Ayurveda works – for me and for others

”Ayurveda is eternal, without a beginning and without an end, because the laws of life are universal in nature and their properties are timeless.“

Charaka-Samhita, Sutr. 30.27

Dear Readers,

When a medical system has served humanity for thousands of years and constantly evolved in its interaction with the environment, then there is a reason for it. Ayurveda works!

The Ayurvedic texts describe the laws of nature and life. These laws are timeless and eternal. If you free Ayurveda from all the religious and cultural entanglements, it is pure knowledge that can be applied at any time, to anyone and anywhere and therefore still highly modern today. However, this does not mean that we can practice and live the same Ayurveda as 2,000 years ago – many things have changed. The climate, the flora and fauna, the food we eat, our way of life and even genetics. So it is very clear that we have to make adjustments.

For us, this means integrating the old basic principles into our modern lives. Our Ayurvedic lifestyle can be quite pragmatic, adapted to our personal circumstances and modern way of life.

At the same time, there is a need for continuous evidence-based research on the safety and quality of Ayurveda, including Ayurvedic concepts, food supplements, therapies and procedures. This is important to guarantee the effectiveness of Ayurveda as well as to ensure that Ayurveda achieves wide public acceptance.

In this issue, our authors will show you the effectiveness of Ayurveda and the conditions required to make Ayurveda work optimally for you. This will also give you an interesting insight into modern research by which more and more traditional concepts such as the theory of the body's constitutional types – vata, pitta and kapha – are being scientifically proven. We hope you enjoy reading this issue!

Warm regards, Your Verena

Becker

editorial team

and the whole

Verena Becker Editorial management redaktion@ayurveda-journal.de

03 EDITORIAL

06 LAUNCH: AYURVEDA JOURNAL For a healthier life

By Buko Hartmann

08 INTERVIEW

Vision of the medicine of the future

With Prof. Bhushan Patwardhan

12 PREVENTING BURNOUT

Ayurvedic ways to relieve stress

By Carina Alana Preuß

16 ANCIENT WISDOM FOR MODERN WELL-BEING

Ayurvedic living today

By Dr. Marc Halpern

22 EVIDENCE-BASED AYURVEDA

New quality standards for effective therapies

By

Prof.

Darshan Shankar

26 BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY Is Ayurveda spiritual?

By Verena Becker

36 LEARNING AYURVEDA

THROUGH THE PULS

Nadi vigyan – the Ayurvedic puls diagnosis

By Dr. med. Ernst Schrott

40 MEHNDI

The magical art of henna painting

By Petra Rascher

John Schlammes

By Ralph Steuernagel

Verena Becker

Ernst Schrott, MD

By Julia Wunderlich