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What is Ayurveda? Ayurveda is a wholistic system of
medicine from India that uses a constitutional model. Its aim is to
provide guidance regarding food and lifestyle so that healthy people
can stay healthy and folks with health challenges can improve their
health.
 History
of Ayurveda
Ayurveda literally means the "science of life." This comprehensive
medical system has withstood the test of time, since it has been used
for thousands of years and formed the basis for many other medical systems
that grew from it. The original knowledge of Ayurveda is said to have
come from divine revelation. The wisdom of Ayurveda was categorized
into eight branches of medicine around 1500 B.C. by two main schools
of Ayurveda - Atreya (school of physicians) and Dhanvantari (school
of surgeons). Since it existed before the advent of writing, the knowledge
of it was originally passed on verbally from generation to generation.
The oral traditions were placed in written form more than 2,000 years
ago. The tenets of Ayurveda were laid down in two of the Vedas - Rik
Veda and Atharva Veda, in hymn form.
This knowledge was reorganized more than 1,200 years ago and compiled
into two ancient texts that are still used today. The Charak Samhita
grew from the Atreya school of physicians. It covers physiology, anatomy,
etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms and signs of disease, methodology of
diagnosis, treatment and prescription of patients, prevention and longevity.
The Sushrut Samhita grew from the Dhanvantari school of surgeons. It
covers surgical equipment, classification of abscesses, burns, fractures,
wounds, amputation, plastic surgery, and rectal surgery. It includes
anatomical discussions of bones, joints, nerves, organs, blood vessels,
and major human systems.
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