Sickness was taken as curses of supernatural sources or the Gods in
ancient times. Later with the advancement in science the actual reasons
were know which pointed toward the entry of Microbes such as Bacteria,
Virus and other microbes or pathogens into the human defense system.
With the passage of time remedies to these sicknesses were found through
various medical practices. Homeopathy and Ayurveda the two different
therapeutic practices that came into existence from olden times and
reached the sophisticated level to this day.
What is Homeopathy?
The term 'Homoios' is of Greek origin and denotes "Like" and the term
"Pathos" denotes "Suffering". It believes in treating the patients with
highly diluted preparations of various synthetic materials, animal,
plant, as well as mineral substances. Homeopathy is a practice that is
based on the "vital philosophy" which believes that various internal
and external causes disturb the "imperative force" that affects the
health of a person negatively. "Let like be cured by like" is this basic
principle that later on developed in to an advanced structure of
medication.
What is Ayurveda?
Derived from two words – Ayur indicating "life” and Veda indicating
"knowledge” –The term Ayurveda denotes "understanding of life.” Ayurveda
was formerly referred to as the discipline of eight components in
ancient times. These eight components are known as aphrodisiacs and
improving health of progeny, psychiatry ENT, prevention of diseases,
toxicology, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, eye and improving
rejuvenation and immunity. The earliest manuscripts on Ayurveda have
been written during the Vedic period in India in Atharvaveda, the Vedic
text. Ayurveda is a conventional medical system using herbs, practiced
in South Asian regions for ages and is now being practiced as an
alternative form of medicine in many countries across the world.
How is Homeopathy different from Ayurveda?
Both Homeopathic medicine and Ayurveda are from very different
schools of thought but they belong to alternative and complementary
medicine systems. Homeopathy, uses medicine that are prepared with
various animal, synthetic materials plant, and mineral substance thinned
in alcohol or distilled water and shaking it vigorously to incorporate
the medicinal values of the compound to the solution. On the other hand
Ayurveda, uses the medicine that is prepared with herbs, vegetables,
minerals like arsenic, sulphur, lead, copper, gold and animal products
like bones, milk and gallstones. The classical text of Ayurvedic
medicine, Charak Samhita, recommends using kitchen herbs commonly used
in our daily cooking.
Homeopathic medicines declare to be free of adverse side effects. The
German physician Samuel Hahnemann introduced the vital philosophy of
Homeopathy. Ayurveda has been in use in south-east Asia complimenting
scientific Allopathic medicines. Ayurvedic physicians make use of "pulse
diagnosis” as well as symptoms, while homeopathic practitioners rely on
symptoms for diagnosis,. Ayurveda makes use of some surgical
procedures, unlike Homeopathy.
On doing a comparative research study it is found that Both Ayurvedic
medicines and Homeopathic remedies bring relief to users worldwide.
Homeopathic therapy meets the legal standards for strength, purity and
safety and claims to have no side effects. It can be administered even
to children without any worries about having adverse effect on them.
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