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CONCEPTS OF NATUROPATHY
Dr. Sujatha K.J.,
Professor and Dean,
Shri Dharmastala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences,
Ujire- 574240
“He who is truly clean within, cannot remain unclean without”
…………….MAHATHMA GANDHI
Naturopathic medicine is a distinct system of primary health care - an art,
science, philosophy and practice of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of
illness.
- American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)
Nature Cure is a system of building the entire being in harmony with the
constructive principle in Nature on the physical, mental, moral and spiritual
planes of being.
-Henry Lindlahr, M.D.
2
1. Basic principles of naturopathy
2. Panchamahabhutha theory
3. Panchatanthra theory
4. Morbid and foreign matter
theory
3
CONCEPTS OF NATUROPATHY
1. Body heals itself
2. Main cause of disease is enervation.
3. Deposits of metabolic end products in the body are disease.
4. Acute disease is remedial process.
5. Food is a building material, it does not increase vitality.
6. Fasting does not cure any disease; it provides an opportunity for the
body to heal itself.
7. Germs are not the disease, but are found in disease condition.
8. Physical activity keeps a balance between nutrition & drainage.
9. External treatments of any system only give relief, do not cure the
body.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
4
5
BASIC PBASIC LS ITSSELFTATURECURE
1. 1. BODY HEALS ITSSELFTF N
11 Self healing is with-in(the mind).
2.MAIN CAUSE OF DISEASE IS ENERVATION.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
6
Wrong diet
DEPOSITS OF METABOLIC END PRODUCTS IN
THE BODY ARE DISEASE.
By products of metabolism.
Un digested food products.
Toxic products generated in the body.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
7
4.ACUTE DISEASE IS REMEDIAL PROCESS.
Pain
Inflammation
Loss of appetite
Cough
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
8
Dr. J.T. Ratelif,
Dr. Hippocrates
5.FOOD IS A BUILDING MATERIAL, IT DOES NOT INCREASE VITALITY
Food needed for physiological functioning
Vitality directs the utilization of food
Vitality can only be spend.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
9
6. FASTING DOES NOT CURE
ANY DISEASE;
IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE BODY TO HEAL ITSELF.
Fasting is designed to give complete rest the body.
Fasting Cleans, Repairs & Rejuvenates the body.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
10
Dr. Shelton
Aaaah….
7. GREMS ARE NOT THE DISEASE, BUT ARE FOUND IN
DISEASE CONDITION.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
11
Dr. Louis Pasteur-
Pathogenisity and
Virulence
8. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY KEEPS A BALANCE
BETWEEN NUTRITION & DRAINAGE.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
Physical activity causes movement of
1. Body fluids
Improves Nutrition
Drainage
2. Movement of muscles
Improves Tone
Improves endurance
Improves Flexibility 12
9. EXTERNAL TREATMENTS OF ANY SYSTEM ONLY GIVE RELIEF,
DO NOT CURE THE BODY.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
CURE: Restoration to complete normal function
RELIEF: Restoration of near normal function
Types of treatment:
Specific or radical treatment
Symptomatic Treatment
Preventive Treatment 13
10. PATIENTS OWN WILL ,FAITH IN SYSTEM & DOCTOR
ARE NECESSARY FOR PATIENTS RECOVERY.
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE
14
“SARVAM DRAVYAM PANCHABHOUTIKATVAM”
(Rig-Veda)
It says that all things in universe are having the
concept of panchamahaboothas
 There is not a single thing on earth, which is not
made out of these Panchamahabhutas. These
Mahabhutas are found in nature as well as in
human body.
PANCHAMAHABHUTAS
Earth (Prithvi)
Water (Jal/Aap)
Fire (Tejas)
Air (Vayu)
Ether (Akash)
CELL ==== PANCHAMAHABHUTAS
CELL MEMBRANE-PRITVI
CYTOPLASM--------AAP
METABOLISM------TEJ
RESPIRATION-------VAYU
SPACE----------------AAKASHA
PANCHAMAHABHUTAS
HUMAN BODY
PRITHVI
BONE
MUSCLE
AAP
BLOOD
LYMPH
TEJ
META
BOLISM
VAYU
LUNGS
AAKASH
DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM
PANCHATANTRA THEORY
Two meals a
day.
Two seers of
water per
day.
Prayer 2
times a day.
