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Major Ayurveda Article

The heart of ayurveda is the fine art of pulse reading. It prescribes a wholesome lifestyle, fresh, pure, tasty diets and concoctions from an endless array.

The article, Applying ancient principles to our modern maladies in our Oct-Nov-Dec 2018 issue needs to be read and shared widely. It can lead toward much relief for oneself, and restore one's natural joy of living.

Ayurveda is powerfully presented in this masterpiece by reporter extraordinaire, Rajiv Malik (pictured above). One source of ayurveda's effectiveness is that it diagnoses and treats the whole person, including his or her spiritual nature.

Rather than simply fixing a symptom or ailment in isolation, it seeks to restore a deep inner balance to the person from which health and well-being will naturally return. For example, Dr. Naram, the ayurvedic master with a grand vision who is the focus of the article, says about autism,

Autism is causing so much grief in the West and, from the point of view of allopathy, it is difficult to understand what causes it. Based on pulse reading, I have observed that when the immune system is attacked, the nervous system gets inflamed and the impulses of the brain do not pass on to the senses. Intelligence is there, but there is an inability to express. We feel that taking high levels of medication during pregnancy can be a cause, as can smoking, drinking and consumption of tamasic food, i.e., meat and food that is highly processed or fermented, frozen or canned. Westerners take to such a diet in a big way. Now nonresident Indians do also, and their children are suffering from autism.”

Good news is that, from ayurveda's point of view, most ailments we think we are victims of, we can deal with if we adjust our perspectives and living habits and customs. Sometimes the cure or the amelioration is simple to attain, and most often even pleasant.

Here is another example. We tend to think of high blood pressure as an uncontrollable demon. But ayurveda prescribes a relatively simple cure: refine our diet to include more fresh vegetables and fruit, get plenty of sleep and exercise, lean toward simpler, worry-free living, strive for harmony, calm down, do yoga, meditate... There's more to it, but basically, that's it.

Dr. Naram's remarkable knowledge, the scope of her work and vision show the power of this Indian system of medicine. It is amazingly efficacious and relatively inexpensive. Its cures are non invasive, free of side-effects and pleasant, by and large.

Dr. Naram gives us more, such as eating only when hungry. "People feed themselves, hungry or not, because their life is moving in tandem with the needle of the clock. When we eat without being hungry, we are unable to digest the food properly, and this creates toxins in the body.

“Today, we are exposed to environmental pollution in a very big way, We consume fertilizers ... and take in much too much junk food."

And, oh yes, ayurveda's deepest essence is wisdom and spirituality. Before starting their day, Dr. Naram and her staff perform puja, "so we can help people with their health problems. When we pick an herb, we pray to the plant. It is a very religious process. The spirit of spirituality is there in all our ayurveda practitioners and therapists. It is part of our culture at Ayushakti (Dr. Naram's main clinic in Mumbai) to pray to God before we treat patients. I first come and pray in the small shrine in my examination room. I pray to Lord Dhanvantri [the God of Healing]."