Ayurveda - bullshit or not?

[Hello from Russia]

Would be amazing to hear some of your experiences with Ayurveda as well as general thoughts on this healing modality

It seems to have some very good ideas in its philosophy, yet some things seem very far-fetched, for example the dosha theory

Idk why, but for some reason I feel the negative bias in me towards Indian medicine and many things Indian in general. I guess this is because the average Indian seems to be very unhealthy and the country overall is very dirty and polluted = why trust them in regards to health? 

Edited August 16, 2023 by Hello from Russia

[SourceCodo]

I recall reading of a practice:

 

you were to raise the toungue to the roof of the mouth and slowly cut the little thing stopped it from going back further. 
 

when it’s cut, you can stick your tongue into the hole going into the upper throat. This allows you to breathe all of your air into the mind and fill your mouth with brain nectar that heals all sorts of things and provides you with illuminating wisdom. 
 

but it is just saliva pooling in the mouth. 
 

I mean, I probably misunderstood it for how absurd it seemed. But I also have a 4th grade reading compression so I imagine I understood just fine. 
 

It’s a lot like ancient Chinese medicine. And dietary advice. 
 

Did what you read about it make sense?

Edited August 16, 2023 by SourceCodo

[Osaid]

I think their diet advice is in the right direction. Very intuitive. I find most people's diets nowadays to be logical rather than physical.

37 minutes ago, Hello from Russia said:

I guess this is because the average Indian seems to be very unhealthy and the country overall is very dirty and polluted = why trust them in regards to health? 

That's because their junk food is super spicy and oily and tasty, and there is like no knowledge on health there, this applies to a lot of these less developed countries.

What happens is, you'll have their traditional healthy whole food, like lentils or whatever. But then you also have the more unhealthy stuff that they love to snack on. Most indian people do not really care about diet at all, they aren't taught about it, it's not really enforced there.

So, lentils are indian food. But then also, some ball of dough fried in week old frying oil is ALSO indian food. So there's the disparity.

Then, you'll have candy and imported western products, which they know absolutely nothing about, and they just indiscriminately eat all of it or put it all in their food. They just don't care, and the doctors don't really care either (they just perscribe pills), and they're never really taught much about diet.

So, ultimately, I think it's bad to judge something more secular like Ayurveda on this. But also, you will never know until you personally try.

Just my two cents. Might have some biases and assumptions of my own in there, but I've lived in similar areas and seen what it's like.

I would also say, the pollution of the country is probably unrelated to diet. I don't know why you would consider that as a factor. I mean, India brought many enlightened people as well, despite being poluted, since you like correlations.