An hour of
exercise
everyday.
Fasting once
in a week
MORBID AND FOREIGN MATTER THEORY
 Accumulation of waste matter, morbid materials and poisons
Oxidative stress and its effects
Oxidative stress --===== oxidative damage
 Effect of oxidation in which an abnormal level of reactive oxygen species
(ROS),
 Free radicals (e.g. hydroxyl, nitric acid, superoxide)
 Or the non-radicals (e.g. hydrogen peroxide, lipid peroxide)
 Lead to consequential injury to cells or tissue.
 Chain reaction started.
FORMATION OF FREE RADICALS:
 Air pollution.
 Cigarette, pipe smoke.
 Injury and inflammatory response.
 Ionization radiation.
 Cellular metabolism (electron
transport chain).
 Food additives.
 Food preparation.
 Pesticides.
 Other pollution.
 Stress.
 X-rays.
 Ischemia.
CELLULAR DAMAGE DUE TO FREE
RADICALS
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THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF DISEASE
IN NATUROPATHY
PANCHAMAHABHUTHA THEORY
Air
Fire
Water
Earth
Ether
LIFE FORCE
DISEASE CONCEPT
 “Violation of Nature laws leads to lowered vitality”
 (8th Catechism, Page 21 - Philosophy & Practice Nature Cure -
Hanry Lindlahr)
 Morbid matter interference and decline vital force”

 (Page 47 - Philosophy and Practice Nature Cure - Hanry
Lindlahr)
DISEASE CONCEPT
Nature cure system doesn’t believe in germ theory of disease. It believes that,
there are mainly two things which give an opportunity for the germs to grow
and cause the disease.
3- LEVELS OF INTERVENTION
Preventive
Curative
Promotive
PANCHABHOUTIK TREATMENTS
Prithvi Chikitsa Mud Therapy
Aap Chikitsa Hydro Therapy
Tej Chikitsa Athapasnana, Sauna bath
Vayu Chikitsa Oxygen zone. Massage Therapy,
Aakash Chikitsa Fasting Therapy,
Diet Therapy
 Eliminative Organs
 Skin
 Kidneys
 Digestive system
 Lungs
Imbalance in
Panchamahaboothas
Accumulation of Morbid
Matter
Abnormal composition of
Blood & Lymph
Lowered Vitality
Disease
Health
Balance in Panchamahaboothas
Removal of Morbid matter
Normal composition of Blood &
Lymph
Bring back the normal Vitality
Panchabhouthic treatment
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3. FASTING THERAPY
 Fasting is the voluntary abstinence from food for a definite
period of time by giving rest to GI system.
CONCEPT
 Conservation of Digestive Energy and acting against the
infective agent or removal of unwanted matter from the body.
 Utilizing the energy from stored energy levels.
 Calorie restriction.
EVIDENCE
Title Authors Conclusion
Fasting
Therapy- a
review article
Françoise Wilhelmi de
Toledoa
Fasting can also be applied for
preventing diseases in healthy
subjects. In order to guarantee
successful use of fasting and to
ensure adherence of all safety
and quality standards it is
mandatory that all interventions
during fasting are
guided/accompanied by
physicians/
Therapists trained and certified in
fasting therapy.
DIET THERAPY- NATUROPATHIC CLASSIFICATION
CONSTRUCTIVE
DIET
SOOTHENING
DIET
ELIMINATIVE DIET
“THY FOOD SHALL BE THY MEDICINE AND THY
MEDICINE BE THY FOOD” -- HIPPOCRATES
• Fruits
• Vegetables
B carotene and
other carotenoids.
• Leaves
Polyphenols
• Cruciferous
vegetables
Isothiocyanates
EVIDENCE
Title authors Conclusion
Antioxidant
Phytochemicals in
Fruits and
Vegetables:
Diet and Health
Implications
Ronald L. Prior1 and
Guohua Cao
U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Phytochemicals
can be an important
source of dietary
antioxidants and may
be
responsible for the
health benefits
observed with
increased consumption
of fruits and
vegetables.
MASSAGE THERAPY
 Massage is the manipulation of superficial and
deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue
using various techniques, to enhance the
function and promote relaxation and well-being.
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EVIDENCE
The effect of
massage on
immune function
and
stress in women
with breast
cancer - A
randomized
controlled trial.
