Salya Tantra

[RandallHamilton]

Class 3 – Triphala Wound Wash
First, I have to say that when I make an ayurvedic recipe, be it kichari, eye wash, wound wash, etc., I always feel a strong sense of love connected to the process. My hands are enveloped in goodness. For the wound wash, here is my list of Rasas, in order:
Rasas in order:
Bitter
Pungent
Astringent
salty
sour

Bitter and Pungent could switch places, both were the strongest. One takeaway is that both of these rasas together address the detox of liver and blood, reduction of inflammation and fever (Bitter), clears congestion, improve circulation,burns toxins (Pungent). Astringent promotes wound healing, dries and tones.

[Ananda]

Class 1. 7 things my hands do:
1. Connect with others through physical touch
2. Grasp and hold things as a mechanical device
3. Make gestures for human communication
4. Make it possible for me to do many things including eat food, with utensils. For survival, I need my hands
5. Touch myself, as in the body parts which need hygiene, hydration, warmth of clothing
6. gather things I need and want
7.give to others

[Ananda]

Bettina and Cynthia: hands 🙌 of Healing ❤️‍🩹

My experience is that when I put my hands on my heart, there is a lot of healing energy that can come through the hands of power transmitted. Especially sending positive energies. In Yogananda tradition, We energize our hands and hold it out and Make the sound vibration of the “OM”. This sends Healing energy to everybody in the world. The heart has a very powerful Nervous system which receives information first before the brain or the gut. But so much of our heart’s light, strength, and Vitality Tejas and Ojas Is debilitated and weakened by the daily Leela or Play of Maya. So I feel it’s important that we use our hands, energize them and send love and care and nurture to our own heart So that we can heal ourselves with the Shakti.

[BettinaJonsef]

Class 3
The Triphala churna includes Haritaki, Bibitaki and Amla in equal portions. The powder has a powerful smell and is very dry, making a lot of dust. After cooking the decoction I tasted a very astringent, slightly bitter broth.
I can see while Triphala is helping in wound healing.
The sour taste of the fruits washes vitamin C and minerals into the wound nourishing the damaged and stressed cells.
The sweet taste helps with cell energy, promoting healthy cell division.
The pungent taste activates the Agni in the cells that might got damaged by the injury, promoting metabolism.
The bitter taste cools the tissues after the inflammation. It keeps the wound free from pathogens, viruses and infections and promotes healing.
The astringent taste is constricting. It is helping the tissues to close up the wound,
Triphala is tonifying to the cells, they become and stay elastic and bendable so the wound does not become stiff.
Triphala has downward moving energy. This is helpful by taking the damaged cells and funnel them out of the body by elimination through urine, feces and sweat.
Lastly, Triphala is a rasayana and rejuvenates the damaged skin by promoting healthy, nourished cell growth.

[BettinaJonsef]

Ananda, yes, energizing the hands to energize the heart. That makes sense. Reiki energy is doing just this particular practice.

[BettinaJonsef]

Randall, My experience with the tastes was simular, but i did not taste any salt but a slight hint of sweetness. Dr. Lad mentioned that Triphala changes the taste depending on what your body needs. I found that to be pretty true for myself. Some days I only taste astringent other times the first taste is bitter.

[RandallHamilton]

Ananda – i agree that hands are a Fount of healing energy! Used with intention, linking to highest good, and hands on heart feels so calming, peaceful and joyful!

Bettina – Very interesting, your comment on how tastes can change depending on what your body needs. It reminds of times I’ve eaten something and noticed a difference, and also how my tastes have changed over the years.

[ILanaRea]

Lesson 3 – Randall – my experiences were similar. But, astringent, sour, and bitter. This fits with my constitution’s needs and areas that I focus on blood heat and keeping the liver agni firing.

[ILanaRea]

Lesson 3 – Bettina – thank you for sharing your insights in such details. I agree, and have seen this wound wash (mixed with salt) to be very beneficial when my daughter had all 4 wisdom teeth surgically removed. Having her irrigate with this wash kept her off of some pretty powerful drugs and antibiotics that would have destroyed her gut biome. She healed up nicely.

[BettinaJonsef]

class 4
I made a mash out of fresh aloe Vera gel from my plant, and added the rest of the ingredients. I applied a small amount on the inside of my wrist. There was an immediate cooling effect. It was not an ice cold sensation, rather a gentle coolness with a purpose. I could feel the coolness penetrating the different layers of skin. the epidermis layer felt cold and coated. after a about 10 minutes I could feel the coolness going deeper, penetrating the Dermis layer. I had a cold sensation and I could observe tiny hair standing up. After about 30 minutes I felt tightening of the Epidermis, slight warming of the edges, feeling elasticity and softness, indicating that the paste had penetrated to the blood vessels and increased the blood flow.
The Rasa of aloe vera and rosewater is tikta and kashaya, adding sweetness from the rose and chandana. All 3 ingredients have an undeniable cooling veerya.
I can see the sweet vipaka after 30 minutes. The cool softness of the skin. The epidermis felt nourished and strengthened.
I could also feel the gunas of heavy, which felt plastered when I first applied the paste, and then lightening during the drying (dry) process.

In conclusion, aloe vera, rosewater, chandana paste can be used to cool burns, insect bits and scrapes, but avoided when a deep wounds needs warmth to heal.

[RandallHamilton]

Class 4 – I was struck by how cooling the cooling burn compress was in my skin. I felt the cooling action deeper in the skin. My takeaway observation is that I can certainly see how beneficial the compress could be on inflammation, redness and heat, but I am wondering if it is safe and effective with actual burns? And if so, burn type? I would assume 1st degree thermal or chemical burns, no broken skin, but that’s just a guess.

Bettina – Thank you for your explanation! I learn a great deal from your posts. I also felt the lightening of the compress as it started to dry. Right on about the gunas and rasas. Thank you!

[East Laura Uma]

Lesson 2 memories of scars:
One thing I wanted to share was remembering about scars is that not all want to or need to be erased. Scars can hold powerful memories of initiation that for some people do not want to be forgotten. For instance tiger marks for women on the side of their thighs-reminds them of childbirth initiation. scars can mark important times in peoples lives and that some may simply choose to honor and keep. Decorative scars, Battle scars, trauma scars, breast cancer survival scars all hold memories… just knowing that all scars do not need to be erased 🕉️💚💫

[JewelGreenberg]

CLASS 1 – Jewel’s Observations
My hands already know how to:
– grow vegetables and flowers
– prepare food
– touch someone with the intention to heal
– hug
– self-abhyanga
– scalp massage
– enjoy touching soil, leaves, tree bark, water

[JewelGreenberg]

Bettina, I love your list from Class 1! I was much more literal – grow food, touch the earth, etc, but you included such a great balance of more specific and nuanced abilities – pressing marma points, for instance. Your list is inspiring!

[JewelGreenberg]

@Ananda – I love your list, especially hands as a mechanical device, and as a tool for communication. I used more specific actions, and I love your wider view of these categories of ability – to grasp and hold and pick up, to gesture and applaud and point. So rich. Thank you for sharing.

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