Pitta

Two principles reign supreme while a patient is being treated using the Siddha form of medication. The first crucial principle is to ensure that the three humours that govern the functioning of the human body have to be brought in sync. These three humours or faculties are vatha or wind, pitta or bile, and kapha or phlegm.

Ayurveda is primarily used for overall maintenance of human health through reduction of stress and improvement in strength and stamina. It is practiced through yoga and meditation that have proven to be effective in many diseases. Ayurveda must be practiced with suitable diet that plays a major role in maintaining good human health.

Ayurveda is a holistic medical stream that lays stress on the prevention of diseases and longevity of human life. It finds its mention in ancient Indian scriptures written 5,000 years ago. It works wonders on not only human body but also helps in spiritual healing. Ayurveda has been handed down to us through verbal propagation through ages. Since writing was not developed in ancient times, the wisdom of Ayurveda was taught and assimilated as part of the spiritual tradition of Vedic Religion.

Ayurveda is one of the oldest healing medical sciences. It has originated from India’s ancient Vedic culture and was popularized in an informal way from learned masters to their disciples. Interestingly, the natural healing systems of Homeopathy and Polarity Therapy owe their emergence to Ayurveda.

The term Ayurveda comprises two Sanskrit words – ‘Ayur’ and ‘Veda’. These words connote ‘Life’ and ‘Knowledge’ respectively thus constituting the meaning of Ayurveda as ‘Knowledge of Life’. Hence, Ayurveda is a health philosophy that believes in the principle of curative and preventive measures for achieving physical, mental and spiritual well-being to the optimum. Over the past 50 centuries, Ayurveda has undergone comprehensive developments in its evolution as a reliable and all-inclusive health science India, the place of its birth.