It is the branch of Ayurvedic science that deals with
various aspects of preventive health care. Rasayana Chikitsa includes
longevity, improved memory, health, youthfulness, glow, complexion,
generosity, and strength of body and senses. Rasayana improves the
metabolic activities and results in best possible bio- transformation
leading to health. Jara Cikitsa or Rasayana Tantra is the rejuvenating
therapy, which promotes rejuvenation in a healthy person and cures the
disease of a diseased person. This branch of Ashtang Ayurved aims at
achieving a long and healthy life. The philosophy of Ayurved is to
establish good health rather than just curing diseases. Rasayana is an
active step towards achieving this. It prescribes treatment for
repairing wear and tear of the body due to aging or diseases. It
rejuvenates the tissues of the body to give a young look. Rasayana means
that physical, mental and spiritual aid to the human body, which brings
the body out of its condition of natural or man made loss. It claims
that it retards the process of aging.
Rasayana-chikitsa basically boosts the ojas (vital force of life) and
the immune system. It helps a person to maintain good health or to
establish impaired or lost physical or mental health. Ojas gives a
bright look, sharp memory, high performance and every expected pleasure.
To achieve this state of health, intermittent regeneration of dhatu
(body tissues) is recommended by ayurved. Rasayana chikitsa is the
optimal way to achieve this. The Jara chikitsa regime comprises of a
very strict diet. Amalaki, haritaki, trifala, brungaraj, ashwagandha,
punarnava, chitraka are some examples of herbs that are called
rasayanakar. The Rasayana medicines are believed to have aphrodisiac
qualities. In short Rasayana chikitsa is rejuvenation and provides a
long, disease free and vigorous life to the person who undergoes this
therapy seriously it helps to bring life back to normal.
