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The earliest classical Sanskrit works on Ayurveda describe medicine as being divided into eight components (Skt. aṅga ).[26] [27] This characterization of the physicians' art, "the medicine that has eight components" (Skt. cikitsāyām aṣṭāṅgāyāṃ चिकित्सायामष्टाङ्गायाम्), is first found in the Sanskrit epic the Mahābhārata , c. 4th century BCE.[28] The components are:[29] [30] [31]

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Diagnosis

Diagnosis

Ayurveda has eight ways to diagnose illness, called Nadi (pulse), Mootra (urine), Mala (stool), Jihva (tongue), Shabda (speech), Sparsha (touch), Druk (vision), and Aakruti (appear...

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There is no good evidence that Ayurveda is effective for treating any disease.[23] Ayurvedic preparations have been found to contain lead ,

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Treatment and prevention

Two of the eight branches of classical Ayurveda deal with surgery but contemporary Ayurveda tends to stress attaining vitality by building a healthy metabolic system and maintaining good diges...

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  • includes subjects about epidemics, toxins in animals, vegetables and minerals. It as well contain keys for recognizing those anomalies and their antidotes.
  • Rasāyantantra : rejuvenation and tonics for increasin...

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Principles and terminology

Principles and terminology

The word "ayurveda" is Sanskrit : आयुर्वेद , Āyurveda , meaning knowledge of life and longevity.

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In Ayurveda texts, Doṣa balance is emphasized, and suppressing natural urges is considered unhealthy and claimed to lead to illness.[21] Ayurveda t...

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Practice

Ayurvedic practitioners regard physical existence, mental existence, and personality as their own unique units, with each element being able to influence the others.[clarification needed ] This i...

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and that some of the concepts of Ayurveda have existed from the time of the Indus Valley Civilization or even earlier.[20]

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Ayurveda therapies have varied and evolved over more than two millennia.[2] Therapies include medicines, special diets, meditation, yoga, massage, laxatives, enemas, and medical oils.

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For more information for ayurveda.

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Ayurveda (/ˌ ɑː j ʊər ˈ v eɪ d ə , -ˈ v iː -/ )[1] is an alternative medicine

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The ayurveda of India.

All information about ayurveda is given below. Ayurveda is very intresting. If we know about that we can think that it is like a magic.

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  • Kāyachikitsā : general medicine, medicine of the body
  • Kaumāra-bhṛtya (Pediatrics): Discussions about prenatal and postnatal care of baby and mother, methods of conception; choosing the child's gender, intelligence, and constitution; and childhood diseases and midwif...

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Substances used

Plant-based treatments in Ayurveda may be derived from roots, leaves, fruits, bark, or seeds such as cardamom and cinnamon . In the 19th century, William Dymock and co-authors summarized hund...

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The main classical Ayurveda texts begin with accounts of the transmission of medical knowledge from the gods to sages, and then to human physicians. In Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium ),

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