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Ayurvedic Medicine

Ayurvedic Medicine is considered one of the world’s oldest holistic healing therapies developed more than 5,000 years ago in India. Ayurveda means “The Science of Life” in Sanskrit and is often called the “Mother of All Healing.” It is based on the belief that wellness and good health depend upon a delicate balance between the body, mind, and spirit. Ayurvedic Medicine strongly promotes prevention by harnessing the natural intelligence of the body to bring itself into balanced optimal health through right thinking, diet, lifestyle , and the use of herbs. Every person has an individual pattern of energy, a unique combination of physical, mental, and emotional characteristics, which Ayurvedic treatment seeks to bring into proper balance. If illness is present, Ayurvedic treatment can restore health and balance. Dr. Neeb’s focus is to help our patients live long, healthy, balanced lives without painful conditions, surgeries, or prescription drugs.

 

In Ayurveda, body, mind and consciousness work together to maintain balance. Balance is the natural order; imbalance is disorder. Health is order; disease is disorder. The body is made of five elements: space, air, fire, water, and earth. Physiologically, these elements function as three bio-dynamic forces, called vata, pitta, and kapha. Why are they important? While every individual is born with five elements, the constitutional makeup and the relative proportions of each element are a little different, and our lifestyle also differs based on which type or types we favor. Many factors, both internal and external, can disturb our constitutional balance. Factors include relationships, life stress, emotional state, diet, weather, physical trauma, and more. Learning and understanding these factors allows us to determine the most appropriate effective treatment to regain balance.

 

Life is filled with many challenges and opportunities. Although there are many things we cannot control, we do have the power to decide our responses, our diet and our lifestyle. We must pay attention to our decisions in order to strengthen our body, mind, and consciousness. When we eat the proper food and follow the lifestyle that suits our constitution, then we better our chances to stay sustainably fit, healthy, and happy. Ayurveda says that there are two approaches to wellness. The preventative approach is for a healthy person, which guides you how to live in a healthy and happy way. The remedial approach is for someone who has fallen sick. So the guidelines are different for a healthy person than for a sick person.

 

Traditional Western allopathic medicine differs from Ayurveda in its focus on symptoms and disease and usual drugs and surgery to attempt to heal the body. However drugs and surgeries often weaken the body instead and are not the most effective means to achieve healing. Ayurveda focuses instead on wholeness, and a balanced life which strengthens the body’s natural defense systems in order to more easily defend against disease. Ayurveda does not completely replace traditional Western medicine as there are some conditions and diseases that are best treated with drugs or surgery. Ayurveda should be used in conjunction with Western medicine to help individuals become healthier and stronger in a balanced way that allows them to stay healthy.

 

The Ayurvedic system recommends special types of massage and manual therapies to improve health and remove impurities from the body. Such Ayurvedic treatments are provided by Andrew Nunberg at Hand’s Heart and Soul at the HealthQuest office.

Pulse Diagnosis

Pulse diagnosis is the ancient art and science of detecting the existing status of a person’s body, mind, and spirit. Nadi or pulse is that vital flow of energy or life that courses through as a subtle channel all over the body, and enables the vaidya (Ayurvedic Doctor) to feel the way the blood leaves the heart. It is done with the wrist pulse. To a skilled practitioner, taking your pulse is more than counting the beats. The functioning and health of the entire mind body constitution can be determined from the pulse, including the balance of the doshas (energies of the body), the health of the various organs, and advance warning signs of potential problems that may crop up later. By detecting early symptoms of imbalance and disease reaction in the body, one can take preventive steps to correct the problem before it manifests into a major one.

 

Dr. Neeb will use this to design an appropriate treatment for you, in addition to physical examination and personal interview. He can design a complete personalized lifestyle program for you to maximize your health and address any concerns or needs you have.

Abhyanga Massage

75 MINUTES

  • Abhyanga is the ayurvedic oil massage that is held in high regards for rejuvenating properties.
  • The procedure involves rhythmic movements with anointing oil over the body.
  • It loosens toxins in the tissues and provides a deep relaxation and rejuvenates the skin.
  • Regular abhyanga is said to prevent the imbalance of Vata and Kapha doshas

Shirodhara Treatment

60 MINUTES

  • Streams of medicated lukewarm oil are poured or caressed continuously on the forehead of a patient from a Shirodhara pot set suspended at a specified height right above your forehead.
  • It produces a profound relaxation effect, almost a kind of reset to the nervous system promoting tranquility and improving mental clarity and comprehension.

Royal Treatment

135 MINUTES

Feel like royalty with this stress-relieving and rejuvenating potent duo, Abhyanga and Shirodhara, which were the choice treatments of the kings and queen of ancient India. See the description of the two treatments to the right. Abhyanga will be conducted first followed directly by Shirodhara.

Kati Basti Treatment

60 MINUTES

  • Kati Basti is a procedure of applying heat to the sacral or lumbar region by retaining warm medicated oils.
  • This warm medicated oil is absorbed through the skin and muscles and helps in relaxing tightness and tension.
  • It decreases joint stiffness particularly in the spine whether acute or chronic.

Karna Purna Treatment

60 MINUTES

  • Karna Purna or ear therapy creates deep stillness.
  • The ears are gateways to the mind and emotions as any music lover will attest to.
  • Bathing the ears in herbalized oils lubricates the delicate filaments in the canal.
  • It calms the mind and body and soothes the nervous system and creates a deep state of relaxation. It balances the Vata Dosha.

Marma Treatment

60 MINUTES

  • Marma is one of the most restorative treatments for the mind and body.
  • It stimulates specific energy points that rejuvenate the vital organs of the body, It settles the nervous system and pacifies the all the Doshas.
  • You may be fully clothed during the treatment which focuses on energy centers rather than muscles or tissues.
  • In Marma therapy, a very light stimulation of points on the body is done.

Swedana Treatment

20 MINUTES

  • Swedana uses a special heat chamber that allows the head to remain cool.
  • Then herbalized steam bath opens up the channels of the body producing sweat and allows the loosened impurities to move into the digestive tract in readiness for their removal by internal cleansing procedures.
  • Showering facilities are also available afterwards if desired.

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