From ancient times, women have been concerned about the shape and size of their breasts. Breast development is a vital part of reproduction in the human female. Unlike other mammals, however, human females are the only ones who develop full breasts long before they are needed to nurse their offspring.
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Menopause—while technically refers to the final menstrual period of women—is not an abrupt event, but a gradual process. It is not easy to predict when menopause begins, but it can be assumed that it is complete when a woman has not had a period for a year. The average age of menopause is 51.
According to Ayurveda, there are eight types of persons who are treated as condemned— those who are very short or those who are very tall; those who are very thin and those who are very obese; those who are very fair and those who are very dark; those who have no hair at all and those who have abundant hair. These eight conditions have been described as Ashta ninditya. Among these conditions, short stature is the most worrying.
To most people who are overweight, this would be a dream come true. However, for underweight people who have trouble gaining weight, it can be a real problem.
Children who can control their bladders during the day, but who have never been dry at night for at least a six-month period, have what is known medically as primary nocturnal enuresis, the most common form of bed-wetting. In Ayurveda, this condition is termed as Shayyaa mootra.
Excessive thirst or trishna, as it is called in Ayurveda, is quite different from normal thirst. Thirst is a desire for drink or indicative of dryness of throat and a demand for water into the system. When this desire or demand for water is abnormal, i.e., more than usual, it is a diseased condition.
Though metals, minerals, gems and jewels are used in the Ayurvedic system of medicine since the Vedic times, it is only in the post-Buddhist period that these have been extensively used in treating various health problems. Several Buddhist saints, like Siddha Nagarjuna have carried out research on metallic medicine.
Ayurveda is a science that is widely acknowledged to be the world’s oldest system of health. It is an oral tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. Only in the last 5000 years was it actually written down. The word Ayurveda comes from the Sanskrit roots ayu and Veda, or, “life” and “knowledge.” Thus in the name “Ayurveda,” we find its essential meaning and purpose – the complete knowledge of how to live daily life in harmony with cosmic life.
When discussing the issue of health, it is common for people in all cultures to talk just about their body, its ailments and the medicines they might take to treat these ailments. However, health is not merely a matter of the state of the body, since it is obvious we are much more than just this material form. A system of health that only takes into account the structure and functioning of the physical body cannot effectively address human health in its totality.
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If the preferences of the soul are always guiding us on the path to perfect health and wholeness, why do we often make choices which are not conducive to our physical health or our mental and emotional well-being? Why, for example, are we sometimes able to easily control our intake of sugar while at other times we are not, even though we know that too many sweets are not good for us and can cause health problems like obesity; allergies or diabetes? And why, at still other times, do we become completely oblivious to the ramifications of eating sweets and consume them wildly and unconsciously?
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