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According to ayurveda, once aromatics are in circulation, the diverse bodily tissues and systems or dhatu and srotamsi, can make use of their components as needed for their own metabolic processes. Aromatics, as used in Ayurveda, may also directly sedate, stimulate or tonify the tissues and systems, usually for periods of time not exceeding 48 hours. The short duration of the effect of Ayurvedic Aromatics, instead of being a shortcoming, is actually one of its primary therapeutic advantages. Because volatile components of Ayurvedic Aromatics are excreted from the body within two days, one can better control the desired therapeutic impact by modulating the exposure: if a long term effect is desired, repeated (daily) exposure is preferable, while if a short-term effect is the objective, one need not fear that the Ayurvedic aromatic will continue acting beyond its utility.
Because the limbic system plays an important role in the processing and storage of memories and emotions, Ayurvedic Aromatherapy is capable of profound and immediate effects on our mental states. This powerful pathway, combined with the highly sophisticated pharmacological classification system, allows us to specifically target an individual's needs for harmonizing agents. In Ayurveda, individuation and specificity are of paramount importance. In choosing aromatics for a particular individual, a Vaidya (physician) will take into consideration the physical constitution (prakrti), the current imbalance (vikrti), the stage of life (asrama), and the social order (varna). Once these are determined, the desired therapeutic effect is identified, and the appropriate single or compound organic aromatic is chosen on the basis of its taste (rasa), energetics (virya), post assimilation effect (vipaka), and specific action (prabhava). The therapeutic effect identified may be one of 21 different objectives, ranging from purification to tonification, from enhancing digestion to sedating the nerves, to promoting healing of wounds to rejuvination of tissues, or from stimulating the intelligence to pacifying the senses. Of course, such specificity is only required in cases of serious disorder. Most often, aromatherapy is used in Ayurveda for more general purposes, such as protecting the vital force (prana), regulating digestion (agni), and increasing resistance to disease (ojas). More importantly, balanced Ayurvedic formulations induce specific mental and emotional states that assist individuals to transcend ordinary consciousness and attain greater clarity (sattva). Because the olfactory sense bypasses the intermediate reactive mind, sattvic Ayurvedic Incense can harmonize the lower emotional functions with the higher intellect, thus promoting a state of increased self-awareness and purity of purpose. Contact us. Experience for yourself our high quality natural fragrances. Please also try our other incense fragrances
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Aromatherapists
agree that the single most important pathway for the administration
of Ayurvedic Aromatics is through the sense of smell. When aromatics
enter the nose, as when we inhale Incense, the olfactory nerve is immediately
affected. It is important to note that, of all the senses, the sense
of smell is the most physically grounded. Not only is the olfactory
nerve directly connected to the brain, but it also affects its most
primitive component, the limbic system—thus bypassing ideological
and cultural (mental) obstacles that may interfere with therapies administered
through less direct pathways.
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