Alternative Medicine

1. About Career

Do you want to cure people? Do you prefer to utilize foods and supplements as medicine? If yes, then you should consider your career in Ayurveda.

The Ayurvedic medicines aim at strengthening the capacity of the body to fight diseases. The medications used for this purpose are made from herbs, minerals, and metals. The treatment also includes massages, special diets and cleansing techniques. Ayurveda divides the human body into three main components (Doshas), namely Vatta, Pitta and Kapha, which is believed to be an actual cause of every imbalance or disorder occurring in the human body.

Example: Nuralz, Dabur India Ltd., Patanjali Ayurveda, Baidyanath, and Himalaya Wellness are few of the top Ayurveda companies in India.

2. Roles and Responsibilities of a Alternative Medicine

• • Conducting screening and diagnostic tests to reveal health issues.

  • Ayurveda also uses panchakarma therapy as a part of its treatment which involves purification through 5 processes of vomiting, purgation, enema, elimination through the nose, and blood detoxification.

  • Ayurveda is a personalized approach to health, and knowing your mind-body type allows you to make optimal choices about diet, exercise, supplements, and all other aspects of your lifestyle.

  • Ayurveda and Unani are forms of alternative medicine several thousand years old. Ayurvedic and Unani medicines have proved to be of great benefit in musculoskeletal disorders, health practitioners all over the world.

  • Ayurveda based on the concept that the body constitutes of the 5 basic elements of air, water, fire, earth and ether and an imbalance in these causes diseases.

  • In the Ayurvedic system of medicine, diagnosis is based on examination of 8 different aspects of the body. The Unani system of medicine chiefly uses the pulse and appearance for diagnosis. Both of these systems of medicine also believe in cleansing and purification through various processes and use of medicines made from natural substances.

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3. Key Skills Required for Alternative Medicine

• • Knowledge of herbs

  • ayurvedic remedies and herbal formulation

  • Therapeutic Management

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4. Salary and Demand for Alternative Medicine

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  Demand is High for Ayurveda.

  
  


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  Salary levels are Medium for Ayurveda. For fresher average salary is 3 to 4 Lacs.

  
  


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  Fees levels of the course is Low. To pursue this course student need to spend lesser than 2 Lakhs.

  
  


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  Level of preparation for Ayurveda is Medium. Students spend 1 Year. to prepare for entrance test of Ayurveda.

  
  
  
   

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