Ayurveda or Allopathy | What should be preferred

More and more people are realizing the importance of Ayurveda in the permanent cure of chronic diseases. In this article we encourage a debate on Allopathy versus Ayurveda. Ayurveda is an Indian form of medicine, whose origins go back to more than 6,000 years. Allopathy is a much recent, western form of medicine and has the highest reach and patronage in the world. Allopathy uses chemicals and synthetics to cure an ailment, while Ayurveda uses herbs. Ayurvedic medicines do contain chemicals of course, but they are all naturally derived.

Allopathy is definitely preferred when there is an emergency where the medicines actually quell the symptoms and makes the patient feel a bit better. Ayurveda instead addresses the root of the disease and it cannot be used on a dying patient. People, who fail in Allopathy, rush to Ayurveda, hoping for a miracle. It never works that way.

Ayurveda works on the principle that every living being, every individual, every human being is a bundle of three energies called the Vata, Pitta and Kapha. This is more of quantum physics where energy is matter and vice versa. Einstein's theory was known to the Indian practitioners 5,000 years ago. And this is quoted in the Advaita. Every treatment is holistic and ensures a balance of the three energies in the human body. For this very reason, Ayurveda does not have any side effects. On the other hand every single drug in Allopathy has side effects, which varies for every individual. Treatments  in Allopathy are generic, For instance high body temperature or fever is always addressed with paracetamol. But in Ayurveda, the treatment will be different for each and every person, depending on their bodies.

For this very reason, it is very important to consult only well experienced Ayurvedic physicians. Care should be taken to not fall prey to several of these new Ayurvedic treatment centers. Yes, it is estimated that the Ayurveda system uses 2,000 plants and there are over 350,000 formulations. No ayurvedic physician with a recent certification will be competent enough to handle the science well. Impossible. Because Ayurveda is now getting very popular there are a lot of quacks too who start practicing Ayurveda after displaying some mint leaves and a few nuts on their investigation table. This actually brings us to the importance of the Guru-Shishya parampara of the olden days. It is heartening to note that the system is still in vogue in the State of Kerala, in India, especially for Ayurvedic learning. 

Ayurveda is an Indian form of medicine, and over 65% of the Indian population, are known to be trusting Ayurveda. Some researchers say it is almost 70%. One of the reasons is that Ayurveda does not have a systemized, standardized set of treatment, for all the people because Ayurveda is a treatment that is different for every individual.

Something that needs to be considered is the body's built-in immune system. Use of antibiotics results in the permanent damage to the immune system, by making them resistant to allopathic drugs. Ayurveda on the other hand, increases the immunity and expels the disease permanently. Something that needs a thought over here is that you and me of course was made, we were made out of one single cell, and this cell had enough intelligence to multiple and make a nose, two eyes, two ears, two hands, a mouth, tongue, two legs, a respiratory system, a cardio-vascular system, a digestive system and what not. This means that every cell in the human body is more than capable of taking care of itself as long as a balance of the energies are maintained. This is exactly what the Ayurvedic system does. It balances the energies of the human body. If that is the case, what about babies who are born with physical abnormalities. Physical deformities and abnormalities in new born babies are because of genetic chromosomal and environmental disorders. Rather than questioning the process of life formation, we need to explore the parent's lifestyle. What did they do to deliver such a single cell to start off with? Allopathy only manages a disease, while Ayurveda cures a disease, for life, permanently.

Let's take a look at the reality – Ayurvedic treatments are slow?

Answer is NO. This is just a misconception that it takes Ayurveda longer to heal.

What then makes people believe Ayurveda is slower than Allopathy?

This is purely because of our mindset. When all else fails, we view Ayurveda as a last option so we have given up considering some other alternative. At this time, our body parts will have been damaged by the chemicals we had already taken, so our body would now have to recover from these side effects first.

In fact, Ayurveda deals with the root cause of the illness or disorder we are facing and not only treats the illness but also provides lifelong immunity for the patient. The time taken to heal an Ayurvedic illness often depends on how much imbalance the patient is holding (treating the entire body) and how long.

In the view of allopathic and ayurvedic medicine the idea of the illness and diagnosis are entirely contradictory. Without lessening the value of allopathic medicine, particularly in emergency situations. One should look forward definitely to a holistic approach, Ayurveda, which treats the individual as a whole.

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