Efficacy of Ayurveda in Today's Modern World: A Recherché Research

Health is a unique heritage of India and thousands and thousands of years old Ayurveda has its glorious past as the world's most ancient methodical medical knowledge system that deals with maintenance of everyone’s health by eliminating rogas (diseases) from the body. Ayurveda in totality means 'Science of life', a system of health and medicine which aims to assist people in living a healthy life. Today one acknowledges the efficacy of Ayurveda along with Yoga in our crazy world. Both Yoga and Ayurveda popularly known as the “Sister Science” to Yoga are complementary to each other. Both emphasise the refinement of the body, breath, and consciousness toward a state of sattva, i.e. truth. Ayurveda incorporates all aspects of life whether physical, psychological, spiritual or social. This intricate system of healing is holistic in nature. Its main objective is to achieve optimal health and well-being through a comprehensive approach that addresses mind, body, behaviour, and environment. The main Ayurvedic texts i.e. the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita are written on palm leaves. Charaka was a general physician and his treatise is about general medicine. Sushruta was a surgeon and his treatise deals mostly with surgical medicine. These texts are thousands of years old and are still considered the most authoritative original texts. One can take recourse to the Ayurveda to cure formidable diseases in the midst of global health crisis today. All should try and get benefit of Ayurveda in our day to day life to continue our journey from being to well-being for the benefit of our own self as well as our society. There is no iota of doubt that Ayurveda is the need of the hour to make our global village fit for us.