Ayurveda and modern medicine differ in one basic sense: Modern Medicine is driven by Structure or the 'Part' and is thus substantially dependent on laboratory tests and diagnostic investigations such as x-ray, scans, etc., in the diagnosis process as well as the basis of medical management. But, Ayurveda gives importance to Function or the effect of the 'Whole' . When every sub-system functions properly, it is health. When there is some difference or difficulty in the function, ill-health is caused. That is why functional behaviour, expressed as symptoms, constitutes the basis of both diagnosis, as well as medical management, in Ayurveda. Which is why, it is said that modern medicine is disease-centric , while Ayurveda is patient-centric.
There need not be any contradiction between Ayurveda and Modern Medicine. The two systems may truly and effectively complement each other, when structural knowledge is judiciously integrated and interpreted in the Ayurveda paradigm of 'whole person' functional performance.
Contrary to common perception, through the ages, the seers of Ayurveda recognized the need to ensure that Ayurveda was relevant to contemporary needs and developments. Vagbhata, the latest of the acharyas, says in his text that he is trying to make the system up-to-date and suitable for the times (yuganuroopa). The practice of Ayurveda being reduced to a system of prescribed and ‘over the counter' medication, akin to Allopathic medicines, is not the answer. The changes are to be only in application, not in principles. Thus, one can apply modern tools, modern insight, and modern knowledge, whether it is at the biological, anatomical, physiological, or genetic level, in the context of Ayurveda's foundational principles, without any contradiction whatsoever. Further, modern advances in risk management, emergency management, organ transplantation, and surgical interventions of all types can only complete and enhance the value of Ayurveda and in no way detract from it.
One may posit that for early to mature stages as well as chronic stages of a disease, Ayurveda has excellent answers to the health needs of mankind; while once a person has already reached an acute or emergency health state, modern medicine and surgical technique with attendant medical technologies is unparalleled in its effectiveness.
from this site: http://ayurvaid.com/AyurVaid/?q=ayurveda-vis-a-vis-modern-medicine
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Monday, February 28, 2011
World's Largest & Best Ayurveda Case Discussion
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Last photo update internship and conference in India
On our photo site you can see all the last photo additions of the internship and conference in India.
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Ayurvedic practitioners will be statutorily regulated in the UK!
After years of lobbying and hard work, one of the main objectives of the APA has been achieved: Ayurvedic practitioners will be statutorily regulated in the UK!
The Secretary of State for Health has announced in a Ministerial Statement issued on 16 February 2011 by the UK Department of Health that the Health Professions Council (HPC) has been asked to establish a statutory register for practitioners supplying unlicensed herbal medicines.
The announcement came together with the publication of the analysis report of the 2009 public consultation by the four UK Health Departments, which had sought views on statutory regulation of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. This report shows that a clear majority (85%) of over 6000 consultation responses were in favour of statutory regulation of these professions. However, according to the Ministerial Statement, the statutory register will only be established for "practitioners supplying unlicensed herbal medicines". Acupuncturists have not been included in the proposal.
Statutory regulation will effectively mean that practitioners supplying unlicensed herbal medicines are considered "authorised healthcare professionals" under EU medicines law. Thus they qualify for an exemption under Article 5(1) of the Human Medicinal Products Directive (2001/83/EC), allowing them to commission unlicensed herbal medicines to meet the special needs of their individual patients.
A formal consultation exercise will take place on specific legislative proposals for establishing the register and proposed reforms of medicines legislation later in 2011. Subject to Parliamentary procedures, the Department of Health aims to have the legislation in place in 2012.
For more details and an outlook on the challenges & tasks ahead while the statutory register is established, please see the APA News Update which will be on our website very shortly.
Kind regards
Ayurvedic Practitioners Association
Representing Ayurvedic Practitioners throughout the UK
info@apa.uk.com
www.apa.uk.com
The Secretary of State for Health has announced in a Ministerial Statement issued on 16 February 2011 by the UK Department of Health that the Health Professions Council (HPC) has been asked to establish a statutory register for practitioners supplying unlicensed herbal medicines.
