Unique Features of Ayurveda
Treats the root cause of the disease: in Ayurveda, while treating a disease, the individual is taken into consideration and not only the condition of the body, but the consideration of his mind and soul. Modern medicine focuses on the symptoms, Ayurveda wants to understand what caused this imbalance of the body that furthered into disease.
Medicines are free from toxicity: Most Ayurvedic medicines derive from herbs and plants
The same treatments can be done for the diseased as well as the healthy: all Ayurvedic medicines and massages can be used simultaneously both by the patients as well as healthy people. In patients, they cure the disease and in health individuals, they produce immunity against disease and thereby preserve health
Psychosomatic concept of diseases: diseases according to Ayurveda are not considered as exclusively psychic or somatic. In Ayurvedic treatment, its for the body and the mind.
Emphasis on preventative medicine: If mental, personal and public hygiene is exercised, diseases can be safely avoided. Discipline, decency and devotion help maintain the equilibrium of body and mind and develop resistance power to fight any disease.
Yoga and Ayurveda: Yoga is an integral part of Ayurveda. Yoga releases stress from the modern environment and Ayurvedic practices restore his hormonal and functional normalcy. Yoga is an exercise for the body and mind.