Growing Popularity of Indian Medicine

India is the cradle of Human Race;blood circulation was discovered by them centuries
The birthplace of human speech;before Harvey was heard of."
The mother of history;The four main Vedas are the Main Scriptures and the
The grandmother of legend andTreasures of Knowledge. One veda of the four deals
The great-grandmother of tradition.with the branch of medicine and Tantra called as
Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in theAtharvana veda. The Medicinal branch of Atharvana
history of man are treasured up in India only. (SaidVeda is called Ayur Veda meaning the science of life
Mark Twain)which is said to have the prevention, treatment and
I pay my humble respects to all our forefathers whocure for all the diseases under the Sun. Fathers of
gave us this proud legacy to bear and thus anIndian Medicine Charaka & Susruta in their literary
opportunity to share my views on Growing Popularityworks have explored this Veda and have set the bible
of Indian Medicine.for Indian Medicine. The Presiding God for Ayur Veda
The world of today is scientifically, technologically,is Dhanvantri - the incarnation of Sriman Narayana
educationally advanced and the developments aroundwho emerged from the milky-sea on Churning with the
us are in leaps and bounds. While Communication"Amrit" - the eternal life Potion - Symbolically
Technology has reached its peak of performance andrepresenting long-life.
efficiency and has shrunk this vast world into aModern day methods of "treating symptoms" gives us
palm-top; Science has leapt many light-years and havea mythical air of cure and eventually lands in
started to explore opportunities in the Universal Spacere-infection and re-treatment. The chemicals used in
beyond.this sort of a treatment causes side-effects and the
The greatest Think-tanks of the globe have reached'patients' parade to the medical practitioners for years
their Peter's Plateau and on these cross-roads, theytogether for treatment of the chain reactions.
are surprised to note that their so-called inventions andThe essential difference in Ayurveda is the
innovations are just re-discoveries of what our greatmethodology of the treatment. While Allopathic
forefathers have recorded in their Vedic Scripts. Moretreatments concentrate on symptomatic therapy,
astonishing is the fact that while this rapidity andAyurvedic therapy focuses on the root-cause of the
advancements have brought Global Warming,disease and treats to set-right the cause. As the great
Incurable-unfathomable diseases, environmentalTamil Poet Thiruvalluvar Quoted - Ayurveda deals with
deterioration, Space Pollution & even threat ofanalysis of the disease, Finding its root-cause and
extinction as the by-products & side-effects; thetreating the cause.
inventions and methodologies of Indian Vedic ScholarsThe time taken for a cure in this Ayurvedic System
have been without all this negativity.will definitely be longer in comparison to the Allopathic
• Our sages have been able to establish wirelesssystems but it is a wholesome cure and the Revisit
contact from Mind to mind without spoiling theQuotient to the Physician for the same disease is near
Ionosphere and without puncturing the Ozone layer.to Zero. This is the main reason that many of the
• Our Seers have been able to create Pushpakaneo-professionals in the medicinal field resort to
Vimana - the marvel of engineering technology withoutAyurveda -our Indian medicine for the time-tested
polluting the environmentlong-lasting cure.
• Our Acharyas like Aryabhatta & BhaskaraThe most -important reason behind the growing
introduced 0 and decimal system to the rest of thepopularity of Ayurveda that acts as the magnetic
world. Albert Einstein said that "without India the worldforce of attraction is that Ayurveda treats Body &
would have been devoid of the knowledge to count"Mind as a whole-some unit. Yoga, Medidation,
• Our astronomers were able to mathematicallyAnointings, Herbal cure, Hygiene-specifications, Dietary
calculate the distance between Earth and otherRegulations, the tri-dosha management - the
planets; the mass of earth; mass of Sun; time formanagement of vata, pittha and Kaba takes
revolution of earth, Sun and other planets; eclipses toAyurveda to reach Himalayan Heights.
decimal precisions without spending on space voyagesThe Intelligentsia of the globe has realized the
and research institutes. It would be surprising to noteuniqueness and effectiveness of Indian medicine. It is in
that they had mastered the art of letting their mindthe hands of this generation of ours to understand the
travel the space to find the truths.value of the legacy inherited by us - appreciate its
• Our Charaka Samhita and Susruta Samhita talkwholesome beauty, preserve its richness and pass it
about cosmetic Plastic Surgeries when the rest of theon to the generations next to bring back peace, health
world was declaring that "Rats were born from rottenand harmony to this world. Let's re-pledge ourselves
bread"towards this goal so that we have our heads high on
The Scholastic world of today is looking back to theour shoulders when we say:-
Indian pages of Medical Scriptures. As a Learned"India is my country. I love my country and I am proud
Scholar rightly: "Gravitation was known to the Hindusof its rich and varied heritage.
(Indians) before the birth of Newton. The system of