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Modern medicine has provided many new treatments for serious diseases. However some conditions have unfortunately eluded the grasp of contemporary western medicine, In addition, rising costs of nearly all treatments have placed modern healthcare beyond the reach of many. The drugs that routinely fill pharmacy shelves of post-industrialized nations remain inaccessible to the majority of the people in the world.

Modern medicine can and does treat a whole host of illness and diseases, what it fails to address is the fundamental or root cause of these diseases, there are a host of examples, I shall point out a few of the more serious to give the general idea.

Type 2 Diabetes, fairly easy to treat with modern medicine, but little is done to cure the primary causes, excess consumption of high suger processed foods, excess consumption of high energy food, leading in turn to obesity, type 2 diabetes, is a man made ailment that claims so many lives through further complications, and yet is so easy to prevent

Numerous Heart Conditions, Again high levels of success with modern medicine, again little is done to treat the root cause or in prevention.

Many types of cancer are now treatable, again little is done to prevent these conditions

Truth is the above diseases are widely termed man made diseases, these conditions are largely unknown in many parts of the World, being modern or new diseases our systems have not yet had a chance to build any natural immunity against them.

Populations in many areas of the globe use natural medicine, also called botanical medicine or Ayurvedic medicine, as the principal means of healthcare and prevention Ayurvedic medicine is the use of natural plant substances not only to treat illness, but also prevent sickness. Based upon thousands of years of experience, Ayurvedic medicine provides an alternative to modern medicine, making healthcare more available to all.

The majority of the world's population uses herb products as a primary source of medicine. While some regulating authorities fear the consequences of unrestricted herbal remedy use, ayurvedic medicine offers a degree of hope to some patients whose disease states do not respond favorably to modern drugs. More often, however, ayurvedic remedies are used to treat the common ailments of daily living like indigestion, sleeplessness, or the common cold. A resurgence in interest in herbal medicine has occurred in the West as medical experts have begun to recognize the potential benefit of many herbaland plant extracts. So popular has herbal and ayurvedic medicine become that scientific clinical studies of the effectiveness and proper dosing of some ayurvedic medicines are being investigated.

Ayurvedic medicine recognizes the medicinal value of plants and plant structures such as roots, stems, bark, leaves, and reproductive structures like seeds and flowers. To some, ayurvedic medicine may seem to be on the fringes of medical practice. In reality, ayurvedic medicine has been in existence since ancient times and is far more prevalent in some countries than is modern health-care.

 The use of herbs ground into powders, filtered into extracts, mixed into salves, and steeped into teas has provided the very foundation upon which modern medicine is derived. Indeed, herbal medicine is the history of modern medicine. Many modern drugs are compounds that are derived from plants whose pharmacological effects on humans had been observed long before their mechanisms of action were known.

There are numerous examples known to us all, a common example being aspirin. Aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid, is a compound found in the bark of the willow tree. Aspirin, now sold widely without prescription, is an effective analgesic, or pain reliever, and helps to control mild swelling and fever. While aspirin is synthetically produced today, willow bark containing aspirin was used as an herbal remedy long before chemical synthesis techniques were available. Similarly, the modern cardiac drug digitalis is derived from the leaves of the purple foxglove plant, Digitalis purpurea. Foxglove was an herbal known to affect the heart long before it was used in modern scientific medicine. Many analgesics are derived from the notorious opium poppy.

The herb Ephedra sinica has a potent chemical within its structures called ephedrine. Ephedrine is a powerful stimulant of the sympathetic nervous system, causing widespread physiological effects such as widening of breathing passages, constriction of blood vessels, increased heart rate, and elevated blood pressure. Ephedrine, whether from ayurveda or modern medication preparations, mimics the effects of adrenaline on the body. Modern medicine has used ephedrine to treat asthma for years. traditional herbal medicine has been using Ephedra to treat disease for many thousands of years.

The term alternative medicine is often used to describe treatments for disease that do not conform to modern medical practices, including herbal medicine. Alternative medicine includes things such as apitherapy, the use of bee stings to treat neurological diseases. Apitherapy is used by some to treat multiple sclerosis, a degenerative nerve disease that can cripple or blind its victims. Also, alternative medicine includes scientifically unfounded therapies such as kinesiology (the healing properties of human touch), acupuncture, aromatherapy, meditation, massage therapy, and homeopathy. Aromatherapy and homeopathy are closely related to Ayurvedic medicine because they both use botanical, or plant, extracts. Aromatherapy uses the strong odors from essential oils extracted from plants to induce healing and a sense of well being. Homeopathy is the art of healing the sick by using substances capable of causing the same symptoms of a disease when administered to healthy people. Many homeopathic remedies are herbal extracts. Homeopathic medicine has been practiced for over 200 years. The German physician, Samuel Hahnemann, began the practice of homeopathy using herbs in 1796. The philosophy behind this form of herbal medicine is to induce the body to heal itself. The use of herbals in homeopathic treatment follows the unscientific principle of "Let likes be cured by likes."

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Examples of ayurvedic medicinal products in wide use today are St. Johns Wort for depression, Echinacea for increased immune function, Saw Palmetto for prostate gland problems in men, and ginkgo biloba for improved mental functioning and headaches. Other forms of herbal medicine in popular culture include herbal teas, like Chamomile tea used to help people who have trouble sleeping and peppermint tea to calm stomach and digestive problems.

Devanāgarī: आयुर्वॆद, the 'science of life'

Devanāgarī: आयुर्वॆद, the 'science of life'

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