| Alternative medicines come in many forms and | | | | Like a lot of alternative medicine cures Ayurvedic |
| Ayurvedic is one of them. Many people have not | | | | medicine is diet based which seems to be the |
| heard of this healing medium as it only came to the | | | | modern trend and when you read all the reports on |
| fore in 1980 although the practice of Ayurvedic | | | | how diet based cures are having success it's no |
| healing is said to be over 5000 years old. | | | | wonder that this type of alternative medicine is |
| Ayurvedic means life and knowledge. This ancient | | | | catching on. |
| alternative healing system has been practiced in India | | | | Another thing I did notice about Ayurvedic medicine |
| for many years although there is now a tendency | | | | is that is based on a vegetarian diet which would be |
| towards western style medicine in the main cities. But | | | | on the alkaline side rather than the acid contents of |
| most of the population live in rural areas where it is | | | | sugar based products and meat. |
| estimated that 70% still use this form of healing. | | | | As for Rheumatoid arthritis that can leave people in |
| The basics of Ayurvedic are broke down into three | | | | such a bad way that they can become bed ridden |
| main categories and those are diet, herbs, and yoga. | | | | and in so much pain I do believe from reading reports |
| Certain authorities have warned that some of the | | | | of them being cured through these diet related cures |
| herbs used could be poisonous, and there are a host | | | | is a good thing. Perhaps modern medicine has a lot to |
| of people saying that this form of alternative | | | | learn although I do believe that some of the large |
| medicine is a rip off, and that if anyone should want | | | | drug companies have taken out patents on certain of |
| to go down this route of alternative medicine is that | | | | the drugs that are used in Ayurvedic medicine, which |
| they should double check what they are taking. Not | | | | to me tells me that there is something there |
| being a scientist or a botanist I feel as though I do | | | | otherwise they would not be taking such measures. |
| not have that sort of expertise to comment any | | | | What is ayurveda used for? |
| further about the herbs used. | | | | People use ayurvedic practices to maintain health, |
| But again with all forms of alternative medicine there | | | | reduce stress, and improve flexibility, strength, and |
| will always be people that will say that the unusual | | | | stamina. Researchers currently are studying yoga and |
| does not work although a lot of the websites I | | | | meditation as interventions for diseases such as |
| visited said that it was good for arthritis and | | | | asthma, high blood pressure, and arthritis. |
| Rheumatoid arthritis. A good point to push forward | | | | Ayurveda stresses proper diet for maintaining good |
| here would be to mention the fact that one of the | | | | health and treating disease. Herbal medicines are |
| more popular food supplements on the market today | | | | prescribed based on the person's dosha type. |
| is Micro Phytoplankton which is nothing but a single | | | | Researchers are looking into the effects of ayurvedic |
| cell alga, and who would have said ten years ago | | | | herbal medicines on various long-term (chronic) |
| that we would be taking this type of food | | | | illnesses. |
| supplement on a daily basis. | | | | |