Wednesday, December 15, 2021

AYURVEDA AND SEX

VAJEEKARANA 'TANTRA'

There is a whole specialty called Vajeekarana in Ayurveda, which is to address infertility both in men and women, to improve libido and ways to have healthy children. In classical ayurvedic text of Ashtanga Hridaya a couple without issues is compared to a tree without fruits or seeds! 

In this chapter of Ashtanga Hridaya treads more on the materialistic path where it deals with treatments and methods to improve libido and sexual vigor. This is an aberration of Ayurvedic ethical code of conduct (sadvrithas)

This might have crept in to ayurveda to satisfy the needs of Kings and Nobles who were the patrons of Ayurveda during ancient times.

It is recommended to undergo a panchakarma cleansing procedure before undergoing Rasayana-Vajeekarana treatments (Geriatric and Aphrodisiac treatments)

Ayurveda reccomends when to indulge in sex according to season; rarely in summer, sometimes in spring & autumn and anytime in winter without restrictions. 

Even though yogic practices totally urges us to desist from sexual acts at the higher level of yoga, some asanas, pranayama and kundali yoga practice can increase libido and vigor and also has found effective in certain sexual disorders like erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation.


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