Ayurvedic Medicine

Ayurvedic is a holistic system of medicine from India that uses a constitutional model. Its aim is to provide guidance regarding food and lifestyle so that healthy people can stay healthy and people with health challenges can improve their health.

Ayurveda is an intricate system of healing that originated in India thousands of years ago. We can find historical evidence of Ayurveda in the ancient books of wisdom known as the Vedas. In the Rig Veda, over 60 preparations were mentioned that could be used to assist an individual in overcoming various ailments. The Rig Veda was written over 6,000 years ago, but really Ayurveda has been around even longer than that. Ayurveda is more than just a medical system; it is a Science of Life. We are all part and parcel of nature. Just as the animals and plants live in harmony with nature and utilize the Laws of Nature to create health and balance within their beings, we too, adhere to these very same principles. Therefore, it is fair to say that Ayurveda is a system that helps maintain health in a person, by using the inherent principles of nature to bring the individual back into equilibrium with their true self. In essence Ayurveda has been in existence since the beginning of time because nature’s laws have always governed us.

Ayurveda is made up of two Sanskrit words: “Ayu” which means life and “Veda” which means knowledge of. To know about life is Ayurveda. The Ayurvedic scholar, Charaka, defines “Ayu” or life as comprising of four essential parts, the combination of mind, body, senses and the soul.

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“Maintaining health and managing chronic disease is best achieved by utilizing multiple strategies - helping the many systems in the body stay strong and balanced with naturopathic medicine and attacking the disease process when necessary with allopathic is a great approach to long-term health.”

Dan Williams M.D., Internist, Bridgeport, CT

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