What is Ayurveda?

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For more than five thousand years, the science of life or Ayurveda began for healing, medicine, and overall wellness. In Ayurvedic treatments, the use of herbal plants, minerals, and essential oils are used for specific purposes. It can be used for headaches, anxiety, and for other conditions. However, the main point of Ayurveda is to balance the body, mind, and the senses. It is also used for comforting the spirit and making you feel relaxed.

Ayurveda uses natural herbs and spices which can be added to your diet to give your body energy. It uses your senses, especially in taste, to help your body heal itself. Vegetables, fruits, legumes, and grains are incorporated into your diet. However, Ayurveda is personalized and customized for each person depending on your body type. Everyone has a different body type that establishes a person’s physical traits, behavior, body response, and psychological characteristics.

Each body type has five elements which are water, air, earth, space, and fire. These five elements create the fundamental principles of our senses. When the body is feeling stuck, sick, or blocked; Ayurveda can help balance these elements with our senses of touch, sight, smell, and taste. You can use Ayurveda as a supplemental approach for your body, mind, and spirit. Before you begin Ayurveda consult with your doctor.

Add Ayurveda gradually into your lifestyle. You can begin Ayurveda by eating mindfully, intermittent fasting, yoga, massage, and using essential oils in aromatherapy. Ayurveda can also be used for skin care, hair care, and sexual health. Furthermore, adding Ayurveda to your nutrition can help you with your digestive system, immune system, and central nervous system. It can help you with your sleep and improve your mood.

If you do not know where to begin with Ayurveda, you can add some spices to your food such as ginger, curry, cumin, rosemary, fenugreek, black pepper, turmeric, cardamom, fennel, coriander, other herbs. As well as herbal teas. Each spice used in your nutrition helps balance your body. Another way is by using essential oils in your bath or shower. Always consult with your doctor before using essential oils, adding spices to your diet, and doing intermittent fasting.

Ayurveda is beneficial for your overall wellness. Moreover, Ayurveda can make you feel calm and feel better. You will feel better physically and mentally. It can be added to any lifestyle and as a supplementary treatment for your health. Here are resources about Ayurveda. 

The Basics of Ayurveda-A Brief History and Overview-The Art of Living: 

The Basics of Ayurveda: A Brief History and Overview | The Art of Living

What is Ayurvedic Food, Can it Cure a Disease-Lifestyle Health-English Manorama:

What is Ayurvedic food, can it cure a disease? | Lifestyle Health | English Manorama (onmanorama.com)

Ayurvedic Medicine-In Depth-NCCIH:

Ayurvedic Medicine: In Depth | NCCIH (nih.gov)

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