Ayurveda in Nepal

Nepal is highly diverse and rich in geography, culture, and religions owning a large number of natural gifts. Nepal has the highest mountains on earth; the famous sages, saint and enlightened being have meditated and lived in this land. Nepal’s mountains and strong wind has caused thousands of medicinal plants to grow. Nepal stands 8th position in asia and 2nd position in south asia for its floral wealth with an estimated 9000 species of flowering plants. There are more than 3500 medicinal plants in Nepal. Ayurveda in Nepal is unified with a total well being of a person and it is always considered from four-dimensional health: body, senses, mind and soul.
Thousand years of the oldest Sanskrit scriptures are still present in Nepal. Experienced and highly knowledgeable Ayurveda doctors and their team live with all their hearts by the Ayurveda tradition and combine the ancient knowledge of healing with modern concepts. The competence and friendliness of the Nepalese and their highly developed intuitive faculties make all treatment into a beneficial event.
Today, Ayurveda is one of the most discussed topics among foreign visitors and patients with chronic diseases. There are various differences between the basic concepts of modern medical science and Ayurveda. The earliest classical Sanskrit works on Ayurveda describe medical science as being divided into eight components. Ayurveda is totally a life science while modern medical science deals with the treatment of disease. Once Ayurveda was the only science of medicine dealing with 8 parts as; medicine, surgery, pediatrics, ENT, etc.
Nepal, the country which is mostly known to the world as the home of Himalayas, is rarely known for its affiliation with Ayurveda. It is the first nation in the world where Ayurveda is the national medical system (Nepal Ayurveda Health Policy, 1996). Ayurvedic pharmacy, Singha Durbar Vaidyakhana, which was established in the middle of the 17th century, is still in action and the Ayurveda School established in 1928 is producing Ayurveda manpower without a pause. Ayurveda is gaining popularity as a form of alternative healing in Nepal.