Ayurveda: A Complete Medical System for the new Millenium
In the contemporary world of technology overusing of sensory stimuli and sedentary lifestyle is a major factor contributing to increased episodes of diseases and low immunity. Post Covid Scenario has played a major role in instilling dialogues around more holistic ways of looking at Health.
Ayurveda has opened many frontiers of researches globally in this post covid era due to the role it played during the pandemic as well as post Pandemic.
Ayurveda is the study of life. Ayur is life and Ved means to know.
According to Ayurveda, life or existence is not a rigid compartment, but a harmonious flow. Even the five elements (earth, water, Fire, air and ether), of which the whole universe is made of, are not tight compartments of defined objects. They flow into one another. Each of the elements contains the other four.
The subtlest element in us is space, which the mind is made up of, and the grossest is the earth element, which our bones, marrow, the skin, and the structure are made of. This is further divided into three Doshas — Vata, Pitta and Kapha. This is a way to understand our physiology, its characteristics, and its reflections on the mind.
When an illness arises, it comes first in the thought form, the subtlest aspect, then the sound form, and then the light form, which is in the aura. It is only then that the illness manifests in the body. Simple symptoms arise in the fluid form, which can be eradicated, and then it manifests in the grossest form, where it needs medication. But with the practice of Ayurveda, the illness can be uprooted from its origin or the root cause.
Breath is synonymous to life. Our life is our breath. Our breath is our life. It is very interesting to observe the relationship between breath and the different Doshas in the body, namely Vata, Pitta and Kapha. These three Doshas affect certain parts of the body more than the other parts.
For example, Vata Dosha is predominant in the lower part of the body — stomach, intestine, etc. Diseases like gastric problems and joint aches can be due to the Vata imbalance. Kapha dosha is predominant in the middle part of the body. Cough is mainly a result of Kapha imbalance. And Pitta affects the upper part of the body — the head. Short temper is a sign of Pitta.
The first remedy is calming the mind, coming from the subtlest aspect of creation, the ether. If your mind is bottled with too many impressions and thoughts, and it is draining you of your resistance power, then that is where the body is preparing for some illness. If the mind is clear, calm, meditative, and pleasant, the resistance in the body will increase and it will not allow an illness to come into it. The skillfull use of breath and meditation can calm the mind. Many Ayurvedic Herbs facilitate the calming of mind like Brahmi, Ashwagandha, Jatamansi to name a few. Nasya and many other Ayurveda Treatments also help in calming the nervous system.
Then comes the air element, Panchkarma treatments like Basti, Shirodhara, Breathing techniques, aromatherapy and sound healing come in this category.
Next is the light element, wherein, Panchkarma like Virechana, cooling Bastis, colour therapy are used to heal. Before an illness manifests in the body, you can see it in the aura of a person. And by energizing our system with the prana or life energy one can clear the aura and prevent the illness.
Next is the water element. Vamana Panchkarma, Fasting or purifying the system with water can bring a lot of balance in the system.
The final recourse would be medicines, medicinal herbs, complete Panchkarma procedures and surgery. All these come in when other things fail starting right from maintaining Dincharya and Ritucharya for prevention of illness. Not keeping all this lands up in any Disease becoming inevitable and irreversible.
So, Ayurveda has many possibilities of both preventive and curative care.
At Sri Ayurveda Clinic, a NABH certified centre we offer state of the Art Ayurveda Solutions for the entire Family’s Health .