Abstract

IMPORTANCE OF RASAYANA FOR HEALTHY LIFE

Dnyaneshwari Vinayakrao Ghule* and Digvijay Zarekar

.

Abstract

Rasayana is one of the eight clinical specialities of classical Ayurveda. replenish the vital fluids of our body, thus keeping us away from diseases. The Rasayana therapy enhance the qualities of rasa, enriches it with nutrients so one can attains longevity, memory, intelligence, freedom from disorder, youthfulness, excellence of luster, complexion and voice, optimum development of physique and sense organs, mastery over phonetics and brilliance.[1] Various types of plant based Rasayana recipes are mentioned in Ayurveda. Rasayana is not just a drug therapy but is a specialized procedure practiced in the form of rejuvenative recipes, dietary regimen, and special health-promoting conduct and behaviour.[2] Scientific studies have proven the efficacious role of Rasayana drugs in preventive medicine and in the management of chronic degenerative diseases. Unlike modern drugs, they may not possess sharp pharmaceutical activity. In the present scenario, one of the greatest problems that the world is facing today is that people are not able to follow the rules of healthy and happy living due to unawareness or due to their personal, social or professional obligations like intake of substandard diet, viruddha, vidahi, abhishyandi diets and abandoning the rules of dietetics as described in texts. Due to these factors nourishing fluid (Rasa dhatu) of good quality is not produced, Strotoavrodha is manifested, therefore nutrition of further dhatus is also impaired and imbalance in doshas occurs, which makes the person susceptible for illness. Rasayana are the means and methods of bringing qualitative improvements at cellular levels, and this can either be drug based, food based, or nondrug based. Many herbs and dietary material can act as Rasayana and work as immune stimulant, antioxidant, adaptogenic and antistress agent etc.[3]

Keywords: Rasayana, Agni, Dhatu, Immunity, Healthy, Long life.