Recent scientific research and experiments have proved beyond doubt the efficacyof yoga in controlling and curing serious diseases like blood pressure, heart diseases, hypertension,nervous disorders, etc. It is gratifying to note that the importance of yoga is now being increasingly acknowledged internationally and its popularity growing rapidly in many scientifically advanced countries of the world like france and US.
The following table indicates the basic postures for which therapeutic claims have been made by eminent yogis. They are said to aid healing and ward off disorders.
Disorder | Posture |
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Asthma | Abdominal breathing,bow,corpse,Fish headstand, Locusts, Lotus, Mountain, Shoulderstand |
Backache | back-stretching, Big tow, Bow, Bridge cat, Cobra, cowface, Fish, Headstand, Shooting Bow, Shoulderedstand, Spinal twist, Supine thunderbolt, Wheel |
Bronchitis | Abdominal breathing, Cobra, Fish locust, Lotus, Mountain, Shoulder-stand |
Constipation | Abdominal uplift, Back stretching, Fish, Forward bend, Head knee, Headstand, Knee squeeze, Plough, Recti Isolation, shooting Bow, shoulder-stand, spinal twist, Yoga posture |
Diabetes | Back-stretching, cobra, corpse, pacock plough, shoulderstand, spinal twist, yoga posture |
gall bladder disorders | Bow,Cobra, Head-knee, Noose, Peacock, Triangle |
indigestion | Abdominal uplift,Cobra, Corpse, Mountain, Peacock, Plough, Recti, Isolation, Shoulderstand, Spinal twist, Standing stretch poses, Supine thunderbolt, Yoga posture. |
insomnia | Back-stretching,Cobra, corpse, Locust, Mountain, Plough, Shoulder stand |
kidney disorders | Bow,Cobra, Head-knee, Locust, Noose, Shoulderstand, Spinal twist |
Liver disorders | Boat, Noose |
Lumbago | Corpse, Locust, Plough, Spinal twist, standing stretch poses |
Menopause diorders | Abdominal uplift, Cat, Cobra, Corpse, Fish, Plough, Shoulderstand, sitting poses |
Menstrual disorders | Abdominal Uplift, Back stretching, cat,Cobra,Corpse, Fish, forward Bend, Headstand, plough, Recti isolation, Shoulderstand, Sitting poses |
Neurasthenia | Back-stretching, corpse, Headstand, hero's, meditation poses, Mountain, Warrior's, standing stretch poses |
obesity | Abdominal uplift, Back-stretching, Bow, cobra, Forward Bend, Head-knee, plough, spinal twist |
Piles | Fish, Headstand, Plough, Shoulderstand |
poor postures | Bow, Camel, Cobra, Cowface, Mountain, Palm tree, Triangle |
Prolapse | Abdominal uplift, headstand, Shoulderstand |
Prostate disorders | Headstand, shoulderstand, sitting and kneeling poses, Spinal twist |
reproductive | Back-stretching, Cobra, Headstand, Plough, Shoulderstand, Supine, Thunder-bolt |
rheumatism | Back-stretching, Bow,Cowface, headknee,Spinal twist, Triangle. |
Sciatica | Big Toe |
Sexual disability | Abdominal breathing, Abdominal uplift, Bow, Cat, cobra, Dog stretch, Foetus, Headstand, Hunkering, Plough, Recti Isolation, Shoulderstand, sitting and kneeling poses, Spinal twist, Yoga posture |
Tension | Abdominal breathing, Abdominal uplift, backstretching, Corpse, Forward bend, Mountain, Shoulder-stand, Slow-motion Exercises, Triangle |
Throat disordrs | Lion |
thyroid disorders | Bridge, Fish, shoulderstand |
Varicose veins | Headstand, Shoulderstand, and all other inverted postures |
Wind pains | Abdominal uplift, knee squeeze |
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