Rasayana – Ayurvedisches Anti-Aging

Zusammenfassung

Die Āyurveda-Medizin kennt schon seit 2000 Jahren differenzierte Konzepte zur Erhaltung von Jugendlichkeit und Kraft auch im hohen Alter. Rasāyana bezeichnet den Fachbereich der Āyurveda-Medizin, der speziell diesem Ziel gewidmet ist. Zu Rasāyana gehören sowohl der Einsatz spezifischer pflanzlicher Arzneien, als auch die Durchführung besonderer Therapieverfahren und eine gesundheitsförderliche Lebensweise. Die verschiedenen Behandlungsmöglichkeiten müssen aber stets auf der Grundlage einer individuellen Betrachtungsweise des Menschen eingesetzt und kombiniert werden. Dabei ist die Grundkonstitution des Menschen zu berücksichtigen ebenso wie Lebensalter und andere individuelle Determinanten. Behandlungsansätze und Vorgehensweisen des Rasāyana werden hier übersichtsartig vorgestellt.

Abstract

Specific concepts for the preservation of youthfulness and strength even in old age form an integral part of Āyurvedic medicine for 2000 years. The specific āyurvedic specialty, which addresses this aim, is called Rasāyana. Herbal drugs as well as complex therapeutic treatments and also a health-enhancing behaviour form part of Rasāyana. In āyurvedic medicine all these strategies have to be employed individually by taking into account factors like the constitution, age and other individual determinants of a person. In this summary therapeutic means as well as strategies of Rasāyana are presented.

Schlüsselwörter

Ayurveda - Anti-Aging - Rasayana - Amalaki

Key words

Ayurveda - Anti-Aging - Rasayana - Amalaki

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