Diploma in Ayurveda Practitioners Course Level 2 Medicine

Diploma in Ayurveda Practitioners Course Level 2 Medicine class 07 th March 2019

Different fats and oils used in Ayurveda • Grita- ghee- cow’s ghee, buffalo’s ghee, goat’s ghee, camel’s ghee, sheep’s ghee, woman’s ghee, Mare’s ghee • Taila - plant based oils-Sesame oil, Coconut oil, Caster oil, Mustard oil • Vasa- animal fat • Majja – bone marrow

Medicated oils and medicated fatty preparations • Oils prepared with various base oils and or ghee with decoctions and pastes Main ingredients- in the form of juice or decoction Oils/ milk/ rice water Paste of powders • Medicated ghee juices and or decoctions ghee • Special ghee preparations- purified and fortified ghee

Contd. . • Generally the proportion should be - liquids 4 : oil/ ghee 1 • If milk is added- liquids 3: ghee 1: milk 1 • Preparation should not be completed in 1 day. It can vary 2 days to 7 days • There are 3 different cooking stages based on the nature of the kalka (paste) Mridu paaka - nasya Madyama paaka - paana and vasti khara paaka - abyanga (external applications) • Fragrances can be added once the oil is filtered

• Mridu paakawhen some kalka put to fire- produce burning sound sticky paste • Madyama paaka – no burning sound produced paste is not sticky and can be made into rolls when rubbed between fingers • Khara paaka the paste can’t be rolled without breaking

Medicated oils • • Ashwagandha oil Kumari oil Mahanarayana oil Neelyadi oil Pinda oil Sarshapadi oil Tripala oil Sarvavishadi oil

Ashwagandha oil • Root of ashwagandha, bebila- main ingredients • 16 other ingredients including ashwagandha, bebila, red sandal wood, vetiveria, liquorice, shatawari, cedar wood, manjishta • Sesame oil • Cows milk, rice water • Long term use can increase vata • Pacify pitta

Indications : • Muscle wasting and weakness • Sexual dysfunctions • All kinds of lung disorders • Weight loss Contraindications : • Very dry skin • Skin inflammations • Skin disorders

Kumari oil • Fresh juice of three herbs including aloe, rasakinda (guduchi/giloy - Tinospora cordifolia)and kowakka (Ivy gourd- Coccinia grandis) • Sesame oil and cows milk • 11 other ingredients in kalka including water lily tubers, white sandal wood, vetiveria, manjishta, trikatu • Mrudu paka

Indications • Good for nasya and external application • Insomnia • Pitta related mental disorders • Eye disorders due to pitta imbalance • Pitta related headaches- migraines Contraindications (for head) • Kapha constitutions • Kapha imbalances

Mahanarayana oil Main ingredients- bala and dasha mul Decoction of 77 ingredients 63 ingredients of kalka Sesame oil Indications all kinds of vata disorders- paralysis, facial paralysis MS, sciatica menstrual pains, pain and discomforts in vagina • • •

Neelyadi oil • Fresh juice of 5 ingredients- madatiya (red lucky seed tree. Adenanthera pavonina), ankenda (Claw flowered laurel Acronychia pedunculata), nil awariya (indigo blue-Indigofera tinctoria), diya habarala, wel keppetiya • Kalka of 11 ingredients • Coconut milk and coconut oil • Internal and external use (pana and abyanga)

Indications • Bleeding disorders- per rectum, per vagina • Skin disorders • Given to pregnant mother to prevent skin disorders in baby • Piles, fissures and fistula • Pitta related headaches, burning sensation of head and eyes, insomnia • Fractures, dislocations, sprains Contraindications • Kapha constitutions • Kapha imbalance

Pinda oil • No decoction or juice • Kalka of 4 ingredients including manjishta, vetiveria, liquorice and hal dummala (Vateria copallifera) • Sesame oil, bees wax • Powder of the ingredients are mixed with oil, strain next day. • Bees wax is mixed last highly used in cosmetics- lip balms, moisturizers, hand cream, eye shadow treats skin disorders anti-bacterial effect

Bees wax in Ayurveda • Synonymsmadhuchishta, sikta, madana, madhu shesha, madhushith • Qualities - mridu (soft), snigdha (unctuous) • Therapeutic uses vrana shodhana -cleansing the wound vranaropana -healing the wound Bhagna sandhanakrit - The substance used for treating fractures by its binding capacity Vataraktahara – disorders related to vata and rakta Kushta hara –cures skin disease Visarpahara -cures disease like herpes

Sarshapadi oil • 3 ingredientsmustered oil camphor turpentine • Prepare without heating, cook in sun light • Pacify kapha and vata, increase pitta

Indications : • Reduce swelling due to water retention • Relieves pain • Sprains and cramps • Asthma Contraindications: • Skin damages and inflammations • Long term use for vata disorders • Burns and skin disorders

Tripala oil • Decoction of 10 ingredients • Kalka of 20 ingredients including tripala, turmeric, mustard, sweet flag, ginger • Sesame oil • Used for internal use, external applications, enema, nasya, mouth wash • Pacifies tridosha

Sarvavishadi oil • Fresh (leaf and bark) juice of 29 herbs including moringa, neem, shatawari, cinnamon, caster, ginger • Five basic oils- sesame, caster, mee (Maduca longifolia), neem oil and ghee • Coconut milk • Powder of 19 ingredients including cumins, red and white sandal wood, tripala, trikatu, garlic, asafoetida • Used for internal and external use (nasya, pana, abyanga)

Properties of ghee • • • Rasa : Madhura Guna : Guru, Snigdha, Mirdu Veerya : Sita Vipaka : Madhura Karma : Agnideepana, rucya, Ayushya, Balya, Cakshushya Hidya Kaantiprada, tvacya, Medhya rasayana, Ojovardhaka vata pitta shamaka, Shleshmavardhaka Snehana, Shukravardhaka Vayaasthapna, Vishahara, Virsya

Medicated ghee • Brahmi grita- internal use • Triphala grita- internal and external use • Phala grita, phala kalyana grita • Chagaladi grita • Varnaka grita- external use only

Brahmi grita • Juice of brahmi (Bacopa monerii)- main ingredient • kalka- brahmi, vacha (sweet flag), kushta, shanka pushpi (Convolvulus pluricaulis) • Indications: vata disorders like epilepsy anxiety

Shanka pushpi - Convolvulus pluricaulis • Looks like common morning glory • Pacify tridosha • Effective on central nervous system, specially as a memory booster and helps in improving intellect • Also used in chronic cough, sleeplessness, epilepsy, hallucinations, and anxiety • Being a liver cleanser it is used for liver diseases, cytotoxic and viral diseases

Phala grita and phala kalyana grita • For all kinds of female disorders • Both the preparations contain fresh juice of shatawari • Milk is included • Ghee should be made from milk obtained from a cow that has a live cub

Purified and fortified ghee preparation • Shata dhauta grita- 100 times washed ghee • After washing it becomes a white/ light yellow, odorless, tasteless, non oily homogenous mixture • The best moisturizer mentioned in Ayurveda and helps wrinkles • Burns and irritations (Herpes zoster- shingle) • Removes scars • Skin disorders • Reduces Pitta skin disorders -inflammation , allergies , eczema, rosacea, psoriasis • Relieves nappy rash- safe for babies