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Ayurveda - The Science of Life

Ayurveda is a holistic approach to health that is designed to help people live long, healthy, and well-balanced lives. The term Ayurveda is taken from the Sanskrit words ayus, meaning life or lifespan, and veda, meaning knowledge. It has been practiced in India for at least 5,000 years and has only recently became popular in Western cultures.


Ayurveda - The Science of Life

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ayurvedaAyurveda - The Science of Life

Ayurveda is a 5000 year-old system of natural healing that has its origins in the Vedic culture of India. Although suppressed during years of foreign occupation, Ayurveda has been enjoying a major resurgence in both its native land and throughout the world. Tibetan medicine and Traditional Chinese medicine both have their roots in Ayurveda. Early Greek medicine also embraced many concepts originally described in the classical Ayurvedic medical texts dating back thousands of years.

More than a mere system of treating illness, Ayurveda is a science of life (Ayur = life, Veda = science or knowledge). It offers a body of wisdom designed to help people stay vital while realizing their full human potential. Providing guidelines on ideal daily and seasonal routines, diet, behavior and the proper use of our senses, Ayurveda reminds us that health is the balanced and dynamic integration between our environment, body mind and spirit.

 

Ayurveda - A Primer

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ayurveda_imageWhat is Ayurveda?

Considered by many scholars to be the oldest healing science, Ayurveda is a holistic approach to health that is designed to help people live long, healthy, and well-balanced lives. The term Ayurveda is taken from the Sanskrit words ayus, meaning life or lifespan, and veda, meaning knowledge. It has been practiced in India for at least 5,000 years and has only recently became popular in Western cultures.

The "contemporary" form of Ayurvedic medicine is mostly derived from several sacred Indian texts which were written in Sanskrit between 1500 BC and 400 AD. The basic principle of Ayurveda is to prevent illness by maintaining balance in the body, mind, and consciousness through proper drinking, diet, and lifestyle, as well as herbal remedies.

 

Ayurveda - An Ancient Healing

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Ayurveda - An Ancient Healing

Ayurveda is the traditional Hindu science of medicine of long life that is practiced in one form or another by 80% of people of Indian descent. Around the Pacific rim, peoples from Fiji, Indonesia, Malasia and Singapore use Ayurveda practitioners when seeking help for physical and mental disorders.

Ayurveda like other forms of medicine is not just the reliance on past practices, but continues to be up-dated as more knowledge is known. Consider the term Ayurveda, which is a combination of dyus, meaning "life, vitality, health, longevity," (Crawford, l989, p. 3), and veda, meaning "science or knowledge (Crawford, l989, p. 3). Since 1947 the Indian government has regulated Ayurveda practices and Ayurveda medical colleges continue to train healers, publish papers and encourage research.

 

Ayurveda - Concept of Tri-Dosha

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Concept of Tri-Dosha

In Ayurvedic philosophy, the five elements combine in pairs to form three dynamic forces or interactions called doshas. Dosha means "that which changes." It is a word derived from the root dus, which is equivalent to the English prefix 'dys', such as in dysfunction, dystrophy, etc.

In this sense, dosha can be regarded as a fault, mistake, error, or a transgression against the cosmic rhythm. The doshas are constantly moving in dynamic balance, one with the others. Doshas are required for the life to happen. In Ayurveda, dosha is also known as the governing principles as every living thing in nature is characterized by the dosha.

 
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