The announcement came together with the publication of the analysis report of the 2009 public consultation by the four UK Health Departments, which had sought views on statutory regulation of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. This report shows that a clear majority (85%) of over 6000 consultation responses were in favour of statutory regulation of these professions. However, according to the Ministerial Statement, the statutory register will only be established for "practitioners supplying unlicensed herbal medicines". Acupuncturists have not been included in the proposal.
Statutory regulation will effectively mean that practitioners supplying unlicensed herbal medicines are considered "authorised healthcare professionals" under EU medicines law. Thus they qualify for an exemption under Article 5(1) of the Human Medicinal Products Directive (2001/83/EC), allowing them to commission unlicensed herbal medicines to meet the special needs of their individual patients.
A formal consultation exercise will take place on specific legislative proposals for establishing the register and proposed reforms of medicines legislation later in 2011. Subject to Parliamentary procedures, the Department of Health aims to have the legislation in place in 2012.
For more details and an outlook on the challenges & tasks ahead while the statutory register is established, please see the APA News Update which will be on our website very shortly.
Kind regards
Ayurvedic Practitioners Association
Representing Ayurvedic Practitioners throughout the UK
info@apa.uk.com
www.apa.uk.com
Friday, February 11, 2011
Article from The Times of India
Ancient Ayurveda now in Cds
BHUBANESWAR: Suffering from arthritis? You can now have a ready reckoner in the form of a CD with the medical advice culled from the ancient texts of India. Madhava Chikitsa, Vaidya Kalpalata, Vaidya Sarvaswa and Ayurveda Ratna, some of the treasures of Ayurvedic literature, are now available in digital format.
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) recovered these rare manuscripts from individuals and organisations from across the state and converted them into CD and DVD form for future use.
"Orissa has a huge collection of manuscripts on the goodness of ancient Ayurveda. Unfortunately, a large number of Ayurvedic texts lie unexplored and trapped in palm-leaves, which are decaying. Many unique and valuable information contained in these texts are being lost, so we decided to preserve them in CDs," said deputy director of CCRAS, M M Padhi.
He further said, the institute is also planning to set up a manuscript library to preserve these rare documents.
Around 2,000 manuscripts have already been catalogued and around 1,000 among them have been digitised, said Padhi.
Besides palm leaf manuscripts, many paper and metal manuscripts were also recovered. The manuscripts were found in individual and organisational possession in different districts of Cuttack, Khurda, Puri, Nayagarh, Bhadrak and Jajpur.
"The main aim of the project is to preserve the oldest record of medicinal theories and applied utilities available in the manuscripts. From the manuscripts, many rare texts describing the treatment of arthritis, asthma, piles, chronic wound were found. They were written by vaidyas hundreds of years back. Similarly, Vaidya Kalpalata is a rare script that describes many proven and tested treatment procedures," said nodal officer of the project, Bikartan Das.
Niranjan Brahma, an individual collector from Puri, said, "From these manuscripts it is evident how rich was Orissa in Ayurveda. Many of these texts are still unpublished, while a huge quantity was damaged in disasters like floods and cyclone and due to lack of proper care."
BHUBANESWAR: Suffering from arthritis? You can now have a ready reckoner in the form of a CD with the medical advice culled from the ancient texts of India. Madhava Chikitsa, Vaidya Kalpalata, Vaidya Sarvaswa and Ayurveda Ratna, some of the treasures of Ayurvedic literature, are now available in digital format.
The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) recovered these rare manuscripts from individuals and organisations from across the state and converted them into CD and DVD form for future use.
"Orissa has a huge collection of manuscripts on the goodness of ancient Ayurveda. Unfortunately, a large number of Ayurvedic texts lie unexplored and trapped in palm-leaves, which are decaying. Many unique and valuable information contained in these texts are being lost, so we decided to preserve them in CDs," said deputy director of CCRAS, M M Padhi.
