What is Naturopathy?
Naturopathy or naturopathic medicine is a system of medicine based on the healing power of nature. Its holistic medicinal system.
Our body is made up of Panchamahaboothas i.e. earth, water, air, akash[eather] and fir by using these panchamahaboothas giving treatments to our diseased body and also teach us how to lead a life with good health with the help of nature is called as Prakriti chikitsa or naturopathy.
Naturopathy is a drugless therapy of treating and preventing diseases. The natural forces such as air, water sunlight, earth, and fresh raw uncooked natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, green leafy vegetables, sprouts and herbs are used for treatments.
Natural Tips for Good Health
In our daily routine if we practice some rules, we really over come from diseases. In our country naturopathy was popularized by Mahatma Gandhi next to him Dr. Alur Venkata rao, he introduced “Arogya Raksha Panchatantras” means to lead a healthy life basic rules they are as follows
1) Drink at list 3-4lits of water per day
Our body is consisting of 70-80% of water; drinking 3-4 lits of water helps our body to do its daily routine well. As well as over come from Hyper acidity, constipation, Kidney Stones, headaches etc. But we should not take water in between meals, its better to take water half an hour before or half an hour after meals.
2) Take meals twice a day
If we have heavy meals, our digestive system takes 4-5 hours to digest it, taking meals only twice a day helps our digestive system to work in better way. By this we can prevent digestive disorders. If we feel it’s difficult to stay by taking only twice meal, we can go for vegetables and fruits.
3) Pray twice a day
Devotion towards god will help us to keep away from mental stress; tension, depression and it give us mental peace, carriage, braveness, and boldness to our life. How good diet gives strength to our physical body same way good prayer give mental health.
4) Fast once in a week
For maintain of good health fast once in a week, it helps our digestive system to relax completely, and stimulate our body to throw out morbid matter or toxic matter. In this time we can go for liquid diets like drinking coconut water, Lemon honey juice, butter milk, and fruit juices.
5) Daily practice of Yogasanas for 1 hour
Practice of Yogasana maintains our mental and physical health; also it prevents May physical and mental disorders. So practice asanas daily for 45mit-1 hour.