One person who has caused a huge paradigm shift in the Western world is: Deepak Chopra
http://www.amazon.com/Ageless-Body-Timeless-Mind-Alternative/dp/0517882124

Allopathy focuses on curing once the disease happens. Ayurveda focuses on prevention. Pharmaceutical companies are becoming very wealthy by selling their expensive medicines. That is why they don't want a lot of people to know about Ayurveda.

Dr Chopra has redefined what it means to be healthy. There are Nepalis who blow off Ayurveda as bakwas because it does not operate according to the allopathic paradigm of medicine. But that doesn't mean that Ayurveda does not have benefits. Dr Chopra has been able to present many types of therapies like magnetic therapy and aroma therapy. These therapies operate according to a very different model than that operated by allopathic medicine. But many people are using this therapy very effectively and are benefitting from it.

Chopra talks about the importancce of body mind and spirit working in harmony instead of working against each other. This is a completely different model than the biological model presented by allopathy--by the hard sciences. But since it has been benefitting so many people and has been helping them to be healthy and satisfied, how can you say that it is bakwas and BS nonsense?

If something helps you to be healthy and happy and satisfied, isn't that all the proof you need? Why do you need someone else to tell you how to be happy, healthy and satisfied? If you feel it, then you know it. What other proof do you need?