Ayurveda - the science of life

Ayurveda - the science of life

Ayurveda - the science of life

Ayurveda or the science of life is an ancient system of Indian medicine that is four thousand years old. According to Ayurveda, health depends on the normal balance of three elements of the body-vata (air), pitha (bile), and Kapha (phlegm).

Information about the system with proof is contained in two important medical treatises in Sanskrit language - the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita, considered as belonging to the physician Charaka, and Sushruta, who was a surgeon. These are compilations of up-to-date medical knowledge made in the first century A.D. Another work, widely followed in recent times is Vaghabhatta's 'Ashtangahridayam'.

Sushruta identified as many as one thousand two hundred diseases, including tuberculosis and small pox.

Ayurvedic treatment is largely dietic (food prescribed) and medicinal. All drugs used are obtained from indigenous plants. Charaka lists five hundred medicinal plants, and Sushruta mentions seven hundred and sixty. In olden days the physicians used to collect the plants and prepare the drugs themselves. Many of these have finally appeared in Western pharmacopoeias (books describing drugs).

Ancient Ayurveda included advanced surgical practices. Details of instruments for different operations are given in the classical texts.

Even plastic surgery was done, particularly for the restoration of amputated (cut off) nose by transplanting tissue from the cheek. Modern surgeons have adopted this technique.

Sushruta describestwenty sharp and one hundred one blunt surgical instruments including knives of various patterns.

During the British rule, large sections of the population, especially in the rural areas, continued to rely on Ayurveda - Indian system of medicine. But Allopathy (Western system of medicine) was officially encouraged by the British. Since independence, however, Ayurveda has received official recognition. Ayurvedic universities and colleges have been started and integrated courses set up combining the study of ancient remedies and modern medicine. Many research institutions are now documenting ancient health practicesand herbal remedies.

In India, Kerala is the place where there are people who prefer ayurvedic treatment for any disease. A recently released press releasefrom an ayurvedic university claims to have developed a vaccination for AIDS.

The ayurvedic form of treatment has no side effects and it is the safest form of treatment.

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