Ayurveda is a medical-metaphysical healing science. It helps a healthy person to maintain health and a diseased person to regain health. Siddha medicine which is made from herbs, minerals and animal projects is based on the belief that all diseases are caused by an imbalance in "humuors" (fluids) in the human body. Siddha has also developed a discpline called Kaya Kalpa for longevity and freedom from illness.

Homeopathy prescribes simple, balanced and easily adnistered medicines which are derived from nature. The unani system is practiced by hakims and vaids in rural as well as urban parts of the country. The Yoga philosophy is another dimension of nature cure. Yoga has powers to claim the mind, relieve stress and tension and stimulate blood circulation and overall health. The Yoga postures and their variants work on all the body systems. They are also helpful in toning the muscles and strenghthening the internal organs. There are special postures recommended to offer relief from problems such as headaches and hypertension.



In ancient days, each state had a separate department of medical facilities headed by a "Raj Vaida" and also patronized indigenous health care systems. through Vyayamshala (gymnasium), wrestling, weight lifting and Arogyashala. The rulers and landlords often donated land to establish an Arogyashala or Ashram within their respective areas. Apart from this, the rich trading communities also built many Chiktasalya (dispensaries) which were attached either with temple management or a trust of their caste. The work of health care was treated as a form of charity.

Today, a number of nature cure and yoga centres are spread all over Rajasthan. They not only offer a perfect system of health care and diagnostic methods but also facilities of steam bath, mud bath, rigorous dieting and physical exercises. Patients have been coming for treatment to these centres from all over the country and even from as far as Britain, U.S.A., Australia and Europe.

» Curing with Herbs
Though a desert state. Rajasthan is surprisingly rich in herbal wealth, spices and vegetables. The whole Aravalli mountain ranges are well stocked with shrubs and herbs of price less worth and high medicinal values. Some of the rare and indigenous species are Adusa (Adhatoda zeyionica), Aloy (Aloy Barbados) Aagandh (Withania somnifera), Kateri (Solanum indicum), Barhmi (Bacopa monnier), Gokharu (tribulus terristris). Thor (Euphorbia spp.), Carissa congesla), Lajwanti (Aeschynomene indica), Musli (Cenculings orchyoides), Shankh buti (Indigifera linifolia) Sarpagandha (Rauvolfia serpentina).


» Massage for Health
It softens and relaxes parts which have been hardened and congested. It forces out of the tissues the stagnant and impure blood and brings in new arterial blood laden with oxygen and food materials thus ensuring rapid combustion.

Massage is an art, if rightly used, can be one of the most important therapeutic agencies wrongly used, it may produce infinite harm, ever to the extent of preventing recovery.

Massage is not an ordinary contact of the ham with the body, but is a skilled or professional touch. It is a touch applied with intelligence, with control and with physiological effects. All centres of nature cure have the facilities concerned.

Ayurveda suggests that massage should b done in the morning during kapha time for kapha disorder, in the evening for vata disorder and the afternoon for pitta disorder. A gentle massage is good for vata and pitta individuals.


» Ayurveda, Yoga & Tantra
In the spiritual evolution of a man, Ayurveda is the foundation, Yoga is the body and Tantra is the head. It is necessary to first understand Ayurveda which can be practiced successfully by anyone for the achevement of good health and longevity.

Thus, Ayurveda, Yoga and Tantra form an interdependent trinity of life. None of these practices stand alone. The health of the body, mind and consciousness depends on the knowledge and practice of these three in daily life.