Dear Friends,

Its nice to see that people around the world are getting interested
in ayurveda... the ancient indian system of healing which dates back
3000 BC. But at the same time it is seen that many unqualified and
so called ayurvedic doctors are diluting ayurveda and its practice.

Ayurveda can be harmful and can cause danger if practiced by
unqualified and unexperienced practitioners! The distinction should
be clearly made what should be done yourself and what should be left
in the hands of qualified ayurvedic physician.

AYurveda is a deep knowledge and In india it takes five and half
years (including one year hospital internship) to be an ayurvedic
physician (BAMS). Ayurvedic medicine should be practised only by the
ayurvedic physicians who studied University accredited degree
programs in ayurveda such as BAMS(INDIA), MD(INDIA), BA-Ayurveda
(Thames Valley University, London), BSc-Ayurveda (Manipal Ayurveda
University of Europe, London) or such other programs.

This discussion is to prevent the tendency to dilute and distort and
commercialise everything, including sacred knowledge.


DR NILESH WAKDE
BAMS,MSC(LON),ABAMC(LON)
AYURVEDIC PHYSICIAN & LECTURER
THAMES VALLEY UNIVERSITY, LONDON
MANIPAL AYURVED UNIVERSITY OF EUROPE, LONDON
TREASURER, BRITISH AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COUNCIL