Ayurveda defines Rasayana Therapy as a therapy that prevents or delays aging and also treats diseases
There is trauma associated with post-operative situation of the patient. And before they can fully recover from the trauma, patients need to embark on the post surgery treatments. Rasayana treatment can be used as a preventive measure to avoid recurrence of diseases or also called Prophylactic Treatment.
Rasayan therapy however helps to heal the body from the trauma of the surgery. It helps to recover fast from the weakness induced by surgery. Rasayana helps to delay recurrence of diseases and avoid further manifestations in other sites.
Often patients are found to have tolerability issues with modern treatments. It means that the treatments itself becomes a cause to many complications. In such cases it often refrains patients from further conventional treatment.
Such cases do not have adverse responses to Rasayana treatment. Rasayana therapy works to address such issues of recurrence
Some cases cannot be operated when they have locally advanced diseases. There are often times major blood vessels involved, which become a potential risk. Acute inflammation also does not permit surgical interference.
In such situations Rasayana therapy helps disease regression and improves progress free survival. It maintains the quality of life and physical performance status of the patient.
The immunomodulatory action is markedly enhanced by Rasayana Therapy.
Recent studies have shown that Chemotherapy has limited benefit for cancer patients. Patients show adverse drug reaction which is difficult to manage and the overall quality of health is largely compromised. Nearly 27% people have found to have adverse drug reaction after chemotherapy.
Patients who are under Life threatening grade IV conditions cannot be administered chemotherapy. It is often seen that in spite of multiple cycles of chemotherapy, there is no tumor regression. Multiple cycles have a potential to cause second cancer. There is frequent hospitalization due to adverse effects and the quality of life is severely affected.
There is frequent unwillingness to parallel alternative treatment for fear of delayed tumor regression response. However, it is found that Rasayana therapy along with chemotherapy plays a synergistic role in tumor regression and overall improvement.
A major obstacle for the treatment by hormonal therapy is the resistance to treatment. Hormone therapy has been found to have limitations. It cannot be stopped since it can cause a relapse of the symptoms. However, it cannot be used perpetually for fear of exceeding its sustenance threshold.
Rasayana therapy is found to be preferred by patients for effective treatment in such cases.
When the end arrives, humans need to die with the same dignity they have led their life. A good life and an equally fine exit is possible with Rasayan therapy with minimal sufferings. An ideally suited therapy at hospices and centres for the terminally ill. The overall survival extension is made possible with high health quality.
These are rare occurrences where disease is diagnosed post pregnancy or still rarer that a woman would like to conceive after fatal disease diagnosis. Rasayan therapy helps maintain the foetal growth as well as control the disease growth from affecting the mother.
Very often, the child bearing process enhances the tissues of the mother and restores her original balance with the help of Rasayana therapy.
Organ failure can be the result of the cancer or co-morbidities. Rasayan Therapy helps revive organ functioning and also addresses the inherent disease that is at the root of the patient’s health.