A Text Book on Swasthavritta

About the Book The purpose of this book is to bring comprehensive text book on Swasthavritta & Yoga for Undergraduate students of Ayurveda. The book is greatly complemented for its content, coverage and treatment of the subject with latest competency based on strictly adhering to apex body syllabus with point to point explanation by referring maximum available literature with authentic references of both Ayurveda and Contemporary medicine.

Highlights of the book The uniqueness of this text is having Introduction section which is a highlight for this book which covers all the references of Swarthayritta from Vedas to Contemporary period.

The book is the outcome of 25 years of rich experience in academics (UG & PG), Written in a lucid and easy to read style in a sequential manner and systematically.

The text book is primarily intended to Undergraduates of Ayurveda, but it serves as useful text for scholars both Postgraduates of Swasthavritta and PG diploma in Swasthavritta & Yoga.

The description of Aharavargis is easy to understand for all levels of Students.

About the Authors Dr. P. Sudhakar Reddy hailed from Devarkadra village situated in Mahabub nagar district of Telangana State. He was born in 1969 to Late Mr. P Venkat Reddy and Mrs. P. Gowramma Completed his BAMS from Dr. BRKR Govt. Ayurveda Medical College, Hyderabad in 1994 and completed Post graduation in Swasthavritta from the prestigious Govt. Ayurveda Medical College, Trivandrum, Kerala in 1999. He also completed Diploma in Yoga & Naturopathy CCRYN, New Delhi in 2000. Worked as lecturer in Alva's Ayurveda Medical College, Moodbidri, DK & KPSVS Ayurveda Medical College, Manvi, Raichur. Presently working as a Professor and Head in the Department of PG Studies in Swasthavritta. JSS Ayurveda Medical College. Mysuru since 2003. Along with teaching Swasthavritta for 25 years, the author is teaching Research Methodology to the PG students since 15 years He was the Core Committee Member in preparing CCIM Syllabus for UG & PG Swasthavritta and PG Diploma in Swasthavritta & Yoga New Delhi(From 2007-2010). He Authored a Book titled DR REDDY'S COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO SWASTHAVRITTA (Pablished by Chaukhamba Sanskrit samsthan, New Delhi) (2006) and Served as Editor for 4 chapters in Caraka Samhita new edition project (Wiki project) 2020. He has more than 25 Publications Resource Person for more than 50 National and International Seminars, Author is a great academician and guiding force for excellent performance of students.

Dr. Beena MD hails from Byndoor town. Udupi district of Karnataka. She is bom in the year 1974 to Late Mr. Joy, M. A. and Mrs. Leelamma She obtained her school and collegiate education in ber home town and under graduation from prestigious Alva's Ayurveda Medical College, Moodabidri, Karnataka in the year 2000 with first rank and as the Best outgoing student. She pursued her MD in Kayachikitsa from renowned Govt. Ayurveda Medical College, Mysuru in the year 2009 and also completed Diploma in Yoga & Naturopathy, CCIM, New Delhi (2000) and is presently Parsuing PhD from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru on the topic of Cancer. She has more than 12 years of teaching experience in Kayachikitsa, along with Roganidana, Swaathavritta, Charaka samhita and presently she is in the capacity of Associate professor and HOD, Department of PG Studies in Kayachikitsa at JSS Ayurveda Medical College, Mysuru, Karnataka She is a great academician, humble and expert clinician, with interest and expertise in treating Cancer patients.

