Monday, April 11, 2011

Ayurvedic Plants and their potiential towards Ayurveda

Ayurveda, the ancient Indian therapeutic measure is renowned as one of the major systems of alternative and complimentary medicine. As other herbal systems, greater parts of its medicaments are based on indigenous herbals. And the thorough and fractionate knowledge about the medicinal plant is mandatory for all who is working in the field of ayurveda, in order to identify and select the appropriate plant for a specific disease. In the recent years, the interest in medicinal plants has increased in a great deal.

Ayurvedic medicine originated in the Indian sub continent thousands of years ago. The first documented texts of Ayurveda are approximately 2,000 years old with evidence of a substantial oral tradition, which preceded the written texts.

Ayurvedic Medicine continues to be the main system of health care in India along with modern Western Medicine. Variations of the Ayurvedic tradition are also practiced in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Tibet.

In Ayurvedic Medicine, there are numerous herbs which have been used historically for treating a large variety of ailments. There is not such a sharp distinction between food and medicine in Ayurveda and many herbs are taken daily as part of your meals.

Many of the more common Ayurvedic Herbs have received increased popularity here in the West as their successful use for centuries in Asia has given way to scientific testing proving their healing potential for people world wide.

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