HOW OUR BODY GETS IMMUNITY, PROBIOTICS AND IMMUNITY IN OUR ANCIENT AYURVEDA :
Eating a well-balanced diet rich in fiber every day helps to keep the number of good bacteria at proper levels. Probiotics are : Living strains of bacteria that add to the population of good bacteria in your digestive system.
Prebiotics are : Specialized plant fiber that acts as food for the good bacteria. This stimulates growth among the preexisting good bacteria.we can say, probiotic foods and supplements add soldiers to your army, and prebiotics give the soldiers the support they need.Several probiotic strains are very fragile and need to be protected from heat, oxygen, light and humidity. The probiotics might start to break down or die if they are exposed to these factors. Because of this, we may need to refrigerate our probiotics or store it in a particular place. Refrigerating certain probiotic strains ensures that they’re still viable when we go to use them and will still provide the full benefit of the probiotic. Microbes used as probiotics already exist naturally in your body, probiotic foods and supplements are generally considered safe. They may trigger allergic reactions, and may also cause mild stomach upset, diarrhea, or flatulence and bloating for the first few days after starting to take them.Possible, risks may include:
Developing an infection.
Developing a resistance to antibiotics.
Developing harmful byproducts from the probiotic supplement. while antibiotics are killing the bad bacteria, they are also knocking out the good bacteria in our body. Some people develop conditions like diarrhea after taking an antibiotic. In other people, this may allow for really bad bacteria to take over and populate the gut, such as with vitamin difficiency. It has been said ; research has shown a positive connection between taking probiotics after an antibiotic and relief from diarrheoa. Probiotics has their own individual benefits. They generally don’t cause harm. One easy way to start can be by simply introducing probiotic-rich foods into your diet, like yogurt. Intestinal health depends on proper digestion, assimilation and evacuation of ingested food. Charakasamhita a treatise on Ayurvedic medicine introduced the concept of probiotics in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases grouped under Grahani Disease. Ancient seers of Ayurveda attributed various functions to Jatharagni and its moieties (digestive and metabolic regulators) and clearly defined that Jatharagni imparts immunity, good health and longevity. Disturbances of agni endangers several diseases in general and gastrointestinal diseases in particular. Charaka emphasizes the role of buttermilk a probiotic in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases. Probiotics are live beneficial bacteria that naturally created by the process of fermentation in foods like Yogurt, Buttermilk, kashaya , etc. Prebiotic fiber is a non-digestive part of food like banana, onions, garlic, chicory root, skin of apples, beans etc. Prebiotic fiber goes through the small intestine undigested and is fermented when it reaches the large colon. This fermentation process feeds beneficial bacterial colonies (including probiotic bacteria) and helps to increase the number of desirable bacteria in our digestive system, that are associated with better health and reduced disease risk. Takrarishta (a probiotic formulation with buttermilk & herbs) is one of the important formulations being prescribed in current clinical practice. The drugs namely Yavani (Trachyspermum ammi), Amalaki (Emblica officinalis), Haritaki (Terminalia chebula) and Maricha (Piper nigrum) act like prebiotics and augment probiotic activity. Chitrakadi gutika (a pill form) consisting of certain herbal roots, alkalis and salts is found to regulate gastrointestinal function ; said in Ayurveda. A critical analysis of information delineates classical Ayurvedic texts and documented evidence in experimental and clinical trials indicate that six fruits i.e., Amalaki, Haritaki, Pippali (Piper longum), Maricha, Yavani, Dadima (Punica granatum) and six roots i.e., Satavari (Asparagus racemosus), Yashti (Glycyrrhiza glabra), Musta (Cyperus rotundus), Pippalimoola, Sunthi (Zingiber officinale), Chitraka (Plumbago zeylanica) play a significant role in restoring intestinal health by stimulating probiotic and prebiotic activities.So studying Ayurveda is a deep rooted knowledge.
Were the ancient Ayurveda scholars aware of Pre- and Pro-biotics ? What names were given to these ?
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