Human health and the Dosha
Ayurveda is already well known in Europe. Still, its popularity is greater with regard to the medical side of Ayurveda. People understand that this Eastern medicine can cure any disease without causing side effects, so they seek the help of the Ayurvedic specialists. Their reason to turn to this medicine is understandable.
The religion and philosophy, underlying in Ayurveda, which have developed its medical part thousands of years ago in India, can‘t be perceived quickly and easily by the Western type of people. They just want to be healthy and that is why they turn to Ayurveda practically. Because it can cure even diseases that the Western medicine has taken for chronic.
At the same time, by following the recommendations of the Ayurveda specialists, patients in Europe start changing their lifestyle, which is a step towards the adoption of the Ayurvedic view of life and way of thinking. And so the culture of Ayurveda enters and spreads in Europe. This is becoming more and more tangible because in many European countries the Ayurvedic clinics work with licensed Indian teams of specialists such as the Ayurveda Clinic Bansko; institutes are being established, trainings are being organized.
The starting point in the philosophy of Ayurveda is the unity of Man and Nature that exist under the Universal laws. The needs and functions of the organism are consistent with the processes, cycles, rhythm of nature during the day, at night, during different seasons. By understanding this, one begins to think globally and live simply.
However, the concept of “natural” doesn’t cover entirely the Ayurveda’s understanding of the way of life. The Ayurveda people believe that person is born with three vital energies, as each one of them is responsible for a certain type of processes and functions. The energies Vata, Kapha and Pitta are in a unique ratio for every person, as the predominant one in the equilibrium, defines the Dosha of the person. This defines all physiological and psychological characteristics of the specific person, what his diet should be, the nutrition, even his predisposition to diseases. So the Dosha is a key concept of health and it can be defined by an Ayurveda specialist, for example, you can visit Ayurveda Clinic Sofia, where the team consists only of Indian doctors and therapists.
Self-control
The Ayurveda culture includes not only the biological activities /eating, movement, resting through various activities, sleep/, but also the psyche and way of thinking. Ayurveda people believe that the physiology, emotions and consciousness are inextricably linked and interact with each other.
The negative emotions and thoughts, especially if they have been suppressed for a long time, affect directly the organs, accordingly. For example, sadness causes asthma, apathy affects badly the throat and voice, long suppressed insult causes gastritis and ulcers, the liver suffers from the anger and so on. The negative thoughts are also very harmful, because they are also bad energy. It not only makes our organs sick but it can also be passed on to food, and from the food – to the person who consumes it, as that can make him sick. It is not a coincidence that cooking requires both hygiene of the clothes, room, vessels, and the purity of thoughts and feelings. The dishes have to be prepared with love, with a bright mood in order to be preserved their energy and the food to be useful and not bad for the health. All this requires self-control of emotions and thinking, which is in the core of the Ayurvedic culture. Here we come to another characteristic of this Eastern medicine – the good intention and attitude towards other people, as well as to the environment that surrounds us as an attitude, conscious necessity. Of course, for the Ayurveda culture can be said much more, as it provides to people long and happy life without illnesses. A study carried out in the USA, for example, shows that the medical expenses of people who started to apply Ayurveda methods in their everyday life, at a certain stage of their life, reduced 12,5 times lower than average, simply because they had less need to visit the doctor. So, if timely and properly applied the Ayurveda culture is also an effective prevention of disease.