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              Ayurveda, the science of life, (Ayu=Life and Vid=Science) is part of ageless Vedic heritage of India. Speculations about its origin go back thousands of years before Christ.
            Extensive literature on this subject on this subject, dating back to the fourth century BC, has one thing in common that the essence of Ayurveda is to preserve good health, which is every human being’s birthright. Ayurveda prescribes life style changes with emphasis on tranquility of mind that is filled with universal compassion, as an insurance against an occasional illness. In this system disease is only an accident. Just as road accidents are rare if one follows traffic rules, disease would be an exception if one follows the life style prescribed in Ayurveda, which is not hard to comply with.
            The human body has an inbuilt powerful immune system that could correct most, if not all, ills that man is heir to. In the unlikely event of this mechanism failing, and only then, should doctors interfere to help the system, when possible.
            In fact, the concept of immune deficiency syndromes had been prevalent there. Immune boosting methods are the mainstay of Ayurvedic therapeutics, the panchakarmas, and the five modalities.
            Swasthasya swastharakshitham (Keep the well healthy as long as possible is the motto). This motto would be great help to modern medicine where a stage has come, what, with an array of scopes and scanners, coupled with our inability to define normality precisely, we end up with having no normal healthy human being at all.
            Among the many methods of preserving health in Ayurveda, the one that stands out is Sage Patanjali’s Yoga Shashtra, Unlikely what is sold by the new age gurus, original Yoga had eight wings: rules for day to day living including diet, the art and ethics of living, regular exercise menu, the all important breathing method pranayaama, detached outlook towards life, yogic postures for constant ease to enable one to practice the next steps of dhyaana – concentration, tranquility of mind, and the ultimate realization of the impermanence of life to make man fearless even in the face of death.
            Thus defined, Yoga becomes a way of life and not just a few contortions of the body for and hour or so daily. Yoga, in its true form, is a way of life.
            Another distinct philosophy in Ayurveda is that every disease begins in our thoughts (consciousness) and grows in the body. Genetic contributions are very clearly understood, in addition. The concept is holistic and never reductionist. Man is a part of the universal consciousness, the environment and even the stars are supposed to have a role to play. Modern medicine is just trying to grapple with the role played by the mind in serious illness. Science, especially quantum physics, seems to be going into the new realm of human consciousness.
            Werner Heisenberg’s Uncertainty principle and Ervin Schordinger’s Cat Hypothesis point in that direction. Recent studies of patients revived after cardiac arrest and those undergoing brain surgeries have pointed to the possibility of human consciousness (mind) out with the brain in every single human cell. This all-pervasive consciousness has been the hallmark of Ayurvedic thinking.

