Treatment through Yoga

Yoga Therapy

Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years for keeping the human body free from diseases. Today, yoga, in fact, is a scientific system of physiotherapy. Today, Yoga is practiced not only in order to keep the body free from diseases but also as a remedy for diseases.

These practices should not be taken as a prescription for therapy. Anyone suffering from a disease or ailment must seek the guidance of a competent and knowledgeable yoga therapist or medical doctor with whom they can discuss their symptomatology. This is particularly true where more than one illness is present, or where severe conditions prevail.

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Disease Yogasanas, Mudra and Pranayama
1 TB. and asthma
Siddhasana, Sheershasana, Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Ardha Matsyendrasana, Supta Vajrasana Bhujangasana.
2 Diabetes Siddhasana, Sheershasana, Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Ardha Matsyendrasana,, Chakrasana Mayurasana.
3 Sex-sublimation, pyorrhoea and colic Siddhasana, Sheershasana, Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Ardha Matsyendrasana, Padmasana, Vajrasana Pashchimottanasana.
4  Pain in the ears, eyes, and nose Siddhasana, Sarvangasana, Matsyasana Ardha Matsyendrasana.
5 Loss of menstruation, painful menstruation, menorrhagia and the diseases related to the uterus and ovary Sarvangasana, Shalabhasana, Pashchimottanasana Bhujangasana. (These asanas should not be practised during pregnancy.)
6 Chronic bronchitis, cough, difficulty in breathing Matsyasana Shalabhasana.
7 Disorders of the digestive system Sarvangasana, Vajrasana, Pashchimottanasana Baddha Padmasana.
8 Enlargement of the liver and the spleen Sarvangasana, Halasana, Mayurasana Baddha Padmasana.
9 Chronic constipation Halasana, Mayurasana, Dhanurasana, Matsyasana Padahastasana.
10 Hernia, Elephantiasis, shortness of a leg or of an arm Garudasana, Trikonasana Utkatasana.
11 Piles Siddhasana, Pashchimottanasana, Sheershasana, Gomukhasana Mahamudra.
12 Dysentery Baddha Padmasana Kukkutasana.
13 Rheumatism in the joints Vrushchikasana, Sheershasana, Pashchimottanasana Sarvangasana.
14 Leucoderma Sheershasana, Padmasana, Siddhasana, Simhasana, Gomukhasana, Vakrasana .
15 Fatness ( Obesity) Mandukasana, Pashchimottanasana, Mayurasana, Supta Vajrasana, Dhanurasana Ardha Matsyendrasana.
16 High blood pressure Vajrasana, Siddhasana, Padmasana, Matsyasana Shavasana
17 Low blood pressure Sarvangasana, Halasana, Vajrasana, Padmasana, Siddhasana Pashchimottanasana.
18 Throat-trouble Matsyasana, Simhasana, Supta Vajrasana Sarvangasana.
19 Headache Pashchimottanasana, Halasana, Sarvangasana Shavasana.
20 Hernia Matsyasana, Sarvangasana Supta vajrasana.
21 Heart-disease (Cardiac trouble) Shavasana, Baddha Padmasana Siddhasana.
22 Insomnia Sarvangasana, Shavasana
23 Menstrual troubles Dhanurasana,Matsyasana, Supta Vajrasana Pashchimottanasana.
24 Drowsiness Lolasana, Kukkutasana, Uttamang­asana, Bakasana, Tolasana, Utthita Dwihastabhujasana UtthitaEkapadashirasana.
25 Intestinal diseases Lolasana,Garbhasana, Padmasana Surya Namaskara.
26 Lumbar pain Vakrasana, Tolangulasana, Halasana Surya Namaskara.
27 Dermatic diseases Padmasana, Siddhasana, Simhasana, Veerasana,Mandukasana, Supta Vrajasana Vrukshasana
28 Diseases related to the chest and the lungs Baddha Padmasana, Utkatasana, Sarvangasana, Viparitakarani Mudra, Sheershasana, Vrukshasana Surya Namaskara.
29 Fever, chronic fever Garbhasana, Utthita Padmasana, Siddhasana, Gomukhasana Shavasana.
30 Impotence Padmasana, Siddhasana, Simhasana, Mandukasana, Vajrasana, Supta Vajrasana Gomukhasana.
31 Impurities of veins Lolasana Utthita Ekapadashirasana
32 Leg-ailments Baddha Padmasana, Utkatasana, Akarna Dhanurasana, Tolangulasana Padmasana.
33 Kidney stone Matsyendrasana, Matsyasana, Tolangulasana Vajrasana.
34 Paralysis Padmasana, Veerasana, Parvatasana, Matsyendrasansana, Siddhasana, Simhasana Mandukasana.
35 Derangement of bile Halasana, Vartulasana Shalabh­asana.
36 Morbid excitement, hysteria Padmasana, Vakrasana, Ardha Matsyendrasana, Vrushasana, Mandukasana Vajrasana.
37  Leprosy Padmasana, Matsyendrasana, Siddhasana, Simhasana, Gomukhasana Veerasana.
38 Blood impurities, Loss of blood Lolasana, Kukkutasana, Bakasana, Utkatasana, Sarvangasana, Sheershasana Vrukshasana.
39  Elephantiasis Matsyendrasana, Utkatasana, Utthita Ekapadashirasana.