What Is Ayurvedic Medicine?

Ayurvedic medicine is also known as Ayurevedic and it originated in India approximately 3000 years ago. Like Chinese Traditional Medicine it is “holistic” and treats the mind, body and spirit together. There has to be a balance between these three for the person to be well.

The word Ayurvedic is a Sankrit word that when broke down translates as “ayur” – life and “vedic” is knowledge or science. Ayurvedic is all about keeping the mind and body healthy and they use herbs for this cleansing process.

In 1969, practitioners of Ayurdevic Medicine were required to get formal qualifications and there were colleges set up all over India for this purpose. If you want to go to an Ayurvedic practitioner, make sure that you sight their qualifications. Ayurvedic uses a variety of products to cleanse the body, and if the person is not trained, you could be given the wrong combination of herbs. Some herbs can react badly to any conventional medicine you may be taking.

Ayurvedic is a way of life and there are specialized diets that allow you to maintain optimum health and maintain your body free from disease. By cleansing the body of any substance that can cause disease, we will have balance between health and happiness.

Part of the Ayurvedic philosophy is that life force manifests and three different types of energies or doshas. There three types are Vata, Pitta and Kapha. You may be one type or you could be a combination of two doshas. As you age, the three doshas will fluctuate according to age, environment, seasons and your diet. As the doshas move out of balance, this can affect you health and way of life.

Kapha are natural athletes and are very compassionate and loyal. If they are not in balanced, they become complacent and belligerent and lose motivation. This can cause their metabolism to slow down. They have the elements of earth and water that rules them.

Pittas have a medium build and they have more muscle power. They tend to have fair skin that can be affected by the sun – resulting in a freckled face.  They tend to get a red face when exercising. They are competitive. They are ruled by the element of fire.

Vatas are normally thin and lankly and love travelling and meeting people. They are influenced by the element of air. If they become unbalanced they can suffer from insomnia and they tend to mix up their eating habits and will often have a diet containing foods containing oily foods.

You can be just one of these doshas or two or you may be all three at once. You would have to find a qualified practitioner to see if Ayurvedic Medicine treatment is for you.

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