This document discusses the scope of Ayurveda in addressing lifestyle diseases. It notes that Ayurveda aims to identify a person's ideal balance and reestablish balance through diet, herbs, aromatherapy and other treatments. Lifestyle diseases are on the rise due to changes in diet, physical activity, environment and other lifestyle factors. Ayurveda focuses on preventive measures and treating the root cause of imbalance through daily routines, seasonal routines, yoga, meditation and other practices. It emphasizes lifestyle changes like a balanced diet, exercise, reducing stress and adopting healthy habits to prevent disease.

1. LIFE STYLE DISEASES
Scope of Ayurveda & Yoga
Dr B Rajeev

2. • More than a mere system of treating
illness, Ayurveda is a science of life
(Ayur = life,Veda = science or
knowledge).
• It offers a body of wisdom designed to
help people stay vital while realizing
their full human potential.

3. • An important goal of Ayurveda is to
identify a person’s ideal state of
balance, determine where they are out
of balance, and offer interventions
using diet, herbs, aromatherapy,
pancha karma treatments, music, and
meditation to reestablish balance

4. • Life style diseases are
also called as the diseases of longevity or
diseases of civilization
• According to WHO, world deaths from life
style diseases will double by 2015 unless
all out efforts are taken to combat them.

5. • So it is mandatory to develop a health
oriented life style than to give deep
concern about our works.
• Where the scope is almost fully lies on
Ayurvedic concepts, because of its
references of preventive measures.

6. Life Style Changes
• Over 50 years the food pattern changed
considerably which changed our diet by the use
of lots of processed foods, foods with saturated
fats, foods with sugar content less and less fruits
and vegetables.
• The result is drastic change which shows 28%
carbohydrates, 12% protein, 40% fats and 20%
sugar, though the requirement remains almost
the same. This can be understood as the midhya
ahara practices in Ayurveda.

7. Life style Changes And
Diseases Associated
• Decreased physical activity of humans, as
machines pay the place of that. It leads to less
usage of the energy. Thus leading to
– Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
– Diabetes mellitus
– Stroke
– Obesity
– Hypertension
– Arteriosclerosis which will again cause
atherosclerosis etc.

8. – Continuous and long time work without breaks. This is
usually related to the people working in financial
sector and also to IT Professionals. This can develop
• Spinal problems
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Multiple sclerosis
• Joint pains
• Dementia
• Depression
• Anxiety Disorders
• Chronic back aches etc

9. • Exposure to the same environments without
physical or mental rest. These brings about
– Malignancy of the parts exposed
– Occupational lung diseases (Silicosis, Fibrosis,
Asbetosis)
– Cerebro-vascular diseases etc

10. – Use of junk Foods, packed foods for a long period.
• Cancerous growths
• Arthritis
• Nutritional Deficiencies etc
• Excessive usage of mobile phones and computers
by the youngsters.

11. • Skin disorders
• Computer Vision Syndrome
• Anxiety disorder etc
• Addiction of smoking, alcohol and drugs in adult groups
mainly for enjoyment and to get rid of worries.
• Asthma
• Cancer
• Chronic liver disease/ Cirrhosis
• Bronchitis
• Respiratory diseases
• Unnecessary usage of more analgesics to be free of pain.
• Liver Diseases
• Lack of proper sleep at night due to night duties.
• Severe Joint pains
• Depression

12. How the life styles leads to
diseases?
• We can understand that
almost all the diseases are caused by
the midhya ahara’s & vihara’s which we follows.
• Increasing globalisation brings nothing but the
changing life style ignorance of health by
sticking to the strict pattern of jobs.
• The arousal of such crisis is just because of
inappropriate relationship of people with the
environment.

13. • The specialty of the life style diseases is
that, it takes years to develop.
• And if occurred once, is not easy to cure.
Here we can understand the importance of
preventive measures.

