Is Ayurveda treatment reliable?

It’s really not possible to simply use “reliable” or “unreliable” to cut it all off. As a traditional Indian medicine system that has been passed down for nearly five thousand years, its useful parts can withstand the verification of modern research, and the probability of being wrong is no less than the messy health care concepts on the market.

A few years ago, I worked as a volunteer on an ecological farm in Kerala, southern India. I stayed up late for almost a month working on a project. My biological clock was completely messed up. Not only did I lie down until two or three o'clock, but I also kept my eyes open and counted sheep. I was so bloated and acidic every day that I couldn't eat. An old Ayurvedic doctor at a community clinic near my home tested my three constitutions and said I had a vata imbalance. He didn't prescribe any weird magic medicine. He asked me to replace all iced coffee with warm ones, sip a spoonful of warm ghee on an empty stomach every morning, do warm medicated oil back massage twice a week, and drink a cup of hot milk with cardamom before going to bed. I was dubious and tried it for half a month, but most of the flatulence was gone, and the problem of lying in bed for two hours was also cured. Later, I checked the literature and found out that the anti-inflammatory effect of turmeric and the effect of warm medicated oil massage on improving local circulation are all supported by modern pharmacological research. The logic of this part is actually the same as the physical conditioning of our traditional Chinese medicine, and it is indeed useful when the symptoms are corrected.

But I have seen a lot of outrageous things. Last year, a friend came to me to complain. She said that a blogger on a social platform said that Ayurvedic herbal pills can cure Hashimoto's thyroiditis without taking Euthyrox. She spent a small amount of eight thousand to buy three large bottles. After taking them for two months, she went for a review. However, her indicators soared to the point where she had to be hospitalized for adjustment. Later, she found out that those pills didn't even have a regular production batch number, and the ingredients were even mixed with a large amount of illegally added hormones.

The current international attitude towards Ayurveda is actually very clear. The World Health Organization has long included it in the category of complementary and alternative medicine, provided that practitioners are systematically trained and the therapies meet local medical regulatory requirements. In recent years, there have been many clinical studies to verify the auxiliary conditioning effect of some of its therapies on chronic low back pain and metabolic syndrome. However, the core is "auxiliary" and can never replace conventional treatment.

To put it bluntly, this thing is actually like the Cantonese-style old hot soup we usually drink. You drink it according to the symptoms. In dry autumn and winter, stew some Sydney pear and white fungus to soothe your throat. When you catch a cold in the season, brew some tangerine peel and ginger tea to warm your body. If you don’t believe that it can cure cancer and lower blood sugar instead of regular drugs, you are just paying IQ tax. If you really want to try it, don't trust those Sanwu supplements purchased online, and don't use it as a substitute for serious treatment. Instead, find a regular and qualified institution to adjust your work and rest and relieve sub-health conditions. It is quite reliable.