A. Billhult Light pressure
effleurage
massage
decreased the
deterioration of
NK cell activity
occurring during
radiation therapy.
A single full-body
light pressure
effleurage
massage has a
short-term effect
on NK cell
activity,
systolic blood
pressure and
heart rate in
patientswith
breast cancer.
Preterm Infants
Show Reduced
Stress Behaviors
and Activity after
5 days of
Massage Therapy
Maria Hernandez-
Reif1, Miguel
Diego1, and
Tiffany Field1,2
1 Touch Research
Institute,
University of
Miami School of
Medicine
The preterm
infants in the
massage therapy
group received
three 15 minute
massages each
day for 5
consecutive days,
with the
massages
consisting of
moderate
pressure stroking
to the head,
shoulders, back,
arms and legs
and kinesthetic
exercises
consisting of
flexion and
The findings
suggest that
massage has
pacifying or
stress reducing
effects
on preterm
infants
10. CHIROPRACTIC
 Chiropractic- means “done by hand”, referring to
manipulation of the spine.
CONCEPT
The body is a unit.
Body possesses self
regulatory mechanisms.
Structure and function are
inter related.
CONCEPT
RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE
18. REIKI
 Using cosmic or universal energy (life force energy).
 palm healing or hand on healing form of alternative medicine.
EVIDENCE
 EFFECTS OF REIKI ON PAIN AND ANXIETY IN THE ELDERLY DIAGNOSED
WITH DEMENTIA: A SERIES OF CASE REPORTS by Beverly Meland.
 The effect of Reiki on pain and anxiety in women with abdominal hysterectomies:
An experimental pilot study by Anne T. Vitale.
 The Effects of Reiki Therapy on Pain and Anxiety in Patients Attending a Day
Oncology and Infusion Services Unit by Nadia Birocco.
19. PRANIC HEALING
 No-touch energy healing system.
 Highly evolved energy medicine.
 Utilizes prana to balance, harmonize and
transform the body’s energy processes.
 Body- self repairing living entity.
 Healer can draw in pranic energy from the
surroundings
EVIDENCE
 Effect of 'pranic' healing in chronic Musculoskeletal pain - a single Blind
control study
Jain A, Nagarathna R, Nagendra H R, Shirley Telles .
Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India)
ACUPUNCTURE
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Acupuncture is the procedure of inserting and
manipulating fine filiform needles into specific points
on the body to relieve Disorders or for therapeutic
purposes.
CONCEPT
ENDORPHIN
RELEASE
THEORY
CONCEPT
OF YIN
AND
YANG
CONCEPT
OF QI
6. HELIOTHERAPY
 Climatotherapy –
 ---intentional direct exposure to natural sunlight
 specific wavelengths of light using -lasers, light-emitting
diodes, fluorescent lamps, dichroic lamps or very bright, full-
spectrum light, usually controlled with various devices
 for a prescribed amount of time, at a specific time of day.
 Spa Therapy for Ankylosing Spondylitis at the Dead Sea
CONCEPT
 Germ killing power of sunlight.
 Production of vitamin D in the
skin.
 Improves elimination from the
skin.
 Opens up the skin pores.
 Prevents skin diseases.
RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE
Rehabilitation
Improves
Stamina and
strength
Injury
prevention
Maintains
Functional
mobility
Occupational
health
RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE
SLEEP
RELATED
DISORDERS
NEONATAL
JAUNDICE
SKIN
RELATED
DISORDERS
CHROMOTHERAPY
Seven colors of Sun
rays
Violet, Indigo, Blue,
Green, Yellow, Orange
and Red
RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE
COLOUR INDICATIONS
Yellow Indigestion, hepatitis, jaundice, liver, pancreas,
kidneys,
intestines, spines and skin .
Orange Asthma, strong bronchitis and lungs .
Strong
Blue
Colds, sinus infection, ear infection, stress,
nervous
tension, acute rheumatism and articulations.
COLOUR INDICATIONS
Blue Throat infections, thyroid
infection, constipation as
spasms .
Indigo Eye inflammation, cataract,
glaucoma, ocular fatigue, nasal
bleed .
Violet Urinary illness and
psychoses .
EVIDENCE
 Effects of Changes in Colored Light on Brain and Calf Muscle Blood
Concentration and Oxygenation J. Weinzirl1 .
