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Yoga Remedies >> Diseases Of The Limbs

Legs and arms are branched portions of the body that are afflicted with specific disorders. The most common are rheumatic disorders. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disabling systemic inflammatory disease of an undetermined origin. It can involve not only the joints but also most tissues of the body, particularly the lymph nodes, eyes, the pleura, lungs, the pericardium, kidneys, connective tissues and the musculature.

There are two forms of this disorder - severe and chronic. In severe cases, there is pain, inflammation and fever. The patient should not perform Yogasans under these circumstances. Asans are beneficial only in a chronic case. It becomes chronic when the disease has been suppressed by the drugs. In a chronic case, there is no inflammation or fever, only pain in the joints.

The reader will be surprised to know that the root-cause of this disorder is digestive disorders, which have occurred earlier in life. The case history of some patients show that an attack of constipation and pain in the bowels were controlled by drugs. Drugs cure the constipation but the poisonous muck and faces remain in the intestines. Accumulated poison causes pain and inflammation of the joints.

Badh Padmasan has a healthy effect on the joints. The pain in the joints decreases, the digestive system improves, constipation gets cured, the appetite improves, the white glutinous matter stops secreting from the bowels. Chronic patients of rheumatoid arthritis should perform the asans in the following order.

Tanasan - Garudasan - Badh Padmasan - Shalabhasan - Dhanurasan or Nabhiasan - Pawan Muktasan - Paschimottanasan - Sarvangasan - Matsyasan - Yog Mudra - Shavasan.