What's Ayurveda …


Dr Rama Prasad, BAMS, CACH

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What is Ayurveda?
The original source of many of today’s natural therapies, Ayurveda is hailed as the ‘mother of all healing sciences’. Born from Ancient Indian wisdom, Ayurveda focuses on inspiring individuals to heal rapidly and easily with the aid of natural resources such as herbs, compounds, diet and nutrition, body therapies, counseling and lifestyle adjustments.


Ayurveda and modern science
Scientific research and development over thousands of years proves Ayurveda’s effectiveness. Modern science is rediscovering its power especially in the fields of lifestyle elements, nutrition, herbs, nutrition and therapies. Ayurveda is easy to adapt and apply to the anyone with any lifestyle -modern or ancient.

Ayurveda works with other modalities
Although a complete system in itself, Ayurveda is also a powerful adjunct to other modalities. Its eternal principles and tools enhance a therapist's diagnostic and prescription accuracy. Clinicians claims they are using less product but achieving better results after applying ayurveda.

Ayurvedic Treatises
Currently available ancient Ayurvedic works include Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita, Ashtanga Sangraha and Ashtanga Hridaya. They were thought to be compiled between 1500 and 900 BC. Also these works explain in detail the precise diagnosis and treatment holistically.

Ayurvedic Herbs and Compounds
These books listed  over 7000 herbs, 150 therapeutic techniques, 120 surgical instruments and 300 surgical procedures. In India, around 21,000 herbs are used today. Over 400,000 compounds are also used. A quarter of them are called 'authentic and traditional' and the others are usually modern or patented.

Ayurveda and technology
Ayurveda in fact introduced plastic surgery roughly 1200 years back. Sushruta Maharshi, father of surgery, is still remembered for his contributions to surgery by an American surgeon's association. Apart from that he implemented artificial feeding, injections, artificial limbs etc in his practice.

Ayurvedic Pharmacology
The complexity of ayurvedic herbology is understood when we read that a herb can be prepared in over 40 different forms such as juice, powder, paste, tablet, pill, herbal wines, tinctures of various strengths, fats, millks etc. Toxic metals were also successfully oxidised and used safely.

Forms of Ayurveda
Local cultures gradually developed their own ayurvedic systems based on their land, time, flora, fauna etc in India. Unani (Islamic)  and Sidhha (Tamil) are some examples.

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Dr Rama Prasad as an Ayurvedic physician
Rama is one of Australasia’s most qualified and experienced practitioners in the field of Ayurveda. His classical formal training at India’s prestigious Coimbatore Ayurveda College for 7 1/2 years (Bharatiyar University - Tamil Nadu, India) along with extensive Herbology, Sanskrit and Yoga study gives him expertise in all areas of this healing science.

An experienced Ayurvedic physician and teacher since 1989, Rama has a reputation as a gifted and sensitive healer with a warm and compassionate nature. Along with consulting and teaching at Ayurveda Elements centre Rama is the principle lecturer for Nature Care College’s Ayurveda Course and and is the founder of The Australian Sanskrit Institute.

Dr Rama Prasad as a teacher and presenter
Rama was part of the organising committee of three International Yoga and Ayurveda Conferences. He has presented papers, given talks and was the keynote at the yoga and ayurveda international conference in Madras, India during 2006 (photo - photos), along with Maya Tiwari (Mayatitananda), Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Robert Svoboda etc. He was also one of the organisers of othe 3 international conferences in Sydney and India. Rama has lectured in several countries and all types of participants.

Rama's enthusiasm for Ayurveda is contagious, as he believes 'the more you give, the more you gain'. His dynamic presentation skills make learning a memorable and enlivening experience. Rama's clinical expertise introduces you to Ayurveda in a way that is easy to understand and implement as a tool for healing and happiness.

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