Ayurvigyan : Need of time

Life originated in primordial earth’s conditions, which included a reducing atmosphere in contrast to today’s oxidizing atmosphere. Industrialization has contributed significantly in oxidizing our atmosphere at a rate to cause imbalance in whole eco-structure.

 The primary elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen that go to form the living system, largely existed in different forms than the present. Carbon existed as methane, which now exists as carbon dioxide. Hydrogen existed as hydrogen gas and today it exists as water. Oxygen existed as water and today it exists as oxygen gas. Nitrogen existed as ammonia and today it exists as nitrogen gas.

It is particularly interesting to note that even today in the predominantly oxidizing atmosphere the entire metabolic process of the living system is tuned to create primarily the reducing molecules like NADH, NADPH, etc. to sustain life.

 The vital respiratory action for sustaining life, inevitably produces about 2% of reactive oxygen radicals called free radicals and this is aggravated by modern diet practices and our adverse climatic and ecological condition produced by modern lifestyle. Free radicals damage almost any vital molecules and structures in our body, irreversibly and permanently, causing aging. The body constantly fights through the antioxidant defence systems and antioxidants in food to destroy these free radicals with the help of enzymes like superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, catalase, carotene, vitamins C and E and various other molecules.

Plants being richer source of reduced molecules(antioxidants) is capable of scavenging free radicals and thus provide vital support for life to go on. Also many plants has better healing property over other and Ayurveda has an immense store of knowledge acquired over thousands of years of experience, which plant has better healing capacity for certain organs and for specific diseases.

Problems of medical science is changing dramatically in past decades, we are facing more psychological than physical illness. Also the pattern of physical illness has changed a lot.  Man is dying more due to heart diseases, diabetes, cancers, immune disorders and neuropathies than infections and infestations. We require other types of drugs than mere anti-biotic drugs as life saving drugs and importantly we require drug which can make our life livable than only saving lives. Industrialization and civilizations have contributed a lot in making us comfortable, but we need more to be happy.

So, to integrate modern medicine with traditional ayurvedic knowledge  is the need of the day.

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