4. HYDROTHERAPY
 Application of water
RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE
Application of
cold
compress
Hot vaginal
douche
EVIDENCE
Therapeuti
c
Application
of a Cold
Chest Pack
in
Bronchial
Asthma
N.K.
Manjunath
and Shirley
Telles
Swami
Vivekanand
a Yoga
Research
Foundation
,
Bangalore,
Results
suggest
that an
application
of a cold
chest pack
increases
the PEFR
as an
immediate
effect
17. MAGNETOTHERAPY
 Treating patients through the medium of magnets.
RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE
Magnetised
water.
Pain
management.
Improves
Blood
circulation.
EVIDENCE
 Randomised controlled trial of magnetic bracelets for relieving pain in
osteoarthritis of the hip and knee by Tim Harlow
5.
 Mud is one of five elements of nature having immense impact
on the body both in health and sickness.
 It is a system of treating patients through the medium of mud.
 The mud used for this should be clean and taken from 3 to 4
ft. depth from the surface of the ground.
MUD THERAPY
ABDOMEN HEAD FACE
EVIDENCES
 Analgesic efficacy of the serial application of a sulfurated
mud bath at home.
 Functions of the hypo thalamo pituitary axis in patients with
fibromyalgia syndrome undergoing mud pack treatment.
 Mud pack therapy in Osteoarthrosis. Changes in serum
levels of chondrocyte markers.
Comparison of
intra-articular
hyaluronic acid
injections and
mud-pack
therapy in the
treatment of
knee
osteoarthritis
Bora BOSTAN.
Departments of
Orthopedics and
Traumatology,
The scores of all
instruments
showed
significant
improvements
following
treatment in both
groups
(p<0.001).
Posttreatment
changes in
relation to
baseline scores
did not differ
significantly
Treatment of
knee
osteoarthritis
with intra-
articular
hyaluronic acid
injections or
mud-pack
therapy yielded
similar results in
the short-term in
terms of
functional
improvement
and pain relief.
CONCLUSION
 MODERN TECHNOLOGY- TAKEN PEOPLE AWAY FROM NATURAL
LIVING.
 AGAINST NATURE’S LAWS- MANIFESTATION OF DISEASE.
 RETURNING TOWARDS NATURE- FOLLOWING A GOOD
LIFESTYLE, PROPER ATTITUDE, CONTROL OVER THE
MIND(THOUGHTS, ACTIONS AND WORDS).
 A PERSON CAN ACHEIVE THE CONTROL OVER HIS SENSES
ONLY WITH ABHYASA. ( WITH REGULAR PRACTISE OF YOGA
AND DHYANAM)
Kind attention …….!!!!!!!!
Yes, We need medicines only in cases
of emergencies.
Out of 100% , only 20% are of
emergency cases.
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THANKYOU
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Dr. Sujatha concepts of naturopathy

  • 1. CONCEPTS OF NATUROPATHY Dr. Sujatha K.J., Professor and Dean, Shri Dharmastala Manjunatheshwara College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, Ujire- 574240 “He who is truly clean within, cannot remain unclean without” …………….MAHATHMA GANDHI
  • 2. Naturopathic medicine is a distinct system of primary health care - an art, science, philosophy and practice of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of illness. - American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP) Nature Cure is a system of building the entire being in harmony with the constructive principle in Nature on the physical, mental, moral and spiritual planes of being. -Henry Lindlahr, M.D. 2
  • 3. 1. Basic principles of naturopathy 2. Panchamahabhutha theory 3. Panchatanthra theory 4. Morbid and foreign matter theory 3 CONCEPTS OF NATUROPATHY
  • 4. 1. Body heals itself 2. Main cause of disease is enervation. 3. Deposits of metabolic end products in the body are disease. 4. Acute disease is remedial process. 5. Food is a building material, it does not increase vitality. 6. Fasting does not cure any disease; it provides an opportunity for the body to heal itself. 7. Germs are not the disease, but are found in disease condition. 8. Physical activity keeps a balance between nutrition & drainage. 9. External treatments of any system only give relief, do not cure the body. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE 4
  • 5. 5 BASIC PBASIC LS ITSSELFTATURECURE 1. 1. BODY HEALS ITSSELFTF N 11 Self healing is with-in(the mind).
