Ayurvedic to give patients that extra option in
their health.
Overall, Ayurvedic Medicine has many
beneficial traits to offer to not only medical
anthropologists in the medical field and their
patients but anyone in the community who wants
to maintain a healthy stable body. The concept
behind the medicine is very basic and is simple to
understand it’s just a matter of following it and
maintaining an even balance within the body. By
allowing one’s body to go through the natural
herbs, exercise, and even massages one can keep a
steady balance of health and can prevent illnesses
to occur in the future. Each person has their own
body and their own lifestyle to maintain but with
the Ayurvedic medicine one can keep that body
and lifestyle healthy. Based off of one’s unique
prakriti taking the time to find the needs for an
individual’s nutrition, exercise, social life, and daily
lifestyle will decide the balance of one’s health.
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