6 Chronic Diseases That Can Be Cured By Yoga Asanas

As soon as you go to a doctor he will not start the treatment. The doctor would start treating the disease only after enquiring about the symptoms, patient’s age, other complications, lifestyle and strength of the body. Similarly, it is not right to make people who come to learn yoga sit in a crowd and learn yoga. Hence yoga asanas also differ for each individual.

Yoga asanas cannot be learned immediately. It has to be learned in steps only. It will not be effective if you do yoga for a long period for a couple of days and do not do it at all for the next couple of days. Continuous practice is essential. Find out about important yoga asanas that can be cured for 6 chronic diseases that affect human life.

6 Chronic Diseases That Can Be Cured By Yoga Asanas

Pachimottanasana Cures Diabetes

Earlier diabetes was considered as the disease of the rich. Nowadays it afflicts even the small children. Yoga can provide an effective remedy for diabetes. Diabetes happens when the pancreas present in the stomach does not function properly and hence less insulin is secreted. Pachimottanasana can make the pancreas work actively and hence regulate insulin production. Practicing Paschimottanasana, Dhanurasana,  Sarvangasana, and Halasana regularly can be very effective for diabetics.

Pranayama For Stress

Stress can be physical as well as mental. You should feel refreshed when you wake up from your bed in the morning. If you are feeling tired it means you are physically stressed. Nowadays stress due to lifestyle is more than the stress due to physical weakness. Pranayama and meditation are the remedies for this stress. This is because mind and breathing are closely related.

If you notice your breathing is faster when you are angry and regular when you are normal. So if you can control your breathing to a normal rhythm, the mind also calms down and stress is controlled. You need concentration to do your work. If your mind is filled with various thoughts, your mind is stressed. But doctors can only describe medications that can put you to sleep without any thoughts bothering you. Regular practice of these breathing exercises can reduce unnecessary thoughts and you will experience the difference.

Marjariasana For Back Pain

Working with computers, driving and watching television are the daily activities of our lifestyle which can cause back pain. The spinal cord (Medulla) which starts from the base of the brain and extends to the back is flexible in nature and ends at the lower back of the thoracic spine. Sometimes it becomes rigid and causes back pain. Marjariasana reduces the stiffness of the back and stretches the spinal cord. There are also various exercises for relaxing the back muscles. But marjariasana improves your flexibility and stretches up to your muscles from lower back to upper back.

Nadi Suddhi Controls Blood Pressure

Though there are other medical reasons for blood pressure, it normally occurs due to Psychological and environmental reasons. Doctors say while testing blood the test results is different when the person is standing and when the patient is lying down. If you test after some time the blood pressure would be different and not constant. Meditation, Pranayama and Nadi Suddhi can help to maintain the balance between the mind and the body and maintain blood pressure at a healthy level.

Sarvangasana For Heart

Researchers say that animals do not have heart problems. Since they walk on four legs their back is at the top and the heart is at the bottom. But when we stand on two legs the blood rushes up with a lot of pressure against gravity. So the heart gets more stressed. Sarvangasana and Viparita Karani asanas the heart is at the bottom and back is at the top. This Sarvangasana helps to maintain the heart-healthy.

Dhanurasana For Kidney

Diabetes and other various conditions can cause kidney problems. Along with reducing the amount of salt intake in the diet and drinking lots of water, practicing Salabhasana and Dhanurasana can prevent kidney problems.  Practicing uddiyana, an exercise for the stomach for at least half an hour daily is also very effective.