Ayu’ means life, and ‘veda’ means knowledge, so literally, it means of life. Ayurveda is India’s traditional, natural system of medicine that has been practiced for more than 5,000 years. Ayurveda believes in three doshas which are vata, pitti, and kapha. Each person has a unique blend of the three doshas, known as the person’s prakriti [basic nature]. Due to this, Ayurveda treatment differs from person to person. It then specifies the practices necessary for people to keep themselves in harmony-internally and with their environment. In many ways, Ayurveda is like an instruction manual of natural living for human beings. It provides a systematic approach to health that includes a proper diet, exercise and seasonal daily practices that lead to healthy living.
Ayurveda also provides treatments for physical and psychological ailments. These include herbal medicines, massage, oil treatment and body cleansing. The treatments are all-natural, and have no side effects. Further, because Ayurveda treats the root cause of the illness rather than symptoms, it provides lasting effects rather than temporarily relief. The basic of Ayurveda treatment is a process of purification and rejuvenation.
Wholistic Approach: Ayurveda takes a complete view of the human body in consideration this makes Ayurveda completer than the available system of medicines.
Timelessness: Principles of Ayurveda are complete and not bounded within the limit of time. These are that much practical and applicable till the date as these were hundreds of years back. Moreover this practicality has been increased nowadays because we are suffering more with the diseases due to our carelessness, than due to some bacteria or some other causes.
Stable: Principles of Ayurveda are stable, not changing every now and then to confuse you and me.
Totally Natural: Ayurveda was developed in lap of nature and that makes Ayurveda- completely natural. Concepts of Ayurveda are natural, because Ayurveda believes in simpler interpretation of the things not the complicated theories. This makes Ayurveda a system of choice for all of us.
Complete Wellness: Where most of the health systems talk about physical health alone on other hand Ayurveda is concerned about complete wellness- Physical, Psychological, Spiritual, Economical and Social health. Ayurveda is the only science which deals with all these aspects of the health.
Individualized Care: Every person is unique and should be treated as a unique individual in life. This makes Ayurveda more practical and result oriented system of medicine. You might have noticed that you are quite different from rest of your surroundings and there are only few who understand and regard your uniqueness and individualization. Ayurveda does so!
Concept of Detoxification: When there is lot of garbage in your room or surround you- what is the right way to follow? To hide all bad stuff by covering or to throw it away in a bin to dispose at a right place. Obviously most of us will go for the second option and for those “most” Ayurveda is the right choice as a system of health. Because modern medicines tend to “suppress” the bad things somewhere in the body and to “present” all of us as healthy (one shouldn’t have any signs and symptoms- no matter how rotten one might be internally- this is the allopath approach of the health). So where you wish to go for?
No Side Effects: People think that we are living in an era of information and technology- this is the popular statement but the true version of the same statement is that we are living in an era of the Chemicals. We are surrounded by the chemicals from all side. The medicines we are taking for health are totally chemical. These chemicals leave some drastic effects on the body which we know as side effects. The effects are less and side-effects are more, this is the negative side of these modern day medicines. Ayurveda is just opposite to this, the definition of the best treatment is- the treatment which won’t affect the normal functioning of the body and won’t leave some bad effects on the body. You can better understand that what approach Ayurveda takes for the treatment.
