Cupping Therapy
Cupping is a type of alternative therapy that originated in China. It involves placing cups on the skin to create suction. The suction facilitate healing with blood flow.
Cupping increases blood circulation to the area where the cups are placed. This relieves muscle tension, which can improve overall blood flow and promote cell repair. It also helps to form new connective tissues and create new blood vessels in the tissue.
- Dry cupping is a suction-only method.
- Wet cupping involve both suction and controlled medicinal bleeding.
Cupping Therapy
Cupping has been used to treat a wide variety of conditions. It may be particularly effective at conditions that create muscle aches and pains.
People get it for many purposes, including helping with paralysis, lung disorder, pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage.
Kati Basti
Kati means lower back - Basti (Vasti) means to hold.
Basti or Vasti is a term used to describe the urinary bladder in Ayurveda. The urinary bladder is a bag which holds urine for a certain amount of time till it is voided. Similarly in Kati Basti a compartment is constructed over the low back area by using flour of black gram and the pain relieving medicated (herbal) oils are poured in this compartment for a fixed duration of time. Hence the procedure is called Kati Basti.
- Lower back pain (lumbago) - Relieves pain and stiffness in the low back and lower limbs
- Lumbar spondylosis - Relieves swelling and inflammation in the bones and soft tissues of the low back
- Sciatica
- Sacro-iliac joint pain or dysfunction
- Coccydynia
- Spodylolisthesis
Greeva Basti
The phrase Greeva Basti is from Sanskrit. The word Greeva refers to neck and Basti stands for retaining something inside.
Greeva Basti means a treatment in which medicated oils are poured and pooled for a fixed duration of time in a compartment or a cabin constructed over the neck area using wet flour of black gram, covering the cervical region.
The healing properties of herbal oil improves circulation, helps strengthen the musculature and lubricate the joint. Relieves the burden of stress and congestion in nerves, bones and muscles of the neck and shoulders. Improves flexibility and brings smooth movement. Improves circulation around the neck and shoulder region. Relieves pain and stiffness.
Greeva basti helps in different neck ailments like Cervical spondylosis, Cervical disc lesion, Vertigo, Tingling, numbness of hands, Compression fractures, Chronic pain in neck region, Frozen shoulder, Sports injury, sprains and strains, Tension headache and migraine, Wry neck ( torticollis ), Rheumatoid arthritis, Fibromylgia, Slipped herniated disc, Postural neck pain.
Hridaya Basti
The word hridaya means "heart" that receives the deoxygenated blood and as an outcome delivers the oxygenated blood to all the organs of the body. basti means "to hold the herbal decoction or medicated oil focused on the heart.
Hence the procedure of holding the medicated oil over the hridaya (cardiac region) is designated as hriday basti. It is also designated as the uro basti as it is present in uro pradesh i.e chest region. Hridaya basti is just similar to all the other basti's but in this therapy a little more caution is required as heart is a very sensitive organ.
- This Improves heart functioning - increasing the functioning of the heart from where blood flow and good nutrients are spread through the body.
- Strengthens cardiac muscles and balances the heart rate.
- Reduces Chest Pain.
- Lowers blood pressure
- Improves Blood Circulation.
- Helps in lung Aveoli Functioning
- Useful in muscular pains of thoracic region.
Diabetes
Often referred by doctors as diabetes mellitus. It is a metabolic disorder in which person has high blood sugar because insulin production is inadequate or because the body cells do not respond properly to insulin or both. Person with diabetes will typically experience frequent urination, excessive thirst and hunger.
- Diet: low fat diet, small frequent meal, fiber rich foods, complex carbohydrate, low GI diet.
- Hip bath
- Massage
- GH pack
- Mud bath
- Acupuncture
- Exercise
- Yoga and relaxation
Arthritis
'Arth' means joint and 'itis' means swelling or inflammation. Paining and aching joints are seen. Many type of arthritis exist i.e. osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Gout, or other underling diseases caused (ulcerative colitis, psoriatic arthritis, SLE arthritis etc..).
- Diet: alkaline diet, antioxidant vitamin d and calcium rich food.
- Massage
- Nagod fomentation
- Steam bath
- Acupuncture
- Lapet
- Sunbath and color therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Yoga and relaxation
Obesity
Obesity the term describes the health condition of person whose weight is above ideal healthy range. In obesity, risk of many dieses like heart diseases, diabetes, arthritis, infertility etc...
- Diet: low fat, low carbohydrate, rich fiber food, fasting
- Massage
- Steam bath
- Sauna bath
- Hip bath
- Hot and cold fomentation
- Exercise
- Yoga and relaxation
Skin diseases
Commonly type of skin diseases seen are eczema, dermatitis, urticaria, psoriasis, ring worm etc.. Psoriasis is one of the major ski problem which consider almost incurable. In this condition person suffered from red, itchy, scaly patches on skin and scalp.
- Enema
- Mud bath
- Full immersion bath
- Massage
- Chromo therapy
- Yoga and relaxation
Backache and sciatica
Many of people suffered from backache at some time of their life. Many common causes of backache i.e. 1. Muscular strain or sprain 2.Degenarative changes 3. Injury in spine 4. Deformity of spine.5. Inflammation of spinal joints. Pain radiate toward the leg due to nerve compression of lower vertebrae, known as sciatica.
- Massage
- Steam bath
- Hot fomentation
- Sauna bath
- Acupuncture
- Physiotherapy
- Yoga and relaxation
Neck pain/cervical spondylosis
In this condition ,boned of neck undergo changes of wear and tear result nerve compress due to space reduction between spinal bone, sever pain in neck, hand, shoulder occurs.
- Massage
- Hot massage
- Steam bath
- Arm bath
- Chromo therapy
- Acupuncture
- Physiotherapy
- Yoga and relaxation
GIT disorders/Abdominal disorders
Apart from digestion, absorbtion and assimilation, the digestive system has to do another important function i.e. expel waste products after competition of digestive process. thare are many disorders occurs due to disturbances in digestion process, commonly seen are hyper acidity, gas formation, ulcers, ulcerative colitis, diarrhea, dysentery etc...
- Massage
- Mud bath
- Mud pack
- Lappet
- Hot and cold fomentation
- Hip bath
- Enema
- Yoga and relaxation
Constipation
Constipation is the condition in which individual has hard feces that are difficult to expel out. More absorption of water in colon result stool dry and hard result stool passing become very painful. Lack of fiber and water intake, physical inactivity, some medication, stress and some diseases are May caused constipation.
- Diet: fluid consumption increase, high fiber food intake
- Abdominal massage
- Enema
- Hip bath
- Hot fomentation on abdomen
- Mud pack
- Exercisema
- Yoga and relaxation
Female disorders
Many disorders by which women are suffered i.e. heavy periods, irregular periods, ovarian cyst, painful periods, menopause disorders, white discharge etc..
- Hipbath
- Massage
- Mud pack
- Foot bath
- Mud bath
- Acupuncture
- Acupressure
- Yoga and relaxation