Foreword It is a matter of great privilege for me to write the foreword to the textbook of Swasthavritta by Dr. P. Sudhakar Reddy and co author Dr. Beena M.D. It is an unique compendium that not only imparts theoretical aspects but also lays emphasis on the applied and practical conceptual of the Swasthavritta. Though this book is written primarily for Undergraduates it would be very much useful for Postgraduate students of Swasthavritta and Postgraduate diploma in Swasthavritta and Yoga (PG Diploma in Public Health (Ayurveda). Considering an ever-increasing demand for a comprehensive text book on Swasthavritta, the authors have made honest attempt to make this book Scholars-friendly and Teachers-friendly. The authors incorporated all the recent developments in the field of Community Medicine and have been successful in presenting the information in lucid manner strictly adhering to existing entire syllabus prescribed by CCIM (revised in 2010-11) point to point explanation with apt interpretations found in all Ayurvedic topics including recent updates in National Health Programs and new topics such as Swachha Bharath Mission, NITI Ayog and COVID-19 Pandemic & others. This compendium analyze critically in different aspects by virtue of a 25 years rich experience of Prof. Reddy in both academic (UG&PG) and health care.

I hope that this book will be of a great interest and useful equally to students as well as professionals of Swasthavritta (Preventive/Community medicine) in general & other contemporary health professionals & health seekers in particular. I am quite confident that this book will be widely referred to and will be put into practice by the needy. Also I strongly believe this voluminous work will certainly throw light for future endeavor of integration of Health Sciences by 2030. I express my deep sense of appreciations & congratulate whole heartedly to the authors for bringing out this unique compendium.

Preface To write quality A Textbook on Swasthavritta is a challenging task, however, the challenge was accepted by the authors. The publication of this book is the end result of teaching Swasthavritta to undergraduate (BAMS) and postgraduate students for more than two decades. Though this book is written primarily for undergraduates it would also be useful for postgraduate students of Swasthavritta and postgraduate diploma in Swasthavritta and Yoga (PG Diploma in public health (Ayurveda). Considering an ever-increasing demand for a comprehensive book on Swasthavritta, an honest attempt has been made to make this book student friendly and teacher-friendly. It is written in lucid manner strictly adhering to entire syllabus prescribed by CCIM, including recent updates such as NITI Ayog and COVID-19 pandemic etc. It would indeed be a pleasure to get feedback from the readers to effect improvement in future editions of the book.

Introduction Good health stands at the very root of virtous acts, acquirement of wealth, gratification of desire and final emancipation." Health is always desirable, so physician should take always actions which are preserving the health of an individual.

Ayurveda is not only a medical science but shows a way to healthy living. Apart from prescribing treatment to various chronic and complex diseases, Ayurveda also emphasizes on an ideal metod of healthy living. A special section of Ayurveda, swasthavritta deals with the science of health and the code for a healthy conduct Swasthavritta which literally means the regime of abiding in one's own nature is an individual's guide to the path of healthy and long life. In Ayurveda, one's body is regarded as a temple and thus, several ways are prescribed for keeping it healthy and young. lifelong.

Those who are protected from diseases have more time in life for the things that are important to them. However, the key to good health is not primarily to treat existing symptoms, but to prevent them. Preventive medicine is therefore an important measure for a happy, healthy and fit life. In principle, preventive medicine is the opposite of curative or reparative medicine. The guiding principle of preventive medicine is "Prevention is the best medicine".

According to Ayurveda, there is no magical remedy or short cut for healthy living Instead, adherent to strict and staunch regulation of the charyas, the principles of healthy lifestyle which include a proper routine regarding Ahara, Vihara and Acharas based on hetu (Material cause), kala (Season) and desha (Habitat) which are the only ways for healthy living. Ayurveda defines the healthy state as: A person, whose somatic and psychic humors are in equilibrium, digestion is uniformly healthy, with normal functioning of the tissues of the body including wastes, accompanied by the functions of the soul, sense organs and the mind, is said to be a healthy person.

The principles of maintaining a proper well being of the body and mind are twofold, first the consumption of diet and second, the observance of personal, moral, seasonal and spiritual conduct. Swasthavritta mainly emphasizes on following a proper routine regime as well as seasonal regime. Other than these two, Swasthavritta also prescribes Sadvritta, the right ways of living i.e. following good mental, social, religious, personal and moral conduct. Thus, we can sum up Swasthavritta as an ideal lifestyle for a human being. It is actually the crux of Ayurvedic way of living.

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