Ayurveda is India’s traditional system of medicine that has been practiced for more than 5,000 years and takes an integrated approach toward treating and preventing illness. Ayurveda calls upon a variety of natural therapies and lifestyle changes to restore imbalance or stress in the body and spirit believed to cause illness.

Brief History of Ayurveda
Ayurveda has roots in ancient Hinduism where these medical practices were passed down orally from generation to generation until finally being documented in two Sanskrit texts called the Caraka Samhita and Susruta Samhita, generally regarded as the first writings on Ayurveda.

Although Ayurveda is an ancient form of holistic medicine, it remains the main medical system in India, despite the growing popularity of Western medicine throughout the country. Most major Indian cities are host to both ayurvedic colleges and hospitals. Ayurvedic medicine is also practiced regularly in Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Ayurveda Health Principles
At its essence, ayurveda is based on the theory that everything in the universe is interconnected. Human beings are connected with one another as well as their physical environment, thus the balance within each person and their relationship to their environment as a whole must be carefully maintained—imbalance, whether it’s physical, emotional, mental or spiritual causes unhealthy reactions by the body. Illness then, is the result of not being harmony with the universe.

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