In the first millennium BCE, there emerges in post-Vedic India the traditional medicine system known as Ayurveda, meaning the " complete knowledge for long life ".

Ravana possessed a thorough knowledge of Ayurveda and political science.

One of the oldest organised systems of medicine is known from the Indian subcontinent in the form of Ayurveda which originated around 1500 BCE from Atharvaveda ( one of the four most ancient books of Indian knowledge, wisdom and culture ).

A work known as the Charaka Samhita from circa 600 BC, part of the Hindu Ayurveda (" knowledge of life "), saw ill health as resulting from an imbalance among three kinds of bodily fluids or forces called ( Dosha ).

Sanskrit writings from around 1500 B. C., such as the Rig Veda, are some of the earliest available documents detailing the medical knowledge that formed the basis of the Ayurveda system.

It specialized not only in grammar, logic and Buddhist lore, but also imparted knowledge in Ayurveda, Architecture, Politics, Law, Mathematics, History, Military Science, Commerce, Accountancy and variety of other Art subjects.

He possessed a great knowledge of Sanskrit, hence studied thoroughly works of Ayurveda like the Samhitas of Wagbhat, Charak and Sushrut, and wrote Dastur-e-Attibba or Iktiyarat-e-Qasmi.

Islamic medicine was initially built on tradition, chiefly the theoretical and practical knowledge developed in Arabia and was known at Muhammad's time, ancient Hellenistic medicine such as Unani, ancient Indian medicine such as Ayurveda, and the ancient Iranian Medicine of the Academy of Gundishapur.

Ethnomedicine is a sub-field of ethnobotany or medical anthropology that deals with the study of traditional medicines: not only those that have relevant written sources ( e. g. Traditional Chinese Medicine, Siddha, Ayurveda ), but especially those, whose knowledge and practices have been orally transmitted over the centuries.

The first known references to mouth rinsing is in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, about 2700 BC, for treatment of gingivitis.

Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, Homeopathy and Naturopathy are cited as examples The term appears to have entered into usage through the National Institute of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ), which began to employ it as a substitute for alternative medical systems as a way of differentiating widely comprehensive systems of medicine, such as Ayurvedic medicine, from specialized alternative approaches.

Ancient Indian medicine, Ayurveda has recommended its use in food for its medicinal value, much of which is now being researched in the modern day.

According to Ayurveda, consumption of sagu helps to maintain a low body temperature and is easily digested, and thus can be part of the diet for patients.

The Indian government established the " Central Council for Research in Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy ” in 1969 as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

In March 1978 the composite council was dissolved and replaced by four independent research councils, one each for Ayurveda and Siddha, Unani, homoeopathy and yoga and naturopathy.

* Aloe vera: there are treatments for acne mentioned in Ayurveda using herbs such as Aloe vera, Neem, Haldi ( Turmeric ) and Papaya.

K. R. Narayanan dedicated ( 15 February 2005 ) his tharavaadu at Uzhavoor to the Santhigiri Ashram in Pothencode for the purpose of establishing the Navajyothisree Karunakara Guru research centre for Siddha and Ayurveda.

Indian medicine ( Ayurveda ) used the twigs of the neem or banyan tree to make toothbrushes and other oral-hygiene-related products for millennia.

In Ayurveda, asafoetida is considered to be one of the best spices for balancing the vata dosha.

He is the founder and director of the American Institute for Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which offers courses on Yoga philosophy, Ayurveda, and Hindu astrology.

The product was manufactured by MAP Ltd. in India, and prescribed for her by a physician at the Maharishi Ayurveda Arogyadham clinic in Delhi.

Nānu spent the most part of his early youth assisting his father in tutoring, and his uncle in the practice of Ayurveda, while devoting the rest of his time for devotional practices at the temples nearby.

In 1996, Chopra and neurologist David Simon founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, which incorporated Ayurveda in its regimen, and was located in La Jolla, California.

