‘सुप्रजा’…म्हणजे उत्तम संतती

सुप्रजा म्हणजे उत्तम संतती जी उत्तम शरीर, उत्तम मन, उत्तम सत्व आणि उत्तम ओज यांनी युक्त असते!! हे सर्व गुण अपत्या मध्ये आई वडिलांकडून गुणसुत्रांद्वारे आणि संस्काराद्वारे येतात. माता- पिता जर आरोग्य संपन्न व स्वस्थ असतील तर संतती ही उत्तम गुणांनी युक्त अशी होते.

अयोग्य आहार विहार, अपथ्य, व्यसनाधिनता, षडरिपूंच्या आहारी जाणे या मुळे जनुकांमध्ये गुणसुत्रीय दोष निर्माण होतात व नंतर अपत्या मध्ये संक्रमित होतात. जसे डाउन सिंड्रोम सारखे जन्मजात व्यंग, काही विशिष्ट आजार (जसे thalassaemia, Huntington’s disease इत्यादि), विशिष्ट प्रकारचे कर्करोग, मनोविकार इत्यादी .
आणि म्हणूनच सुप्रजननासाठी आणि संतती मध्ये उत्तम गुण यावे यासाठी आयुर्वेदाने काही नियमांचे पालन करायला सांगितले आहे. भारतीय संस्कृतीत षोडष संस्कारांचे वर्णन आहेत सांगितले आहेत ज्याचा प्रमुख उद्देश सुप्रजनन हाच आहे.

संस्कार म्हणजे काय तर ज्यामुळे गुण परिवर्तन घडवून आणले जाते ते संस्कार. संस्कारांमुळे विषवल्ली ही अमृता समान काम करणारी होते.संस्कारांमुळे उत्तम गुणांनी युक्त संतती निर्माण होते व हे उत्तम गुण पुढील पिढीत संक्रमित केले जातात. हे संस्कार गर्भधारणेपूर्वी गर्भावस्थेत आणि गर्भाच्या जन्मानंतर करायला सांगितले आहेत. त्यातील सर्वात महत्वाचा संस्कार म्हणजे विवाह संस्कार. योग्य शारीरिक आणि मानसिक परिपक्वता आल्यानंतरच विवाह संस्कार केला जातो ज्याचा मुख्य उद्देश अपत्यप्राप्ती व आपला वंश पुढे चालवणे हाच असतो.

• विवाहानंतर गर्भधारणेची इच्छा होते तेव्हा गर्भाधान संस्कार केला जातो. गर्भाधान संस्कार करण्यापूर्वी गर्भधारणेची इच्छा झाल्यानंतर स्त्री व पुरुष दोघांनीही शरीर शुद्ध करणे आवश्यक असते. पंचकर्माने शरीर शुद्ध होते व शरीरातून दोष निघून जातात आणि स्त्री व पुरुष बीजाची कार्मुकता वाढते.

• शोधनानंतर शरिरात जे सात धातू असतात त्या सर्व धातूंच्या पोषणासाठी व रसापासून शुक्रापर्यंत उत्तम सारवान धातू निर्माण व्हावे यासाठी रसायन औषधांचा वापर केला जातो. प्रमुख रसायन द्रव्यांमध्ये आवळा, हरितकी, शतावरी, यष्टिमधु यासारख्या द्रव्यांचा समावेश होतो.

• यानंतर संतती प्राप्तीच्या इच्छेने विधीपूर्वक शुभ तिथी, नक्षत्र, मुहूर्त पाहून उचित काळी संबंध ठेवल्याने निश्चितच गर्भधारणा होते.

• सुरवातीच्या काही दिवसात गर्भ अतिशय नाजूक असतो म्हणून गर्भ स्थापनेसाठी गर्भ संस्थापक औषधांचा उपयोग करावा ब्राम्ही, शतावरी या औषधांनी सिद्ध तूप किंवा दूध यांनी गर्भ संस्थापित होतो.

• गर्भाचे चांगले पोषण व्हावे यासाठी गर्भावस्थेमध्ये मासानुमासिक गर्भिणी परिचर्येचे पालन करावे . मासानुमासिक गर्भिणी परिचर्ये मध्ये मातेने घ्यायचा आहार-विहार याबद्दलची मार्गदर्शक तत्त्वे सांगितली आहेत.

