Alternative Medicine: Herbal Dentistry, a Review

The sole purpose of any branch of medicine is to strive to make human life happier and healthier. To achieve this we must use every possible resource available. From time immemorial, we have been using our natural resources to attain the state of well-being.

Herbal medicines are drugs of plant origin used to treat diseases or to attain or maintain a condition of improved health. Herbs with medicinal properties are a useful and effective source of treatment for various disease processes. Many drugs used in Western medical science (called allopathic medicine) have their origin in medicinal plants. Through this article, an attempt has been made to describe Ayurvedic resources to attain ‘Dantaswasthyam’. The word ‘Ayurveda’ is derived from: ‘Ayu’ meaning ‘life’ and ‘veda’ meaning ‘knowledge’. In its true sense, Ayurveda literally means the science that imparts all the knowledge of life.

Basics of Ayurveda

The body of man and all the objects in the universe are composed of some base elements namely earth, water, energy, air and space. ‘Vata’, ‘Pitta’ and ‘Kapha’ molecules are the three biological elements which constitute the cells and tissues of all the living organisms in the universe. The biological combination of Earth and Water gives rise to ‘Kapha’, Water and Energy to ‘Pitta’ and Air and Space to ‘Vata’. Kapha molecules make up the main structural units of the body. Pitta molecules represent the various enzymes and hormones and are responsible for digestion and release of energy impulses and all the movements of the body. When quantitatively and qualitatively normal, these three doshas (namely Vata, Pitta and Kapha) constitute the three pillars which stabilize life. But in a state of imbalance, the same three elements are responsible for disease, or even death.

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