Ayurvedic Medicine is practiced in India, and focuses on natural healing.
Practitioners believe that it is important for the body to be balanced, and all medicines are based on vegetables and minerals, with the active ingredients from plant alkaloids.
In Ayurvedic Medicine there is the belief that there are three elements in the body, called Kapha, Pitta, and Vata, that cause disease.
Kapha: This energy is caused by the lack of stabilizing the balance in the body. These are commonly called viruses by Westerners.
Pitta: This energy supports vision, temperature, hunger, thirst, intelligence, and happiness. When out of alignment, the outcomes include weight fluctuation, dehydration, depression, digestive issues, and apathy.
Vata: This energy keeps the overall balance between the earth, sky and world around us in check with ourselves. If it falls out of balance, sickness is invited in.
Disease is called Vyaadhi, and it is treated by focusing on the imbalance of elements
