Ayurvedic Medicine Goes Global
The world seems to have very quickly become a much smaller place, with technology easily allowing information and ideas to be instantly shared throughout the world. This has been especially useful in allowing eastern approaches to health and healing, such as Ayurvedic medicine, to reach the West to a greater degree than it ever has before, broadening valuable medical knowledge and the pool of options for treating illness and maintaining health.
While sources differ on just how far back into time and history Ayurvedic medicine goes, for the most part it is agreed that this form of medicine has been practiced in India for thousands of years. Ayurveda is an accepted part of medical treatment in India, relied upon for generations. It is not unusual for a city to have a hospital practicing Ayurvedic medicine and another that offers Western-style Allopathic concepts of health care and maintenance.
The interest that the remarkable potentials of Ayurvedic medicine has garnered in recent years can be illustrated by a fascinating legal case, in which the University of Mississippi Medical Center made an attempt to patent one of the common, ancient ingredients used in many Ayurvedic preparations for thousands of years: the common cooking spice turmeric. After a long court battle, the university’s patent was denied, a well-deserved and important victory for the people of India and their Ayurvedic practitioners.
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