Natural Domestic Remedies for a Healthy Long Life (Blessings from Ayurveda)

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This marvellous Book is a "Must" reading for everyone who wants to be Happy and Healthy with minimal expense. Author: Prof. Dr. B.B. Puri deserves hearty Congratulation in producing this gem of a book Title Natural Domestic Herbal Remedies for a Healthy Long Life (Spiritual Laws of Ayurveda Knowledge) for the benefit of modern age readers to instil an awareness of Ancient Philosophy packed with practical present time life style applications.

Its 20 Chapters can be divided into 3 sections.

The first 5 Chapters give deep insight into the Vedic Philosophy. The nuggets of wisdom from start to finish show the profundity of Prof. Dr. B.B. Puri's insight into the Philosophy of Vedas.

As he writes in his Words to the reader-

"Living a contented life is an art, a skill and a technique which all of us need to learn and master in order to achieve mental peace, harmony and Healthy life."

In Chapter 2 he emphasizes the importance of proper breathing one must breathe properly to ensure a maximum intake of oxygen for optimal growth and functioning of the body.

In Chapter 4 he quotes a Vedic Sloka in which he highlights the crux of the purpose of man's existence on earth.

When we do not see the object by seeing the immutable behind all objects. When that stage is reached it is easy for a man to realize the unity, the oneness with the whole world.

The next higher stage will be when you are entirely merged in divinity; this is a states of Godliness-Nirvana.

Government of India's Department of Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy (ISM&H) was established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in March, 1995. It was re-named as Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy as AYUSH in November, 2003.

The traditional Indian system of medicine, namely, Ayurveda originating from the two Sanskrit words, ayus, (Life) and veda (Science) which involves dispensing of herbal and plant products in various forms such as powders extracts, decoction etc. dates back to the Vedic period when the first mention of diseases and drugs was found in Rigveda and Yajurveda (i.c. around 2000 B.C.) and the earliest comprehensive description of Ayurveda is available in the Atharva Veda (ie 1600-1000 B.C.), which contains inter alia description of human anatomy, rudiments of classifications of diseases and reference of herbal medicines.

India enjoys the privilege of having time tested traditional systems of medicines based on natural products. Plants based products have been in use for medical, therapeutic and other purposes. The traditional remedies of the ancient world were all natural products.

Ayurvedic practice is health oriented and has an approach of holistic psychosomatic constituents of human body essential for health. Ayurveda is thus gaining prominence as the natural system of health care all over the world. Today this system of medicine is being practiced in our neighbouring countries i.c. Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan, while the traditional system of medicine in other countries of the region like Tibet, Mongolia and Thailand appears to have been derived from Ayurveda. Phytomedicines are also being increasingly used in Western Europe.

Vision-To position AYUSH, systems as the preferred systems of living and practice for providing holistic healthcare for all citizens.

The US Government has established the "Office of Alternative Medicine" at the National Institute of Health at Bethesda and its support to alternative medicines includes basic and applied research in traditional system of medicines such as Chinese, Ayurvedic etc., with a view to assisting the possible integration of effective treatments with modern medicines. It is estimated that the global market for herbal drugs is nearly Rs. 1100 cores per year.

The impact of Ayurvedic practices is established. The knowledge of this traditional medicinal system, which is mostly plant based is tremendous, but the science of Ayurveda is not established. A major lacuna is the lack of drug standardization, information and quality control. Most of the Ayurvedic medicines are in the form of crude extracts, which are a mixture of several ingredients, and the active principles when isolated individually fail to give the desired result.

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