The Importance Of Integrative Health

The healthcare world is moving form treatment to prevention. Integrative health is a huge way to make preventive care successful and long lasting. The practice of Ayurveda specifically, teaches people to practice self-care according to their inherent needs. Moreover, it helps create a sense of self physically, emotionally, mentally, socially, spiritually, and environmentally. All of which allow for a more purposeful and fulfilling life. If someone is living a healthy life style then disease and illness becomes rare. It is exactly the point of Ayurveda to keep people healthy and in balance. These effects do not just give people a longer more fulfilled life but also will overflow into the economy and environment.
The principles of Ayurveda address …show more content…
The stem cell research compared with the classification of a person through Dosas is just proof in how much there is to be learned about Ayurveda and other traditional methods. The stem cell research is new to me and I am coming from a place of little wisdom on studies such as the Human Genome Project but if the evidence out there is connecting our bodies molecularly to the earth than we need to continue studying. I agree with Gadgil, (2009) that the Sanskrit language needs to be researched on much more. As stated in the paper a lack in the basic literature causes a misunderstanding of the entire system and be very harmful. Especially since more and more people are looking to holistic approaches. This usually entails home remedies. There is an entire network and over 600 herbs in just Rasayana (Balasubramani, 2011). So these practices really do need to be studied professionally. Once that happens then people who are not aware of the tradition can start successfully using the remedies at home. Another area that needs to be continued researching in is the educating of native Ayurvedic practitioners. In order to really implement this system into a clinical practice new methods in measuring protocols and therapies need to take place. This requires a new science. I wonder how that will …show more content…
The doctors and scientist that practice their spirituality are the ones who seem to be researching integrative medicine. The articles I found were mostly written by those of Indian/Hindu heritage and felt that both western and Indian medicinal traditions are needed for optimal health. The western world gets stuck in a have it now, get it done now that we forget to stop and smell the flowers. As cliché as that is, it is being proven more and more that awareness of self through recognition and cultivation of personal spirituality is the key to true