
Yoga and Ayurveda are not just the cornerstones of the global well-being revolution but also seen as credible and cool, explains India Inc. Yoga expert. The Indian High Commission in London, on behalf of India's Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dr Michael Dixon of the College of Medicine in April to create AYUSH centres around the UK. The Indian government set up the Ministry of AYUSH to promote professional standards, public safety and the proper development of these natural systems of medicine from India. This landmark MoU will introduce AYUSH Centres of Excellence (ACE) to the UK for the first time. This initiative will cross-pollinate clinical excellence and evidence-backed research, which will highlight the diagnostic prowess of this ancient Indian medical system which was once the cornerstone and inspiration of ancient Greece. Modern Western medicine can find many of its roots in Ayurvedic philosophy, specifically from scriptures such as the 'Upanishads' dating back to the mid-300s BC. Somewhere along the line, however, western medicine has become increasingly reductionist, enabling them to hone in on disease studying and analysing it at the micro level. This certainly has its value, because it has given doctors the ability to answer questions like, the cause of a heart attack. Doctors know the pathophysiology and reasoning at the cellular level, however at a broader and more social level, they don't have the answers as to why