Suppression of Natural Urges Can Cause Diseases

March 24th, 2007 | admin

Ayurveda suggests the suppression of vegangal or vegas (natural urges) like urination, bowel, etc can create imbalance with Vayu, which can cause lead to imbalance of other doshas – pitha and kapha – and can lead up to serious diseases. Equally dangerous is the forced initiation of urination, or defecation. The best way is not to suppress or artificially initiate any natural body process.

Our body takes in food, water and air, which are all divided into two forms – Prasad or nutritional part that is good to the body and Mala or excretory part that is harmful when kept inside the body. Excretion – urination, sweating etc, is a way of expelling malas or impurities from the body. Man can suppress the urge to urinate, also can force the body to urinate – both are dangerous.

Diagnosis of vega related imbalances is the primary aim of all Ayurveda practitioners. They identify the imbalances and suggest a method of balancing the doshas. First thing is purification of body by administering purification techniques. Panchakarma therapy is only for healthy men. Women donÂ’t require panchakarma chikitsa and children and elderly people are not capable of handling the panchakarma procedures.

If the person is unfit for panchakarma, medication, controlled living, food, etc are applied for purification of the body. The next process is to give the body its strength by Rasayana Chikitsa. The preparation of Ayurvedic medicines is according to strict preparation directions to completely avoid any side-effects.

Suppression of natural urges in modern life
Unlike caveman, we all live in a highly sophisticated environment, where we need to think about people who are travelling with us, working with us, attending a meeting with us – in such situations we suppress different natural urges. This was never a problem for people that wandered through forests in search of food and shelter.

Another suppression is observed in the form of altering the menstrual cycle of women. Tablets or injections are available to pre-pone or postpone menstruation. It is never a good option to repeatedly check our natural body system.