NURTURE WOMANHOOD

NURTURE WOMANHOOD

Lets see,a small story, Once a father bought a barbie doll to his three year old daughter on her birthday, as soon she got the gift she ran to her room,the father too followed her and quietly stood at the door of her room,he was astonished to see the act of  her daughter behaving like her mother.The daughter had forgotten the barbie as toy and started thinking it as her baby,she began to  name,nurture,love,dress up,feed and take care of it like her baby, this story shows that THE ACT OF CARE is gods inherited gift to each and every women  right from their birth,women are the back bone of our family, they work round the clock for the benefit of their family,their health is always not their priority, rather they care all others around them.They try to balance everyone in the family for the betterment of all.She never shows partiality in caring.so,this INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY we too without partiality show our all love to balance their live for betterment - BALANCE FOR BETTER.
SHALL WE?
SO HERE ,i am gona enlighten u with the facts which i knew TO NURTURE WOMANHOOD

WOMAN HOOD refers to the reproductive phase of her life. As we all know, it begins with puberty (menarche) around the age of 12 (at present) and ends nearly at fifty. Nurturing of women lays on three main aspects,SHE NEEDS  PROPER FOOD,SLEEP AND ACTIVITIES. These are again divided into two phase DURING MENSTRUATION(PERIODS) AND AFTER MENSTRUATION.

''TO CONTINUE YOUR HEALTHY PERIODS AND TO GET HEALTHY PERIODS,ADAPTING TO THE REGIMEN PRESCRIBED BY OUR ANCIENT SCHOLARS NOT AS CUSTOM  BUT AS SCIENCE IS THE NEED TO OUR LIVING''.

NOW WE CAN EXPLORE THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE IN AYURVEDA.

IT STARTS WITH RAJAHKAALA (Menstrual phase) ,THEN RTUKALA( Proliferative phase) FOLLOWED BY  RTUVYATITA KAALA(Secretory Phase) AND THEN AGAIN RAJAKAALA FOLLOWS , UNLESS FERTILISATION  HAPPENS DURING RTUKAALA.

PHASES OF MENSTRUAL CYCLE

        DURING RAJAH KAALA                      

                              

                                                               -susrutha samhitha.sareerasthanam.2 nd chapter.17th sloka.

   

    COLOUR OF MENSUS

   quantity : 4 Anjali*

    It does not colour the cloth.

 *ANJALI : CAVITY FORMED BY PUTTING TWO HANDS TOGETHER,SUCH THAT IT HOLDS THE LIQUID FOR MEASURING.

A REGIMEN DURING AND AFTER MENSTRUATION

                                                 - susruta samhitha.sareerasthanam.2 nd chapter.25-26th slokas.

A REGIMEN DURING MENSTRUATION

         

1. DURING MENSTRUATION ,THERE IS PREDOMINANT OF VATA ALONG WITH PITTA ,SO IN TAKE OF FOODS WHICH HAVE  PREDOMINANTLY SWEET TASTE IS ALWYS BENEFICIAL.
2. ABSTAINING FROM ALL WORKS, EVEN AVOIDING YOGA , MEDITATION IS BENEFICIAL AS VATA PERVADING DOWNWARED DURING MENSTRUATION IS NOT DISTURBED.
3. DURING MENSES THE REMOVAL OF ALL THE TOXINS AND WASTES FROM HER BODY HAPPENS  REGULARLY  THEREFORE AGNI (the digestive fire) IS SLIGHTLY DIMINISHED WITH MORE CHANCE OF VITIATION.SO, INTAKE OF LESS DIET MAKES HER BODY TO BE LITE AND REFRESH.
4. SLEEPING IN DARBHA PROVIDES HER PROTECTION FROM EVIL THOUGHTS,ANGER,SADNESS,EVIL SPIRITS. THEREFORE HER MENTAL HEALTH IS ALSO MAINTAINED TO BE IN NORMALCY.

SO, WHAT ABOUT PADS?? IN AYURVEDA, DO U FIND ANY REFERENCE REGARDING PADS??

             The answer is yes, we don't have any reference regarding using pads but references regarding  living in separate place is found. As in ancient time there is no advancement of such things,woman just sit idle in cowshed and in forbidden places in home to menstruate in their own clothes, slowly they started using rags (Old cotton cloth) to stem the flow of mensus, later after the advent of british the use of woodash pads, sanitary belts, sanitary towels ,sanitary napkins without wings, sanitary napkins with wings and presently menstrual cup. 

     

   WHATEVER ADVANCEMENT AND SOPHISTICATION WE MADE IN HER PERIODS,THE WAY SHE WAS LABELLED NEVER CHANGE.

                In those days they abstained her from all work so that she can be free from stress and take care of her self at least for those three days. As the time passes this abstain became a custom without care. Not only Men, even old women started labelling menstruating women as an untouchable in the name of customs, torturing her, portraying menstrual periods without care and science. This created fear in women and they themselves felt inferiorly complex and stopped caring them. This customs eventually leads to be under hitler rule, to outrage from this rule, some women arouse for their democracy and ended up with facing another sort of criticism.

WOMEN NEEDS JUST CARE AND AFFECTION!

IF IT IS GIVEN IN THE NAME OF CUSTOM SHE WILL BE MORE HAPPY

BUT WE LABELED HER WRONGLY AND MADE HER TO ABSTAIN FROM HER REGIMEN OF MENSTRUATION.

WOMAN are respected and regarded as gods in every religion, it should be an inborn quality for all of us to respect her even she is in her periods and take care of her as custom.

                    

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS THEY GET ?

1. LONGEVITY OF LIFE
2. GIFTED WITH HEALTHY CHILDREN
3. PREVENT FROM PSYCHOSOMATIC ILLNESS 
4.  HELPS IN CURE OF CERTAIN DISEASES LIKE PCOD, MENSTRUAL ABNORMALITIES,HYPERTENSION,OBESITY.

    IF NOT FOLLOWING ,WHAT DO THEY GET ?

1. RISK TAG, TO SUFFER  FROM ALL DISEASES 
2. INFERTILITY
3. DISEASED AND DISORIENTED CHILD
4. GIFTED WITH ALL LIFESTYLE DISORDER
5. STRESS.

   REGIMENS AFTER MENSTRUATION
(i.e ON THE DAY, AFTER THE MONTHLY MENSUS STOPS)

1.EARLY MORNING AT BRAHMA MUHURTHAM (AVERAGELY 2 HOURS BEFORE SUN RISE)SHE SHOULD WAKE,

2.AFTER HAVING A MEDICATED POWDER MASSAGE,SHE SHOULD TAKE BATH IN COOL WATER .

3.THEN HER BODY SHOULD BE ANOINTED WITH MEDICINAL PASTES.

4.SHE SHOULD THEN DRESS HERSELF,ADORNING WITH CLEAN WHITE DRESS, GARMENTS AND SUITABLE ACCESSORIES.

5.THEN SHE SHOULD SEE HER HUSBAND FIRST IF SHE IS MARRIED OTHERWISE OFFER PRAYERS TO GOD. 

6.SHE SHOULD NOT PRAY OR THINK ABOUT EVIL SPIRITS OR DEMONS.

These 6 rules are to be followed after menstruation, seeing husband is mandatory because the women begets a child similar to the man who sees after menstruation i.e her next phase is stimulated which is the best phase of conception.

THEREFORE ,
WOMEN SHOULD BE CHERISHED AND NURTURED ON ALL DAYS,
NOT ONLY ON WOMEN'S DAY.

  ""A VERY HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY "

REGARDS,
PRASANA AACHARYA