AYURVEDA
THE WORD
AYURVEDA IS 5000 YEARS OLD.
The word AYURVEDA
has two parts of life. One is Ayur and second is Veda. Ayur means life
Veda means knowledge of science. Thus, it means SCIENCE OF LIFE. There are
four Vedas in Indian thought:-
Vedacharya Ved Kumar Kaushik
1)
Rigveda 2) Yajurveda
3)
Samveda
4)
Atharvveda
Atharvveda gives us knowledge of medicine therapy and medicinal plants. Ayurveda
is the part of Atharvveda Samhita, Atharvveda incorporates all aspects
of life Physical, Psychological, Spiritual and Social and encompasses
our entire life with BODY, MIND AND SOUL..
Ayurveda through herbal remedies based on ancient scientific principals
of healing through natural way of Vedic culture. Now the world today understand
and realizing the ayurvedic system of medicinal herbs as science of healthy
and good life and the world now treating the chronic diseases like arthritis,
allergy of all types, paralyses, migraine, neurological disorders, asthma
etc.
Even W.H.O. (WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) has given high rating for the ayurvedic
system of medicine.
According to the ancient Vedic literature, the ayurveda has three things,
which are responsible for the health of any human being i.e. VATA (Wind),
PITTA (Bile), and KAPHA (Phlegm). The first reference to these three factors
found in atharvveda book No.1 (Kanda), Sukta (Hymn) 12 Shloka 3.
1)
VATA is a combination of the two elements of the
Universe
namely AIR AND ETHER.
2)
PITTA is an amalgam of FIRE AND
EARTH.
3)
KAPHA is the combination of ETHER AND WATER.
Vata occupies a prominent position in the human body, mind and soul.
According to Vedas health is a state of balance of the three doshas when
these three doshas are there in a state / position of well being then
human being feels well. When these doshas are not in a state of well being
then human being feels upset, unhappy. Therefore, this condition of a man
makes him weak and unhealthy.
