Ayurvedic medicine is a system of diagnosis and treatment, representing longevity and knowledge. In India, they have believed for 2,500 years that the human body represents the entire universe in microcosmic form. We function as organisms by understanding and observing the world around us.
Maintaining a balance of microcosmic body and world.
A relational concept of three principles called doshas, to restore and maintain balance.
Therapies, lifestyles, and natural medicines appropriate for each individual.
There are five elements, Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Wind (space).
We all have these combinations of the elements in each of us, some have more of one than others.
There are three main types of doshas that make up each unique individual.
Practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine know the three main types of dosha. Vata, pitta, and Kapha, together are called tridosha.
1. Vita
Wind (space) and Air combination associated with lightness and dispersion, encompasses the movement of fluid and cells that go thru the body and helps them go to the brain.
People who are influenced by vita are very creative in the arts and can see the beauty of the art right away. They enjoy being busy and get restless right away if they can’t be doing something creative.
2. Pitta “bile”
Fire and Water. The transformation, processing the digestion of food into energy. Pitta is the controlling force of metabolic activities.
These people are doers and if something needs to be done right away consider it done. They don’t stand around waiting but are constantly busy changing something that needs to be done. They are very aggressive and love to be extremely competitive.
3. Kapha (phlegm)
Earth and Water. The body has physical strength, stability, wound healing abilities.
You would describe this person as being stable, with a tranquil personality, but with a body of a rock, heavy and muscular, strong as a bear.
They say the day you are born is the day you get your Parkiti which means you get your doshas. At that time you may receive more of one dosha than another.
At this time you are in balance, meaning all is well when you are born but as time goes by and you get stressed-out with life in general, then you start to get sick because you become unbalanced.
Practitioners say you should not overeat, get plenty of rest, and try not to get over-stressed.
Meditation is highly recommended, to fix the unbalanced condition right away.
The primary focus is to help you stay healthy and prevent your body from falling into unhealthy practices that then make you ill.
They use many remedies to heal the body. They use sound, spices, minerals, gems, colors, and much more to heal the body.
Ayurvedic medicine is to help you stay healthy or to help you heal, and make the necessary changes you need.
The practitioner is there for you and takes your health seriously and if you are not going to take care of your self who else will?
Your ayurvedic practitioner can only do what he/she can to help you, the rest is up to you.