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WHAT IS AYURVEDA
Ayurveda originated in India long back in pre-vedic period. Rigveda and Atharva-veda ( 5000 years B.C.), the earliest documented ancient Indian knowledge have references on health and diseases. Ayurved texts like Charak Samhita and Sushruta Samhita were documented about 1000 years B.C. The term Ayurveda means ‘Science of Life’. It deals elaborately with measures for healthful living during the entire span of life and its various phases. Besides, dealing with principles for maintenance of health, it has also developed a wide range of therapeutic measures to combat illness. These principles of positive health and therapeutic measures relate to physical, mental, social and spiritual welfare of human beings. Thus Ayurveda becomes one of the oldest systems of health care dealing with both the preventive and curative aspects of life in a most comprehensive way and presents a close similarity to the WHO’s concept of health propounded in the modern era.
A perusal of its several classical treatises indicate presence of two schools of Physicians and Surgeons and eight specialities. These eight disciplines are generally called "Ashtanga Ayurveda" and are :-
• Internal Medicine(Kaya Chikitsa)
• Paediatrics(Kaumar Bhritya)
• Psychiatry( Bhoot Vidya)
• Otorhinolaryngology and Ophthalmology(Shalakya)
• Surgery( Shalya)
• Toxicology( Agad Tantra)
• Geriatrics(Rasayana)
• Eugenics and aphrodisiacs(Vajikarana)
AIM OF AYURVEDA
The main aim is to maintain positive health of a healthy & to help a patient with various treatments to overcome the disease
- Ayurveda tells you the means to be healthy, stay healthy &live a longer happier, successful life.
- It deals with each & every aspect of our life. It offers complete life style guidancebased on the individual personal needs.
- Ayurveda says you should go with nature & you can maintain the positive health,teaches you the ART OF LIVING.
- Ayurveda is basically: HEALTH PROMOTIVE, PREVENTIVE, CURATIVE AND NUTRITIVE (All self contained)
WHY AYURVEDA
Ayurveda employs whatever mother Nature provides in the form of plants, trees, shrubs & herbs to cure the ailments so it is - TOTALLY SAFE - having no side effects. Also you can learn to balance your body and adopt your diet and life style to suit your basic constitution on the guidelines of Ayurveda. |
