Role of ayurveda in public health

Author: 
Neha Sharma., Nadeesha Sewwandi Abegunasekara and Sunil Kumar

Ayurveda is an ancient holistic system of medicine, which mainly considers these two points on how to keep a healthy person healthy and how to eradicate the illness of the patient and the same objective of public health are also to prevent diseases, cure diseases, and provide long life by improving the quality of life of the person. The present composition tries to dichotomize the conception of public health and health detail in the environment of Ayurveda. The classical texts of Ayurveda describe many principles related to public health such as infectious diseases, immunity, nutrition, etc. But the current documents have been concentrated densely on the conception of public health in Ayurveda. Various Ayurvedic texts, relevant modern medical science books, various research/review articles, and websites have been used for this study as source materials. The aim of Public Health and Ayurveda is mainly the same. 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 we can get rid of these diseases through Ayurveda treatments. With the recent development of the National Rural Health Mission and Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, some principles and measures are being used very effectively for the prevention of public health problems. The simple regiments described in ancient classical texts are in extreme use in dealing with the public health problems facing the present-day world. So, Ayurveda has an important role in public health.

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DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2021.25629.5117
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