• वैद्यांच्या सल्ल्यानुसार मासानुमासिक गर्भिणी परिचर्येचे पालन गर्भिणी अवस्थेत केल्यास गर्भाची शारिररिक वाढ व बौद्धिक विकास चांगल्या पद्धतीने होतो.

• गर्भावस्थेचे दोन महिने पूर्ण झाल्यानंतर गर्भाच्या सर्वांगीण विकासासाठी व इच्छित संतती प्राप्ती साठी पुंसवन संस्कार करण्यास सांगितला आहे. संवन म्हणजे स्पंदन. गर्भाचे पहिले स्पंदन उत्पन्न होण्यापूर्वी जो संस्कार केला जातो तो पुंसंवन.

• आयुर्वेदानुसार गर्भावस्थेच्या पाचव्या महिन्यात मन तर सहाव्या महिन्यात बुद्धीची संपूर्ण अभिव्यक्ती होते आधुनिक विज्ञाना प्रमाणे ही पाचव्या महिन्यात ऑडिटरी व पेरिफेरल सेंसरी रिफ्लेक्सेस डेव्हलप होतात तर पाचव्या महिन्यात मेंदूचा व न्यूरॉन्सचा विकास होतो. या काळात गर्भ बाहेरील आवाज गर्भाशयात ऐकू शकतो.

• गर्भवती स्त्रीला पाचव्या महिन्यात सीमंतोन्नयन संस्कार केला जातो. यावेळी मेंदूच्या वाढीसाठी आवश्यक अंकुरित धान्य, हिरव्या वनस्पती, फळांचा व फुलांचा वापर गर्भिणिने करावा या साठीचा हा संस्कार. यात गर्भिणीच्या डोक्यावर उंबराचे कोंब व यवांकूर धारण करायला दिले जातात व आशिर्वचन दिले जातात. गर्भिणीचे मनोबल वाढवले जाते. गर्भिणिला प्रसन्न व मनोनुकुल वातावरणात ठेवले जाते.

• याच काळात गर्भावर मंत्रोच्चार व संगीत याद्वारे संस्कार करणे शक्य आहे. कारण पाचव्या महिन्यात गर्भ बाहेरचे आवाज गर्भाशयात एकू शकतो. सीमंतोन्नयनच्या वेळेसच अभिमन्यूने सुभद्रेच्या पोटात असतानाच चक्रव्यूह भेदण्याचे ज्ञान श्रीकृष्णा कडून मिळवले होते.

• या सर्व संस्कारात बरोबरच गर्भिणीने आपली परिचर्या योग्य ठेवली पाहिजे. लघु, पथ्यकर व सुपाच्य आहार घेतला पाहिजे.

• गर्भावस्थेत दूध-तूप आणि विशिष्ट औषधांनी सिद्ध यवागू आणि युषांचे सेवन करणं अत्यावश्यक आहे.इतर खनिजांच्या पूर्तीसाठी कॅल्शियम, आयर्न, फॉलिक ऍसिड इत्यादी सप्लीमेंट्स व या घटकांनी परिपूर्ण आहार घेणे आवश्यक असते.

• याच बरोबर योग्य मार्गदर्शनाखाली नियमित योगाभ्यास व व्यायाम करणे, प्रसन्न रहाणे, चांगले संगीत ऐकणे, चांगले साहित्य वाचन यांचाही सकारात्मक परिणाम गर्भाच्या वाढीवर होत असतो व गर्भिणीचे आरोग्य ही चांगले राहते.

खुश राहणे म्हणजेच मिले सर, मेरा तम्हारा..

20मार्च हा आंतरराष्ट्रीय हॅपीनेस डे म्हणून साजरा केला जातो. ऑक्सफर्ड डिक्शनरीप्रमाणे हॅपीनेस म्हणजे खुश असण्याची किंवा खुश राहण्याची अवस्था. खुश राहणे (Happiness) कोणाला आवडत नाही? प्रत्येकजण खुश राहण्यासाठी आयुष्यभर धडपडत असतो. प्रत्येकाची खुशीची परिभाषा वेगवेगळी असते.

कोण पैसा कमवण्यात, ऐशोआरामात सुख मानतात तर कोणी इतरांसाठी काही केल्याने खुश होतात. प्रत्येकाचा खुश होण्याचा “अंदाज अपना अपना असतो” आपल्याला आलेले अनुभव, आपला शैक्षणिक व सामाजिक स्तर, करिअर, यश, लोकप्रियता आणि अचिव्हमेंट्स इतर अनेक गोष्टींवर खुशी अवलंबून असते.

