Does Ayurveda act on the cause of the illness or is it palliating the symptoms?
Yes, not only in the treatment of MS but also in every disease. The concept of treating the individual in Ayurveda makes it clear. An individual is the unique combination of all the systems with nervous system (Vata) at its apex. To make it short, in the treatment of MS we treat the individual nature of the nervous system which is more accurate than treating the nervous system as a whole. In our experience during the treatment of MS, patients show improvement in all the aspects of the disease rather than getting benefit in only certain symptoms of the disease. This is an experience based example to show that the disease is treating the cause of the illness. And also the changes seen in the MRI for those who had completed the treatment, patients free of exacerbations or appearance of any new symptoms are also noteworthy.