Effectiveness of Ayurveda:
            In the absence of its recognition by the main line science journals, the studies in the field of Ayurveda find it very difficult to get published, but there have been modern scientific enquiries into the effect of Yogic breathing. Millions all over the world now practice breathing methods for good health. It has become big business with all market force trappings.
            Small pox, the only scourge that we have been able to eradicate so far, was done with the help of vaccination. The authentication for Edward Jenner’s anecdotal experience came from the prospective controlled study observations of a London physician, T.Z.Holwell, FRCP, FRS, who after studying Indian vaccination systems prospectively for twenty long years in the Bengal province of the Raj, reported his findings to the President and Fellows of the London Collage in 1747. He wrote that the antiquity and the authenticity (ninety percent protection of the vaccinated) could certainly give credibility to Jenner’s method.
            The graphic description of Indian method and its efficacy are portrayed in his paper, which could be viewed in the archives of the Collage library even today. Although slightly damaged by the great London fire of the eighteenth century, the document, providentially, survived the fire to show the original method that eventually led to the eradication of the greatest scourge of mankind. Recent evidence also suggests that the mind could initiate the cardiac rhythm and also the arrhythmias.
            Ayurveda classifies human beings into three distinct types, vaata, pitta and kapha with multiple subtypes. This typing takes into account the pheno-typical and geno-typical features, in addition to consciousness. In short, it is a holistic concept unlike the modern medical method of matching groups for controlled studies based on tiny fractions of the phenotype, like height, weight, age, sex and body mass index with a few of the biochemical and physical characteristics. This kind of science of reductionism has led to doctors predicting the unpredictable.
            An experienced Ayurvedic physician could classify his patients based on these types since the treatment modalities are individualistic and not based on controlled studies as in modern medicine.
            Each patient needs individual titration of the methods used for him. Science time-evolution, in a dynamic system, depends on the total initial state of the organism, controlled studies could be done using these personality types to match cohorts for better results in future. There are computerized systems to classify people based on this system.
            Ayurveda does not look at the human body as a sum total of the organs. The physiology in Ayurveda takes into account every aspect of man’s existence, including the planetary influence. There is a whole science of Ayurvedic astrology. The various rhythms of the body like the circadian and ultradian were explained by their mode locking to the most dominant rhythm of breathing.
            Breathing could control all the systems in the body except the one rhythm that occurs outside twenty-four hour cycle the menstrual cycle that occurs once in twenty-eight days. This Ayurveda, claimed is under the gravitational pull of the moon stimulation the human brain!
            “Kujendu hetuprathimaasaarthavam” (Because of the moon the woman menstruates once a month). This might looked very odd but for the fact that recent advances in human physiology have shown that the final stimulus for the endocrine orchestra that maintains the infradien rhythm of menstruation comes, from the gravitational effect of the moon on the cortical cells.
            Most of the present day “so called” Ayurvedic drugs in the market are reductionist in that they are only the extracts of the active principle in the plant to conform to the modern medical standards of drug sales. Dravyaguna, Ayurvedic pharmacodynamics, does not deal with active principles.
            It deals with the whole plant extract as envisaged in the ancient texts. This takes into effect even the photo dynamicity of the plant. Some plants are to be harvested only after sunset lest their properties would change if harvested while the sun is up. Modern medicine tells us that the extracts might have serious side effects in the long run. Vitamin C in large doses, over long periods, could encourage cancer growth in the body, but eating tomato daily with lots of vitamin C in it, would not harm the body. There are many unknown chemicals in the whole plant that prevent the active ingredient from harming the patient while, at the same time, potentiating the good effects of the active principle. We will have to standardize the drug delivery methods to conform to the present standards but on the basis of holism only.
            In fact, herbal medicines are the least important part of Ayurvedic therapeutics. While yoga, panchakarma, and surgery are the main stay, herbal medicines are occasionally used. Ayurvedic surgery was so advanced that the rhinoplasty method used by the Ayurvedic physician, Shushruta, is being used by plastic surgeons even today. His anatomy classes lasted more than two years for students and he had devised most of the important emergency surgical methods.
            His main job is to study his patient in great detail with special reference to his surroundings and classify him. Having done that he should then try and tailor the management strategies. Most of them would need panchakarma methods. Almost all of them would do well with change of mode of living that Ayurveda prescribes with special emphasis on diet, yoga and exercises.
            Rarely do surgical methods and/or drugs become appropriate. With advances in modern science and technology one cannot ignore the benefits of using modern hi-tech methods for emergency care. This requires the conventional Ayurvedic doctor to have a reasonably good knowledge of the modern medical methods to be able to give proper advice to patients. A judicious combination of modern medicine and Ayurveda would be an ideal training for a family doctor. More skilled specialists in either system could be used only at the referral point. This would bring down the top-heavy cost of modern medical care remarkably.
            More than eighty percent of the illnesses are either minor or self-correcting. They could easily be helped using ayurvedic methods and a placebo doctor. In addition, Ayurveda could help chronic debilitating diseases to a great extent, at a very small cost to the taxpayer. About ten percent of the time modern medicine becomes mandatory. Roughly, ninety percent of the unnecessary cost could be reduced for the benefit of all without detriment to public health. Rather, most of the iatrogenic problems could thus be avoided. Iatrogenesis is usually due to the long-term side effects of modern drugs. The latter form about fifteen percent of hospital admissions. Modern medical doctors, who do not have an idea of Ayurveda and how it works, could be baffled when confronted with a patient who has probably taken the wrong advice from unscrupulous ayurvedic practitioners. The whole gamut of these intricacies would have to be thrashed out before changing the system of medical education into a complementary holistic system.
Ayurveda would not be of so much use in an emergency. For the management of emergencies we have to follow the modern medical methods. But for all the chronic degenerative and ageing problems Ayurveda is a panacea. The cost is very small in comparison. Modern medical drugs and interventions are good for acute emergencies, but in the long run most of them have run into serious problems.