  • 6. 2.MAIN CAUSE OF DISEASE IS ENERVATION. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE 6 Wrong diet
  • 7. DEPOSITS OF METABOLIC END PRODUCTS IN THE BODY ARE DISEASE. By products of metabolism. Un digested food products. Toxic products generated in the body. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE 7
  • 8. 4.ACUTE DISEASE IS REMEDIAL PROCESS. Pain Inflammation Loss of appetite Cough BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE 8 Dr. J.T. Ratelif, Dr. Hippocrates
  • 9. 5.FOOD IS A BUILDING MATERIAL, IT DOES NOT INCREASE VITALITY Food needed for physiological functioning Vitality directs the utilization of food Vitality can only be spend. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE 9
  • 10. 6. FASTING DOES NOT CURE ANY DISEASE; IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BODY TO HEAL ITSELF. Fasting is designed to give complete rest the body. Fasting Cleans, Repairs & Rejuvenates the body. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE 10 Dr. Shelton
  • 11. Aaaah…. 7. GREMS ARE NOT THE DISEASE, BUT ARE FOUND IN DISEASE CONDITION. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE 11 Dr. Louis Pasteur- Pathogenisity and Virulence
  • 12. 8. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY KEEPS A BALANCE BETWEEN NUTRITION & DRAINAGE. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE Physical activity causes movement of 1. Body fluids Improves Nutrition Drainage 2. Movement of muscles Improves Tone Improves endurance Improves Flexibility 12
  • 13. 9. EXTERNAL TREATMENTS OF ANY SYSTEM ONLY GIVE RELIEF, DO NOT CURE THE BODY. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE CURE: Restoration to complete normal function RELIEF: Restoration of near normal function Types of treatment: Specific or radical treatment Symptomatic Treatment Preventive Treatment 13
  • 14. 10. PATIENTS OWN WILL ,FAITH IN SYSTEM & DOCTOR ARE NECESSARY FOR PATIENTS RECOVERY. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NATURECURE 14
  • 15. “SARVAM DRAVYAM PANCHABHOUTIKATVAM” (Rig-Veda) It says that all things in universe are having the concept of panchamahaboothas  There is not a single thing on earth, which is not made out of these Panchamahabhutas. These Mahabhutas are found in nature as well as in human body.
  • 16. PANCHAMAHABHUTAS Earth (Prithvi) Water (Jal/Aap) Fire (Tejas) Air (Vayu) Ether (Akash)
  • 17. CELL ==== PANCHAMAHABHUTAS CELL MEMBRANE-PRITVI CYTOPLASM--------AAP METABOLISM------TEJ RESPIRATION-------VAYU SPACE----------------AAKASHA
  • 19. PANCHATANTRA THEORY Two meals a day. Two seers of water per day. Prayer 2 times a day. An hour of exercise everyday. Fasting once in a week
  • 20. MORBID AND FOREIGN MATTER THEORY  Accumulation of waste matter, morbid materials and poisons Oxidative stress and its effects Oxidative stress --===== oxidative damage  Effect of oxidation in which an abnormal level of reactive oxygen species (ROS),  Free radicals (e.g. hydroxyl, nitric acid, superoxide)  Or the non-radicals (e.g. hydrogen peroxide, lipid peroxide)  Lead to consequential injury to cells or tissue.  Chain reaction started.
  • 21. FORMATION OF FREE RADICALS:  Air pollution.  Cigarette, pipe smoke.  Injury and inflammatory response.  Ionization radiation.  Cellular metabolism (electron transport chain).  Food additives.  Food preparation.  Pesticides.  Other pollution.  Stress.  X-rays.  Ischemia.
  • 22. CELLULAR DAMAGE DUE TO FREE RADICALS
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  • 24. THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF DISEASE IN NATUROPATHY
  • 27. DISEASE CONCEPT  “Violation of Nature laws leads to lowered vitality”  (8th Catechism, Page 21 - Philosophy & Practice Nature Cure - Hanry Lindlahr)  Morbid matter interference and decline vital force”   (Page 47 - Philosophy and Practice Nature Cure - Hanry Lindlahr)
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  • 29. DISEASE CONCEPT Nature cure system doesn’t believe in germ theory of disease. It believes that, there are mainly two things which give an opportunity for the germs to grow and cause the disease.
