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Lord
Brahma, the creator according to Hindu mythology created this earth in six
days. It included plants, animals and natural resources. But as the time
progressed there were lots of miseries on earth and people were sufferings
with so many diseases. Seeing this Brahma- the Creator laid the foundation
of ayurveda, which slowly descended to earth.
Ayurveda means science of life. This is a science that not only deals with
the treatment of the diseased condition but also teaches us with the various
methodologies that are essential to carry out a healthy and happy living.
These methods are time tested and uncountable people have gained extreme
benefits from wonders of ayurveda.
As Ayurveda has a divine origin, it is considered as holistic science that
is blessed by God. Some of the various sages have contributed there whole
life in spreading the magic of ayurveda in this world that is suffering from
various ailments and sorrows. The main motto behind spreading this divine
knowledge was to make people achieve the contented life essential for
healthy and peaceful livings.
Besides roaming as nomads to spread the knowledge, they wrote many books.
Books like Charka Samhita, Susruta Samhita and Ashtaang samgraha are
considered as the pillars of ayurvedic world. These books or the
encyclopedias of ayurveda contain an invaluable knowledge that is made after
extensive researches made by these genius sages.
Many people doubt that ayurveda might just be an observatory science and
bears no scientific back drop. But it is a big myth. Ayurveda thought an
observatory science, also bears a deep scientific explanation of all the
procedures and suggestions that are mentioned by it. Medical sciences are
getting surprised with the results they are getting today after the
extensive researches to prove the worth of ayurveda. It is quite astonishing
that those sages carried out such a deep studies about our body and
functioning of various organs of our body without having any facilities and
sophisticated instruments to aid there searches. They applied the basic
fundamentals of vata, pitta and kapha and the five mahabhoota concept to
carry out there research.
Ayurveda consist of eight parts, these are known as Asht-aang (eight parts).
These are as follows.
· Medicine (kaya chikitsa)
· Surgery (shalya chikitsa)
· ENT and eye (shalakya chikitsa)
· Psychiatry (bhoot vidya)
· Pediatrics (baal tantra)
· Toxicology (agad tantra)
· Science of rejuvenations (rasayna)
· Aphrodisiac life (bajikarana or vajikarana)
Charka Samhita, the manual of medicine has been originally written by
Acharya Agnivesha. After getting oral teaching from his preacher Punarvasu
Atrey in the form of verses, he composed a book named as Agnivesha Tantra.
This Agnivesha Tantra was then revised by Maharishi Charka and this
eventually became famous. This book is presently known as Charka Samhita.
This book contains 8 chapters named as
· Sutra sthana
· Nidan sthana
· Vimana sthana
· Sharira sthana
· Indriya sthana
· Chikitsa sthana
· Kalpa sthana
· Siddhi sthana
Charka Samhita is not just a medicinal or a treatment book; it also explains
the ways to increase the living standards and to attain a lifestyle that
will keep you away from sorrows and miseries. According to Charka Samhita
ayurveda has two basic principles
(a) To maintain the health of a healthy individual
(b) To treat a diseased person.
Complete ayurvedic world works on these two lines, to give support to the
people devastated from there miseries (both physical and mental).
Besides these, Charka Samhita also contains a detailed explanation of
various herbs used in preparing ayurvedic medicines. As ayurveda is based on
the remedies provided by natural resources (plant and animal sources),
Charka mentioned everything about them in detail. Even the methods of taking
them as medicine or as food are also mentioned separately in a well
explanatory fashion. Various regimens are also present that have the
tendency to make you disease free and socially acclaimed. These are divided
into four categories. These are
(a) Day regimen
(b) Night regimen
(c) Diet regimen
(d) Behavioral regimen.
The focus of ayurveda is not just on the growth of an individual but also to
work for upliftment of the whole society to make it a better place to live.
Ayurveda also contains detailed methods of examining a patient, various
examinations like ten fold examination, 8 fold examination and 3 fold
examinations are done to reach to a consensus and to diagnose cause of a
disease. Wonder of panchakarma is also a gift of ayurveda that is very
famous in western part of this world.
So long but yet so short. Ayurveda is end less. Even to define ayurveda in
an article is a very difficult job. This article carries a brief idea that
ayurveda wants to present to this world. World of ayurveda is full of
happiness and peace. Let us come together to explore this beautiful gift
that Mother Nature has left for us. Come and join hands with ayurveda and
the real pleasure of healthy living.
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