Ayurveda is a 5000 yr. old universal truth

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It believes that diseases are caused when man tries to out do nature since the natural state is health and imbalance is ill health. Ayurveda focuses on bringing back health or rather maintaining balance.
Ayu is health.
Veda is knowledge.
So Ayurveda is knowledge of life. The dissatisfaction and malaise we feel in life is essentially due to our distance from nature. Ayurveda nullifies this using diet, exercise meditation and activities that nourish us.
Ayurveda works on body mind and soul principle.
Branches in Ayurveda.
Kaya chikitsa internal medicine
Shalakya tantra ENT and Ophthalmology
Shalya tantra surgery
Agada tantra toxicology
Bhuta vidya psychiatry
Kaumara vidya pediatrics
Vajikarna reproduction and procreation
Rasayana rejuvenation.
Ayurveda essentially has two arms.
· Maintenance of health
· Cure disease.
Health is maintained by specific diet and nutrition, life style and stabilizing techniques.
Curative aspect deals with body mind and soul. Which makes man a purusha. The cause diagnosis remedies and therapies to cure and prevent relapse of illness. The treatment is not suppression but elimination of cause of symptoms. Hence physical psychological and emotional components are important.
As per the Hindu thinking earth and everything on it is the combination of 5 basic elements. Prithvi, jala, akasha, Agni, and vayu.
These term s are used to classify and recognize various objects like:
Agni fire combustible, warm, hot
Jalap water moist cool
Prithvi earth heavy, solid, and stable.
These are not established in a laboratory but by what the 5 basic senses perceive. This may sound a little simplistic but to this basic classification, the age, environment season growth spurt all contribute.
E.g.: when perceived through the physiologic cycle we have:
Childhood growth focus water and earth
Adult activity focus Agni (fire)
Old age weakening space and air.

Just as the macrocosm is made of 5 elements the human body is made of 5 elements making it the microcosm. The elements present themselves as:
Space akasha nose, mouth, and other body orifices.
Air vayu lung, stomach, and other viscera
Fire Agni metabolism, vision, intelligence
Water jala plasma, mucous, saliva etc. body fluid
Earth prithvi muscle, skin.fat.
Health in terms of Ayurveda becomes the balance of these elements.
Imbalance is set right by using minerals, herbs or herbo-mineral components. Excess of one element is nullified by taking the opposite element like excess of water is nullified by using the opposite i.e. fire.
The five elements present themselves in the macrocosm as,
· With reference of season – e.g.—summer is essentially fire
· With reference to geography—e.g.—marshy land becomes water dominated, while mountains represent the wind component.
· With reference to emotions – e.g. – love would be watery and anger fiery.

Ayurveda -- an introduction.

September 19-20-21 was a educational weekend at the science center. With the inauguration of Exhibition of Medicinal Plants By Vaidya Choodamani Raghuveer alias Pramod P. Bhide, from Ratnagiri, , Shri Vishwanath Joshi, Director Goa Science Centre, , Shri Arjun Halarnkar, Project Manager, International Centre Goa,
The exercise was to introduce the public to the concepts of Ayurveda and to reach out the people. We also looked at presenting Ayurveda as an career opportunity and give the glimpse of the college to the students. Of 11th and 12th standard.
The sessions commenced on 19th with the key note talk by sri Rajendra Kerkar an environmental educationist. Followed by a birds view of the growth of the Ayurvedic college at Shiroda, presented by Dr.Neelesh Korde.
On 20th was an open house the argumentative Indian made his presence felt, it was an interactive sessions between the various streams of medicine with Vaidya Bhide and Dr.Suraj Kanekar chairing the sessions
Dada vaidya, has the unique privilege of being the only Hindu vaidya who was honored by the Portuguese his statue wascarved at Portugal and place at Ponda for the gentleman in dhoti and non presumptuous herbs had cured the viceroy’s son who was declared incurable by the Portuguese doctors. This historic event was discussed in totality by and goans were made aware of their unique heritage by Dr.Prajal sakhardande and Vaidya Jayant Gosai from Sattara. This event also commemorated dada vaidya’s 150th birth anniversary .A book on Ayurveda and milestone's in it journey was released to commemorate the event.Raj vaidya the grandson on Dada vaidya graced the occasion

future was the focus of 21st we had an career option presentation by the college for 11th and 12th standard students.
Dr.Anura Bhale made the public aware of what was prakriti, what was dosha and what role it played on the people’s health. She also did prakriti pareekshan or examination of those who were interested and counseled them on balancing their food and exercise regime.
The session concluded with the Art of Living practitioners giving their input on Ayurveda and health.
The high lights of the three days, were the presence of the ethnic folk healer Ram Shanker Gavalikar who learnt the art of finding medicinal roots and herbs in the forest and using them for treatment from his mother and grandmother.
Dr.Archana Gaonkar had contributed 3 precious days from clinic to render free consultation for the participants.