Ayurveda basics: Concepts and disease factors
- Introduction to the history and philosophy of Ayurveda
- Essential features and literature of Ayurveda
- Traditional Ayurvedic medicine versus modern science
- Five elements (panca-mahabhuta)
- Nature of the human being: Differentiation of body, mind and soul
- Introduction to the anatomy and physiology of Ayurveda
- Functional components: doshas (classification, properties, functions, seats) and agnis (classification, function, states)
- Structural components: dhatus, upadhatus , malas and srotas
- Process of tissue formation (dhatu-parinama)
- Definition of health (svastha)
- Causes (hetu) of health and physical and mental diseases
- Process of etiopathogenesis (samprapti)
- Stages of etiopathogenesis (six kriyakala)
Additional content for medical practitioners ABK
- Live eWorkshop: Integration of Ayurveda into modern medicine
- eCourse "Practical examples for doctors": Irritable bowel syndrome
- Combination of Western medicine and Ayurveda
- Video lecture: Core concepts of Ayurveda with reference to Western natural healing methods
Ayurveda basics: Constitution and medicine
- Theoretical and practical introduction to the concept of Ayurvedic constitutional theory (prakriti)
- Introduction to Ayurvedic symptomatology:
- Symptoms of the doshas
- Symptoms of the tissues (dhatu), excretory products (mala), transportation spaces (srotas), digestive power (agni)
- Theoretical introduction to diagnostics in Ayurveda: Models of patient examination
- Three-fold examination (tri-vidha-pariksha)
- Six-fold examination (shad-vidha-pariksha)
- Eight-fold examination (ashta-vidha-pariksha)
- Introduction to Ayurvedic concepts of health maintenance (svasthavrtta):
- Dinacarya: daily routine measures and order therapy
- Ritucarya: recommendations for a lifestyle adapted to the seasons
- Introduction to Ayurvedic nutrition and food science
- Rasayana: measures that strengthen
- Basic therapeutic strategies
- Introduction to pancakarma therapies
Additional content for medical practitioners ABH
Additional content in the basic course for medical practitioners:
- Live eWorkshop: Integration of Ayurveda into modern medicine
- eCourse "Practical examples for doctors": Ayurvedic pathogenesis (Kriyakala) in the everyday practice of conventional medicine
- Smart Learning (online): The roots of Ayurveda - the classical texts and Sanskrit
Phytotherapy and Pharmacology 1
- Introduction to Dravya guna shastra
- Introduction to sapta-padartha (7 categories) of vaisheshika doctrine with reference to dravyaguna
- Concepts of Ayurvedic Pharmacology (dravyaguna-vijnana):
- Taste (rasa)
- Property (guna)
- Systemic effect (vipaka)
- Thermal effect (virya)
- General therapeutic effect (karma)
- Specific effect (prabhava)
- Ayurvedic preparations:
- Fresh juice (svarasa)
- Paste (kalka)
- Powder (curna)
- Decoction (kvatha, kashaya)
- Cold extract (hima)
- Hot extract (phanta)
- Oily preparations (taila, ghrita)
- Fermented preparations (arishta, asava)
- Carrier substances (anupana)
- Detailed discussion of more than 50 Ayurvedic medicinal plants, especially those available in Europe, for example: Ginger (shunti, ardraka), turmeric (haridra), long pepper (pippali), amalaki with triphala, ashvagandha, shatavari
- Forms of dosage
- Methods of preparation
- Dosage
- Legal basis and quality assurance
- Availability in Europe
Diagnostic principles of Ayurveda (nidana)
- Prakriti and Vikriti: Difference between constitution and disorder / disease
- Concepts of patient examination (rogi-pariksha): three-fold, six-fold and eight-fold examination
- anamnesis training
- digestive power and metabolism (agni)
- pathological metabolic(ama)
- Intestinal activity (koshtha)
- Nutrition (ahara)
- Sleep (nidra)
- Palpation (sparshana)
- Auscultation (shravana)
- Smell (ghrana)
- Taste (rasana)
- Introduction: Pulse and tongue examination (nadi and jihva)
- Excretions (mala: purisha, mutra)
- Eyes (drik, netra)
- Face and external appearance (akriti)
- Use of modern diagnostic methods
- Disease (vikriti)
- Development process (kriyakala)
- Prognosis (sadhya-asadhyata)
- Fivefold analysis scheme of the disease (panca-nidana)
- Determining the power (bala) of patient and disease (atura-roga-bala-pramana-jnana)
Manual therapy 1
- Manual therapeutic and psychological aspects of Ayurvedic massages
- Ayurvedic oil preparations
- Indications and contraindications
Practical exercises and demonstrations of:
- Full body oil massages (kalari / sarvanga abhyanga)
- Partial massages:
- Head (shiroabhyanga),
- Back (prishthabhyanga),
- Feet (padabhyanga)
- Forehead massage (shirodhara)
- Warming packs (lepa and picchu)
- Heat applications (svedana)
- Core concepts of Ayurveda and their significance for clinical practice
Clinic: Orthopaedics, immunology, dermatology and principles of clinical medicine
Principles and concepts of kāyacikitsā:
- Definition of terms
- Sixfold classification of therapies (sadvidhopakrama)
- General classification of therapies
- Ayurvedic anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system
- Orthopaedic diseases (e.g. arthrosis, sciatica) - Ayurvedic anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system - Orthopaedic diseases (e.g. arthrosis, sciatica)e.g. arthrosis, sciatica / lumbago, rheumatoid arthritis)
- Dermatological diseases (e.g. dermatitis, psoriasis) dermatitis, psoriasis, acne, urticaria)
- Immunological concepts of Ayurveda: bala and ojas
- Ayurvedic view of allergies, hypersensitivities and autoimmune diseases
Practical therapies and philosophy of Ayurveda
- History and classical texts (brihattrayi)
