Pediatrics and Ayurveda Two Non-separable Faces Of Medicines

There are many branches in the Ayurveda, the treatment procedures vary from age to gender as well as disease to disease. There is a whole new different treatment available for the pediatrics in the Ayurveda, which is known as Balachikitsa. This subdivision of treatment is also known as Kaumarbhritya.

According to the basics of Ayurveda, there are mainly two methods in the caring for children, one is preventive method and other is treatment. Preventive method starts before the child's birth. This means the method starts at the beginning when the woman conceives. In this method, the main factors that contribute are fresh food, pleasant mind, caring and good atmosphere etc.

The pediatrics and Ayurveda go hand in hand to make sure that the child is taken care of in each stage of its growth. Once you have taken care of the baby's growth before it comes to this beautiful world, the next thing would be to maintain the health of child during its various stages of growth.

After a few weeks of birth of child, a special kind of ointment specially prepared with the help of various kinds of useful and very effective herbs will be applied all over the body excluding its head. This treatment method is used mainly to prevent any sort of future diseases. The child's room is sterilized with the smoke of medicinal herbs, which will have sterilizing and well as cleansing properties.

Both the pediatrics and Ayurveda strongly believe that by feeding the child with mother's milk for up to one year from the day of birth, most of the diseases can be prevented. According to the expert's point of view, all types of diseases that attack adults, can also affect the children. The only difference is that at the infant stage, the diseases can be prevented from spreading.

With the advancement in medicinal science, there are lots of modern medicines which will start intervening right from the birth of a child. When you look at the history of Ayurveda, it has all sorts of solutions to the diseases that are feasible to attack the children. One of the main reasons for the diseases in children is improper digestion. When you take care of the digestive system, half of your problems are solved.

There are varieties of herbs available in the Ayurveda which can be used as medicines by properly blending some of the effective ones. You can prepare a sort of paste or syrup to feed your child on a daily basis, which will certainly prevent the diseases. The pediatrics and Ayurveda strongly advice to feed your child with only natural and fresh herbs, this will help in improving the immunization as well as increase their resistance power to any kind of illnesses.

One most common cause for the disease is the allergy. There are various factors, which cause allergies in children. You need to take care of the surrounding where the child is being brought up, which means keeping the atmosphere clean and free of any pollutants.