            Like the Shih Tzu, the papillon is one of the oldest toy dog breeds, dating back to the 16th century. The name means ‘butterfly’ in French – the dog has large earl fringed with silky hair just like a butterfly’s wings. The Phalene is another type of Papillon that has drooping ears like a spaniel. In fact, another name for both dogs is the ‘continental toy spaniel’.

            Papillons originated in Spain but the breed was developed in France. It was a popular pet with the French royals: Henry III adopted it as the official court dog. The dog can be seen is the portraits of the royal family painted by the Old Masters (European painters of the 19th century). Queen Marie Antoinette is believed to have carried her Papillon to the guillotine. The dog was rescued and kept in a building in Paris that is still called Papillon House.
            The Papillon stands about 20-28 centimeter tall. It has a long, heavy coat that ends in a thick frill on the chest. It is a friendly dog that is surprisingly athletic for its size. In recent years, Papillons have regularly won the agility tests at major dog shows.

In ayurvedic, there are mention many benefits of garlic. In some of the critical illness its prove as a sure infallible or medicine likes never falling remedy.As a regular use of garlic, face becomes more attractive. It is useful in cold, cough, fever etc.Household remedies of GARLIC:Mix the juice of garlic with hot water, it will efficacious in breath; asthma; increased respiration, panting for breath; draw or pull of smoking pipe; whiff of tobacco etc.; oxygen,life; stamina; strength, energy; vigour; spirit, mettle; threat, threatening; intimidation; scolding.If there is extra water in lungs and you have trouble to take breath and as result you have pain in chest then crush the garlic and mix with the flour of wheat and do warming, fomentation; heating. In cold, if you suffer from sneezing and drop the water from your nose, in that case Garlic is more efficacious. If you suffer from sore throat, take a juice of garlic with hot water and do the goggle. Make a mixture of 20 drop of garlic juice with the juice of pomegranate; take this mixture it will help to prevent a cough.To remove the bad smell from mouth, take a mixture of one spoon honey and 20 drops of garlic juice.

If you suffer from baldness, apply the juice of garlic on affected area of baldness. Within a week your hair is growing on the bald part. If you have more lice in your head and you want to free from these lice, make a mixture of crush garlic with a juice of lemon and apply on your heat at night.If you eat garlic on daily basis, your breast will improve and become strong from Disfigurement of breast or breast like without support. Mix a crush of single part of garlic with hot mustard oil, now make a cold this mixture and put 2-3 drops in ear. It will help to protect the pain from ear.If person in unconscious situation put 2-3 drops of garlic juice in nose to come from conscious situation.Take a five bud of garlic with black grapes or a honey regularly, it will help to kill the stomach germ.In bone disease or in trouble of growing bone or in weak bone, garlic is more advantageous.If the woman wants to become pregnant, take a five bud of garlic with one cup of milk at evening through whole winter and If this is not suitable for pregnant woman please stop this remedy immediately.Garlic is known as most killer germ. So if you take a regularly garlic in your food, it will help to killer the unwanted germs in body.