Exercise is to be taken daily. It is said to kindle the digestive fire, free the body of disease, remove sleepiness, lethargy and obesity, and give lustre, nourishment, health and long life; it keeps youth and makes the body firm. It is stopped when sweat appears and strength slackens, while half one's strength remains.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- व्यायाम
- English
- Daily exercise
Ingredients and preparation
How it is used
Exercise is done every day until sweat appears and strength slackens, that is, until about half one's strength has been spent.
यथेष्ट व्यायाम करने के बाद पसीना आवे अर्थात् शक्ति कम हो गइर् हो तब अधाँश1 शक्ति रह गइर् सम¤ाकर व्यायाम को छोडना चाहिए।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Obesity (medoroga)(स्थूलता / स्थौल्य)
- Drowsiness (tandra)(तंद्रा / आलस्य)
दीप्ताग्नित्वं व्याधिनिर्मुक्रगात्रां। निद्रा तंद्रास्थैल्यनिर्नाशनं च॥Source wording as converted, Chapter 6 · p. 74 · v. 7-9.Safety
- Contraindication in the text: Exercise is not to be taken by those suffering from raktapitta, breathlessness, cough, hiccup, wounds or fever, by one whose body is sweating, by one weakened by excess sexual intercourse, or by a child; even a healthy man should give it up in the hot season (the commentary: summer and autumn).
- Contraindication in the text: The verse also lists one who has just eaten, whom the commentary leaves out.
- Caution in the text: Excessive exercise is said to destroy the body; the verse says it kills a person.
- Caution in the text: A footnote says only half of the strength one has should be spent on exercise.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Contraindications are from verse 8 and the half-strength rule from verse 9, whose commentary and footnote are on PDF p.147.
Quick facts
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