 This is the rhyme from Veda, which means, that Ayurveda is nothing but for longevity. And Charaka says, Ayurveda has no starting, no ending. It is anadan and anadi, which means the knowledge of Ayurveda has been remaining in the universe all the time to come. In that way, Ayurveda came into literary existence through some Hidhas like Charaka, Sushruta and Bhagpada, some 3,000 years back. In fact, these two schools of thought led to the writing of two major books on Ayurveda, Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita. Most of the modern illnesses, because modern medicine has eliminated many of the infectious diseases, the overall, you know, living conditions have improved. But these diseases, what we call as the lifestyle disorders, are really going to be the problem of the future. All of a sudden, we wake up in the morning and we discover that something is wrong. We go to doctor and we notice that after checking blood, our blood sugar is high. And we are labelled as diabetes, but this does not happen overnight. It is a sequential process. Modern science or modern medicine, we have no clue how it happens in a sequential manner. First, the imbalance happens, say, in one dosha. Okay? Then this dosha will accumulate. That is stage one. After that, it sort of gets into a state of agitation. That is stage two. Stage three is that it spreads into the body. Stage four, it goes into a vulnerable area. Up to this point, Ayurveda can actually reverse everything. Because stage five is the manifestation of disease. Stage six is the manifestation of complications. All these diseases are originated because of the body's imbalance. Ayurveda says how it can correct the body's imbalances by two methods. One is the pacification method, Samana Jigalsha. Second one is the purification method. The purificatory method is Shodhana Jigalsha, the famous Panchakarma, which we do in almost all good authentic Ayurvedic hospitals. In Ayurvedic medicine, the practice of Panchakarma is a therapeutic way of eliminating toxic elements from the body. During the massage with warm handmade herbal oils, the body is detoxified through the skin. In Ayurveda, this oil treatment is called Snehana. The use of Svedana will result in the patient breaking out in a sweat. A successful Panchakarma treatment helps eliminate the accumulated toxins in the body. And yoga brings man to the natural state of tranquility, which is equilibrium. Contemporary Ayurveda consists of proprietary Ayurvedic formulations that are validated by modern science. In early 30s, there was no medicine that brought down blood pressure. There was no anti-hypertensive medicine. The only way to bring down blood pressure was to drain blood. So the first anti-hypertensive product given to the world was given by the founder of Himalaya Drug Company. It was made from the root of a plant called Rovalphea Serpentina. Subsequently, Siba extracted the active principle or the chemical that was responsible for bringing down blood pressure. And that chemical was called Rezapine. Now Ayurveda obviously had, because herbal medicine we know has great value. A lot of the modern medicine comes out of herbal medicine. If we take Ayurveda the way it has been known or all the herbal medicines, and there are people in government institutions and privately who have actually done the pharmacopia on herbal medicine, that we apply modern scientific techniques to herbal medicine and try to make an amalgam between the two, not only as complementary but as a fusion. I think that there is room to fuse modern medicine and herbal medicine to achieve two things. One, that your therapies will be equally good or more effective. Two, they will be imminently more human friendly so that you don't have to cut out the body or you don't have to use x-ray and all that. And third, it would be half the price. As we progress through the 21st century, it can truly be said that Ayurvedic medicine has gone global, gaining international interest and respect as an alternative means of caring for physical and mental health. I see why our medical doctors are coming to our training. They're coming because they have lost their dharma, as you say. You know, they won't study medicine because they wanted to do something for humanity. Then they ended up in a technical medicine. Now they're coming to our trainings in Ayurvedic medicine because they're finding back to their own profession and they're finding back to their own mission in life they want to share. Today, one of the world's most ancient and continuously practiced medical systems is seeking its place in the modern world. What we see today in western countries and also globally is a trend towards integration, towards integrative medicine. And for our understanding in the universitarian setup, it does not mean a sort of random integration of therapeutic elements, but it means the integration of the best possible therapeutic tools for our individual patients out of the mixture of different therapeutic modes. Suppose we have a patient who comes in with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis on the knee, so joint and bone disorders and asks us for help or for our medical advice. This patient will of course also receive Ayurvedic treatment. I'm a gynecologist and obstetrician, so I try to find holistic concepts for the treatment in gynecology and obstetrics. We deal with pregnant women like with patients, and this is wrong. But we can help them to have a good pregnancy, to have a good time using also these techniques of natural herbs, of meditation, of yoga during pregnancies. Also we start to teach the mothers to apply Ayurvedic massage to their newborn babies every day. This moment they start with the massage, the babies are very quiet, very relaxed, and this is I think a very important and pleasant atmosphere. Ayurveda being a holistic form of medicine, it bears close resemblance to European medical traditions. Europeans therefore have found a growing acceptance of this ancient medical system. Ayurveda is the science of 21st century. Ayurveda is actually futuristic medicine. Ayurveda is not a medicine of past at all. In my opinion everything starts from the mind, in any case. So we cannot ignore it and I would say 20% of diseases should be treated by modern medicine. And the remaining by Ayurveda and all the hundred other systems that also exist. The Ayurvedic medicine and these ancient medicine combinedly I think can be immense benefit to humanity.