New Age Health Care - Way of Life Literature

ecause it “pervades every part of the body” (p. 21). Ojas
is depleted by excessive sex, drugs, talking, loud music,
insufficient rest, and high technology. Signs are “fear,
worry, sensory organ pain, poor complexion,
cheerlessness, roughness, emaciation, immune system
disorders, and easily contracting diseases.”
Ayurveda teaches that as the body has its three doshas,
the mind has three gunas. These are sattwa, rajas, and
tamas. The Ayurvedic doctor tries to determine what type
of mind the patient has, understanding that an individual
might have a combination of gunas.
The Ayurvedic doctor wants to get everything working
harmoniously, the gunas all aligned for mental health and
the doshas purring along for physical well-being and the
ojas flowing nicely.
This is just the very beginning of the mysteries of
Ayurveda. A skilled practitioner must learn how to deal
with the five different divisions of each of the doshas, the
twenty gunas, the seven dhatus and three malas, the
seven chakras, and the 72,000 nadis, and that is just for
starters.
Ayurvedic remedies include herbology, nutrition,
enema, sun bathing, exercise, bloodletting, fasting,
exposure to wind, baths, inducing sweating, inducing
vomiting, snuff therapy, inhaling powder or smoke,
exercise, oil message, herb plasters, relaxation, sleep,
yoga, mantras, acupuncture, surgery, aromatherapy,
sound therapy, color, gem and ash therapy, astrology,
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