SWASTHA VRITTA

(Community Preventive Medicine)
This department imparts training in the principles and practice of Social and Preventive Medicine at both the personal and communal levels. Promotion of positive health is dealt with from the Ayurvedic view point. Naturaopathy and Yoga also come under the Purview of this department. Social and Preventive Medicine in Ayurveda deals with elaborate guidelines and regimens for maintaining and promoting health of the individual and the community as whole. Regulation of life style, diet and behavior on the basis of diurnal, seasonal and geographical variations, as well as the constitution of the individual, is an important component of preventive medicine in Ayurveda. Ayurvedic dietetics is a discipline in itself. Measures for periodical purification and rejuvenation of the body aims to promote vitality and positive health of the person. Swasthavritta also deals with the principles of epidemiology and the prevention and the principles of epidemiology and the prevention and management of communicable diseases. This department gives comprehensive training in preventive aspects of health care integrating modern concepts with principles of Ayurveda as well as Yoga and Naturopathy.