S.No |
Myth |
Fact |
1 |
Ayurveda medicines take long time for cure and can be used only in chronic diseases. |
Ayurveda can act faster in many conditions which includes acute conditions. If it has taken longer to cure, it can be attributed to two main reasons. 1. The patient has approached after exhausting all treatment options (or) 2. the disease is deep seated or is sudden infective. Ayurveda diagnoses the root cause of the disease and uproots them completely. It is not a symptomatic treatment. |
2 |
Ayurveda treatments are all about massages or spa. |
Ayurveda is not just a massage or spa, it has various techniques employed before, during and after panchakarma. Oil massage, which is a very small component of an entire spectrum, is unfortunately most advertised. Ayurveda has more than 80 different treatment protocols. |
3 |
Ayurveda medicines are harmless and can be self-prescribed .
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Only proper mixture with the right ingredients and right method of preparation gives desired medical results. Intake of Ayurvedic medicines must be with the advice of an Ayurveda practitioner. For e.g., improper medicine administration for gastritis can trigger migraine, faulty weight loss or diabetes medications can trigger gastritis, a self-help asthma medication can trigger skin diseases etc. |
4 |
Ayurvedic medicines don’t have any side effects |
If there is an effect, there can be side effects too. So, the dosage and duration of medicines and diet changes must be as prescribed by an Ayurvedic expert. Food is also medicine as per Ayurveda. Hence, the, so called super foods can also trigger a disease condition, as per Ayurveda, depending on the constitution of the patients. |
5 |
Ayurveda medicines damage liver, kidneys |
That is badmouthing by ignorant or vested interests. If sourced, prepared and prescribed by an Ayurvedic expert even the so called toxins like lead, Mercury act like Nectar/ Elixir/ Amrut for life. Rasashastra/ Alchemy deals with how nanoparticles of heavy metals and poisons help in restoring health in emergency situations without any illeffects |
6 |
Lack of clinical testing and clinical trials for ayurvedic medicines. |
All the ayurvedic medicines in the market are properly tested through various laboratory techniques. Potency of each medicines is proved by various clinical trials. The scientific journals on various case studies are available in various educational portals like Pubmed, Google scholar etc |
