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Ayurveda

From time immemorial, mankind has sought to retain health and youth in its quest for immortality. Tireless effort and ceaseless thought Read More>>>

History of Ayurveda

The history of Ayurveda, the science of life, with its myriad beginnings, has no conclusion. Transcending time and narrator, this ancient lore of Read More>>>

Mythological origins

According to Hindu mythology, Ayurveda is believed to have originated as a ray of enlightenment in the cosmic consciousness of Read More>>>

Schools of treatment in Ayurveda

Dhanwantari and his disciples specialized in Salya Chikitsa (surgery) and formed the school of surgery. Susruta belonged to this school. Read More>>>

Historical evidence

The history of indigenous Indian health science is probably as old as the Indus Valley Civilization dating back to 3000 BC. The remains of deer Read More>>>

Ayurveda Philosophy

The emergence of different schools of Sanskrit philosophy like Nyaya, Vaiseshika, Sankhya, Yoga, Vedanta and Mimamsa was Read More>>>

Word Ayurveda originates

More than a thousand years after the advent of the Atharva Veda came the age of the Samhitas (compendiums). Regarding the origin of the word Read More>>>

Charaka Samhita

This is the earliest literature on Indian medicine and health. The book is written in the form of the teachings of Atreya as imparted to his pupil Read More>>>

Susruta Samhita

This book written by Susruta who was a pupil of the sage Dhanwantari, is a compilation of the latter’s teachings. The revised version by Nagarjuna, Read More>>>

Ashtanga Hrudaya

One of the principal texts of Ayurveda, the Indian system of medicine and health, is the Ashtanga Hrudaya (the essence of the eight sections). It Read More>>>

Ayurveda and Buddhism

Ayurveda, the Indian system of Medicine and Health, received a lot of encouragement during the Buddhist period, ie., roughly between 500 BC and Read More>>>

Ayurveda physician, code of conduct

Medical career was not open to all in those days. Only a young man of good family and who possessed intelligence, courage and a good memory was eligible Read More>>>

Philosophy of Ayurveda

Ayurveda, an enigmatic yet enthralling science of health replete with information about life, remains shrouded in antiquity. Yet it offers a sublime Read More>>>

Panchabhuta

Even as Ayurveda, the science of life and health, reveals the cosmic equations, it views the human body as the stage set for the interaction between Read More>>>

Dosha

The mystique of human body has intrigued both epicureans and philosophers for ages. In Ayurveda the body is considered to be a blend of the five basic Read More>>>

Vata

As Vata is composed predominantly of Akasa (space) and Vayu (Air) elements, it has the power of mobility and also keeps the other two humors in motion, Read More>>>

Pitta

The Pitta is responsible for the generation of heat and the digestion of food. According to Charaka it is a hot, slightly unctuous, mobile fluid Read More>>>

Kapha

According to Ayurveda, the science of health and life, Kapha provides the body with stability, strength and resistance to disease. It is white transparent, Read More>>>

Dhatu

Though the English translation of the Sanskrit word Dhatu as ‘body tissue’ does not convey all the subtleties of its meaning, it is Read More>>>

Mala

Malas are the waste substances expelled from the body in its healthy condition. The three important Malas are Purisha (faeces), Mutra (urine) and Sweda Read More>>>

Pathology

Diseases and causes have been mentioned in the classical texts of Charaka, Susruta and Vagbhata and also in Sarangadhara’s compendium. Read More>>>

Madhava Nidana

Madhava (in his book Madhava Nidana) enlists five aspects of diagnosis known as Nidana Panchaka or aetiological pentad. They are Purvarupa (prodromal Read More>>>

Swastha Vrutta

In Ayurveda Swastha Vrutta emphasizes the maintenance of positive health. A sound daily routine (dinacharya) is essential for its achievement. For Read More>>>

Dravya

Ayurvedic pharmacology is termed Dravya vignan – ‘the science of drugs’. The Dravya or drug is Panchabhautik or composed of Panchabhutas Read More>>>

Jamgama

Jamgama or animal sources are the material collected from various sources in the animal kingdom – honey, milk products, fat, bile, Read More>>>

Bhauma

Gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, iron and their oxides, arsenious sulphide, arsenious disulphide, salt, calcium, antimony and so on are the mineral Read More>>>

Audbidha

Audbidha are the materials taken from vegetable sources and used in the Pharmacology of Ayurveda. There are four vegetable sources :
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Dravya : Stages of transformation

