerala (and India) dealing with blood was considered an inferior thing. The surgeon also was responsible for the health of the patient. If any serious damage happens to the patient, the surgeon had full responsibility. He even got death sentence. All these have led to the extinction of surgery in India.

By Kerala Ayurvedics.com

Sreedhareeyam – The Best Place for Ayurvedic Eye Treatment

Save your loved ones from total blindness, before it is too late...

Sreedhareeyam is the place to catch, if the eye is becoming dimmer... Read on...

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic bind eye condition, which starts with night blindness and gradual loss of sight towards complete blindness or very near to that condition in his or her 40s or 50s. In some cases the persons can go complete blind in their childhood itself. Approved medical science writes off this condition as un-treatable or un-curable.

There is however treatment for retinitis pigmentosa. The place where you find Ayurvedic treatment of RP may surprise you to total unconsciousness. The place is a laid back Ayurvedic Eye Hospital and Research Center named Sreedhareeyam, located at Koothattukulam, some 48 km away from Ernakulam, Kerala in India. It is not only RP, but several eye disease cases that are written off by modern medicine are cured at this place.

Eye care or treatments for diseases affecting eyes comes in Shalakya Tantra, one among the eight branches of Ayurveda that deals with diseases that affects parts above neck.

Dr. Nelliakkattu Parameswaran Parameswaran Namboodiri (or Dr. NPP Namboodiri) founded Sreedhareeyam Ayurveda Eye Hospital and Research Center, in the year 2000 as a proof to the world that there is enormous potential for Ayurveda in eye care and treating diseases that affect eyes. Dr. NPP Namboodiri served as an Ayurvedic physician in Ayurveda Hospitals run by Kerala state government.

Sreedhareeyam was started as a small hospital, with capacity of just 8 beds. Now it is an ISO recognized institute with about 260 beds, where people from far North India and abroad. There is an in-house research center, pharmacy with manufacturing facilities within the hospital premises that spread over 40 acres.

In the year 2005 alone, there were 27,999 persons benefited from the eye-care treatment of Sreedhareeyam. About 10% of the patients are from abroad, 35% are from Kerala itself and the rest from all parts of India.

Most eye-patients reach this treatment center after trying all other treatment options available to them, including surgery.

There are treatments for short sight, glaucoma (caused by increased fluid pressure inside eyeballs), diabetic retinopathy (caused due to damage to blood vessels in the eye), macular degeneration, etc have treatments here.

There are thousands of testimonials to testify the value of this hospital. The most prominent among them are the treatments given to Saritha Agarwal, the wife of Brijmohan Agarwal, the chief minister of Chathisgarh (a north Indian state) and Dr. PS Warrier, the preeminent Ayurveda doctor of India, whom the Government of India honored with Padmasree Award.