Word: ayurveda
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...motion. It might sound like slow torture, but the shirodhara oil treatment is deeply relaxing and said to cure migraines. It's one of the more common prescriptions in the Ayurvedic school of medicine, which is one of the world's oldest forms of healing. Practitioners have been using Ayurveda's techniques for thousands of years, prescribing gentle herbs, diet, hydrotherapy and medicinal enemas to treat an astonishing array of illnesses, including diabetes, asthma, arthritis and high blood pressure...
...Ayurveda originated in India, but soon spread to Sri Lanka, where it became the main form of medical practice for centuries. Ancient Sinhalese Kings were said to be Ayurveda practitioners and built hospitals in the ancient capital of Anuradhapura. More recently, Ayurveda has attracted an enthusiastic new patient: Sri Lanka's ailing tourism industry. A growing number of hotels on the island now have treatment centers, and several Ayurvedic health spas have sprung up all around the country. As Sri Lanka hopefully attempts to lure visitors in the wake of the recent cease-fire in its 19-year civil...
...name comprising the Sanskrit words for "life" and "science," Ayurveda is based on the principle that everyone has a unique mixture of three energies: vata, or air; pitta, fire; and kapha, earth. When one of the energies gets out of balance?in my case, too much lethargic kapha in conflict with my fiery pitta nature?illness can arise. Or just crankiness and headaches...
...Whether or not it changes your life or heals a chronic illness, Ayurveda offers a pleasurable glimpse of Sri Lanka's living history and culture. And, for the record, I haven't had a migraine since I left...
...dosha had never been discovered in the West," says Shafi Saxena, who founded Better Botanicals with her husband in 1995. The company's herbal products are based on Ayurvedic tenets. "I'm afraid it will discredit the system. Look at aromatherapy: everything that smelled good was aromatherapeutic." So while Ayurveda has lasted millennums in India, it remains to be seen how long it can withstand the American attention span...