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How Ayurveda can Complement Modern
Healthcare
as our nation is changing
rapidly from a developing to a
developed country. Therefore,
the future of healthcare will be
more focused on preventive and
promotive aspects of health,
and Ayurveda with Yoga can
play a vital role in achieving this
goal as it emphasises a healthy
diet and nutrition (aahara),
Manoranjan Sahu appropriate individual conduct
Former Dean, Ayurveda Faculty, (vihaara) according to daily
IMS, Varanasi and former (dinacharyaa) and seasonal
Director, AIIA, New Delhi regimes (ritucharyaa), and the
implementation of external and
internal purification measures
(panchkarma).
Ayurveda is a pro-
nature system of medicine
that advocates for a holistic,
personalised approach
to treatment rather than
With the evolving socio- disease-centric. It is derived
economic, cultural and from unbiased experiential
geographical dynamics learnings gathered after years
of population, the current of observation and differs from
scenario of healthcare needs the modern system of medicine,
in India is gradually seeing a which rides on the rigours of
shift from communicable and research-based evidence.
infectious diseases to non- However, an integration of the
communicable and lifestyle- modern system of medicine
related disorders like diabetes, and modern scientific tools and
cancer, cardiovascular techniques can improve the
diseases, age-related issues, acceptability and applicability
etc. This phenomenon will of the principles and practices of
further enhance in many folds Ayurveda in this era.
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