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THREE DELICATE AREAS

 

The head and the heart are, universally, known to be parts that need special care. Ayurveda speaks of three areas that are delicate, are especially seats of your vitality and that includes, apart from the head and the heart, the urinary bladder and surrounding parts. That reminded me of the funny book, 'Sit Still and Breathe' by an English writer living in Italy. The fat book is all about his years of torment around the bladder area. After endless trips to big hospitals, ultimately he discovers a good Ayurvedic doctor in a remote corner of Delhi, and finds that his healing lay in meditation!

Coming back to the three delicate areas, what you need to avoid in order to take good care of them are these:

Missing good sleep in the nights, excessive worry, too much travel and speedy travel, unnecessary medication, suppressing bowel and bladder movement, drinking too much water, going around in hot sun, over exercising, suppressing vomiting and eating when having indigestion. In addition, you need to protect them against impact and injuries.

 

What you need to do to protect them and preserve their vitality are: daily oil bath (abhyanga), oiling the head, always keeping the nasal tract clear through appropriate remedial measures and wearing of cap, hat or helmet. Take all care to have any problem/ ailment of these cured quickly, do not go in for temporary fixes.