Ayurvedam

Ayurvedam is not only the science of preventive health and healing, but also the philosophy of living. It is not merely a system of treating by symptoms; rather curing by removing the cause of malady from the rich legacies left us by Rishis, the holy bards of ancient India. They culled their information from the cosmos, the western medicine sprang from microscopic examination of the Microcosm, Ayurvedam arose from the microscopic examination of the Macrocosm, the sublime embracing silence that contains all knowledge and the sacred memory of all time.
As a treatment method, it is based on the theory of "tridosham" by which we can assess the condition of the body, and can select the drug and method of treatment. In developing the process, Ayurvedam is classified into eight branches - Ashtaangams, namely kaayachikitsa (general medicine), baalachikitsa (paediatrics), grahachikitsa (psychiatry), oordhwangachikitsa (ENT), salyachikitsa (surgery), damshtrachikitsa (toxicology), jarachikitsa (geriatrics) and vrishachikitsa (aphrodisiac treatment).

Ayurvedam has a well-developed materia medica, describing more than 1,500 plants. Apart from other states, Kerala - the green house of India - has developed Ayurvedic system into a mainstream health care system.

Ayurvedam is the Indian vision of health. Its aim is to increase longevity without diseases and to live with the natural health.

Ayurvedam is a science as well as philosophy. As a science it is accepted as a system of medicine and has been practiced in Indian subcontinent since 6000 B.C. Even after this eight millennium the relevance of this medical science still persist not only in India but other countries of the world. WHO has accepted Ayurvedam as a complimentary and alternative system of medicine. Among the alternative systems Ayurvedam is pioneer being the world’s first medical system. In India, government has taken adequate steps to promote this system. As a medical system, education, hospital services, nursing care, dispensaries, clinics, pharmaceuticals etc. are coming under Ayurvedam in India. In other countries, it was accepted as complimentary or alternative system of medicine rather than pure system of medicine.

As a philosophy it can inco-operate with any school of thought, which aim health and longevity. So it includes the fields of Food, Exercises, Sex, Beauty etc. Also it can associate with education, publication, Academic & Research, Business, Tourism etc.