असो! पण ही अवस्था कायम स्वरूपाची नसून क्षणिक असते. सुखी माणसाचा सदरा आपल्यालाही मिळावा या मोहात आपण प्रत्येकजण कधी ना कधी पडतोच. कारण, खुश राहण्याचे अनंत फायदे आहेत. खुश राहणारी व्यक्ती सर्वांनाच प्रिय असते. त्यांची सपोर्ट सिस्टीम फार चांगली असते. खुश राहणारी व्यक्‍ती सर्वांनाच हवीहवीशी वाटते.

खुश राहणाऱ्या व्यक्ती जास्त सक्रिय, प्रोडक्टिव्ह आणि क्रिएटिव्ह असतात. खुश राहणाऱ्या व्यक्‍ती आयुष्यात जास्त यशस्वी होतात. आणि सर्वात महत्त्वाचे म्हणजे, खुश राहणाऱ्या व्यक्ती जास्त निरोगी आयुष्य जगतात. खुश राहिल्याने डोपामीन, एनडॉर्फीन्स, सीरोटोनीनसारखे हॅपी हार्मोन्स जास्त प्रमाणात निर्माण होतात.

आयुर्वेदाने सुखाची सुटसुटीत व्याख्या केली आहे. “सुख संज्ञकम्‌ आरोग्यम्विकारो दुः:खम्‌ एवं च।” आरोग्य म्हणजे सुख आणि विकार म्हणजे दु:ख! आरोग्य म्हणजे काय? महर्षी चरकांच्या मताप्रमाणे आरोग्य म्हणजे आत्मा, इंद्रिय व मन यांची प्रसन्नता. किती चपखल व्याख्या आहे ही! खुश राहणे म्हणजे फक्त हसीमजाक, मस्करी नाही. कारण हसणं हे फसव॑ असू शकतं पण प्रसन्नता फसवी असूच शकत नाही. प्रसन्नता ही आंतरिक ऊर्जा आहे.

बरेचसे विकार हे सायकोसोमॅटिक असतात. काम, क्रोध, चिंता, द्वेष, मोह, मत्सर हे मनोविकार शरीरातील feel good hormones चे प्रमाण
कमी करून stress hormones वाढवतात जे शरीराची प्रतिकारक्षमता कमी करतात. याउलट प्रसन्न व खुश राहिल्याने रोगप्रतिकारकशक्ती वाढते. पचनशक्ती वाढते. प्रसन्न राहणाऱ्या व्यक्तीच्या मानसिक थकवा, एकाकीपणा, नीरसता आजुबाजूलाही फिरकत नाही. कार्यक्षमता वाढते. म्हणून निरोगी राहण्यासाठी प्रसन्न राहणे गरजेचे आहे. क्षणिक असणारी खुशी दीर्घकाळ कशी टिकवून ठेवायची हे आपल्याच हातात आहे. खरं कि नाही?

व्यर्थ चिंता टाळा. इतरांशी स्पर्धा टाळा. आपली स्पर्धा स्वतःशीच असते. आपल्या उणीवा दूर करण्यासाठी सतत प्रयत्नशील राहा. अधिकाधिक आनंदी व प्रसन्न राहा. याने सकारात्मकता वाढते. स्वत:ला सकारात्मक गोष्टीमध्ये व्यस्त ठेवा. नियमित व्यायाम, योगाभ्यास, मेडिटेशन, योग्य सात्त्विक आहार याने मनाची प्रसन्नता वाढते. आपल्या आवडीच्या गोष्टी करा. छंद जोपासा. स्वत:बरोबर आपल्याबरोबरच्या माणसांची काळजी घ्या. सर्वांशी सकारात्मकतेने वागा. निसर्गाच्या सान्निध्यात राहण्याचा जास्तीतजास्त प्रयत्न करा. आपल्या सांस्कृतिक तत्त्वांचा व मूल्ल्यांचा आदर करा व पालन करा.

