AYURVEDA

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“WHAT AYURVEDA IS ALL ABOUT? Ayurveda is the science of health and medicine which was introduced in India more than 6000 years ago. Ayurveda is basically a sanskrit word which consists of two words namely "ayur" + "veda" where ayur means "life" and veda means "knowledge". Ayurveda deals not only with treatment of diseases but also describes the complete style of living our precious life.

PRINCIPLES OF AYURVEDA: Ayurveda is a gift to us from our eminent ancestors which basically focuses on health promotion,prevention,cure and nutrition. Ayurveda considers a body as whole and helps in re-establishing the harmony among the constituents of our body.

OBJECTIVES OF AYURVEDA
• To add years to our life and life to years
• To eradicate malfunctions and diseases from our body

ELEMENTS OF AYURVEDA
• Ayurveda uses the concept of 5 basic elements of existence:-
• Earth,Fire,Water,Air and Ether(space)

DOSHAS These 5 elements are broadly classified in 3 main categories known as "doshas":- Vata,Pitta and Kapha. Each person has a unique mixture of these three doshas and as defined as a person's "prakriti". When an imbalance occurs in one or more of these doshas then according to ayurveda it is a "disease".

Vata-It is related to air and ether. When in balance a person becomes creative,energetic and enthusiastic. When in imbalance a person may suffer from insomnia,headaches or irregular digestion.

Pitta-It is related to water and fire. When in balance a person have an average built body,light coloured eyes with fair skin,good digestion and strong concentration power. When in imbalance a person shows extereme aggression,anger and criticism.

Kapha-It is related with earth and water. When in balance a person generally have heavy or large built with calmness and peace. When in imbalance a person becomes greedy, possesive and overweight.

BRANCHES OF AYURVEDA

There are 8 main branches of ayurveda namely:-
• Surgery or Shalya
• Psychiatry or Bhoota
• ENT with Ophthamology,medicine or Shalakya
• Science of Aphrodisiac or Vajikarana
• Medical jurisprudence and toxicology orAgada
• Gynecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics orKaumara
• Gerontology or Rasayan
• Medicine or Kaya

To maintain health and cure diseases we have 3 strings of ayurveda:
• Hetusutra- cause of disease
• Lingasutra- symptoms of disease
• Aushadhisutra- ways of treatment

NEED OF AYURVEDA
By the time human being reaches to the age around 30,many diseases starts to indulge in one's life.This is mainly due to the unwanted metabolic substances & toxins accumulated from various activities like breathing,eating etc.
So ayurveda helps us to maintain an equilibrium in human body by teaching proper way or style of living.

BENEFITS OF AYURVEDA
• There are no side effects
• Eradicates mental pressure and stress
• Helps us to get the knowledge of life
• Deep rooted diseases can be easily cured
• Helps us to increase the life span and many more...

Ayurveda is to enlighten us with the "knowledge of life ". Knowledge of life is the knowledge of the pure spirit soul, situated beyond the boundaries of the three doshas. The purpose of Ayurveda is to bring us to that complete understanding of ourselves as pure life energy. By raising the consciousness beyond the limiting influences of passion and ignorance ,one can re-identify with the soul through factual realization of the "self beyond the body".