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In India, practitioners in Ayurveda undergo 5 and 1/2 years of training including 1 year of internship in select Ayurveda Medical Schools wherein they earn the professional doctorate degree of Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S.). A Bachelor’s degree with a major in Science (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) and a minor in Sanskrit is desirable for candidates interested in taking up the course.
The principles of Ayurvedic pharmacology are fundamentally different from those of other systems of medicine, especially evidence-based medicine. Most Ayurvedic medicines are prepared from herbs.
But why this medicine is becoming more popular and popular on the West? Is it really effective? We try to answer and clarify the main idea of Ayurvedic medicine.
Tridosha system.
The central concept of Ayurvedic medicine is the theory that health exists when there is a balance between three fundamental bodily humours or doshas called Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
Vata is the impulse principle necessary to mobilize the function of the nervous system.
Pitta is the energy principle which uses bile to direct digestion and hence metabolism into the venous system.
Kapha is the body fluid principle which relates to mucous, lubrication and the carrier of nutrients into the arterial system.
The body in which these three humors are in a state of equilibrium enjoys perfect health; their disequilibrium causes ill health.
All Ayurvedic physicians believe that these ancient ideas, based in the knowledge discovered by the Rishis and Munis, exist in harmony with physical reality. These Ayurvedic concepts allow physicians to examine the homeostasis of the whole system. People may be of a predominant dosha or constitution, but all doshas have the basic elements within them.
The emergence of different schools of Sanskrit philosophy like Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Sankhya, Yoga, Vedanta and Mimamsa was another landmark in the history of Indian medicine.
Disease management in Ayurved.
Shamana and Shodhana are the two concepts of disease management in Ayurveda. Shamana means alleviation. Shamana methods mitigate the disease and its symptoms. Shodhana means elimination and Shodhana methods aim at the elimination of the basic cause of disease.
Ayurveda holds that the tastes of foods or herbs have specific physiological effects. Those tastes that transform after digestion (Vipaka) are more powerful.
Sweet (Madhura) - Sweet foods nourish, cool, moisten, oil, and increase weight
Sour (Amla) - Sour foods warm, oil, and increase weight
Salty (Lavan) - Salty foods warm, dissolve, stimulate, soften, oil, and increase weight
Bitter (Katu) - Bitter foods cool, dry, purify and decrease weight
Pungent (Tikta) - Pungent foods warm, dry, stimulate, and decrease weight.