Ayurveda Definition


Ayurveda is the oldest medical science in the world. It is estimated over 6000 years old. The treatment consists of herbal ayurvedic medicine and massage with ayurvedic oils and herbs. This ancient Indian system of medicine was practiced from time immemorial and has treatments for even rare diseases that other systems of medicines are unable to cure

Ayurveda is a wholistic system of medicine from India that uses a constitutional model. Its aim is to provide guidance regarding food and lifestyle so that healthy people can stay healthy and folks with health challenges can improve their health.

Things that are unique to Ayurveda:

Its recommendations will often be different for each person regarding which foods and which lifestyle they should follow in order to be completely healthy. This is due to it's use of a constitutional model. Everything in Ayurveda is validated by observation, inquiry, direct examination and knowledge derived from the ancient texts. It understands that there are energetic forces that influence nature and human beings. These forces are called the Tridoshas. Because Ayurveda sees a strong connection between the mind and the body, a huge amount of information is available regarding this relationship.