भूतान हा हिमालयाच्या कुशीत वसलेला अतिसुंदर चिमुकला देश! पण तुम्हाला आश्चर्य वाटेल की, एका बिझनेस मॅगझिनच्या पाहणीनुसार, भूतान हा जगातील सर्वात आनंदी आहे. स्वर्गीय निसर्गसौंदर्याचे सात्रिध्य, आधुनिक तंत्रज्ञानाचा आणि प्रसारमाध्यमांचा आवश्यक तेवढाच वापर आणि आपल्या सांस्कृतिक मूल्यांची जपणूक यामुळे भूतानने ग्रॉस नॅशनल हॅपीनेस इंडेक्स वाढता ठेवून आध्यात्मिक तसेच आर्थिकही प्रगती केली आहे. या सुंदर छोट्याशा देशाकडून ही गोष्ट शिकण्यासारखी नाही का?

Fight cancer – Every action counts !

February 4th is the World Cancer Day. A day is observed to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, early detection, and treatment.World cancer Day gives us an ideal opportunity to spread the word and raise the profile of cancer in people’s minds and in the world’s media. It gives us opportunity to clear up negative perceptions and misconceptions about this disease in minds of people. This is the occasion which compel us to retrospect, to study, to plan and to develop our strategies to address the cancer burden.

In order to check the spread of this huge epidemic, emphasis should be given to raise awareness about the disease among the general population, media and health professionals as well.

World cancer day campaign this year will explore how we can implement what we already know in the areas of prevention, early detection, treatment and care, and in turn, open up to the exciting prospect that we can impact the global cancer burden for the better.

Despite of constant efforts has been put in to achieve above mentioned goals, disparities between people from different settings are growing, particularly in access to prevention, treatment and palliative care especially in developing countries like India. For a developing country like India the fact is that, the economic cost of cancer treatment is unaffordable. Hence awareness should be raised about cancer prevention, adopting healthy lifestyles & behaviors and on early detection.

Let’s review how Ayurveda can help to achieve this goal of prevention and treatment care

1. Choosing healthy lifestyle-

The aim of the world cancer organization is to Reduce the social and environmental risk factors for cancer and empowering people to make healthy choices, in order to achieve the global overarching goal of reducing premature deaths from NCDs by 25% by 2025 and reaching the aspirational targets of the World Cancer Declaration.

At least one third of occurrence of most cancers can be prevented through adopting healthy life style, non smoking, reducing alcohol consumption, healthier diet and improved physical activity.
• Don’t smoke
• Be moderate in drinking alcohol
• Eat fruits, vegetables, and whole grains Avoid high-fat foods, especially from animal sources
• Do regular exercise

Besides above mentioned guidelines, adopting simple and effective prevention approach based on Ayurvedic principles of swasthvritta would definitely be top up on it. It can be summarized as follows-

Diet and digestion:

• Eat a Wholesome (satvik) diet that is rich in natural cancer-fighting chemicals

• Eat on regular intervals and when you feel hungry

• Add beneficial spices and food to your diet to fight cancer

• Avoid junk food, oily spicy food etc., that makes the body susceptible to cancer. Avoid the toxic load on your digestive system

• Keep digestion working properly to enhance immunity, build up beneficial chemicals, and reduce toxin accumulation.
• Reduce sugar intake

• One of major cause of cancer is disruption in immune surveillance mechanism. By adopting dinacharya and Ritu charya ( daily & seasonal regimes described in swastha vritta )and by adopting simple lifestyle changes such as regular abhyanga(oil massage), sleeping at the right time, reducing stress, emphasizing positive emotions etc., immune system can be revitalized

• Avoid smoking, alcohol, and environmental pollutants strictly. Due to the harmful effects of the various internal and external toxins we encounter every day, it is crucial that we detoxify our physiology.

• So Detoxify your system following procedures of pachakarma regularly (seasonal pachakarma)

• Add herbal formulations when necessary, to aid digestion, improve sleep, enhance immunity, etc.

• Meditation and yoga reduces stress levels and improve Function of enzymes responsible for living longer (telomerase). Meditation bring harmony and peace into your life and brings homeostasis.

• Be positive and kind to every one & in all circumstances which will make your surrounding positive. The condition in which people live and work influence their capacity to chose healthy lives

Thus by adoption of healthy behaviors (swasthya vritta) early in life, reduces the risk of cancer and other non communicable diseases (NCD).

Delivering early detection –

Emphasis should be given on early detection programs

Early detection strategies include strategies to improve knowledge of cancer among communities, health professionals and policy makers and increase awareness around the options for early detection.
By ensuring availability of and access to early detection program for cancer can significantly reduce the burden of cancer in many countries

Achieving Treatment For All –

All people have the right to access quality, effective cancer treatment and services without suffering economic hardship equal terms, regardless of geography.

