CHALLENGES IN THE COMING DECADE: IS AYURVEDA FRATERNITY SPARED?

The world has changed to a competitive one and Ayurveda professionals are not at all spared. The challenges that we are going to face are immense in the coming decade. The four factors that influence a treatment are dravya, upasthatha, rogi and bhishak himself. In this era, where the adulterants rule the medical world, availability of pure drugs remain a challenge. It’s time to explore Tissue culture and Greenhouses exclusively for Ayurveda herbs to eradicate this scarcity. We must also incorporate the moto- ‘Ayurveda Garden in Every City’ where the most endangered and adulterated species like Mallotus philippensis, Picrorrhiza kurroa can be cultivated in its corresponding suitable climates. Not only having the unalloyed drugs can cure a disease, but also both the physical and mental support of a bystander is essential which lacks in a nuclear society. The services of care takers who are well trained in different Ayurveda paricharya must be made available to compensate this trouble. Most of the diseases of the modern world arise when people resort to unhealthy food habits and turn themselves into a rogi. Healthy food modifications based on classical recipes which are as tasty as the fast foods if made available through restaurants can tackle this major concern. Steamed pruthuka momos, yava biriyani are just some of the examples of the same. Lastly the physician should recondition himself and also update our science through proper documentation and research. The main lacunae that the Ayurveda fraternity always faces is the lack of general awareness of our science among the society. Conducting more Ayurveda expos, seminars and collaborating with Eco-tourism can create a space among the minds of common people and foreigners. After all, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.”