He further said, the institute is also planning to set up a manuscript library to preserve these rare documents.
Around 2,000 manuscripts have already been catalogued and around 1,000 among them have been digitised, said Padhi.
Besides palm leaf manuscripts, many paper and metal manuscripts were also recovered. The manuscripts were found in individual and organisational possession in different districts of Cuttack, Khurda, Puri, Nayagarh, Bhadrak and Jajpur.
"The main aim of the project is to preserve the oldest record of medicinal theories and applied utilities available in the manuscripts. From the manuscripts, many rare texts describing the treatment of arthritis, asthma, piles, chronic wound were found. They were written by vaidyas hundreds of years back. Similarly, Vaidya Kalpalata is a rare script that describes many proven and tested treatment procedures," said nodal officer of the project, Bikartan Das.
Niranjan Brahma, an individual collector from Puri, said, "From these manuscripts it is evident how rich was Orissa in Ayurveda. Many of these texts are still unpublished, while a huge quantity was damaged in disasters like floods and cyclone and due to lack of proper care."
Last day of internship - a short impression
Today is the last day of the internship. The day started with the usual singing of sutra's and a lst part of a lesson on leech therapy. Then followed by individual evaluation talks of all the students with Dr. Vijith. This afternoong we will finish the 3 weeks with a Certificate of Completion ceremony.
Last night we went to the nearby Shiva temple, where Dr. Vijith explained us few things and we did a round of prayers and singing of sutra's.
Also last night we made group pictures, as one participant from the UK already had to leave late at night for a flight back to Europe.
And after that we set up our 'semi-professional filmstudio' for further shootings of video classes with Dr. Vijith - an ongoing project on Shad Padartha and the first 15 chapters of Asthanga Hridayam.
Tomorrow on to Fort Cochin and Monday off to Delhi/Rishikesh!
We will keep you updated,
Coen
Last night we went to the nearby Shiva temple, where Dr. Vijith explained us few things and we did a round of prayers and singing of sutra's.
Also last night we made group pictures, as one participant from the UK already had to leave late at night for a flight back to Europe.
And after that we set up our 'semi-professional filmstudio' for further shootings of video classes with Dr. Vijith - an ongoing project on Shad Padartha and the first 15 chapters of Asthanga Hridayam.
Tomorrow on to Fort Cochin and Monday off to Delhi/Rishikesh!
We will keep you updated,
Coen
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Ayurveda in The New York Times!
For everyone who is interested in how Ayurveda has its own ways of spreading through the world, and reaching the main stream public - for good or for bad - here is a link to a nice article in the New York Times, about a model who turned 'guru' in the filed of yoga and ayurveda!!!
"Hot or Not? A Model Turned Guru on What to Eat
YOGI CAMERON thought I was hot. Which, I figured, was a flattering thing to hear from a man whose cheekbones used to earn him thousands of dollars a day.
Alas, he did not mean it as a compliment. Yogi Cameron, whose given name is Cameron Alborzian, was talking about the three types of energy that tend to show up in the human body, according to the principles of ayurveda: an earthy energy known as kapha, an airy one called vata, and a fiery one, pitta. Mr. Alborzian had taken a look at my face, soon after we’d sat down for lunch at Szechuan Gourmet on West 39th Street, and had determined that I was overflowing with pitta. My vata was in the red zone, too. "
Read on....
"Hot or Not? A Model Turned Guru on What to Eat
YOGI CAMERON thought I was hot. Which, I figured, was a flattering thing to hear from a man whose cheekbones used to earn him thousands of dollars a day.
Alas, he did not mean it as a compliment. Yogi Cameron, whose given name is Cameron Alborzian, was talking about the three types of energy that tend to show up in the human body, according to the principles of ayurveda: an earthy energy known as kapha, an airy one called vata, and a fiery one, pitta. Mr. Alborzian had taken a look at my face, soon after we’d sat down for lunch at Szechuan Gourmet on West 39th Street, and had determined that I was overflowing with pitta. My vata was in the red zone, too. "
Read on....
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