14. Life Style According To
Ayurveda
• “prakshalanadhi pankasya
doorathasparsam varam” ( su.chi.24)
• ‘Prevention is better than cure’. The
famous words which all of us know.
• It is an advice to make the people alerted
about their life style strategies

15. Ayurveda treats the vitiation
• Dinacharya
• Ritucharya
• Rathricharya
• Thrayopasthambha palana
• Sadvritha
• Acharya rasayana
• Ashtanga yoga’s
• Dharma

16. Ayurveda treats
• To suppress the dharaniya vegas
• Not to suppress the Adharaniya vegas
• Not to consume Virudhahara
• Not to indulge in Midhya ahara and vihara
• Not to do hina, midhya and ati yoga of Indriya,
kaya,vak,and mana
• Not to do Prajnaparadha
• Not to consume guna, mathra, desa, kala and
virudha aharas.

17. • Thus it is interesting to know that
Ayurvedic Acharya’s have mentioned
earlier that in the future there will be
increase in number of the Life Style
diseases, so one who likes to maintain
good health should be aware of his life
styles.

18. Importance Of Ayurvedic Treatment
In Life Style Diseases
• Ayurveda treats the body as a whole not only the
affected part where deformation is visible.
• Ayurveda has answers for physical, mental,
social and spiritual illness of a person.
• Ayurvedic system has same importance to the
preventive as well as to the curative aspects.
• As all the disease development due to life style
changes are purely individual based, no other
systems can provide a clear prediction of what
disease this patient can develop. But, in
Ayurveda by considering his prakruthi and the
life style

19. • Ayurveda has cure according to the severity of the
disease. In other systems, there is no much distinction of
treatment on the basis of the severity other than dosage.
• For diseases Ayurveda have types like kaphaja, pithaja,
vataja, rakthaja, sannipataja etc with their symptomatic
and treatment differences explained in a well manner.
• In the system of Ayurveda, there is difference in
treatment on the basis of desa,kala and vaya.
• Though some treatments in Ayurveda are not easy to
follow, there are a lot of remedies mentioned which can
be practiced easily and are cheap in cost.

20. Measures For Preventing
Life Style Diseases
• Can analyse the dinacharya and can adopt
which are possible. More concentration
should be given to the charyas which will
help us to balance the unhealthy life style
which we follows.
• Can adopt the rithucharya (seasonal
regimen) that can be followed by giving
proper awareness about the changes that
will take place during a rithu.
• Taking care while a rithu sandhi.

21. Measures For Preventing
Life Style Diseases
• Daily practice of Some Yogas like Surya namaskaram.
• Yoga practices can also be oriented on the prevention
of disease involved.
• Practice of Pranayama.
• Chanting of some manthras daily.
• Reading of the Religious books daily.
• Decreasing the usage of mobile phones, computers and
smart phones.
• Making both mind and body feel comfortable by
the Sadvritha’s.
• Reducing the consumption of alcohol and smoking. Use
of medicated smoke and other paniya’s instead of that.

22. Measures For Preventing
Life Style Diseases
• If have practice of consuming non-vegetarian food, the
consumption of lean meat, poultry, fish, beans, eggs and
nuts.
• Further extension of anti-tobacco measure including
higher taxes, smoking bans in public places etc.
• Practice of meditation.
• Consumption of low energy dense foods which are fewer
in calories per unit volume. Thus one can eat large
volumes of it.
• Avoiding processed foods with saturated fats, trans-fats,
cholesterol, salt (Na) and added sugars.
• Utilisation of more physical and mental power, than the
usage of machines.

23. • Taking holidays and practice of panchakarma’s as
a sukha chikithsa.
• Making a happy environment in home, to be calm from
the hectic load at the work place.
• Taking small breaks from the work by some nourishing
foods which are suitable according to desa,
kala and vaya.
• Making a routine in children and making them interested
to follow that.
• Individuals have right to indulge in occasional excesses
of food, drink and smoking with strict consideration given
to health.

