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TheAyurvedicdetoxprogramsarebasedontheselfhealingabilitiesofthehumanbody.Ayurveda
andyogaareancientscienceswhichencouragesnaturalandhealthyliving.Whenwetalkabout
detoxification,weassumethattherearetoxinsinthebodythatneedstobeeliminated.But,howdid
thesetoxinsenterthebodyinthefirstplace?Well,eitherithastocomefromanexternalsource(like
foodpoisoning,environmentalpollution,etc.)orshouldhavebeenproducedinsidethebodyitself.
Cantoxinsbeproducedinsidethebody?Yes,accordingtothescienceofAyurveda,toxinscanbe
producedinsidethedigestivesystemduringtheprocessofdigestionandcanbecomeamajorcauseof
disease.Letusunderstandthisfurther.
AccordingtoAyurveda,thefoodthatweeatgetsassimilatedbythedigestivesystemandgets
convertedtothesapthadathus,theseventypesofbodysubstancethatconstitutesthebody.Theyare
chyle,blood,flesh,bone,fat,bonemarrowandsemen.Foodhelpsinthegrowthandrepairofthese
sevensubstancesapartfromproducingenergyforthefunctioningofthebody.Thedigestivesystemis
asophisticatedchemicalfactorythataccomplishesthishugetaskonadailybasiswithoutanyrest.
Thisfactoryalsoproduceswasteproductswhichcannotbeusedbythebodyandiseliminatedas
humanwaste,urine,sweat,etc.Butthereisanotherkindofwastewhichdoesntgeteliminatedfrom
thebody.ItiscalledAamainayurveda.Itisafoulsmellingyellowishwhitestickysubstancethatis
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producedwhenthefoodisnotdigestedproperlyeitherduetoweakdigestionorimproperfoodhabits.
Thus,overeatingoreatingfoodthatarehardtodigestorirregulareatinghabits,allcanproduce
Aama.ThisAamagetsaccumulatedintheintestinesandremainsthereasacoatingontheinner
liningoftheintestinaltubeallthewaytothelargeintestine.
HowcanAamacausedisease?
Ayurvedadescribestheprocessofdiseasecreationin6stagescalledshadkriyakala.Itmeansthe
sixstagesofdevelopmentofadisease.ThesubstanceAamagetsabsorbedintothebodythroughthe
intestinalliningandthenitbecomesatoxin.Onceitentersthebloodstream,itcangetaccumulatedin
anyspecificorganortissuecausingdisease.
ThesixstagesofdiseasemanifestationaccordingtoAyurvedaare:
Chaya(Accumulation)Herethetoxinaccumulatesatafixedplace
Prakopa(Increase/Aggravate)Herethetoxinfurtherincreases
Prasara(toSpread)Toxinspreadsalloverthebody
SthanaSamshraya(Collectioninaspecificorganorplace)toxinsaccumulateatonespecificpoint,
causingpremanifestationsymptoms.
Vyakta(Clearmanifestation)hereclearcutsignsandsymptomsofdiseasegetmanifested.Thisis
thestagewhereadoctorcanclearlydiagnosethediseaseasithasalreadymanifested.
Bheda(differentiationorfurthercomplication)Atthisstage,thediseaseshowsfurthercomplication
asiteffectsmorepartsofthebody.
Asonecansee,thediseasecantakerootinthebodyevenbeforeitismanifested.Itishardtotellhow
muchtoxinsyouhaveinyourbodyexceptviabroadsymptoms,whichonlyatrainedphysiciancan
recognize.
Isitpossibletopreventthemanifestationofthedisease(duetoaccumulationoftoxins)andeven
removethesetoxinsfromyourbody?YES!!
Thatiswhatmostdetoxprogramsareabout.Therearevariousmethodsofdetoxificationvarying
fromspecialDetoxDiets,Fasting,Exercise,YogaandMedicine.Allthesemethodsaimateliminating
thetoxinsfromthebodytherebypreventingtheonsetofafuturediseaseoralleviatingadisease
whichhasalreadymanifested.Onecanlearnthesemethodsfromanexpertinthatfield.Mostofthem
canbepracticedwithalittleknowledgeandexperience.Butsomeofthem(Likeprolongedwater
fasting,etc)shouldbeundertakenonlyunderthedirectobservationandguidanceofanexpert.Also,
ifyouhaveachronicorseverehealthcondition,pleaseconsultyourdoctorbeforeyouundertakeany
thesedetoxprograms.
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