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Allied J Med Res 2017
Volume 1 Issue 2
Herbal Medicine 2017
September 01-02, 2017 London, UK
3
rd
International Conference and Expo on
Herbal & Alternative Medicine
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Ayurveda and its holistic approach to life and
treatment
Deepika Gunawant
1, 2
1
Max Multi Specialty Centre, India
2
Quality Council of India, India
T
he term Ayurveda is made up of two Sanskrit words
“Ayu” and “Veda” which means life and knowledge
respectively indicating that Ayurveda is not merely
medicine and treatment it is a way to tackle positively
the subject of life in its entirety. Good health depends
on the balance and interaction of the three Doshas or
physiological units in our body namely Vata, Pitta and
Kapha according to Ayurveda. As a system of medicine
Ayurveda helps to tackle health, wellness and disease
in a comprehensive manner, considering the personality
traits of an individual. Our personality traits are a blend of
these Doshas with one or more predominating from birth
and at various times of the day and stages of life. Any
discrepancy of these three leads to imbalance in health
and causation of illness. Ever growing levels of stress and
anxiety can induce conditions which include everything
from hypertension and infertility to depression and even
aging process thus decreasing the quality of life. Ayurveda
treatment thus planned is for restoring the disturbed
mechanism through personalized wellness and healthy
living programs involving wellness and regeneration
experience. Ayurveda’s thrust is to keep the health well
and offers natural holistic self-care methods through
proper diet, exercise, meditation/yoga, psycho-spiritual
counselling, external therapies and medicines from herbs
to balance the Doshas or humours on a physical and
mental plane. All dimensions of wellness are inextricably
woven in the concepts of Panchakarma and Rasayana in
Ayurveda. Ayurveda can contribute to the development of
regenerative medicine with integrative approach.
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