Ayurveda for Elderly – Management of diseases of old age through Ayurveda medicines
- Geriatrics is a speciality that focuses on health care of elderly people. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults.
- Ayurveda advocate wonderful approach to delay natural aging and to avoid premature aging.
- Factors such as diseases, lifestyle, nutrition and economic status, social and environmental factors can increase the speed and degree of ageing.
- Rasayana remedies should be advocated in this age group. It aims at the attainment of excellent rasadi dhatus.
- Practices of yoga including some asanas, pranayama and meditation have been proven very effective method for improving health and spiritual well-being in the elderly people.
- Panchakarma therapies like abhyanga,sudation, sirodhara, kayaseka,nasya, yapana vasti can be done as it’s known for nutrition promoting effects in many neurodegenerative condition and myopathies.
- Alzheimer’s disease is one common neurodegenerative disorder seen in elderly people. It is managed with various medicines, yogasanas. The patient is advised to adopt measures that help in preventing this condition.
- There are even disorders like insomnia, dementia, disability, etc. that occur in elderly persons. Ayurveda plays an important role in managing such condition by giving rasayana therapy, yogic practices and proper counselling.
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