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UNIQUENESS OF AYURVEDA

This ancient medical practice has found its way in the
modern life through its various features which includes
meditation to medication
TOURISM FACILITIES

To counter stress more and more people
There has been a substantial increase in the
are getting inclined towards yoga,
number of Ayurvedic hospitals and medicine
meditation and Ayurveda. Now, places like
stores. Even AIIMS like institute in Ayurveda
Kerala, Karntaka, Tamil Nadu, Himachal
are working on researches since 2016
Pradesh and Uttarakhand are becoming
hot spots for Ayurvedic tourism
PANCHAKARMA MARKET

Toxic substances are stored in our body. In
Ayurveda has a global
such a situation, Panchakarma is an effective
market share of $80 Million.
method which cleanses our body through
It is expected to reach Rs 6
vomitting, nasal, vasti and blood pressure
Lakh Crore by 2050

WONDER OF AYURVEDA
The importance of Ayurveda can also be gauged from the story of 8-year-old Mohd
Musa from Afghanistan. In July 2015, Musa came from Afghanistan. His neck could
not support itself. After several unsuccessful attempts to get treated from the costliest
and the biggest hospitals in Afghanistan and India, his father Yusuf Naimi resorted to
Ayurveda. Within just six months of Ayurvedic treatment, Musa who could not stand
and walk for even two minutes was able to walk for around 6 to 8 minutes

EIGHT BRANCHES OF AYURVEDA converted into a modern medical college. The
Ayurveda is complementary to Allopathy. Vaidyas (Ayurveda practitioners) were declared
While the latter provides an immediate relief, untrained. Britishers brought out a law making
Ayurveda works on weeding out the root Allopathy mandatory excluding Ayurveda, Unani
cause of the disease. Ayurveda has been and Homeopathy medicine.
divided into eight branches from 1000 BC. It THE JOURNEY OF YOGA & AYURVEDA
has medicine, child care, neurology, surgery, Two decades after independence, Ayurveda
ENT-dental, toxicology, chemical medicine and and Unani practitioners got legal protection
traditional medicine. Every branch has different through a law in 1970. It was made a separate
manuscripts with a detailed study. Apart from department in 1995 and renamed as Ayush in
that, it has separate treatments for animals 2003 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime
and vegetations. But the question remains Minister. However, Prime Minister Narendra
why Ayurveda is lagging behind in India for so Modi in 2014 made a separate Ministry of Ayush
long despite being so vast? In 11th and 12th and brought international recognition to Yoga
centuries, external aggressions dealt a blow to by advocating it at the United Nations (UN) on
it and in 1835 under British rule, the Ayurveda September 27, 2014. UN unanimously decided
College in Kolkata was closed and was to observe June 21 as International Yoga Day

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