Ayurveda in Europe As with all complementary systems of medicine, there has been an upsurge in public interest in Ayurveda. This is especially true in German-speaking areas of Europe, where alternative medicine is relatively popular. Here, Ayurveda is now much sought after. Twenty years ago, relatively few people in Europe, apart from those whose origins lay in South Asian countries, knew about...

Research is the prime need of contemporary Ayurveda, but modern research on Ayurveda has not been very rewarding for Ayurveda itself. Much of it uses Ayurveda to extend modern bioscience. In contrast, Ayurveda needs research designed to test and validate its fundamental concepts as well as its treatments. In this context, if Ayurveda is to be truly explored and validated in all its aspects, sci...

169 Ayurveda describes five ways to acquire knowledge and create an evidence base. It's concept of Apta means an unbiased and intuitive acquisition of knowledge from the masters; Pratyaksha refers to observational data acquired through the senses or their extensions in the form of actual experimentation; Anumana is evidence derived from logical analysis leading to a deduction; Upamana concerns ...

Allopathy is the mainstream healthcare system adopted by most countries. But the prevalence of use of traditional systems of medicine is increasing even in developed countries. The fact clearly justifi es the view that modern medicine is not suffi cient enough to meet the healthcare needs of mankind. Limitations of Allopathy in treatment/ management of chronic and metabolic diseases and evidenc...

ayurveda, the indian art of holistic medicine describes fasting in terms of upavasa and considers it as one among the depletion therapies.   besides the extensive explanations on the preventive purports of fasting, the classics have explicitly explained and exemplified the therapeutic importance of fasting while treating different diseases and dealing with different stages of the diseases. feve...

ayurveda, manoeuvres mankind to head a healthy life in order to pursue four-fold bliss. with a view to combat physical and mental annoyances, classics have explicated two-fold therapeutic modalities; langhana/depletion and brihmana/nourishing. upavasa /fasting is one among ten depletion therapies explained. it is envisioned at all three levels of ayurvedic therapies- rational/objectively planne...

The author discusses here the efforts made to revive Ayurveda in the twentieth century by the protagonists of Ayurveda during the national movement and appraises how far political support and State patronage did good for the recrudescence of Ayurveda.

History of Ayurveda in Japan went back to the 6 centuary, when Buddhism brought Ayurveda as Buddhism medicine to Japan. Since then Japanese people have had learned Indian customs, that may be the reason why there are similar customs with Ayurveda or Yoga, or Japanese language had Sanskrit words such as Danna for a husband or seva for caring. In Edo era, some physician practiced oil massage in s...

Ayurveda is a science of life with a holistic approach to health and personalized medicine. It is one of the oldest medical systems, which comprises thousands of medical concepts and hypothesis. Interestingly, Ayurveda has ability to treat many chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, arthritis, and asthma, which are untreatable in modern medicine. Unfortunately, due to lack of scientific val...

Ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine has given great emphasis to the promotion of health. Ayurveda therapies are based on restoration of body balance and nourishment of dhatus or tissues. Rasayana concept of Ayurveda explains tissue regeneration and cell renewal. The drugs and therapies explained as rasayana provide research opportunities for biology of regeneration. Specific ras...