Public Health and Ayurveda
Author : Dr. Manisha U Nikam
Abstract :
Ayurveda is an ancient holistic system of medicine. It considers how to keep a healthy person healthy and how to eradicate the illness of the patient. In the same way, the objective of public health are also to prevent diseases, cure diseases, and provide long life by improving the quality of life of the person. Many principles related to the public health like infectious diseases, immunity, nutrition etc. are well described in Ayurvedic texts. In today's era, the disease is mainly related to lifestyle disorders, and we can avoid these diseases by following the principles of Ayurveda and if we suffer from a disease then these diseases can be relieved through Ayurveda treatments. Some principles and measures are being used very effectively for the prevention of public health problems with the recent development of the ‘National Rural Health Mission’ and ‘Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram’. There are simple regiments described in Ayurvedic classical texts which are in extreme use as a treatment for the public health problems that the present-day world is facing. So, Ayurveda plays an important role in public health.
Keywords :
Public health, lifestyle disorders, disease prevention, health promotion.