  • 30. 3- LEVELS OF INTERVENTION Preventive Curative Promotive
  • 31. PANCHABHOUTIK TREATMENTS Prithvi Chikitsa Mud Therapy Aap Chikitsa Hydro Therapy Tej Chikitsa Athapasnana, Sauna bath Vayu Chikitsa Oxygen zone. Massage Therapy, Aakash Chikitsa Fasting Therapy, Diet Therapy
  • 32.  Eliminative Organs  Skin  Kidneys  Digestive system  Lungs
  • 33. Imbalance in Panchamahaboothas Accumulation of Morbid Matter Abnormal composition of Blood & Lymph Lowered Vitality Disease Health Balance in Panchamahaboothas Removal of Morbid matter Normal composition of Blood & Lymph Bring back the normal Vitality Panchabhouthic treatment O V E R V I E W
  • 34. 3. FASTING THERAPY  Fasting is the voluntary abstinence from food for a definite period of time by giving rest to GI system.
  • 35. CONCEPT  Conservation of Digestive Energy and acting against the infective agent or removal of unwanted matter from the body.  Utilizing the energy from stored energy levels.  Calorie restriction.
  • 36. EVIDENCE Title Authors Conclusion Fasting Therapy- a review article Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledoa Fasting can also be applied for preventing diseases in healthy subjects. In order to guarantee successful use of fasting and to ensure adherence of all safety and quality standards it is mandatory that all interventions during fasting are guided/accompanied by physicians/ Therapists trained and certified in fasting therapy.
  • 37. DIET THERAPY- NATUROPATHIC CLASSIFICATION CONSTRUCTIVE DIET SOOTHENING DIET ELIMINATIVE DIET
  • 38. “THY FOOD SHALL BE THY MEDICINE AND THY MEDICINE BE THY FOOD” -- HIPPOCRATES
  • 39. • Fruits • Vegetables B carotene and other carotenoids. • Leaves Polyphenols • Cruciferous vegetables Isothiocyanates
  • 40. EVIDENCE Title authors Conclusion Antioxidant Phytochemicals in Fruits and Vegetables: Diet and Health Implications Ronald L. Prior1 and Guohua Cao U.S. Department of Agriculture. Phytochemicals can be an important source of dietary antioxidants and may be responsible for the health benefits observed with increased consumption of fruits and vegetables.
  • 41. MASSAGE THERAPY  Massage is the manipulation of superficial and deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue using various techniques, to enhance the function and promote relaxation and well-being. 41
  • 42. EVIDENCE The effect of massage on immune function and stress in women with breast cancer - A randomized controlled trial. A. Billhult Light pressure effleurage massage decreased the deterioration of NK cell activity occurring during radiation therapy. A single full-body light pressure effleurage massage has a short-term effect on NK cell activity, systolic blood pressure and heart rate in patientswith breast cancer.
  • 43. Preterm Infants Show Reduced Stress Behaviors and Activity after 5 days of Massage Therapy Maria Hernandez- Reif1, Miguel Diego1, and Tiffany Field1,2 1 Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine The preterm infants in the massage therapy group received three 15 minute massages each day for 5 consecutive days, with the massages consisting of moderate pressure stroking to the head, shoulders, back, arms and legs and kinesthetic exercises consisting of flexion and The findings suggest that massage has pacifying or stress reducing effects on preterm infants
  • 44. 10. CHIROPRACTIC  Chiropractic- means “done by hand”, referring to manipulation of the spine.
  • 45. CONCEPT The body is a unit. Body possesses self regulatory mechanisms. Structure and function are inter related.
  • 48. 18. REIKI  Using cosmic or universal energy (life force energy).  palm healing or hand on healing form of alternative medicine.
  • 49. EVIDENCE  EFFECTS OF REIKI ON PAIN AND ANXIETY IN THE ELDERLY DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA: A SERIES OF CASE REPORTS by Beverly Meland.  The effect of Reiki on pain and anxiety in women with abdominal hysterectomies: An experimental pilot study by Anne T. Vitale.  The Effects of Reiki Therapy on Pain and Anxiety in Patients Attending a Day Oncology and Infusion Services Unit by Nadia Birocco.
  • 50. 19. PRANIC HEALING  No-touch energy healing system.  Highly evolved energy medicine.  Utilizes prana to balance, harmonize and transform the body’s energy processes.  Body- self repairing living entity.  Healer can draw in pranic energy from the surroundings
  • 51. EVIDENCE  Effect of 'pranic' healing in chronic Musculoskeletal pain - a single Blind control study Jain A, Nagarathna R, Nagendra H R, Shirley Telles . Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India)
  • 52. ACUPUNCTURE 52 Acupuncture is the procedure of inserting and manipulating fine filiform needles into specific points on the body to relieve Disorders or for therapeutic purposes.
