Ayurveda

Introduction

Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing that has its origins in the Vedic culture of India. Although suppressed during years of foreign occupation, Ayurveda has been enjoying a major resurgence in both its native land and throughout the world. Tibetan medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine both have their roots in Ayurveda. Early Greek medicine also embraced many concepts originally described in the classical Ayurvedic medical texts dating back thousands of years. In this Activity you will create a brochure on Ayurveda medicine.

Task:

Students will create a brochure that describes Ayurveda and encourages its use. Students should describe its connection to Hinduism, its basic principles, how it is practiced, and how it treats diabetes. Your brochure should answer the following questions:

1. How is Hinduism connected to Ayurveda?
2. How is Ayurveda different from western Medicine?
3. What are the basic principles or beliefs of Ayurveda?
4. What are the doshas and how are they related to the elements and the body systems?
5. What is the Ayurveda approach or basic treatment methods?
6. How do Ayurveda doctors diagnose illness?  
7. What does Ayurveda say about Diabetes Type 1?
8. How does Ayurveda treat Diabetes Type 1?

The Process:

Your team must work together on all stages of the process. However, one team member will act as the manager of the entire project, while each additional team member will each act as the leader of one of the four parts of the brochure. Your team needs to decide who will assume each of the following roles.  The Manager will also have to be leader for one of the four parts of the brochure.

Manager
--coordinates between group members
--keeps group members on task
--monitors time and speed of work

--pulls all the work together from each of the group members for the final product

Part One

--Answers the following questions:

1. How is Hinduism connected to Ayurveda?
2. How is Ayurveda different from western Medicine?

Part Two

--Answers the following questions:

1. What are the basic principles or beliefs of Ayurveda?
2. What are the doshas and how are they related to the elements and the body systems?

Part Three

--Answers the following questions:

1. What is the Ayurveda approach or basic treatment methods?
2. How do Ayurveda doctors diagnose illness? 

Part Four:

--Answers the following questions:

1. What does Ayurveda say about Diabetes Type 1?
2. How does Ayurveda treat Diabetes Type 1?

Step One: Use the following links to research your questions.

http://www.chopra.com/our-services/ayurveda

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/alternative-treatment/Diabetes-and-Ayurverdic-medicine.html

http://gulfnews.com/leisure/health/ayurveda-approach-towards-diabetes-1.1217613

http://www.yogajournal.com/article/ayurveda/serene-healing/

http://www.chopra.com/files/docs/teacherdownloads/actpapers/Diabetes,%20Allan%20C.%20King.pdf

Step Two: Write your section of the brochure out using complete sentences

Step Three: Combine all work into one brochure.

Evaluation