Different asanas for different diseases

Recent scientific research and experiments have proved beyond doubt the efficacyof yoga in controlling and curing serious diseases like blood pressure, heart diseases, hypertension,nervous disorders, etc. It is gratifying to note that the importance of yoga is now being increasingly acknowledged internationally and its popularity growing rapidly in many scientifically advanced countries of the world like france and US.
The following table indicates the basic postures for which therapeutic claims have been made by eminent yogis. They are said to aid healing and ward off disorders.

DisorderPosture
AsthmaAbdominal breathing,bow,corpse,Fish headstand, Locusts, Lotus, Mountain, Shoulderstand
Backacheback-stretching, Big tow, Bow, Bridge cat, Cobra, cowface, Fish, Headstand, Shooting Bow, Shoulderedstand, Spinal twist, Supine thunderbolt, Wheel
BronchitisAbdominal breathing, Cobra, Fish locust, Lotus, Mountain, Shoulder-stand
ConstipationAbdominal uplift, Back stretching, Fish, Forward bend, Head knee, Headstand, Knee squeeze, Plough, Recti Isolation, shooting Bow, shoulder-stand, spinal twist, Yoga posture
DiabetesBack-stretching, cobra, corpse, pacock plough, shoulderstand, spinal twist, yoga posture
gall bladder disordersBow,Cobra, Head-knee, Noose, Peacock, Triangle
indigestionAbdominal uplift,Cobra, Corpse, Mountain, Peacock, Plough, Recti, Isolation, Shoulderstand, Spinal twist, Standing stretch poses, Supine thunderbolt, Yoga posture.
insomniaBack-stretching,Cobra, corpse, Locust, Mountain, Plough, Shoulder stand
kidney disordersBow,Cobra, Head-knee, Locust, Noose, Shoulderstand, Spinal twist
Liver disordersBoat, Noose
LumbagoCorpse, Locust, Plough, Spinal twist, standing stretch poses
Menopause diordersAbdominal uplift, Cat, Cobra, Corpse, Fish, Plough, Shoulderstand, sitting poses
Menstrual disordersAbdominal Uplift, Back stretching, cat,Cobra,Corpse, Fish, forward Bend, Headstand, plough, Recti isolation, Shoulderstand, Sitting poses
NeurastheniaBack-stretching, corpse, Headstand, hero's, meditation poses, Mountain, Warrior's, standing stretch poses
obesityAbdominal uplift, Back-stretching, Bow, cobra, Forward Bend, Head-knee, plough, spinal twist
PilesFish, Headstand, Plough, Shoulderstand
poor posturesBow, Camel, Cobra, Cowface, Mountain, Palm tree, Triangle
ProlapseAbdominal uplift, headstand, Shoulderstand
Prostate disordersHeadstand, shoulderstand, sitting and kneeling poses, Spinal twist
reproductiveBack-stretching, Cobra, Headstand, Plough, Shoulderstand, Supine, Thunder-bolt
rheumatismBack-stretching, Bow,Cowface, headknee,Spinal twist, Triangle.
SciaticaBig Toe
Sexual disabilityAbdominal breathing, Abdominal uplift, Bow, Cat, cobra, Dog stretch, Foetus, Headstand, Hunkering, Plough, Recti Isolation, Shoulderstand, sitting and kneeling poses, Spinal twist, Yoga posture
TensionAbdominal breathing, Abdominal uplift, backstretching, Corpse, Forward bend, Mountain, Shoulder-stand, Slow-motion Exercises, Triangle
Throat disordrsLion
thyroid disordersBridge, Fish, shoulderstand
Varicose veinsHeadstand, Shoulderstand, and all other inverted postures
Wind painsAbdominal uplift, knee squeeze

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