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Health Spa Napa Valley
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
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. MindXpansion |
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