Thanks to a polluted atmosphere and unhealthy diets, the immunity system of a large percentage of children has weakened, leaving them prey to a number of diseases during childhood
During the time Ayurveda was flourishing in the East, it should not be supposed that the people in the West were not developing their own science of healing, depending on the herbs available in their countries and areas.
The monks, nuns, wise women, and wise men of Europe, worked long and hard looking for cures and remedies to treat commonplace ailments. Also, nearly every family with a wise wife and mother knew about natural remedies and practices to take care of the health of her children. These remedies were made from herbs gathered outdoors or from her garden and ground in a pestle and mortar.
The medical compendiums from the East especially from India and China reached Europe in medieval times, when translations were taken there by traders.
In 1794, British physicians came to India to see ancient surgical procedures like rhinoplasty taking place here, done by ancient surgical methods. This procedure, along with other surgical procedures were inscribed 5000 years ago in the Charaka compendium.
Chinese traditional medicine still uses powerful healing natural items like bone, gristle, herbs, spices, and so on, to make healing remedies.
In many parts of the Asia, especially in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Burma and India and Tibet, some sort of Ayurveda, takes the form of traditional medicine. The herbs which are used to cure diseases depend on the locality, and if they are not available, the equivalent substitutes are used in order to cure that particular ailment.
Naturally, these herbs and spices which were used in ancient times are still part of tradition medicine. Some of these traditions may seem surprising to you, but they have become part of traditional medical folklore. So the next portion is going to concentrate on food tips for healing, which you did not know.