Indian traditional medicine Ayurveda is the oldest healing system, more than 5 thousand years old way of life for human health. Modern Ayurveda is similar to western medicine and it has its fields such as: Surgery, Internal medicine, Gynecology, Psychiatry, Pharmacology…
But it differs from western medicine in the fact that it derives from subtle perception of life and understanding that “human health” is embedded in physical, mental and spiritual level. Ayurveda is not a solution for all life problems but it offers a path through which a person can achieve all phases of life, body, mind and spirit.
The main pillar of philosophy in Ayurveda is represented by three creative fluid forces Doshas Vata-Pitta-Kapha, which create and enable human life on mental and physical level. Spiritual science Jyotish helps ayurvedic doctors in insight to human health through inherited genetic code Prakrut or body constitution which is a constant factor of life forces or Doshas.
Manual therapy and complementary processes in Ayurveda help to preserve health and try to restore/balance health of sick person. Ayurvedic knowledge and universality spread to other civilizations and their healing systems: Chinese and Tibetan medicine; Unani medicine in Persia, Egypt and Indonesia; Hippocrates medicine in Greece and Rome. Modern Ayurveda has been renewed by scholars: Charaka, Sushruta and Vagbhata, whose textbooks are still used by students, doctors and teachers in schools and universities in all branches of modern medicine:
- Agada Tantra (toxicological procedures)
Kaya Chikilsa (gene real medicine)
Kuamara Bhrithya (paediatrics)
Rasayana Chikilsa (rejuvenation processes)
Shalakya Tantra (science for eyes, ears, nose and throat)
Shalya Tantra (surgical procedures)
Vajeekarana Chikilsa (aphrodisiac procedures)
Most common four therapeutic guidelines in Ayurvedic medicine are:
- Rubbing and Oiling of skin with herbal and medicine oils, herbs and other
biotic ingredients for increasing blood stream and secretion of toxins through skin.
Panchakarma therapy for deep cleansing of toxins from the body,
it lowers cholesterol and diabetic state of man.
Breathing or Pranajama steadies feelings and relaxes whole body muscles.
Hatha Yoga combines movement and meditation for improving blood stream and
digestion, lowers blood pressure, cholesterol and chronic pain.
