Shirodhara and Pineal Gland

[Guest guest]

I guess that Shirodhara does have an effect upon the Pineal Gland.

Actually, we should not use the term 'Pineal Gland" here. Instead, we shud talk about "Agya Chakra".

The term Pineal Gland is a lop-sided and incomplete description because it is just one of the

'physical' manifestations of the Agya Chakra.

I am not a doctor but I guess the very purpose of Shirodhara is to affect the Agya Chakra ! !

Otherwise, what is purpose behind pouring oil from a distance on the head ???? Why cant the oil or the liquid

applied on the head by hand ? Just as we apply hair oil.

I feel the pouring from a distance lets the oil-dhara vibrate and create the frequency which

is required to the establish contact with the Agya Chakra. Please note that the Chakras and Kundalini are NON-physical structures.

Actually, the real form of Ayurveda is connected to the advance science & technology of Kundalini & the Chakras. So, most of the times we may not find explanantions in physical realm/plank.

Yashendra

deep aatray <aatray06 (AT) (DOT) co.in> wrote:

Dear Friends,

Pineal gland is lying on the floor of cranium in hypophyseal fossa so there is no idea to say that Shirodhara acts on Pineal gland.

basically while talking about the brain we used to forget that there is an important part cerebrrum ...... but as i feel it has also nothing to do with Shirodhara, the basic concept behind starts from the skin, skin in the scalp region is too much thin that it gets activated easily by any sensations and when we excite the receptors on the forhead, from a particular height and pressure these activate particular regions of the CNS, to talk abou that will make this too much long....

[Guest guest]

It would seem to me that Shirodhara would have more of an effect on

the pituitary. The oil

lands on the thir eye point. The 3rd eye is the 6th chakra and thus

associated with the pituitary.

 

GB

 

In ayurveda, Yashendra Prasad <yashendra2

wrote:

>

> I guess that Shirodhara does have an effect upon the Pineal Gland.

> Actually, we should not use the term 'Pineal Gland" here. Instead,

we shud talk about "Agya Chakra".

> The term Pineal Gland is a lop-sided and incomplete description

because it is just one of the

> 'physical' manifestations of the Agya Chakra.

[Guest guest]

On 17-Oct-06, at 1:07 AM, ayurveda wrote:

 

> 1. Ovary is also an endocrine gland, few feet away from cheeks,

> breast, inners side of thighs; still estrogen patches and

> progesterone creams are applied on these skins (reason put forward

> is: skin here is so thin that transdermal transfer is fast). These

> patches reduce deficiencies of hormones in blood, as evidenced by

> effects seen on users.

>

 

the patches contain estrogen and/or progesterone, and the ovaries are

an estrogen/progesterone dependent organ

in contrast, while the pineal gland is responsible for the secretion

of melatonin, there are no medicated tailas that contain melatonin,

although at best maybe appreciable amounts of tryptophan - so this

logic does not apply here

 

 

> 2. In shirodhara, warm oil dropped on forehead gets absorbed to some

> extent by skin. The micro arteries under the skin and in turn brain

> should gets nourishment. the way oil dropped in nose during nasya

> goes to brain, same way, this oil must also travel to brain though

> less in quantity. Though this is the logic of this author,

> ayurveda community will appreciate some 100% "ayurvedic"

> explaination in terms of dhatus and strotas etc from an authority.

 

what is nourishment? are we speaking in an Ayurvedic or medical

context?

by trying to explain ayurvedic methods purely from a medical

perspective we lose context

it is very clear how shirodhara nourishes the head in Ayurveda, but

not so clear from a medical perspective

let medicine study the benefits first, before trying to elucidate the

reason

for me, its another example of the"elusive obvious"

 

best... todd

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