Ayurvedic system of medicine:
Ayurveda which is the science of life, concern with the physical, mental and spiritual health of an individual human beings, animals, birds, etc.
Ayurveda is the science of plant medicine.
The term Ayurveda is Sanskrit, consisting of two words :
Ayur - means life and
veda - means scared knowledge or science.
Therefore, Ayurveda is a science of life. It is a holistic science of health.
Ayurveda is considered as the Upveda of Atharvaveda, which deals with different type of herbs, the anatomy and physiology of different organs of the body
and the principles of treatment of diseases. Charaka is the principle exponent in the Ayurvedic system of medicine.
Ayurveda is based on following three fundamental principles :
1. Panch - Mahabhuta Siddhanta,
2. Tridosha theory and
3.Guna - Rasa - Virya - Vipaka - Prabhava Siddhanta
Ayurveda is perhaps the oldest (6000 B.C.) system of medicine.
It spread with vedic and Hindu culture as far east as Indonesia and to the west upto ancient Greek. Buddhists added many new in sight to it, they took it along with their religion to many different countries.
Thus Ayurveda became the basis of healing and curing many diseases and illness in many other countries like Tibet, Sri Lanka, Burma, China and Greek.
Ayurveda which is the science of life, concern with the physical, mental and spiritual health of an individual human beings, animals, birds, etc.
Ayurveda is the science of plant medicine.
The term Ayurveda is Sanskrit, consisting of two words :
Ayur - means life and
veda - means scared knowledge or science.
Therefore, Ayurveda is a science of life. It is a holistic science of health.
Ayurveda is considered as the Upveda of Atharvaveda, which deals with different type of herbs, the anatomy and physiology of different organs of the body
and the principles of treatment of diseases. Charaka is the principle exponent in the Ayurvedic system of medicine.
Ayurveda is based on following three fundamental principles :
1. Panch - Mahabhuta Siddhanta,
2. Tridosha theory and
3.Guna - Rasa - Virya - Vipaka - Prabhava Siddhanta
Ayurveda is perhaps the oldest (6000 B.C.) system of medicine.
It spread with vedic and Hindu culture as far east as Indonesia and to the west upto ancient Greek. Buddhists added many new in sight to it, they took it along with their religion to many different countries.
Thus Ayurveda became the basis of healing and curing many diseases and illness in many other countries like Tibet, Sri Lanka, Burma, China and Greek.
