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Treatments And Methodologies In Ayurvedic Medicine Programs

By Catherine Kennedy


Healthcare is also a polarizing area of consideration, seeing as people cannot really agree on how best to approach it. Medical techniques abound, and thats not counting in the considerable number of alternative and complementary practices currently in use. Ayurvedic Medicine Programs, for instance, are a popular sort of alternative medical method.

This medical approach is an ancient development. It actually had its provenance in Hindu traditions. Given that, its apparent that it integrates metaphysical and religious beliefs, those which outlined in given Hindu scriptures. Although it was founded at most three thousand years ago, Ayurveda still maintains a considerable following, even outside the Indian subcontinent.

Ayurveda is a holistic enterprise, in that it claims to heal a wide variety of diseases and complaints. Correspondingly, a variety of products and practices are also used to combat them. Some contain herbs such as turmeric or aloe, and some have to do with minerals and metals.

Anyhow, this ancient practice is based on the oft pitched concept about elemental balance. It claims to cure someone by aligning his or her bodily systems with one another and the elements of the Earth. It explains how people are affected by the dissemblance of natural order both inside and outside their bodies. This principle proffers the concept of universal interconnectedness among persons and the entire universe.

That may be too metaphysical for its own good. Anyway, all the fuss about Ayurveda is not so much on its tenets and theories but on its applications. As it is, if you want some sort of praxis to be widely accepted, make it as vague as possible. Ayurvedic tradition seems to stand by this trope.

In fact, Ayurvedic medicine claims to cure almost anything, from rashes to anorexia. The most often adhered to practices include yoga, herbal remedies, special diets, various therapies, and rasa shastra, which involves treating diseases with certain metal substances. Lifestyle recommendations are also included in this all around treatment.

Therefore, US states dont license Ayurveda practitioners. However, thats not to say that they dont approve of Ayurvedic schools. After all, some practices and techniques of this system are a no brainer, such as midwifery and massaging. Even questionable practices like leeching are acceptable as long as they dont translate to health problems in both the short and long term.

What gives it the much higher recognition of proto science are approaches such as rasa shastra. This involves the intake of metal elements such as lead, mercury, and arsenic. That wouldve made sense a century ago. However, whats the moot point nowadays are that these metals are widely recognized to be toxic in even small quantities. And though the last two are used in some medicines, they are actually intermixed with lots of compounds to make them nonpoisonous. It cannot be established, however, whether the same is done for Ayurveda. Also, there are the herbal medicines, which makes use of considerably unquestionable herbs such as basil, turmeric, and aloe vera, although unproven and toxic plants like birthwort, betel nut, and madder root are sometimes dragged into the picture.

These schools combine didactic education with clinical training. In order to take part in it, the student should have completed a relevant bachelors degree from an accredited school. The system used aims to see health care in an integrative perspective, combining both Eastern philosophy and traditional medicine with modern, conventional medicine. There are also targeted program outcomes and competencies, from practical examinations, clinical skills, development of standardized plans, theory and applications, as well as presentation of methodologies, that which would enable the holistic formation of the student and lead him on his path as an Ayurvedic practitioner.




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