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Ayurveda is the ancient most health care system best suited for the modern man.The western world is acknowledging the scientific basis of Ayurveda and endorsing it in their education system. It has now become a growing demand internationally. IT IS DULY RECOGNISED BY WHO, which approves of only that therapy which has solid, scientific evidence with no toxicity and this therapy has NO SIDE EFFCTS. The administration and the people throughout the world are realizing the importance and practical utility of Integrated Medicines and have started advocating its cause more forcefully. There is a growing acceptance of Ayurveda and Integrated medicines in North America and Europe.
According to the Journal of National Integrated Medical Association ( Jan 2002), the National Institute of Health (NIH) in USA has included Ayurveda as an alternative medicine and supports research in Ayurveda with grants. American Association of Ayurveda Medicine (AAAM) is founded to promote Ayurveda in USA. Journal of American Medical Association has reported that over one lakh Americans die every year from side-effects of allopathic drugs and many more die due to overdose and abuse of the same. This has made American and European to turn to Ayurveda and Integrated medicine as the natural form of medicine. In a conference jointly held by British Ayurvedic Medical Council and Charitable Health Trust in London( Sept.2001) , many eminent doctors participated and it was demonstrated that a number of patients with severe and disabling conditions responded to simple, holistic methods of intervention, when expensive technological solutions had not only proved to be ineffective but also resulted in iatrogenesis. It was also shown how integrated Medicine emphasizes on ‘ HEALTH AND HEALING’ rather than ‘ DISEASE AND TREATMENT’.

EAST MEETS WEST – Need of the hour

Yes we can make  East meet West. The demand of the urban lifestyle & its indisciplined & hectic working hours was a quick & instant relief or cure for any ailment. Thus we developed & found dependence in the Allopathic system of medicine which is the only pathy for crisis management & the emergencies in today’s era. But statistics reveal that more than 50 % of Indian population is suffering from at least one chronic disease & that majority of the medical expenses are due to these disorders.

The objective of medicine is not only to treat sick people but to help a person remain healthy and well. Good health allows the person to realize his full potential; as well as withstand any illness. Ayurveda primarily believes in Prevention of disease, Promotion of health and its Preservation. Ayurvedic medicines can generally be taken along with allopathic medicines in most of the chronic and degenerative diseases & this harmonized approach has proved to be successful & fruitful. It is a POWERFUL, EFFECTIVE & HARMLESS system of medicine with no side-effects. Ayurveda also uses specific tonics to strengthen each type of constitution. These tonics are made from various medicinal herbs blended together and are advised both in health and illness to strengthen the constitution. This is because Ayurveda believes that disease affects a weakened body, so by strengthening the body the person can return to good health and remain healthy.The Ayurvedic medicines also work as catalyst for the allopathic medicines taken by the patients.

To help the millions of people worldwide who suffer from “incurable diseases ” under their prevailing medical system we need to use the strengths of the multiple systems of medicine. The drawback of conventional western medicine is evident from the fact that  books on Western therapeutics have completely changed over decades. In no other system of medicine has one decade so decisively rejected the therapy of the previous decade as being not only useless but positively harmful. Eg.: many inadequately tested drugs arrive in the market, in a few years their sideffects become apparent, the drugs are withdrawn and patients left to suffer the consequences for a lifetime*.

Today well-versed people all over the world are seeking safer, alternative forms of medical care. Many people including physicians have turned to older systems of medicine which have been tested down the centuries and have more complete and safer methods of treatment. As per the statistics in an American Health Journal it was revealed that two out of three Americans who are consulting senior specialists of allopathy are also doing something else side by side ie.Yoga, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, acupressure,or something else. This is a decisive number indicating that a majority of population wants a change. Western medicine is at its best in emergencies like accidents and in life threatening acute bacterial infections or the likes. It also has a wide range of effective but probably some toxic symptomatic treatments for a wide range of conditions. As most of the currently used drugs are relatively new, information about their long term safety are not likely to be available till well into this century (provided they remain in use).

On the contrary, all the concepts (even from purification of metals, to their percentage in medicines, to the line of treatment, to the examination,to the preparation of medicines their use etc.) mentioned in our age old texts stand the test of time by any standards till date( if followed judiciously as mentioned). This has been proved time & again by researchers all over the world & TODAY AYURVEDA IS THE ONLY MEDICAL SYSTEM WHICH CAN CLAIM TO HAVE CONTINUOUS BREATHING TRADITION AT SUCH A VULNERABLE AGE AND IS STILL AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE PRIDE OF INDIA.

The points indicated above are not meant to oppose or disregard any particular system of medicine but it is to draw the attention towards the fact that each system of medicine has its advantages and disadvantages. No system of medicine is perfect or could claim to cure all diseases yet each one of them has the potential to be able to cure some patients and help some others. To be cured, the patient needs to find the right type of treatment which will help  him combat the disease, irrespective of the opinions and disagreements between practitioners of different systems of medicine about the efficacy of other systems. After the practitioner has acquired an understanding of the patient and made a proper diagnosis, the most appropriate part of various systems of medicine should be short-listed and used to treat each individual. This allows us to give the patient the treatment best suited to his needs.

I would like everyone to know that  Ayurveda is the ancient most wisdom best suited for modern man and I sincerely hope that the medical fraternity makes an effort to work together to make East meet West to build a health friendly society for humanity.

*All the avid readers will easily relate to it as it’s more than evident from the fact that, besides the specific journals, our regular dailies/journals generally come up with debates/discussions about even the safest and the most used drugs like paracetamol, let go the lesser-used medicines.