His paternal grandfather was a sergeant in the British Army, who looked to Ayurveda for treatment for a heart condition when the condition did not improve with Western medicine.

In that same year, Chopra left his position at the New England Memorial Hospital and became the founding president of the American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine, and was later named medical director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center for Stress Management and Behavioral Medicine.

That same year, Chopra and neurologist David Simon founded the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, which incorporated Ayurveda in its regimen, and was located in La Jolla, California.

Additionally camps are conducted for teaching Yoga, Classical Music, Ayurveda, Jyotisha and allied disciplines.

Programs are offered in schools such as Schwäbisch Hall Evangelical School of Social Work, Social Service Department of Social Professions, Protestant vocational school for the elderly, School of Alternative Ed ucation Nursing, School of Nursing and the Ayurvedic teaching and training institute, the Institute of Ayurveda and Yoga.

Basil is used for their medicinal properties in Ayurveda, the traditional medicinal system of India and Siddha medicine, a traditional Tamil system of medicine.

T. terrestris has long been a constituent in tonics in Indian Ayurveda practice, where it is known by its Sanskrit name, " gokshura / sarrata " It is also used in Unani, another medical system of India.

Breatharianism is a related concept, in which believers claim food and possibly water are not necessary, and that humans can be sustained solely by prana ( the vital life force in Hinduism ), or, according to some, by the energy in sunlight ( according to Ayurveda, sunlight is one of the main sources of prana ).

In Ayurveda, Musk has been considered as a life saving drug and used in various cardiac, mental and neurological disorders.

* According to Marma Adi and Ayurveda, there are 108 pressure points in the body, where consciousness and flesh intersect to give life to the living being.

Ayurveda originally started as the name suggests, a science of life.

Marked by its strong aroma and astringent taste, it is regarded in Ayurveda as a kind of " elixir of life " and believed to promote longevity.

are among the leading ayurvedic drug manufacturers in the state. Thrissur Ayurveda Cluster, anonther initiative by a group of Ayurvedic manufacturers of Thrissur, has developed a cluster in KINFRA Park in Koratty in Thrissur District.

Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine has more than 4, 000 years of history.

Unani medicine is very close to Ayurveda.

Ayurveda, Unani medicine and Homeopathy are popular complementary systems of medicine.

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Both Chinese medicine and Ayurveda have methods of processing aconite to reduce its toxicity.

Amomum is used as a spice and as an ingredient in traditional medicine in systems of the traditional Chinese medicine in China, in Ayurveda in India, Pakistan, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

In response to concerns of biopiracy raised by research into turmeric, neem and basmati rice, the Government of India has been translating and publishing ancient manuscripts containing old remedies in electronic form, and in 2001 the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library was set up as a repository of 1200 formulations of various systems of Indian medicine, such as Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha.

Myrrh is used more frequently in Ayurveda and Unani medicine, which ascribe tonic and rejuvenative properties to the resin.

It is also used in these areas in Ayurveda and Siddha medicine streams since time immemorial.

# Dhanvantari 1. 3. 17 – the father of Ayurveda medicine and a physician to the Devas.

In India, the Ayurveda is traditional medicine that emphasizes plant-based treatments, hygiene, and balance in the body ’ s state of being.

The classic medieval center of Vedic learning and local politics, Thirunavaya, home of the traditional Ayurveda medicine, Kottakkal and one of the oldest centre of education of Islam the region, Ponnani are situated in Malappuram district along with rapidly expanding towns like Manjeri, Perinthalmanna, Chemmad and Edappal.

In the Indian traditional system of medicine, Ayurveda, hibiscus, especially white hibiscus and red hibiscus ( Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ), is considered to have medicinal properties.

The Suśruta Saṃhitā and the Charaka Saṃhitā, encyclopedias of medicine compiled from various sources from the mid-first millennium BCE to about 500 CE, are among the foundational works of Ayurveda.