Role of Ayurveda in Lifestyle Disorders Management: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Nowadays, the worldwide increase of lifestyle diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, adiposity, and cardiovascular disease, has become a major public health issue. As much as modern medicine has made tremendous progress in diagnostics and acute care, it frequently falls short in longterm prevention and its scope toward holistic wellbeing. In Ayurveda,an Indian traditional system of medicine, the concept of health care is based upon “Preventive health care through personal diet and regimen”.This is the scenario that was current in the ancient days also, when the geniuses of Ayurveda like Charaka, Sushruta and others were deeply engrossed in defining and deciding the code of conduct and on the concept of health and health care. This review sheds light on the role of Ayurveda in management of lifestyle disorder in comparison with modern medicine bringing into focus strengths, weaknesses and areas that can be complemented. Based on published WHO data, clinical trials, and available meta-analysis, the paper presents on prevalence trends and on the effectiveness of classic Ayurvedic remedies (such as Panchakarma, Triphala, Guggulu, Arjuna, Ashwagandha) compared to standard therapeutic strategies. These findings suggest that integrative strategies, by which beneficial preventive Ayurvedic modalities are combined with modern evidence-based care, have potential to reduce the disease burden, improve quality of life, and reduce side effects. But concerns regarding standardisation, dosing regimes and multicentre RCTs remain. This research validates Ayurveda as an organized body of knowledge and highlights the significance of policy level integration and further studies to confirm Ayurvedic interventions within modern health care.