Ayurveda

Preservation of health in a healthy person - Preventive Medicine

Cure the illness in a diseased person - Curative Medicine.

Ayurveda, the Indian System of Medicine, the science of life, the art of

living and longevity, above all the harmonic way of life has got the real

holistic approach. This is not only a medical system but a way of life. Dates

back about 5000 years, it had been developed by the sages in India with an

added excellence of their extreme practical knowledge and handed down to

us by means of ancient scripts in palm leaves. This science has a strong

base ment of Indian Philosophy. So this is a sum total of the knowledge,

skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and practical

experiences. This is merely not just for a cure or prevention of diseases, but

a quite natural science for complete well- being. The main characteristic

feature of Indian medicine is that it considers the individual as a whole

rather than just disease. "Preservation of health in a healthy person -

Preventive Medicine

Cure the illness in a diseased person - Curative Medicine.

Ayurveda instructs and proposes that every living and non-living being

in this Universe is a unique combination of five eternal elements called

Panchamahabhothas which are Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether. Human

body is also made up of these elements in various compositions.

Proceeding from them there are three physiological temperaments or

principles known as Tridosha by means of which all the bodily functions are

regulated.

Apart from the general diagnostic methods, Ayurveda explains very

special measures for differential diagnosis which on the basis of Thridosha

Theory, the theory of Vatha, Pitha and Kapha, a quite scientific and practical

explanation of bodily functions.

Then tools for Ayurvedic treatments are pure herbs and minerals

collected from the nature without any harmful chemical mixture. Apart from

the medicinal value, most of the Ayurvedic medicines are rejuvenating

in action.