A Few Words About
Ayurveda
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It's all about having a well-balanced self.
Ayurveda, a traditional medical system, boasts a rich history spanning thousands of years in India and the broader Indian subcontinent. Integral to Indian philosophy, Ayurveda draws upon principles and philosophies from ancient texts. As an all-encompassing system, it permeates every facet of life, blending art and science seamlessly. While some of its principles remain beyond the grasp of modern science, Ayurveda consistently delivers results through its applications.
Deeply rooted in nature, Ayurveda meticulously follows nature’s laws, offering comprehensive guidance on disease prevention, health maintenance, and effective treatment methodologies. Over recent years, Ayurveda has gained global popularity, offering invaluable assistance to humanity worldwide. Effective in both chronic and acute conditions, Ayurveda shines particularly in addressing modern non-communicable and new-age disorders. Despite its ancient origins, Ayurveda remains relevant in addressing diseases not explicitly outlined in its texts. Through Ayurvedic medicines, panchakarma therapies, dietary modifications, and lifestyle adjustments, it provides effective healing and treatment for a wide array of conditions.
Ayurveda, as an organic system, comprehensively comprehends human physiology, encompassing doshas, dhatus, and malas, harmoniously balanced with the mind and soul. It extends beyond the mere categorization of doshas—Vata, Pitta, and Kapha—to delve into the precise assessment of pathological doshas, guiding tailored treatment plans accordingly.
In addition to addressing pathology, Ayurveda imparts invaluable knowledge on health maintenance through various measures. These include daily regimens, seasonal adjustments, dietary guidelines, and lifestyle recommendations aimed at fostering both physical and mental well-being.
Science of life
You don’t get a more comprehensive description than that, do you? Ayurveda is a vast science that has been known since 5000BC and has been practiced for thousands of years prior to that. It currently accounts for around half of the Indian healthcare system, and its popularity is gradually increasing in the rest of the world. This success stems not just from its results, but also from its holistic nature, which is appealing in communities where the modern healthcare approach’s compartmentalization and disconnection often forget that the patient is more than a sum of their ailments.
Treatment
Ayurveda helps in the prevention of the diseases as well as in the treatment of the diseases. Ayurveda has teachings about how to prevent diseases, how to maintain health and improve vitality, and also about the pathology of the diseases and their treatments. Ayurveda treats a wide range of physical and mental illnesses with a mixture of dietary and lifestyle modifications, herbal medicinal preparations, healing oil therapies, yogic activities, and Panchakarma (body cleansing treatments). Restoring your natural healthy state allows you to fully appreciate and fulfill your life’s purpose. Rather than patching over the symptoms, an Ayurvedic practitioner should discuss the root cause of the ailment, lack of peace or balance, and try to remedy it.
Believe
We are a complete combination of mind, body, and soul, according to Ayurveda. These three elements are inextricably linked and inseparable. Physical movements, as well as internal body changes, have an effect on the mind, and vice versa. Emotions, mental actions, impulses, cravings, urges, and other factors are considered in any illness to arrive at a precise diagnosis and treatment plan.
Modern-day Application
In modern times, we are confronted with a slew of diseases that did not exist thousands of years ago when Ayurveda was created. Despite this, Ayurveda can successfully treat these conditions. Many new-age diseases are managed with the aid of ayurvedic plants, medications, lifestyle improvements, and Panchakarma. Endocrinological illnesses, infections, neurological disorders, different forms of cancers, and so on are among them. Ayurveda works in almost all cases, either as a complete cure or as significant symptom relief.
Reliable, Healthy and Inexpensive
Ayurveda has carved out a special place for itself as a holistic approach to disease awareness and management.
One of the most important aspects of ayurvedic management is a lifestyle change, which involves modifying the diet, activity pattern, exercise pattern, job style, and so on for the better. Herbs, ayurvedic medicinal formulations, panchakarma, and counseling, among other things, play an important role in this section. This isn’t to say that everybody should start eating Khichdi, but certain adjustments can be suggested based on the situation, and benefits can be realized.
Presently, Ayurveda is in practice around the world as an individual system of medicine, integrative system, or as part of an alternative and complementary system of medicine. In every which way, you use it, it will help in some way. Research in the field of Ayurveda is going on extensively in different directions. One can find tons of research papers on various subjects related to Ayurveda. Ayurveda aids in the comprehension of natural health rules. You will avoid pain if you live in tune with your body. When you approach the root cause of a problem and fix it, it stays resolved. For over 5000 years, it has been a way of life for millions of people, the effects of which are recorded in a vast array of manuscripts. These, like many other modern clinical experiments, are proof of science’s efficacy. The remedies and treatments are all-natural and elegantly plain, which means they are inexpensive.
About
Dr. Mahesh Sabade
Founder, MD (Ayurveda), Ayurveda Consultant. M.D. Ayurveda (Panchakarma), Hon. Consultant to Health Centre – University of Pune, Anchor Teacher Vedika Global, CA, USA. Dr. Mahesh is an accomplished Ayurvedic practitioner, Panchakarma expert; teacher and author, with a great love for helping people discover health through Ayurvedic treatments and knowledge.