24. Rasayana Chikitsa
(Rejuvenation Therapy).
• For all these measures, there is necessity of awareness
programmes to make rural and urban people aware. But,
that should contain the methods which will help them on
the basis of their life style.
• Practice of Rasayana Chikitsa (Rejuvenation Therapy). It
is the treatment by which one gets the excellence of rasa
(nourishing fluid which is produced immediately after
digestion etc) ..
• “Labhopayo Hi sasthanam rasadinam
rasayanam.” (Cha.Chi.1/8)
• And there is detailed description of the Acharya
Rasayana which is to be followed to get the best out of
Rasayana chikitsa

25. Acharya Rasayana
• Truthfulness
• To be free from anger
• Devoid of alcohol and sex indulgence
• Do not indulge in violence or exhaustion
• Peaceful and pleasing in their speech.
• Practices japa and cleanliness.
• Regularly practicing charity and tapas.
• Regularly offers prayers to the Gods, cows, Brahmanas,
teachers, preceptors and old people.
• Absolutely free from barbarous acts.
• Compassionate

26. Acharya Rasayana
• Period of awakening and sleep are regular
• Habitually take milk and ghee
• Acquainted with the measurement of the country and time.
• Experts in the knowledge of rationality.
• Free from ego
• Conduct is to be good
• Not narrow minded
• Have love for spiritual knowledge
• Have excellent sense organs in condition.
• Have references for seniors, asthikas.
• Have good self control.
• Regularly study of scriptures

27. Why There Is Scope Of Ayurveda
• From the history of treatment and
preventive measures given to the persons
suffering from life style diseases,
Ayurveda has proven it’s role and
importance in this area

28. • The individuals who are going through hectic patterns in
their work needs preventive measures which not being
explained by any other Practitioner satisfactorily. But, an
Ayurvedic Physician can give list of suitable regimens
the individual can be followed.
• There is much scope in following Naturopathy, Yoga,
Polarity Therapy, Acupressure and Aroma Therapy in
this areas.
• An Ayurvedic Physician can be confident in his
treatment. Because the years passed has proved that
what is predicted by the Acharyas in Ayurvedic classics
before thousands of years ago is correct.
• There must be wholesome activities which have basis on
behavioural, health and attitude aspects of the individual.

29. Treatment practices.
• Ayurvedic treatment goals include
eliminating impurities, reducing symptoms,
increasing resistance to disease, and
reducing worry and increasing harmony in
the patient’s life. The practitioner uses a
variety of methods to achieve these goals:
• Ayurveda, the wisdom of life, offers a
proven guide for a life of happiness,
vitality, love and purpose.

30. Ideal Daily Routine
Description
• To Bed by 10:00 PM - The Day Starts the Evening
Before!
• Morning
• Arise before 6 AM
• Evacuate bowels and bladder
• Clean teeth, scrape tongue
• Abhyanga - oil massage
• Bath or shower
• Sun salutations and/or asanas and Pranayama
• Transcendental Meditation technique
• Exercise
• Wear clean, comfortable, natural fabric clothing
• Light breakfast followed by morning work or study

31. Afternoon & Evening
• Afternoon
• Warm cooked lunch with all six tastes
• Rest for 10 minutes after eating followed by a brief walk
• Afternoon work or study
• Sun salutations and/or asanas and Pranayama
• Transcendental Meditation technique /Prayer
• Evening
• Early, light evening meal
• Rest for 10 minutes after eating followed by a brief walk
• Pleasant, relaxing activity
• To bed before 10 PM with natural fabric clothing and
bedding

32. Avoid
• What we want to avoid are situations where we
are awake at 12:00 midnight, eating, reading or
watching TV. If such behavior becomes a
pattern then the body is cheated out of an
important daily balancing process. Over time this
can lead to the development of many serious
imbalances.

33. Sleep
• Importantly, when we go to bed by 10:00
PM we have the greatest chance of
awakening early and having the necessary
time to do the rest of our proper daily
routine.
• This is why the day starts the evening
before and proper bedtime is the
foundation for the next day’s activity.