Ayurveda & Modern
Western medicine or the western system of diagnosis always tries to prove that Ayurveda medicine is inferior. If it was inferior they would never try to show that it is inferior, like Ayurveda never says that modern medicine is inferior but it points out the fact that the western medicine has a side effects. Be aware from that. One must understand truth and blame.
Here I have tried to list some points to prove Ayurveda is scientific.
1) Herbal medicines from Ayurveda are used in most of the modern medicines. Several drugs available in the market today are modification or copies of the naturally obtained source. According to recent report 25% of drugs used in the united state are of plant origin. Below is some list of such medicine based on derivative of medicinal plant:
| Mordern Medicine | Plant Origin (Botanical Name) | Action |
| Atropine | Atropa belladonna | Anticholinergic |
| Codein | Papaver somniferum | Analgesic, antitussive, antidiarrheal |
| Colchine | Colchicum autumnale | Antitumor agent, antigout |
| Digoxin | Digitalis purpurea | Cardio tonic |
| Ephedrine | Ephedra sistrachya | Sympathomimetic, antidiarrheal |
| Reserpine | Rauwolfia serpentine | Antihypertensive, tranquilizer |
| Salicyclic acid | Salix spp | Anti- inflammatory agent |
| Taxol/paclitaxel | Taxus brevifolia | Antitumor agent |
| l-Dopa | Mucuna pruririens | Anti parkinsonism |
| Quinine | Cinchona ledgeriana | Antimalaria, anti-inflammatory, analgesic |
2) WHO has announced the Ayurveda as the alternative treatment procedure. They also agree that Ayurveda methodology is being popular thought the world.
3) According to WHO, more than 75% of Nepalese directly or indirectly use the herbal medicine and are being cured too. Modern medicine has access to only 25% of the population.
4) It is believed that Botany is the invention of modern science. But the difficulty experienced in the identification of herbs and plant is often very great. But this knowledge in Ayurveda is also hereditary so most of the plants were identified thousands of years back now it is “re-identified!” through the herbal ideas from Ayurveda.
5) Everybody are aware that they must do exercise. Yoga is a form of exercise. In fact yoga is very superior to the general exercise. It is the exercise of physical body and more than that it is an exercise of the mind. Our physiological functioning, i.e. what we do is just the Action potential generated in nerves. This action potential reach to CNS and the result is what we do. Now yoga can control CNS, especially mind. Brain is anatomical word but mind is a spiritual physiology. What we see is not just the truth, the real truth lies behind our sight. Yoga and proper asana can lead us to that truth.
Here is my story. It was the middle of the night. I opened my eyes and was awakened byearth shattering pain. My big toe was throbbing. In fact it felt like a towering inferno.I turned on the light and was startled to see that my great toe was 3 times its normal size.It was bright red and red hot, just like a firecracker and the pain was the most severe thatI’ve ever experienced by far.The suffering that I had to endure was almost unbelievable.That was over ten years ago. At the beginning I was having attacksevery 6 months. Then gradually I was getting them every 3 months, then every month andeventuallyevery week.It started at my big toe and then it was moving sometimes in my knees,andgenerallyall around my joints, in my feet.And the pain was agonising.I have tried all the cures you can imagine.I tried ACV, lemons, drinking a lot of water, butto no avail.I tried water fasting, juice fasting,baking soda, again without success.I almost gave up meat, limiting it to only once a week ,gave up alcohol completely,againno success.I was living on vegetables, lots and lots of fresh fruit, milk ,cheese beans and so on .Myeating habitscould not be healthier ,or so I thought.But my gout was worsening.Then I decided to increase the amount of fruit I was consuming, thinking that if some fruitis healthy, morefruit will be more healthy.Some days I was eating fruit only ,others over 10 portions a day.And alas my gout instead of improving it became chronic ,it was there all the time.I was desperate I did not know what to do.And then one day accidentally I read an articleabout fructose,which is contained in fruit in large quantities.It said that it increases uric acid, in a matterof minutes.Fructose is also present in table sugar, and in HFCS, which is used in soft drinks.I put two and two together and realised what I was doing wrong.I stopped eating fruit and all other sugars, for a period of 3 weeks,and by magic I saw adramaticimprovement.Pain was gone, swelling was gone, I was fine.I re introduced fruit again in my diet but reducing them to 1 or 2 a day, and my gout almostdisappeared.I do eat more meat now, and occasionally have an alcoholic drink, and thank God everythingseems to be fine.Fructose was my enemy.
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