Time factor - A reason for illness

Time is the vital factor

We are looking in to most fundamental reasons of disease. These are the reasons everyone can understand. Ayuerveda is a science for everyone. It is for common people and for scholars also.  Most of the literature is for prevention of a disease.

Till now we looked in to two fundamental reasons: over, no or wrong use of sense and motor organs and deliberate mistake. One more thing we will discuss briefly in this post is ‘time factor’.

Time factor has some sub-factors:

Age:    Age is related to the existence of the body.  There are many changes taking place in the body which are according to age.

            In early age of life disease are due to weak immune system, weak body and vulnerability for infections. In this age degenerative changes are not seen.

            There are certain conditions seen in young age only.  Similarly there is a condition like puberty. In these years boys and girls face different ups and downs mentally and physically. Acne, anorexia nervosa, etc such conditions are seen in peculiar age only. Obesity, PCOD, are the condition which make impact on life, start in young age only.

            There are many conditions which are related to aging. Menopause may be one of the important conditions which affect life very badly. One may say, it is not a disease but some people do need support of doctors and need really an effective management. There are various other conditions in men and women which are old age related.

Season: Season and climatic changes cause changes in the system. These changes induce or trigger some unrest.

            This is the condition which we see commonly in a routine life. Hey fever, Asthma in certain person is seasonal due to pollens and various allergens. But there are seasonal eruptions of diseases. When there is a change in season some get cough, cold, malaise, acidity and disturbances in appetite. Healthy people come out quickly but some people require treatment from a doctor. So the change in climate is an effective cause of disease.

Daily:  Changes in climate in a day also induce changes and some conditions in the body. There are changes in daily climate which may provoke certain disturbances in the body which may affect weak people. They may get cold in morning, burning in afternoon and dry or productive cough at night or early in morning.

            This is how the time factor affects normal body and mind producing diseases which are seen or experience in a time-frame. 
         It is necessary to know how to prevent sickness. Now we will elaborate on, how to use these factors discussed so far to prevent sickness.

Causes of Disease - Sense Organs-Perception and Response

Mind-intelligence-memory- the cause for disease 1.

Sense organs and motor organs are the instruments. Sense organs collect the sensory impulses and the main sense centres in the brain, process the information and issue stimuli to the motor organs to take necessary actions. The order is issued in the brain itself at first place then, the action is ordered to the body part for the implementation. All organs present in the body have their main centres located in the brain. The central nervous system is the main centre, as we know, to organise all actions and perceptions. The mind intelligence complex is a part of this system. Without this nothing works. Function of mind is still a matter of mystery to the science.

Now we will take an example: Ocular function received a sight of a food. Smell sensation sent impulse and mind intelligence complex collects the information. Memory is a part of this system and it recognises the information. Then accordingly stimulates the relevant organ to get the food or to reject the food. Motor system is activated as per need. Again there may be a stimulus for more food or there could be an instruction to stop taking food. But if sensory perception dominates the scene and one keeps demanding more food leading to overeating. This becomes a cause for a disease. Abdominal distention, pain, all are symptoms, may be following after overeating.  In most of the cases overeating on regular basis is the most common cause of diseases.

This is the example for the taste leading to overeating producing indigestion and series of diseases if not controlled in time. 

There may be a situation, other way round. People do not like taste or the sight of the food and they eat less or do not eat at all. This situation also leads to wrong utilisation of sensory-memory-motor complex.

Still there is one more situation which we see in lower socio-economical class. No enough food or food with no nutritive value can be another reason for illness. It is under utilization leading to another class of diseases which may be of degenerative type.

Ayurveda the old and time tested science of life gives two more reasons. They are namely ‘deliberate mistakes’ and the ‘time’.

Can the mistake be deliberate? How time can be a factor to produce disease?

There are simple and useful measures which are useful to maintain the health perfectly. 

Health tip:

Do not have distractions while having food. Chatting, watching TV or movie, listening to a loud music can take away the interest in the food.  You may over eat or eat less than required. Be with yourself while having food.