To achieve this goal other systems of medicine should be evaluated on the basis of scientific criteria in accordance with conventional medicine and new compounds and drugs should be invented.

An integrated approach is needed to manage cancer using the growing knowledge gained through scientific developments.

Thousands of herbal and traditional compounds are being screened worldwide to validate their use as anti-cancer drugs. Indian medicinal plants which have curative aspects and re-described to have Rasayana properties can be effectively used in such conditions as they can have check on our immune surveillance system. Medicinal plants with Rasayana properties help in slowing down aging process and provides protection against diseases.

Rasayanas provide long life, ability to remain young and good intellect by enhancing proper uptake of nutrition by body cells thus imparting proper growth and improvement in seven vital tissues. This can be achieved by multifaceted actions of Rasayana drugs. With their antioxidant, anti-carcinogenic , immune modulator properties these medicinal plants can activate immune responsiveness of an individual ( organism).

Maximizing Quality Of Life
Cancer can have a serious impact on a person’s emotional, physical and mental state and cancer survivors are at risk of diminished quality of life for several years after diagnosis. Understanding this, the special support system should be built.
Efforts should be taken for maintaining QOL of cancer patients. Maintaining social support networks and talking about cancer is important for both the person living with cancer and their close relatives.

There is much that can be done at an individual, community and governmental level, to harness and mobilize these solutions and to bring in positive change.
Every Action Counts. Whether you do something on large scale or a small donation from you to a cancer institute or wearing a ribbon to spread the message or forwarding a text or a template or a quote on a social networking site
YES, EVERY ACTION COUNTS….
Every action has an impact; Show the world that fighting cancer is not beyond us …

Winter Care

Winter is still in full swing. It is the most pleasant time of the season.
According to Ayurveda the “Hemanta” (November – December :beginning of winter) and “Shishira”(January – February: late winter) seasons together, are referred to as the cold season (“sheeta kaala”).
Shishira marks the onset of aadaana kaala (the period of dehydration). According to Ayurveda physical strength and appetite is highest in winter.
In winters, the body retains heat and protects itself from the cold weather. This strengthens the digestive system and makes it capable of digesting large portions of food. Seasonal food available in this period is also rich and nutritious. This season is particularly good for enhancing immunity (ojus).
But with falling temperature dryness intensifies further. Occasional clouds, wind and rainfall are also features of late winter which we all witnessed for last couple of years.
Due to extreme cold in winter, vata dosha increases and kapha dosha gets accumulated naturally.
Though it is the joyful season many people seem to be down with cold, cough and sniffles and other vata related problems like exaggeration of skin conditions, joint pain, relatively high blood pressure.
So follow do’s don’t explained in ancient text of “Ayurved” and take care of yourself . You can avoid these irritating health problems just by following simple tips like –
1. Avoid cold food, cold water and cold drinks.
2. Avoid vata-increasing diet (bitter, astringent and pungent tastes)
3. Eat rich food, but don’t over eat
4. Foods which are unctuous, hot and sour – salty as the overwhelming taste can be taken in moderation this season as these tastes are vata pacifying.
5.Cereals and pulses, wheat/gram flour items, new rice, corn, and others, are suggested. Ginger, garlic, Haritaki (fruits of Terminalia chebula), pippali (products of Piper longum), sugarcane items, and milk and milk items are to be incorporated into the eating regimen.
6. Try to keep yourself warm by wearing warm clothes, warm baths and steams or by taking sun baths
7. Do vigorous physical activity or exercise. Aerobic exercises, yoga poses or cardio are recommended.
7. Harshness of winter damages your skin and intensifies ageing of the skin. Take care of your skin with regular abhyangam treatment (massage with vata pacifying medicinal oils, sesame oil or mustard oil ). It keeps your skin soft, smooth and supple.
8.Abhyangan also detoxifies your body, keeps it warm, and prevents aggravation of vatadosha.
9. Abhyangam also rejuvenates central nervous system, relieves stress, calms mind, and improves the quality of your sleep.
10. Abhyanga improve blood circulation and controls peripheral vessel constriction thus helps to regulate high Blood pressure in winter.
In case you’re already down with a cold and a cough you can use home remedies to treat it. Here’s how:
1. Take 1 tsp of tulsi juice and honey
2. Take warm water or ginger tea
3. Saute flaxseeds. Add water and boil it. Add 1 small piece of cinnamon, 1 clove, sounf (aniseeds) and small size onion. Boil until it remains 1/4 and then strain it. Add a few drops of lime juice and honey. Consume the mixture for cold and cough relief

4. Inhale fumes of ajwain (carom seeds) and haldi (turmeric)

Follow Ayurveda and stay healthy…

Healthy Life – Through Ayurveda!!