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  • 55. 6. HELIOTHERAPY  Climatotherapy –  ---intentional direct exposure to natural sunlight  specific wavelengths of light using -lasers, light-emitting diodes, fluorescent lamps, dichroic lamps or very bright, full- spectrum light, usually controlled with various devices  for a prescribed amount of time, at a specific time of day.  Spa Therapy for Ankylosing Spondylitis at the Dead Sea
  • 56. CONCEPT  Germ killing power of sunlight.  Production of vitamin D in the skin.  Improves elimination from the skin.  Opens up the skin pores.  Prevents skin diseases.
  • 57. RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE Rehabilitation Improves Stamina and strength Injury prevention Maintains Functional mobility Occupational health
  • 58. RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE SLEEP RELATED DISORDERS NEONATAL JAUNDICE SKIN RELATED DISORDERS
  • 59. CHROMOTHERAPY Seven colors of Sun rays Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red
  • 60. RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE COLOUR INDICATIONS Yellow Indigestion, hepatitis, jaundice, liver, pancreas, kidneys, intestines, spines and skin . Orange Asthma, strong bronchitis and lungs . Strong Blue Colds, sinus infection, ear infection, stress, nervous tension, acute rheumatism and articulations.
  • 61. COLOUR INDICATIONS Blue Throat infections, thyroid infection, constipation as spasms . Indigo Eye inflammation, cataract, glaucoma, ocular fatigue, nasal bleed . Violet Urinary illness and psychoses .
  • 62. EVIDENCE  Effects of Changes in Colored Light on Brain and Calf Muscle Blood Concentration and Oxygenation J. Weinzirl1 .
  • 64. RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE Application of cold compress Hot vaginal douche
  • 65. EVIDENCE Therapeuti c Application of a Cold Chest Pack in Bronchial Asthma N.K. Manjunath and Shirley Telles Swami Vivekanand a Yoga Research Foundation , Bangalore, Results suggest that an application of a cold chest pack increases the PEFR as an immediate effect
  • 66. 17. MAGNETOTHERAPY  Treating patients through the medium of magnets.
  • 67. RELEVANCE IN HEALTH CARE Magnetised water. Pain management. Improves Blood circulation.
  • 68. EVIDENCE  Randomised controlled trial of magnetic bracelets for relieving pain in osteoarthritis of the hip and knee by Tim Harlow
  • 69. 5.  Mud is one of five elements of nature having immense impact on the body both in health and sickness.  It is a system of treating patients through the medium of mud.  The mud used for this should be clean and taken from 3 to 4 ft. depth from the surface of the ground.
  • 71. EVIDENCES  Analgesic efficacy of the serial application of a sulfurated mud bath at home.  Functions of the hypo thalamo pituitary axis in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome undergoing mud pack treatment.  Mud pack therapy in Osteoarthrosis. Changes in serum levels of chondrocyte markers.
  • 72. Comparison of intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections and mud-pack therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis Bora BOSTAN. Departments of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The scores of all instruments showed significant improvements following treatment in both groups (p<0.001). Posttreatment changes in relation to baseline scores did not differ significantly Treatment of knee osteoarthritis with intra- articular hyaluronic acid injections or mud-pack therapy yielded similar results in the short-term in terms of functional improvement and pain relief.
  • 73. CONCLUSION  MODERN TECHNOLOGY- TAKEN PEOPLE AWAY FROM NATURAL LIVING.  AGAINST NATURE’S LAWS- MANIFESTATION OF DISEASE.  RETURNING TOWARDS NATURE- FOLLOWING A GOOD LIFESTYLE, PROPER ATTITUDE, CONTROL OVER THE MIND(THOUGHTS, ACTIONS AND WORDS).  A PERSON CAN ACHEIVE THE CONTROL OVER HIS SENSES ONLY WITH ABHYASA. ( WITH REGULAR PRACTISE OF YOGA AND DHYANAM)
  • 74. Kind attention …….!!!!!!!! Yes, We need medicines only in cases of emergencies. Out of 100% , only 20% are of emergency cases.
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