Ayurvedic medicine: Philosophy and Method of the Year 3000
Ayurveda is known as holistic medicine system in India since 3000 years ago and is regarded as one of the world's oldest treatment techniques. In Ayurveda, it is believed that there is a connection between human, human health, the universe, body composition (prakriti), and energy (dosha).
The word Ayurveda comes from the Sanskrit ayur which means life and veda means knowledge or science. The concept of Ayurveda is to encourage people to live a healthy life through special practice, diet and herbal remedies.
Ayurveda believes that the perpetrators of human health comes from the balance of body, mind, and soul. Ideal health can be achieved only after achieving a balance between these three factors with the universe. Therefore, this balance disorders will cause the opposite of health effects, ie disease. Instead of fighting the disease, Ayurveda focuses on how to live a healthy life.
Three Types of Energy
In the view of Ayurveda, humans need to live five elements, namely earth, water, air, fire and space. Each dosha that controls different body functions. The combination of the five elements of life then formed three pairs of energy or dosha. Even if a person has a unique mix of the three dosha, but there will be one dosha that dominates within each person differently.
The imbalance in the three dosha is believed to trigger the appearance of the disease. The third dosha is composed of the elements below.
Pitta dosha (fire and water), managing several hormones associated with appetite, digestion, and metabolism. Fatigue, too long in the sun, eating spicy foods or acidic, is believed to disrupt the balance pitta dosha. A person with a tendency of domination of pitta dosha are more likely to develop Crohn's disease, hypertension, heart disease, emotional stress, and infection.
Vata dosha (space and air), set the respiratory tract, bloodstream, heart function, the mind, and the body's ability to remove toxins from the gut. Staying up late, fear, and eating a serving of the other food too quickly after the main meal can disrupt the balance of these elements. If you are more dominant dosha to vata dosha, then the risk of diseases that afflict you are heart disease, asthma, anxiety, nervous system disorders, skin disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Kapha dosha (earth and water). Kapha dosha regulate body weight, muscle growth, immune system, and the strength and stability of the body. Eating after a full stomach, eating too many sugary and salty foods can cause interference with this dosha. According to the standpoint of Ayurveda, when kapha dosha is dominant energy, then a disease that potentially affects, among others, cancer, diabetes, nausea after eating, asthma, or obesity.
Ayurveda practices generally can be lived with several methods, such as meditation, yoga, diet, body treatments, massages, aromatherapy, breathing exercises, dietary vitamins and minerals, stretching, and various other methods. Treatment aims to restore harmony and balance the three dosha above.
As a first step, Ayurveda practitioner will examine the patient's medical history following a physical examination. Ayurveda has eight diagnosing a disease, for example, of the pulse, urine, feces, sound, sight, appearance, touch and tongue. Participants also need to inform the Ayurveda diet, sleep habits, lifestyle, and a new history of the disease suffered lately.
Several studies have examined the benefits of Ayurvedic medicine, but unfortunately there has been no systematic research appropriate standards so that the benefits of Ayurveda has not been proven medically. Generally, Ayurveda lived accompanies a wide variety of practices and products vary.
Like the other methods, some products can cause side effects or interactions with other drugs. One more thing that is important, to avoid unwanted risks, ayurvedic practices should be undertaken only by a medical practitioner who is certified and has considerable experience. ca-pub
