Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
The process of present process Rasayana Remedy is just not a simple one. It’s a journey of self-discipline, persistence, integrity, braveness, dedication and belief within the course of. That is particularly so within the case of ‘Kuti Praveshika Rasayana’ methodology which could be very troublesome remedy to bear and it calls for utmost submission and volunteering into the method.
Being within the context, Rasayana, based mostly on the tactic of administration, has been labeled broadly into two varieties.
- Kuti Praveshika Rasayana Vidhi – It is a methodology whereby an individual who has undergone Shodhana – purificatory procedures enters a custom-made cottage and stays there with an intention of taking Rasayana. He will probably be served by the consulting doctor at dwelling and the medical staff however it’s a disciplined isolation whereby she or he doesn’t get to fulfill or work together with anybody and are saved indifferent from worldly affairs. It’s a closed methodology of taking Rasayana – ‘the indoor rasayana’. This process is hard to observe and comes with many restrictions. That is mentioned to be the very best methodology of administering / taking Rasayana Remedy and has many benefits over the opposite varieties / varieties together with the advantages it bestows.
- Vatatapika Rasayana Vidhi – Right here the particular person needn’t keep in a cottage and may take Rasayana Remedy whereas attending to his day-to-day chores and having fun with his regular life whereas following important and minimal restrictions. That is comparably a simple methodology of taking Rasayana however not as efficient as the previous one. This can be conveniently custom-made and the tactic of taking this Rasayana will differ from individual to individual. It’s an open methodology of taking the Rasayana – ‘the out of doors rasayana’.
Associated Studying – ‘Kuti Praveshika Rasayana Vidhi’
Associated Studying – ‘Vatatapika Rasayana Vidhi’
Eligibility for Rasayana Remedy
समर्थानामरोगाणां धीमतां नियतात्मनाम् |
कुटीप्रवेशः क्षणिनां परिच्छदवतां हितः ||२७||
अतोऽन्यथा तु ये तेषां सौर्यमारुतिको विधिः |
तयोः श्रेष्ठतरः पूर्वो विधिः स तु सुदुष्करः ||२८||
Ref – Charaka Chikitsa Sthana, Chapter 1, Quarter 4, Verses 27-28 (Cha.Chi.1.4/27-28)
The eligibility standards for Rasayana defined by Acharya Charaka on this context primarily pertain to those that are planning to bear Kuti Praveshika kind of Rasayana. The second a part of the verse explains the eligibility standards for Vatatapika Rasayana.
- Eligibility / suitability for Kutipraveshika kind of Rasayana Remedy
- Samartha – Succesful
The one who is planning to bear Kutipraveshika Rasayana ought to be succesful sufficient to build up all the required issues nicely prematurely of the remedy. He ought to be wealthy and financially secure sufficient to fulfill the expenditures of this Rasyana Remedy because the complete process is a really expensive affair. This time period additionally displays ‘adhyo rogi’ i.e. ‘the affected person ought to be rich’ one of many attribute options of a super affected person defined in Chikitsa Chatushpada context (4 limbs of the remedy whereby the affected person is one among the many 4 limbs). Sure therapies are designed just for rich folks and a few are so expensive {that a} frequent man can not afford to take these therapies, therapies or medicines.
The affected person / one that is planning to bear this type of custom-made Rasayana remedy will incur bills in the direction of –
– Preparatory procedures together with Panchakarma, that are obligatory procedures earlier than conducting Rasayana remedy. Rasayana therapies bestow greatest outcomes solely in those that have undergone purificatory therapies (shodhana, panchakarma), else they might fail in offering important advantages.
– Customization of Kuti – cottage or private chamber and its development in a super place and on its engineering in order that the whole lot inside and outdoors it’s prepared for her or him to remain therein and expertise Rasayana Remedy. He also needs to be bearing the bills required in the direction of paying the laborers and engineers who’re concerned within the development of kuti.
– Assortment of apparatus and medicines required for Rasayana Remedy.
– For paying the docs, medical workers and clergymen and all helpers.
This remedy can’t be and shouldn’t be taken by those that are usually not able to getting this stuff ready and geared up.
Aroga – those that are ‘illness free’
One ought to be completely wholesome / illness free to bear Rasayana remedy. Having a illness means having disturbance of 1 or the opposite kind contained in the physique, that a number of of the doshas are aggravated within the physique, that there’s ama within the physique, that there are blocks within the channels of the physique, that there’s accumulation of malas – excreta within the physique, that the agni is in a state of imbalance and there’s unpleasantness of thoughts, senses and soul. In these circumstances whereby the physique is crammed with impurities, the Rasayana wouldn’t be absorbed and utilized to optimum proportions and would show to be waste.
Ayurveda explains this with the assistance of an analogy. Similar to the portray performed on a unclean canvas doesn’t look engaging, the Rasayana and Vajikarana therapies administered in a unclean physique i.e. physique which has impurities in it, too will probably be futile and won’t yield desired advantages.
So, solely the one who has undergone purification therapies and has removed his illnesses and is totally wholesome ought to plan to take Rasayana Remedy.
