"THE STORY OF HEALTH"

The science behind health and keeping healthy has been widely studied and continues to be explored. In this expedition the experts on the topic came up with many theories for the common man to understand what is good and what is bad for his “HEALTH”.

The knowledge thus imparted came to form a belief in an individual about his health system. Today this factor of belief has two options in the health field. One option is the conventional medicine where doctors treat you and tell you what’s good for you and you continue to listen to them. The other is the traditional and holistic form of medicine, the more recognized term being “Alternative medicine”.

Alternative medicine on a broad spectrum includes a whole lot of forms of treatment.

This particular blog represents AYURVEDA – an alternative form of therapy and health.

Ayurveda: The word literally means – science of life.

The story – Millions of years ago when the Human race in India became advanced enough to analyse reason and convey their thoughts, they begin to put down rules for living a quality life. To put down rules they needed a script. They chose the Devanagiri script to do so. The language they invented was Sanskrit. So in Sanskrit and devanagiri they wrote the Vedas. The word Veda in Sanskrit means knowledge. Thus they wrote their knowledge for their successors to follow. They wrote about what clothes to wear, how to talk, how to behave, code of conduct, regulations about public behaviour, personal sanity, mental sanity, values etc. They wrote everything about how one should lead his life happily. Living life happily included living life healthy. That section of the Vedas that covered the health and medicine was later separated out as Ayurveda.

Those many years back the human being was very close to the nature since that was the only option he had. He knew what the cold did to his body, he knew what the heat did, he knew what anger did to him and he knew what happiness did. Being unbound by the stresses of today’s world his mind engaged in studying what small things in life do to him. He engaged himself in studying what plant does what to his body, which plant grows when and where. When he suffered from any illnesses he figured out all the possible ways that could have caused this and worked on them so that he was fine.

He represented intelligence in the form of observations, experimentation, analysis and conclusion. Ayurveda thus was compiled as text of the nature and the human body, their interactions and how nature can help the human being when in need.

Many many years later men started to study these texts and try out different things written in them. The science amazed them and their curiosity. They wanted to know more. Something better, something faster. They devised equipments, chemicals, procedures that were highly efficient. Then they revised the information and made it more and more advanced. The advancement of this knowledge lead to the applications changing routes. The origin of these aplications failed to remain the original principles. The techniques got beyond the understanding of a common man. Health of self became beyond common man.

Today the common man has another chance at it. He is trying to understand health all over again. The universe regulates the rules for the betterment of the man kind.

In this knowledge chase Ayurveda has a lot to offer. After all it was originally written for the common man.

ABOUT AYURVEDA:

आयुर्वॆद, : Literaly translates as the 'science of life'. This science is native to INDIA. The origin follows a mythological story about the Lord Dhanvantari, who received his knowledge from Brahma—the Hindu God of creation. The literatures from the VEDIC PERIOD ( the time when the Vedas were written) give you the earliest literature describing AYURVEDA.


Ayurveda believes there are Five basic elements forming the universe and therefore the human body which are: Earth, Water, Air, Fire and Space The human body is thus a minuscule representative of nature. In more specific terms Ayurveda explains the human body with following parameters........
1. Seven constituent elements of Body....... SAPTADHATU......Ras (Chyle), Rakta (Blood), Mansa (flesh), Meda (fat), Asthi (bone), Majja (marrow),and Shukra (Semen)
2. Three Doshas: Vata, Pitta and Kapha
3. Three Mala : meaning waste products.

"Good Digestion , and proper excretion are the parameters to attain GOOD HEALTH" emphasied in AYURVEDA an ancient thought given long back. These parameters are known to all for general wellbeing in todays world where they are based on extensive research.

Ayurveda has been described under 8 categories in the Vedas. They are called as ashtaanga (8parts in sanskrit). The ashtanga, 8 categories are.....

Internal medicine
Surgery
Treatment of head and neck disease
Gynecology, obstetrics, and pediatrics
Toxicology
Psychiatry
Care of the elderly and rejuvenation
Sexual vitality

Ayurveda has the answers to understanding the human body, mind and their health and well being. Keep watching out if you want to know more.