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AYURVEDA, - The science of life. Alternative system of medicine.BY: Mach | Category: Health and Fitness | Post Date: 2008-10-01
Over the past several centuries, India has a very rich and ancient heritage of traditional systems of medicine. AYURVEDA, SIDDHA and UNANI are the most popular and have been in use in India till today. WHAT IS AYURVEDA? AYURVEDA - the "SCIENCE OF LIFE" , lays emphasis on the prevention of disease rather than its cure. The fact that the W.H.O has recognised AYURVEDA as an alternative system of medicine, goes to prove that Traditional system of medicines have stood the test of time. All these systems which have been initially recognised by the Government of India, have their own medical colleges, Hospitals, Academic literature base and large number of practitioners. The practical needs of millions of Indians are mainly served by these systems, particularly AYURVEDA. WHY AYURVEDA? Increasingly large number of people are switching to plant products for their basic health care needs weary of the iatrogenic effects of modern medicines and looking to plant based medicines for effective treatment of kidney disorders, arthritis, diabetes, alzheimers diseases and other degenerative diseases, minor conditions like digestive disorders. PROPAGATION OF AYURVEDA Taking into consideration the current revival of interest in the developed countries for natural plant based products and with a view to popularise Indian Herbal based medicines (AYURVEDA), various steps have been adopted like medical literatures which contain details of selected medicinal plants covering botanical de scription, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, safety, clinical usage, indications, formulations, and dosage, etc. The literature has been compiled for the use of Medical, Pharmaceutical, Health and Regulatory personnel of various developed countries who are concerned with the identity, efficacy and safety of the Indian Medicinal Plants. It is intended to motivate the use of Herbal Plant based medicines from India with the authenticity of the India Materia Medica. Article Source: http://www.saching.com About Author / Additional Info: Additional Articles: * Does Robot tree help to solve the problem of global warming? * LIFE AS A HOUSE MAID IN MY OWN HOME * IATA Training Program * Addressing the problem of obesity in children * Enjoy Motherhood - By Nishu Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (0 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
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