How to become an Ayurvedic doctor

Ayurvedic doctors are professionals who treat their patients using traditional ayurvedic medicine. They are medicinal practitioners of Ayurveda, a form of medicine that originated in India and is based on the principle that the mind, body, and spirit are interrelated and thereby places emphasis on the balance between the three to promote physical and mental wellness. The aim of ayurvedic doctors is to treat illness in the patients using a holistic approach.

This means that an ayurvedic doctor shall also focus on helping their patients balance their mind and body while also promoting a good lifestyle. They work towards enhancing the natural healing capacity of their patient’s body through ayurvedic medicinal practices that focus on balancing the level of three bodily elements of kapha, pitta, and vata. They are specialized in utilizing ayurvedic principles as remedies for alleviating ailments of the body while also placing emphasis on the food and nutrition, lifestyle habits, mental state of the patient.

Ayurvedic doctors can apply this system of healing by employing various methods of treatments such as touch therapy, aromatherapy, sound therapy, herbalism, color therapy. Therefore, the ayurvedic doctors show their expertise in diagnosing the problem or the concern of the individual (patient), find its prognosis and look out for the factors that can be worked in treating the patient. Their eventual task is to treat the patients and relieve them of their problems.

These doctors also help the individuals to prevent them from forming their diseases, as they always believe that "prevention is always better than cure." Their natural system of practice is based on the methods of the Ayurveda in working with the healing capacity of the mind and body of the person. Ayurvedic doctors use various methodologies, such as the psychological, physiological, or even the natural based medicines, herbs or foods to treat and heal the individual.

• Collect the patient’s medical history and information about the presenting problem
• Examine the patient’s physical condition as well as their dietary habits, lifestyle choices, and mental state
• Advice necessary tests to screen or diagnose the client’s presenting problems
• Explain to the clients their illness, the recommended course of treatment and its benefits
• Prescribe medicines to alleviate illness, prevent diseases, and improve general health
• Provide referrals to other healthcare professionals and specialists when necessary
• Monitor the effectiveness of interventions
• Prepare documents for recording each case for future reference

To become an Ayurvedic doctor, the individual's diagnostic abilities should be sharp along with extensive knowledge about the ayurvedic principles, ayurvedic formulations and therapies of treatment. They should have excellent communication and active listening skills as well in order to extract information about the patient’s presenting problems and the varied factors affecting their symptoms along with conveying information regarding the diagnosis and treatment course in simple, understandable terms to the patient.

They should be methodical, analytical, and skilled at time management. They should be detail-oriented with strong complex problem-solving skills in order to accurately identify symptoms and their causes and devise appropriate treatment courses. They need to be dedicated and committed to the field in order to continually work towards expanding their knowledge to promote, maintain, and restore the health of their patients in their career. A lot of capabilities and abilities that act as strong aspect to help an individual be better in their professional capacities are mentioned below.

Ayurvedic doctors need to have strong reading comprehension wherein they understand and learn difficult concepts in their field. It also helps them in understanding the documentation of their patients. Nonetheless, it would also help them in their particular research based areas, in picking up specific researches, or any other aspect where they can do thorough analysis of a particular case, etc. These professionals also need to have strong communication skills.

This would help them in making thorough communication with their patients, and with people in general while guiding them towards their general well being. It is very important that a doctor's communication skills are well nurtured with the right kind of communication and making the people understand their illness and the required treatment along with the precautions with clarity. Along with it, they also need to be good in their active listening capacities.

This capacity would include the aspect of listening well and then addressing the concerns of their patients or people in general. Along with this, it is understood that these people often prefer having strong critical skills and analytical skills to understand the diagnosis and its prognosis accurately. This would the road to deal with any patient and treat them in thorough manner. In addition to this, ayurvedic doctors should have a strong sense of judgement and clear decision making skills leading to the appropriate measures required to help the patients throughout their course of treatment.

The salary of an "Ayurvedic doctor" can vary based on factors such as experience, qualifications, location (rural or urban), type of practice (government or private), and the size of the healthcare facility.

• Minimum Monthly Salary: The monthly salary can be from INR 20,000 to INR 40,000.
• Maximum Monthly Salary: The monthly salary can be from INR 60,000 to INR 1,00,000 or more.
• Annual Salary: The annual salary can be from INR 2,40,000 to INR 12,00,000 or more.
• Highest Paying Job and Scope: The highest paying job for Ayurvedic doctors can be owning and managing their private Ayurvedic clinics or wellness centers. The scope for Ayurvedic doctors is promising, especially as people increasingly seek holistic and natural healthcare options. As an ancient traditional medical system, Ayurveda offers personalized treatments and emphasizes preventive medicine and well-being.

Bachelors-

The candidate should have to go through the national level entrance examination like NEET 2020 (National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test). Candidates also apply for state level examinations such as:

• OJEE 2020 (Odisha Joint Entrance Examination)
• KEAM 2020 (Kerala Engineering, Agriculture and Medical)
• GCET 2020 (Goa Common Entrance Test)
• BVP CET 2020 (Bharati Vidyapeeth Common Entrance Test)
• IPU CET 2020 (Indraprastha University Common Entrance Test)
• Some of the popular entrance exams for Post Graduate course are as follows-

Mastrers-

• Uttarakhand Post Graduate Medical Entrance Examination
• Kerala State Entrance Exam
• National Institute of Ayurveda Entrance exam (NIA)
• Common Entrance Test or CET Karnataka
• AYUSH Entrance Exam

• Healthcare Community
• Life Science Industries
• Pharmaceutical Industries
• Education
• Healthcare IT
• Insurance
• On Duty Doctor
• Nursing Home
• Spa Resort
• Clinical Trials
• Ayurvedic Resort
• Panchkarma Ashram
• Government/ Private Hospitals
• Dispensaries
• Colleges
• Research Institutes