Ayurveda - Concept and Principles
Ayurveda is a traditional holistic healing that is considered to be the most ancient medicinal form. This old Vedic traditional medicine has been originated 5000 years ago. Ayurveda means “the Science of Life”, life according to Ayurveda is a combination of senses, mind, body and soul.
Ayurveda depends on plant support for its major chunk of medicine. The ayurvedic treatment not only cures a particular disease but also goes deep into the root cause. The concept of ayurveda is to promote health rather than just treat disease. Ayurveda teaches the perfect way of leading a healthy life.
The Body Matrix
Panchakarma according to ayurveda, every living being in the universe is a combination of five basic elements called Panchamahabhootas. All objects in the universe including human body are composed of five basic elements (Panchamahabhutas) namely, earth, water, fire, air and vacuum (ether).
These panchamahabhootas combine into three more energy levels known as Tridoshas that determines our health and physical condition. These three doshas or humors are vatta, pitta and kapha.
Health and Sickness
According to Ayurveda a person is perfectly healthy if his body, mind, emotion, and soul are in perfect alignment with the universe; the Cosmic Intelligence. The three doshas in our body must be balanced and in their natural state for the person to be healthy.
Diagnosis
In Ayuveda diagnosis is always done of the patient as a whole. The physician takes a careful note of the patient's internal physiological characteristics and mental disposition. He also studies such other factors as the affected bodily tissues, humours, the site at which the disease is located, patient's resistance and vitality, his daily routine, dietary habits, the gravity of clinical conditions, condition of digestion and details of personal, social, economic and environmental situation of the patient. The diagnosis also involves the following examinations.
General physical examination
Pulse examination
Urine examination
Examination of the faces
Examination of tongue and eyes
Examination of skin and ear including tactile and auditory functions
Ayurvedic Therapies in India
Ayurveda, the ancient traditional method of treatment involving combinations of herbal medicines, physical massages and various other forms of therapy, offers excellent remedies for many illnesses. Ayurvedic Therapies can be used to treat ailments like Anxiety, Arthralgia, Asthma, Back pain, Diabetes, Disc Prolapse, Diseases of the eye, Dislocation, Dystonia, Hemiplegia, Hypertension, Impotence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Motor diseases, Multiple Sclerosis, Obesity, Peptic Ulcer, Peripheral Neuritis, Psoriasis and other skin diseases, Rheumatic Joint pains, Rheumatoid Arthritis etc.
Apart from treatment for these diseases it also offers therapy that rejuvenates the body and mind from the ills arising out of the frictions of everyday life.
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