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| What is Ayurveda? |
| Ayurveda can be defined as a system, which uses the inherent principles of nature, to help maintain health in a person by keeping the individual's body, mind and spirit in perfect equilibrium with nature. The aim of this system is to prevent illness, heal the sick and preserve life. Ayurveda is based on the premise that the universe is made up of five elements: air, fire, water, earth and ether. These elements are represented in humans by three "doshas", or energies: Vata, Pitta and Kapha. When any of the doshas accumulate in the body beyond the desirable limit, the body loses its balance. Every individual has a distinct balance, and our health and well-being depend on getting a right balance of the three doshas ("tridoshas"). Ayurveda suggests specific lifestyle and nutritional guidelines to help individuals reduce the excess dosha. |
| What Types of Therapies and Benefits can I expect from Ayurvedic Medicine? |
| The therapies associated with Ayurveda are Panchakarma, Shiradara, Massage, Yoga, and Herbal Medicine. Ayurveda's aim is to first determine what is someone's constitution or Dosha, and then to determine how much Ama or toxic buildup the body has, and then what health problems there might be. Ayurveda then aims to balance your own constitution or Dosha, which if imbalanced will lead to health problems. Your main constitution and health problems will reveal your doshic imbalances. Then dietary changes, exercises, specific yoga postures, and other various therapies will be prescribed to rebalnce the imbalance. What is of utmost importance is that the patient should become educated about their constitution and what imbalances it and what balances it, so that they can prevent future illness and discomfort, and more importantly to reverse and prevent die\seases. |
| What is Ama and what is its relationship to Health? |
| Traditional Chinese and Ayurveda medicine constitute the two major legacies for health and healing from the ancient world. However, one distinction between the two is found in the fact that traditional Chinese medicine, as introduced to the West during the 70s and 80s, has a more physico-materialistic focus. Chinese medicine made an escape from its philosophical binds through constantly reworking of the basic system by strong-minded and experienced commentators. Ayurvedic medicine did not have a similar transformation, and so it struggles with certain inconsistencies that date back to a much earlier age without having been addressed, at least in any preserved writings, in the interim. |
| Ama originates from improperly digested toxic particles that clog the channels in your body. Some of these channels are physical and include the intestines, lymphatic system, arteries and veins, capillaries, and genitourinary tract. Others are nonphysical channels called nadis through which your energy flows. Ama toxicity accumulates wherever there is a weakness in the body, and this will result in disease. Modern signs of ama: High triglycerides, atherosclerosis, late-onset diabetes, high blood sugar levels, some forms of depression, rheumatoid factor, the presence of H. pylori bacteria, leukocytosis or leukocytopenia (deficient and excess white blood cells), excess anti-bodies, Candida albicans in the gut and uterus, blood urea, gout, excess platelet count, High IgE levels from allergic reactions, excess red blood cells, gall stones as a sign of excess bile, kidney stones as a sign of un-metabolised calcium and oxalates, high liver enzymes (ALT, AST), intra-occular pressure (glaucoma), bacterial infection, high temperature, tumours. |
| What is the relationship of Ayurveda to Chinese Medicine? |