In today’s times, people have become more health conscious. The need for an integrated approach is felt intensively as we all are going through a tough time where in conventional system of medicine doesn’t seem a convincing role in disease prevention. This is where, Ayurveda, an ancient indigenous science of life, comes in life. Recently, we are seeing a rising interest in Ayurveda. This is because Ayurveda primarily aims at physical as well as mental well being as against Allopathy, which is mainly disease centric and focuses on super specialist practise thereby hardly contributing to prevention of disease.

Prevention is most important aspect of medicine which has been neglected for so many years but recently it has come to a fore front and is being taken in to account in management of health.

For example, as part of the 2020 impact goals, the American Heart Association (AHA) has set out seven ideal health goals – non smoking, maintaining normal weight, increased physical activity, a healthy diet, normal blood lipid levels, normal blood pressure and a normal fasting glucose. An analysis of the US National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES) showed, that individuals who met five of the seven ideal metrics of AHA, had a 78% reduction in the hazard ratio for all causes of mortality. These AHA’s Life’s Simple 7 metrics develop to measure and promote cardiovascular health and also predicts a lower risk of CKD.

Having a healthy lifestyle change just through healthy diet and exercise, metabolic diseases are reduced considerably. Traditional Medicine, which emphasizes these aspects in their practice plays a very important role. Therefore, the medical fraternity are now talking more about preventive guidelines and prevention of disease.

Fortunately we have inherited the legacy of ancient science of life, ‘’Ayurveda’’, based on a philosophy that good health comes from integrating all aspects of life such as lifestyle, food, conduct, exercise and lastly medicines.

Every human being is born with a unique constitution which are broadly divided into three specific prototypes, based on “Tridosha”. “Tridoshas” viz Vata, Pitta, Kapha. These Tridosha are three basic driving forces present within our bodies in a specific combination and perform their specific functions. This combination of doshas help define our physical, mental and emotional make-up that keeps our body in homeostasis and in turn maintains healthy body state.

Ayurvedic approach primarily emphasizes prevention and maintenance of health स्वस्थस्य स्वास्थ्य रक्षणम् आतुरस्य विकार प्रशमनम् च ||Next to prevention is treatment of disease.

In Swasthavritta, Ayurved advocates all the preventive principles which are necessary for maintaining health. Dinacharya, Ritucharya (the daily and seasonal regimens respectively) and Sadvritta are three essentials for healthy life in order to keep the Tridoshas in a state of healthy equlibrium and metabolism (agni) in proper order.

But these prevention strategies should be employed at the earliest stages of development so that these practices become a way of life. Rather it should be applied since the time of conception and during pregnancy to obtain healthy progeny. As per scientific data, 30% of the children born in India are of low birth weight. Chances of developing metabolic diseases is relatively high in these low birth weight children. But with adopting garbhdharan samskar and garbhini paricharya which mainly deals with maternal nutrition, help to improve nutritional status before conception and during pregnancy.

Even after taking proper care and despite adopting prevention strategies sometimes these three doshas go out of the balanced state, disease eventually occurs.

In Ayurveda, an holistic approach is taken for the prevention and treatment of disease. The human body is considered as one unit when it comes to a treatment part. The Ayuvedic Physician evaluates a patient’s health by determining his or her inherent constitution and imbalanced state of Doshas causing ailments. Treatment is based on administrating a combination of herbs and managing diet, panchkarma, lifestyle changes etc. to bring the doshas and body back into homeaostasis and to alleviate the disease.

समदोषः समाग्निश्च समधातु मलःक्रियाः।
प्रसन्नात्मेन्द्रियमनः स्वस्थइतिअभिधीयते॥ (सुश्रुत संहिता सूत्रस्थान १५/१०)

Translated it means,
A person is healthy who’s body, mind and soul are in normal state and all physiological actions are proper and in sync unlike the person who is physically healthy but mentally and spiritually not in proper state.

Thus, Ayurveda Practitioners are rightfully forging ahead on the right path as shown by their Acharyas i.e. Teachers thus trying to achieve the state of overall well being and health of their patients.