Research in Ayurveda

Research in Ayurveda is the need of time I feel. It is dire need of today's world. At one side many diseases are there in the society and on the other hand many of the diseases are finding good care with the help of Ayurveda. But the problem is - lack of documentation in Ayurveda. Actually there are many problems but let us have a look at it one by one.

Documentation:
Documentation is extremely needed in Ayurveda. In clinical research it is said that "If you do it and if you do not document it, it is not done!" Such is higher level of evidence that is needed in a clinical trial to establish a point. In Ayurveda, there are many texts which have documented many observations and many Ayurvedic practitioners use it in their practice. But the problem is of validation. The texts which are written are being followed and some of the treatments get good results. It will be highly beneficial if we can validate this data.

Measurement: 
"How to measure?" is a favorite question of Dr. Abhay Bang. This question will come in mind when one will start doing research in Ayurveda. Lack of standardization is one more thing which needs to be addressed.

Language:
"Statistics is the grammar of science" - Karl Pearson