- Philosophical foundations of Ayurveda
- Nyaya, Vaisheshika
- Samkhya, Yoga
- Vedanta
- Ayurveda and modern medicine
- Practical implementation of dietary recommendations in everyday life (ahara)
- Implementation of Ayurvedic diagnostic and therapeutic concepts and therapy concepts
- Treatment of common general medical symptoms and minor illnesses
- Stress and the nervous system (vata reduction)
- Functional digestive disorders (agni disorders)
- Problems of the musculoskeletal system
- Skin symptoms
- Strengthening the immune system (bala, ojas)
- Practical organization of treatments
- Legal status of Ayurveda medicine
- Professional associations
- Infrastructure of an Ayurveda practice
Final examination FAA - written
Pharmacology, phytotherapy 2 and complex preparations Complex preparations
- Introduction and basic meaning of pharmacology
- In-depth understanding of Ayurvedic pharmacology (dravyaguna-vijnana)
- Detailed discussion of further Ayurvedic medicinal plants and combination preparations
- Detailed discussion of classical and modern combination preparations
- Forms of dosage, methods of preparation, dosage, carrier substances
- Legal bases and quality assurance
- Availability in Europe
Clinic: Cardiology, angiology, pneumology
- Ayurvedic anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system
- Diseases of the heart (hridroga) (e.g. heart failure, cardiac insufficiency, cardiac insufficiency)e.g. heart failure, coronary heart disease, arrhythmias)
- Diseases of the vascular system (e.g. arterial hypertension, varicosis, venous thrombosis)
- Ayurvedic anatomy and physiology of the respiratory tract
- Diseases of the respiratory tract (e.g. rhinitis, cough, asthma) Rhinitis, cough, bronchial asthma)
- Causes (hetu), pathogenesis (saṃprapti), symptoms (rupa) and proven therapies
Purgative procedures (pancakarma)
- Three phases of pancakarma: Pre-treatment, main treatment and post-treatment
- Explanations from a modern medical perspective
- General indications and contraindications
- The 8 major mistakes (ashta mahadosha)
- Preparatory phase: resolution and mobilization of pathogenic factors
- Implementation:
- Explanation of all karmas with specific indications and contraindications
- Symptoms of successful implementation (samyak-yoga)
- Side effects and complications
- Post-treatment, resting phase and restorative diet
- Implementation of pancakarma in outpatient practice
- Treatment strategies based on individual cases
Clinic: Nutritional therapy, metabolic diseases
- Nutritional therapy in practice
- Civilization and metabolic diseases (obesity, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome and cachexia)
- Causes (hetu), pathogenesis (samprapti), symptoms (rupa) and proven therapies
- Rasayana therapy for prevention and health promotion
- Case analysis of lifestyle-related diseases
Clinic: Psychosomatics and psychology
- Relationship of body (sharira) and psyche (sattva)
- The self (atman) as a foundation of health
- Comparison of modern psychology, yoga psychology and Ayurveda psychology
- Ayurvedic psychosomatics and treatment strategies
- Human resources, Vulnerability and resilience
- Personality variables (vasana, samskara)
- Identification (asmita)
- Projection (adhyaropa)
- Complications (klesha)
- Vata, stress and pain
- Relaxation, mindfulness and meditation
- Depth psychology, dreams, inner images, symbols and mythology
- Spiritual and transpersonal dimensions of therapy
Clinic: Gynecology and pediatrics
- Basic gynecological concepts of Ayurveda:
- Menstrual cycle
- Planned conception and pregnancy
- Childbirth
- Lactation
- Menopause
- Gynecological diseases (stiroga) (e.g. menstrual disorders, menopausal problems, diseases of the uterus and ovaries)
- Pediatrics (bala-roga) (e.g. menstrual disorders, menopausal problems, diseases of the uterus and ovaries) - Pediatrics (bala-roga)B. Diseases of the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract and skin)
- Adaptation of therapy concepts for children
Manual therapy practiceTherapy 2
- Reducing manual therapies (apatarpana)
- Restorative manual therapies (santarpana)
- Therapies with herbal pouches (pinda)
- Full body oil pouring (pizzhichili)
- Oil treatments of the sensory organs and the head
- Treatment of the spine (katibasti)
- Rubdowns and peelings (udvartana)
- Silk glove massage (gharshana)Massage (gharshana)
- Treatment of the vital points (marma-cikitsa)
- Marma-nadi system
- Indications and contraindications of manual therapies
Neurology, Psychiatry, Gastroenterology
- Gastroenterological diseases (e.g. gastritis, gastric ulcer)gastritis, gastric ulcer, ulcerative colitis, haemorrhoids, hepatitis, liver cirrhosis)
- Neurological disorders (e.g. neuralgia, Parkinson's disease) neuralgia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis)
- Classical concepts of psychotherapy (sattvavajaya) in Ayurveda
- Mental and psychiatric illnesses (e.g. depression, burn-out, epilepsy) depression, burn-out, epilepsy)
Final examination for the main course in Ayurveda medicine
Supervised clinical internship - Birstein health resort
- Accompanying Ayurveda doctors and therapists to observe their practical work and implementation in a professional setting
- Observation of procedures and the use of materials for high-quality, safe and effective Ayurveda therapy, safe and effective Ayurveda therapy and health promotion
- Use of methods that ensure the success of therapy within the framework of a patient-oriented concept
- Medical history, clinical assessment, follow-up treatment
- Patient contact
- Case discussions with experienced Ayurveda physicians and therapists
