Present day Ayurveda is a big scam. The real Ayurveda which was superior than allopathy was destroyed during the Buddhism era unleashed by Samrata Ashoka. Because as per the principles of Buddhism at that time suffering would give you moksha and suffering due to sickness etc. was a redemption of your past karma. Because of this Ayurveda practice was banned, some were destroyed, some knowledge was lost in time. In fact ayurveda had surgery procedure and was very advanced. Unfortunately all the artifacts and documents were destroyed. In most countries Ayurveda(internal medicine) is banned, since they found mercury, lead and other heavy metal. So Ayurveda per se may be ok but the mass manufacturing introduces too many toxicity to be considered safe.
Note: Be careful when you buy a mass manufactured the ever popular Chawanprash. Chawanprash is a good ayurveda formulation but buy it from a vaidya that you know or generation old family run ayurveda shop who make those formulation themselves.
RE:Today's ayurveda is a SCAM
by raj on Aug 21, 2008 09:33 AM Permalink
NO. i suppose you will say that of allopathy too if you come across an idiot practising allopathy or if you come across fake drugs which are so rampant.
samrat ashok never destroyed any ayurvedic texts you idiot. its was khilji, get a history lesson before you spread lies.
modern day ayurveda is sound in its principles. in fact much of the herbs form the basis for many allopathic medicines - the active ingredients are all common.