Rasa, Guna, Veerya, Vipaka and Prabhava are the various stages of transformation a drug or Dravya undergoes before it has its Read More>>>

Rasa

The Guna (quality) of a substance or drug is represented by its Rasa. The Dravyas are classified into six categories according to the six Rasas. Read More>>>

Guna

The physical and chemical properties of a Dravya, which promote healing or improves health are also termed its Guna. Vagbhata has identified twenty Read More>>>

Veerya

According to Ayurveda, there are two Veeryas – Ushna (hot) and Sheeta (cold). Ushna Veerya reduces Vata and Kapha. Sheeta Veerya drugs have Read More>>>

Vipaka

According to Ayurveda, during digestion, each of the six Rasas undergoes a transformation due to the action of digestive juices in the intestinal Read More>>>

Purification of Dravyas

Dravyas derived from animal, vegetable and mineral sources are purified before they are used in the preparation of drugs. For this different kinds Read More>>>

Swarasa

Parts of herbs are cut into small pieces and with the help of a press the swarasa or extract is obtained. Dravyas of a semi-woody nature are cut Read More>>>

Kashaya

Kashaya means ‘decoction’ or extract. There are more than 1000 kinds of Kashayas. Parts of herbs are cut into small pieces and then boiled Read More>>>

Combination medicines

There are also certain very popular combination medicines in Ayurveda, the science of health – mixtures of different drugs that produce the Read More>>>

Classification of drugs

Drugs have been grouped into several categories according to their pharmacological actions and therapeutic uses. Some of the most popular therapeutic Read More>>>

Panchakarma

In Ayurveda, rejuvenation or Rasayana Chikitsa is the golden way to attain longevity and health. An elaborate description of this process Read More>>>

Panchakarma therapy

According to the Charaka school, the pentad of Panchakarma includes :

1.    Vamana (emesis therapy)
2.    Read More>>>

Components of Panchakarma

According to classical texts of Ayurveda, Panchakarma therapy for eliminating toxins from body and regaining or maintaining health is performed Read More>>>

Purvakarma

The science of health and life, Ayurveda divides Purvakarma procedures broadly into three – Pachana, Snehana and Swedana.

Pachana Read More>>>

Bahya Snehana

The concept of Bahya Snehana or external oleation in Ayurveda treatment explained.

1. Pichu
Pichu is a palliative treatment Read More>>>

Swedana

Though Swedana procedures are a pre-requisite for Panchakarma, they also give relief from health problems like asthma, catarrh, hemiplegia and many Read More>>>

Navarakizhi

Navarakizhi is used not only as part of the Panchakarma but also as an effective treatment for hemiplegia and health issues caused by Vata disorders. Read More>>>

Bashpasweda

Ooshmasweda or Bashpasweda is another treatment method of ayurveda for attending certain health problems. The patient is made to either sit or lie Read More>>>

Avagahasweda

The patient is made to sweat while sitting in a tub filled with a warm medicinal decoction prepared using suitable herbs for each health problem. According Read More>>>

Patrasweda

In Ayurveda, finely chopped leaves of herbs warmed in medicated oil are placed on a piece of linen and a fist - sized bundle made. This is used for Read More>>>

Vamana

Vamana is a purificatory process in Ayurveda intended mainly for the expulsion of vitiated Kapha. This is a painless drug induced emetic process. Read More>>>

Virechana

Purgation therapy in Ayurveda

Virechana is for the elimination of Pitta related toxins from the body to regain health. This process Read More>>>

Nasya

Errhine therapy in Ayurveda

The application of medicated oil or powders through the nostrils is called Nasya. The main types of Nasya Read More>>>

Vasti

Therapeutic enema

The word Vasti means bladder. Traditionally, cow or buffalo urinary bladders were filled with medicated liquids and Read More>>>

Raktamokshana

Bloodletting therapy of Ayurveda

According to Susruta, certain diseases are caused by vitiation of the blood. These can be treated Read More>>>

Leeching

Bloodletting or Raktamokshana is also done using blood sucking acquatic worms of the class Hirudinea. By way of preparation, the area where the leech Read More>>>

Prabhava

Usually the effect of a drug on the human body is determined by its five elemental and pharmacological properties. But according to Ayurveda, there Read More>>>

 
     
 
 
 
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