Ayurveda approach to treat a DISEASE by enhancing Immunity

Approach to treat DISEASE by enhancing Immunity

Nowadays, many people are suffering with flu (Viral infection caused by influenza), recurrent bronchitis, rhinitis, sinusitis, upper respiratory tract infections etc diseases. In recent 3-4 years many people got infected from swine flu (caused by H1N1 virus) and few of them died unfortunately. All infections occur because of weak immunity of the individual. We usually take anti-allergic for the same but forget the root cause of the disease .This worsens the situation.

In the beginning, if we try to suppress the disease with the symptomatic medicines, immune system of body gets disturbed. Immunity is lowered day by day. Need of medicine increases. Slowly body gets infected with many other health ailments.

In such cases, one should go for self –analysis. What the change happened in my body that lead to all these diseases .What had happened at mental or physical level which leads to the lowering of immunity.

We should adopt all the measures to enhance the immunity in the body so that we can prevent ourselves from diseases.

Ayurveda do not control but aims to cure the disease. It attacks the root cause of the disease. Principles of ayurveda emphasizes on the richness of ojas in the body. Ojas is the vital energy of the body and can be compared to immunity of the body.

We should follow food regimens and daily activities which will enhance the metabolism of the body so that food we eat is digested properly. In this way, all dhatus rasa(plasma), rakta (blood) ,mansa (muscle tissue), meda (adipose tissue), asthi (bones), majja (bone marrow)  and shukra (reproductive tissue) are produced in excellent manner in the body.

Patient should enhance the immunity. In Ayurveda , various ras-rasayana (tonics) which provides power to the body and fights diseases. Chawanprash, amlaki rasayana, giloy , chitrak haritaki aveleha etc. medicines provides energy to the body to fight germs and enhance immunity.