Integrative endeavor for renaissance in Ayurveda.
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2011-01
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Currently western medicine has assumed the central position in mainstream global healthcare. Openness to learn from
contemporary disciplines of basic sciences, application of modern technology and further adoption of the evidence-based
approach has helped western medicine gain its currently acknowledged position as mainstream modern medicine. Modern
medicine has further developed forms of integrative medicine by developing interfaces with other systems of medicine,
including traditional, complementary and alternative medicine. However, these developments do not seem to address all
the problems facing global health care caused by overemphasis on pharmaco-therapeutic drug developments. On the other
hand, Ayurveda which is founded on genuine fundamentals, has the longest uninterrupted tradition of healthcare practice,
and its holistic approach to healthcare management emphasizes disease prevention and health promotion; if it opens up
to incorporate emerging new knowledge into mainstream Ayurveda, and maintains fidelity to Ayurveda fundamentals, it
will certainly provide a broad-based opportunity to address the majority of the problems that have emerged from global
healthcare requirements. To bring these solutions to bear, however, it will be necessary to progress from the present
''utilitarian ethos'' to a ''unifying ethos'' for realization of medical integration.
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Ayurveda, global healthcare, integrative Ayurveda, integrative medicine
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Raut Ashwinikumar A. Integrative endeavor for renaissance in Ayurveda. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2011 Jan-Mar; 2(1): 5-8.