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The
natural healing system of India is an indigenous
medical wisdom known as Ayurveda....."The science
of life and longitivity", its traditional medicine
going back to a hoary past, established by the same
great sages who were instrumental in the origin
of India's systems of Yoga and Meditiation. Ayurveda
originated as a part of "Vedic Science".
It is considered as a "Upveda" of "Atharveda".
A profound science of living that gives a comprehensive
understanding of the entire universe and also relates
the life of an individual to the life of universe.
Ayurveda is the healing gift, which originated from
the ancient enlightened vedic culture going back
to 5000 B.C. Thus, it can be said that the tradition
of Ayurveda extends back over more than 5000 years
of continuous daily practice, from ancient times
to the present day. Etymologically, the word "Ayurveda"
is derived from two words viz. Ayu - which means
life and Veda - which means knowledge or science.
Ayurveda thus mean "The science of life and
longitivity". |
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Coming
to the definition of the term "Ayurveda",
it has been described as "The science that
indicates the appropriate and the inappropriate,
happy or sorrowful conditions of living, what is
auspicious or inauspicious for longitivity as well
as the measures or the span of life itself is called
Ayurveda".
It is the art of living in harmony with the law
of nature.
The aims and objective of this science are to maintain
health of the healthy person and to cure disease
of an unhealthy person. Unlike modern system of
medicine, it deals not only with the symptoms but
also with the individual as a whole. As a science
of self healing, Ayurveda encompasses diet and nutrition,
lifestyle, meditation, breathing exercises, rest
and relaxation, medicinal herbs, minerals along
with cleansing and rejuvenation programs for healthy
body, mind and spirit.
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Along
with the physical diseases, it also insist on the spiritual
and ethical discipline of mental health and normal development
of personality. It provides rational means for the treatment
of many internal diseases, which are considered to be
obstinate and incurable in other systems of medicine.
For making it easier to study, this vast ocean of knowledge
has been divided into eight principal branches, viz. Kaya
(General medicine), Shalya (surgery), Shalakya (E.N.T
and ophthalmology), Bala roga (Pediatrics), Agad Tantra
(Toxicology), Bhootvidya (demonology), Jara Chikitsa (Geriatrics)
and Vrushya Chikitsa (Aphrodisiacs). |
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Ayurveda
deals not only with human beings, but also in specialized
subjects like Ashwa-Ayurveda (for the treatment
of horses), Gaja-Ayurveda (for the treatment of
elephants), Go-Ayurveda (for the treatment of cows)
and Vriksha-Ayurveda (for the treatment of disease
of plants).
Ayurveda has gone through several stages of development
in its evolution. Today, its in yet another stage
of development, is undergoing readaptation to the
western world and modern conditions, and is coming
up with the answers to problems, which the modern
day medicine is finding tough to comprehend. |
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