Dheematam – those that are mental / clever
One ought to haven’t solely intelligence to know the method of taking Kuti Praveshaka Rasayana and the importance of religiously following each rule and regulation related to the method for tapping good advantages out of the remedy, she or he additionally ought to have presence of thoughts and get entangled into the method. This glad volunteering into the remedy will preserve the particular person acutely aware and related to the rituals and procedures of this formatted and customised Rasayana Remedy which is in any other case very troublesome to simply accept, commit and observe. Belief and acceptance of the remedy procedures will add to psycho-somatic therapeutic and can add to the outcomes and advantages one is believed to get from these therapies. Alternatively, if the particular person is just not clever, acutely aware or dedicated, your complete setup and design of the remedy could look unusual and peculiar to her or him. Both they might not settle for to bear this course of or would back-out in between the remedy.
Niyata Atmavan – all the time self managed
This function is an prolonged model of ‘dheematam’. Whereas committing to bear ‘Kuti Praveshika Rasayana’ remedy, one ought to all the time be ‘self managed’. There are such a lot of restrictions which come together with isolation from the world and staying alone within the kuti – specifically designed cottage for Rasayana Remedy – for a lot of days. Those that are usually not self-controlled would simply deviate from the recommendation and restrictions and do what they wish to, as a substitute of what they should. These individuals are usually not eligible for present process Rasayana Remedy. Whereas the affected person doesn’t get the specified outcomes, the doctor and the medical staff will get a nasty identify and repute because of the misconducts of the affected person. It is usually a waste of time, cash and power to design Kuti Praveshika Rasayana Remedy for individuals who wouldn’t have self management. Those that have self-control and are disciplined too ought to be habituated in the direction of these good practices and never restrict them just for the time interval throughout which they bear the remedy.
Kshaninam – those that have time to spare
Many individuals say that they don’t have time to bear therapies. It’s troublesome to persuade them in regards to the immense advantages of therapies like Kuti Praveshika Rasayana. So, volunteering is a rarity in these circumstances. If one doesn’t have time for their very own well being and ‘self care’ their time is just not price something. Even when these persons are satisfied into present process the remedy, they won’t be disciplined as a result of they produce other priorities and their focus is diverted in the direction of them. In these circumstances, Kuti Praveshika Rasayana would turn out to be a formality which might not yield something helpful. So, these persons are ineligible for Rasayana remedy. They will not be entertained to bear the identical. If Rasayana Remedy is obligatory for these folks, the following most suitable choice will probably be ‘Vatatapika Rasayana’.
The opposite model for Kshaninam has been talked about as ‘kshaminam’ i.e. individuals who can forgive. Forgiving is the best function of humanity. If they will try this, they’re type hearted and good human beings. It reveals the Sattvika nature of their thoughts, perspective and persona. Kuti Praveshika Rasayana would work the very best in these folks since they might observe each inch of the directions handed on to them and therefore eligible for the remedy.
Parichchadavatam – those that are nicely off / nicely to do
This rationalization is an extension over ‘Samarthanam’ defined at first of this text. Monetary stability and having the ability to spend cash is the important thing criterion for present process ‘Kuti Praveshika Rasayana’ because the complete course of could be very expensive. So, one ought to be rich to bear these therapies. Kuti Praveshika Rasayana is just not for everybody. Being rich has a broader which means. The particular person ought to be rich with good and caring family and friends members (although they don’t seem to be allowed into the Kuti whereas the remedy is carried out), to assist the particular person to bear Rasayana remedy and in addition to maintain her or him post-therapy in order that they get pleasure from long-standing advantages of Rasayana. Being rich can be to have good qualities and options and be bestowed with the whole lot good.
Eligibility / suitability for Vatatapika / Saurya-Maruta kind of Rasayana Remedy
The individuals with the above mentioned qualities / options / gear, as defined within the ‘eligibility for Kuti Praveshika Rasayana’ are thought-about as eligible to bear Kuti Praveshika Rasayana. Those that don’t fulfill these standards won’t be certified (unfit) to bear the identical.
These individuals may be thought-about eligible for present process Saurya-Maruta or Vatatapika Rasayana. All individuals who’re unfit or not eligible to bear Kuti Praveshika Rasayana attributable to non-fulfilling of the required standards or attributable to another purpose are eligible for Vatatapika Rasayana.
The standards could be –
– Asamartha – those that wouldn’t have the potential to bear Kuti Praveshika Rasayana may be subjected to Vatatapika Rasayana.
– Rogi – individuals who are usually not utterly wholesome and have one or the opposite illness or dosha aggravation. In these individuals, illness particular remedy ought to be given first and later Vatatapika Rasayana for upkeep of well being and immunity. Rasayana of both kind shouldn’t be given for individuals who have energetic illness in them.
– Adheematam – Vatatapika Rasayana may also swimsuit those that are usually not very mental sufficient to know the idea and software of Kuti Praveshika Rasayana or who can’t be satisfied to bear the identical. These folks could not desire to take both type of therapies additionally.
– Aniyata Atmavan – Those that wouldn’t have self-control ought to both not be suggested to bear Rasayana remedy or ought to be suggested to take Vatatapika Rasayana if want be.
– Akshaninam – Those that wouldn’t have a lot time for present process Kuti Praveshika Rasayana are very best candidates for Vatatapika Rasayana.
– Aparichchadavatam – Vatatapika Rasayana is good for individuals who wouldn’t have enough wealth to bear Kuti Praveshika Rasayana. It is usually true within the case of these individuals who wouldn’t have folks – family and friends – to maintain them or assist them.
Observe – Amongst each sorts of Rasayana i.e. Kuti Praveshika and Vatatapika sorts of Rasayanas, the previous one i.e. Kuti Praveshika Rasayana, although very troublesome to bear, is alleged to be the very best one.
