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Concept of ageing in ayurveda

 • AGEING IS SUM OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES THAT PROGRESSIVELY LEADS TO THE DEATH.

• AGEING IS UNSTOPPABLE, UNCHANGEABLE AND IRREVERSIBLE.

• BIOLOGICAL AGEING IS A PROCESS THAT TRIGGERS DETERIORATION OF HEALTH AND ULTIMATELY TO THE DEATH.

• AGING IS CONSIDERED AS A DISEASE THAT MAY BE MANIFESTED TIMELY OR UNTIMELY.

•IN AYURVEDA, EVERY CONDITION THAT LEADS TO DISTURBANCE OF HOMEOSTASIS IS TERMED AS A DISEASE, THUS OLD AGE IS ALSO BEAN CONSIDERED AS A DISEASE.



• AGE-ASSOCIATED DISEASE:

1. HEART DISEASE
2. STROKE
3. DIABETES
4. OSTEOPOROSIS
5. ARTHRITIS
6. CANCER
7. OTHER PROBLEMS

• BIOLOGICAL AGEING IS INFLUENCED BY SEVERAL FACTOR :

1. TELOMERE ATTRITION
2. GENOMIC INSTABILITY
3. EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS
4. DEREGULATED NUTRIENT SENSING
5. LOSS OF PROTEOSIS
6. MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION
7. CELLULAR SENESCENCE
8. STEM CELL EXHAUSTION

• AGEING IS CONTINUOUS PROCESS, WHICH BEGINS WITH CONCEPTION AND WITH THE DEATH.
• ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA, AGEING IS NATURAL PHENOMENON LIKE HUNGER, THRUST AND SLEEP.
• IN OLD AGE, MUSCLE, TISSUE, SENSE ORGAN, ENTHUSIASM AND POTENCY (VIRYA) GOING TO WEAK DAY BY DAY 
• TIMING IS A IMPORTANT FACTOR OF AGEING AND AFTER OBTAINING A SPECIFIC AGE, THE PROCESS OF AGEING STARTS.
• THERE IS NO EXACT THEORY OF AGEING IN AYURVEDA AS WELL AS IN MODERN LITERATURE.
• ACHARYA CREATE A NEW BRANCH RAMAYANA TANTRA TO MAINTAIN THE NORMAL LIFE SPAN OF AGED PEOPLE.
• RASAYANA ALLEVIATES VYADHI (DISEASE), JARA(OLD AGE) AND STABILISE YOUTH.
• RASAYANA THERAPY MEANS REJUVENATION THERAPY AFFORDS A COMPREHENSIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC RESTORATION.
• EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT A PERSON WHO TAKEN BIRTH MUST GROW AND FINALLY DIE, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO GROW OLD AND NO ONE WISHES TO DIE.



• PREVENTION OF AGEING :

• PROCESS OF AGEING IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON DIET AND LIFESTYLE.
• AGEING CAN BE PREVENTED BY - 
1. ANJANA (EYE TREATMENT)
2. ABHYANGA (BODY MASSAGE)
3. SHIRO-ABHYANGA (HEAD-MASSAGE)
4. NASYA (NASAL MEDICATION)
5. TAKE HEALTHY DIET AND SLEEP
6. BEAR SUPPRESSIBLE URGES
7. EXPEL UNSUPPRESSIBLE URGES
8. REGULAR REMOVAL OF AGGRAVATED DOSHA BY PANCHA-KARMA
9. TAKE REJUVENATION TREATMENT AND APHRODISIACS.

• MANAGEMENT OF AGEING :

• AGEING IS NATURAL.
• IT IS ESSENTIAL TO MANAGE PERIOD OF AGEING PROPERLY : 
1. KEEP LIFESTYLE ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA
2. FOLLOW ALL THE RULES REGARDING DIET, TAKE LIGHT AND NUTRITIVE DIET.
3. UTILIZES RASAYANA, VAJIKARANA AND BASTI (MEDICATED ENEMA)
4. FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLE OF SADVRITTA (SOCIAL AND PERSONAL ETHICS)
5. IF THERE IS ANY DISEASE THEN TAKE PROPER TREATMENT

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