Is Ayurveda magical?

Judging from my experience as an Ayurvedic healer for five years, it is not a "miraculous treatment" that can cure all diseases at all, but for problems that match its conditioning logic, the effect is so good that you can't help but mutter "This is amazing."

I met a 27-year-old girl before. She developed eczema during the change of seasons. The red rash spread from the back of her hands to the crooks of her arms. She went to the dermatologist three or four times. The hormone ointment went away after being put on it. It reappeared within half a month after stopping the medication. It was so itchy that she couldn't sleep well. I did a physical evaluation on her and found that she has a typical Kapha constitution. She has a slow metabolism and is heavy in moisture. She also has iced coffee and iced milk tea in hand every day. I asked her to stop raw and cold dairy products first, make some hot drinks with turmeric and cinnamon to drink every day, and do full-body herbal oil massages twice a week. , focusing on the lymphatic detoxification points. After only four treatments, most of the eczema disappeared. Even her legs, which had always felt too heavy to lift, became much lighter. There was no recurrence after more than half a year of follow-up. At that time, she pulled me and asked if there were any special ingredients added to the herbal oil.

But having said that, I have also seen too many people come with unrealistic expectations and end up disappointed. There is a eldest sister in her forties who heard on the Internet that Ayurvedic detoxification can cure thyroid nodules. She did the so-called "deep bowel cleansing and detoxification" for a week. In the end, she suffered from electrolyte imbalance and was admitted to the hospital. The nodules were not smaller at all. There was also a young man who wanted to lose ten pounds a week by relying on Ayurveda, but I tried to persuade him for a long time to no avail. I bought a "fat-burning herbal pill" from an unknown source online. After taking it for a week, I had vomiting and diarrhea. I lost four pounds, which was all dehydrated water. After I stopped, it immediately rebounded, and my stomach was damaged.

In fact, the essence of Ayurveda is the traditional Indian health system that has been passed down for thousands of years. Its core is to adjust the balance of the three life energies of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. It is actually somewhat similar to the yin and yang balance logic of our traditional Chinese medicine. Nowadays, there are many public Ayurveda hospitals in India, which work with modern medicine to treat chronic diseases and postoperative rehabilitation. There is indeed a lot of clinical data that can prove its regulating effect on metabolic disorders, chronic inflammation, emotional disorders, and sub-health problems. I once met a young man who worked in operations. He stayed up until two or three o'clock every day and suffered from insomnia for more than half a year. He only took half a tablet of sleeping pills to sleep for more than three hours. He usually got angry at the slightest thing, so I gave him this Three times of oil dripping on the head, that is, slowly dripping warm herbal oil on the center of the eyebrows, and slowly massaging it along the scalp. He fell asleep every time. After the third time, he went home and slept for more than six hours without taking sleeping pills. Later, he insisted on adjusting his work and rest to coordinate with the conditioning, and gradually stopped taking the sleeping pills. He said at the time that this therapy was amazing. I don't think it was magical at all, but it just targeted the Vata energy imbalance caused by staying up late for a long time.

There is no "magic cure" that is universally applicable. Whether it is traditional conditioning or modern medicine, symptomatic treatment is the most effective. If someone tells you that Ayurveda can cure cancer and can replace taking medicine, it is 100% deceptive. However, it would be a bit unfair to label it as a pseudo-scientific scam - after all, it has been passed down for thousands of years and is based on the effective experience of generations of people.