1. "Ayu" unique definition. Holistic approach through it.
What is Ayurveda Ayurveda is 5000 year old traditional Indian system for health and healing It holistically addresses the mind, body, soul
What is Ayurveda Made up of two Sanskrit words Ayu and veda Ayu means life Veda means knowledge or science Science of living
What is Ayurveda It teaches us that the mind, body and soul must be in balance in order to achieve optimal health It comes from the ancient text called Veda- one of the oldest written text in the world
2. Aim : focus on health rather than disease.
3. Importance and respect to individual constitution(Prakriti).
Body Type Ayurveda has tools like knowing of prakriti- Constitution and with this one can know that for what disease and conditions you are prone and how you maintain health in best conditions
VATA VATA people have tendency to be degenrative disorders like arthritis, spondylitis etc. and prone to anxienty
VATA Regular external oleation therapies like ABHYANGA, PIZICHIL helps to prevent early degeneration
PITTA Pitta people have tendency to develop high blood pressure, hyperacidity and allergies etc,
Therapies like shirodhara, ksheeradhar helps to prevent these disorders PITTA
KAPHA Kapha people may gain weight easily and prone to depression, diabetes, hyperlipaemia and CVD, etc
Therapies like Udvartanam, Pinda svedan helps in losing weight and KAPHA
4. Special working upon lifestyle / activities of daily living.
5. Three basic supports of life: Aahar: Food Nidra :Sleep Brahmcharya: Celebacy
causes Food habbits lifestyle
Lifestyle disorders Among lifestyle disorders following are most commonly being dealt through Ayurveda Obesity Diabetes Arthritis Spinal problems Mental health issues like anxiety, depression
Concept of detoxification When there is lot of garbage in your room or surround you- what is the right way to follow? To hide all bad stuff by covering or throw it away in a bin to dispose at right place. Obviously, most of us will go for the second option and for most Ayurveda is the right Choice as a health system Depending on the aliments and constitution certain DETOXIFICATION( Panchkarma ) procedures are adviced in Ayurveda
6. Manas Prakriti Description of various personalities.
7. Principle of relation b/w man and cosmos ( लोक पुरुष साम्य) ।
8. Sufficient attention to Yoga, Moksha and other spiritual methods of finding peace and positivity.
9. Focus on Hitayu too.Importance to Social well being.
10. Ominous signs and dream analysis. ( अरिष्ट लक्षण एवं स्वप्न विश्लेषण).
Every machine comes with a manual. Ayurveda is a manual for machine called human being