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Respect Your Natural Urges
by Dr. Aniruddha Kulkarni
Human existence is essentially attributed to constant, continuous
oneness of body, mind and soul. We are alive when these constituents are
together. When soul and mind departs from body, we ususally label it as '
death'. In order to healthy operations of these constituents some urges are
created naturally. These urges are known in ayurveda as ' vega'. Vega is a
very fundamental and important concept of ayurveda. It is essential for our
good health not to suppress urges from body, but, suppress the urges which
are concerned with the mind. In maintenace of health, we have to accept air, food etc. into our body.
After their entry in the body, they are properly digested. After digestion
they are divided in two parts, viz. prasad or nutritious part and mala or
excretory part. This excretory part should be thrown out of body. Sometimes
for continuation of human life, shukra i.e. semen and artava i.e. ovum are
also ejaculated from the body. All these natural ' acceptence ' and '
excretion ' processes are called as ' vega '. For urges to be respected,
various nerves, muscles, sphinctres come in the action. The urges can be
suppressed for some period by the power of mind. We can also create some
urges by stimulating mind. But, ayurveda do not recommends this forceful
suppression and creation of urges. It is identified as a major factor for
presenting opportunity to initiate disease process. We have to suppress the
urges while in travelling, work, meetings and discussions, and sometimes
only because " it doesn't look good " like things. But, keep in mind that
these acts are not good for health. Ayurveda has described different urges and the symptoms arising
out of their suppression.
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Urge
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Symptoms arising of suppression
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Gas in the abdomen |
Pain in abdomen, constipation, painful urination, loss of
appetite, pressure on heart. |
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Faeces |
Cramps in legs, running nose, pains in eyes, distressing movements of
abdominal gas, binding pains in heart. |
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Urine
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Bodyache, pain in penis, urinary calculus.
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Semen |
Pain and edema in genitals, cardiac pain, stoppage of urination,
sperm calculus, infertility. |
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Thirst
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Dryness of mouth and palate, weakness, numbness, fainting, increase
in heart rate. |
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Hunger |
Loss of taste, weakness, loss of weight, pain in abdomen, bodyache.
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Belching
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Loss of taste, binding feeling in heart, hiccough, tightness of
abdomen. |
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Yawning and sneezing
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Loss of power of sense organs, headache, neck pain,
facial paralysis. |
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Tears
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Running nose, pain in head and eyes, fainting. |
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Dysnea after exertion
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Heart disease, fainting, weakness. |
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Cough |
Stressful respiration, more cough, loss of taste, heart disease. |
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Vomiting
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Patches on skin, skin diseases, fever, cough, nausea. |
These are the various urges and symptoms arising out of their
suppression. The most significant observation is that, at nine times, heart
related symptoms are mentioned. It is our duty to seriously look at this
concept, while global cardiac epidemic is ready to break out.
Apart from these urges, there are some urges like sleep, speech and
especially, in females, menstrual cycle. The trend is on rise to take
tablets and injections for forceful suppression and initiation of menstual
cycle. It is not advisable to insult our natural system again and again. It
will definitely lead us to a diseased state.
Dr. Aniruddha Kulkarni , B.A.M.S. is an Ayurvedic Practitioner practicing at Miraj, India.
You can contact him at : askulkarni2@hotmail.com |
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