What is Ayurveda?

Ayurveda is the oldest healing method aimed at providing holistic health to its users. It finds its origin in India, where it was discovered some 5,000 years back. Its premise is building a balance between the body, mind, and soul for healing purposes. This branch of medicine focuses more on bringing more sustainable changes in the body, amounting to good health overall. With more in-depth and extensive research, the experts are trying to use it to cure specific diseases.

According to this branch of healing, your life energy’ prana is a sum total of the interactions between the five elements prevalent around us. It states that good health happens when there is a complete balance between these elements, popularly known as air, water, earth, fire, and space. When there is an imbalance in these elements, it gives rise to various kinds of doshas.

Doshas – the main reason behind falling ill

Ayurvedic experts hold the doshas (defects) responsible for the ill-health of a person. They have classified doshas as:

1. Pitta dosha: The imbalance between fire and water elements of our body
2. Vata dosha: Imbalance in space and air
3. Kapha dosha: disturbance in water and earth balance

Thus, most of the ayurvedic treatments aim at restoring the balances that get disturbed, leading to the ill body.

How to restore the required balance

Diet, exercise, and meditation activities collectively help in restoring good health according to ayurvedic treatments. A bad diet, disruption in sleeping schedule, and stress are the three main reasons for pitta dosha. In modern medicine, this dosha is equivalent to acidity and indigestion, and in worse cases, peptic ulcers and intestinal cancers. Some skin allergies like rashes, hives, and eczema are also considered the result of pitta dosha. 

So, the experts advise such patients to go on an easily digestible and very light diet. They suggest combining it with ample sleep. Making time for meditation helps reduce stress levels too, the experts advise. 

Similarly, Vata dosha manifests as gastric troubles, constipation, and irregular bowels. There are some naturopathic treatments in which experts try to restore the Vata balance, regulating the bowel movements as a result. Again, they emphasize good sleep, happy thoughts, a calm mind, and a light diet to achieve better health. 

Kapha dosha gives rise to conditions like cough and cold, breathing problems, and disorders like asthma. The ayurvedic treatments for curing this dosha prove to be very effective when light physical and breathing exercises are included in the daily schedule. These treatments primarily involve drinking warm water, Vitamin C-rich food in the daily diet, and breathing exercises that improve the oxygen flow in the body. Besides, the patients can avoid foods like dairy products, ice cream, etc., which are known to be cough-inducing.

So, adopt this branch of healing as a way of life. It does not provide a temporary solution but offers far-reaching solutions. However, when the immediate relief is needed, the allopathic treatments are advisable. While allopathic medicines provide an instant cure, ayurvedic practices can be used to maintain their results and maintain good health in the long run.