Description

Air-conditioning is an essential aspect of modern life. The major areas where air-conditioning is required are human comfort, healthcare, commercial, industrial and laboratory air-conditioning etc. Its usage is not only beneficial on one hand but has also adverse effects on the other hand. The positive effect is maintaining the temperature and humidity as required in any of the applications mentioned above. The foremost adverse effect of air-conditioning is on human health due to continuous use of air conditioning. The continuous use of air-conditioning brings many health problems. The health problems associated with comfort air-conditioning are diseases like constant fatigue, dry skin, aggravation of chronic diseases, inability to deal with heat and breathing problems. Another major disease prevalent due to air-conditioning is Legionnaire disease. This is caused by specific type of bacteria known as Legionella. It is a type of Pneumonia which can be fatal to people, especially to the elder ones. This communication presents Ayurvedic treatment of above mentioned diseases on the basis of constitution of the individual. The constitution is inherent quality of an individual from birth. Ayurveda describes about three types of doshas (humors /biovariants) viz. Vata, Pitta and Kapha. There are seven types of constitutions depending on the predominance of doshas. Depending upon the constitution type, the person will be affected differently by the use of air conditioning. For example Vata dominant person will be affected more by “dryness” due to air-conditioning. Kapha person will be affected more by breathing problems. Pitta person will be less affected by problems arising due to usage of air-conditioning due to Pitta predominance. Hence the main objective of this communication is to disseminate the knowledge about doshas, constitution, and prevention of diseases occurring due to continuous use of air-conditioning. The article also discusses the dietary and lifestyle changes required in daily regimen depending upon the effect of air-conditioning in different people. A new method to prevent the spread of Legionnaire disease, caused by legionella bacteria, is also proposed. This method prescribes the treatment of air supply using herbs.

Citation: 2019 Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, Conference Papers

Product Details

Published:

2019

Number of Pages:

9

Units of Measure:

Dual

File Size:

1 file , 830 KB

Product Code(s):

D-KC-19-C008