ASHTANGA AYURVEDA  

 

An ancient scripture Brahma Samhita was written as Upveda and Ayurved Hitopdesha.It contains one thousand Chapters and one million shlokas [rhymes]. Later on it was rewritten dividing in eight parts known as Ashtanga Ayurveda.Its description is as under :
 
 
KAYA CHIKITSA :  
 
Kaya Chikitsa deals with Internal Medicines and Therapeutics.In Ayrveda health is seen as a balance of biological humors,where as diseases is an imbalace of humors.Ayurveda brings balance through supplying the deficient humor and reducucing excess one.There are more than 2000 medicinal plants classification in India’s materia medica,plus a unique method of completely removing toxins from body known as panchkarma[Five actions].
 
   
KAUMAR BHRITYA
 
 
Kaumar Bhritya deals with Gynaecology,Obstetrics and Paediatrics.it deals with prenatal and postnatal care of the baby and mother,how to conceive,how to choose child’s gender,their intelligence and constitution,childhood diseases and midwifery.
 
 
SHALYA TANTRA
 
 
Shalya Tantra deals with Surgery.sophiscated methods of surgery were known.topics of intestinal obstruction,bladder stones were practised.
 
 
SHALAKYATANTRA
 
 
Shalakya Tantra deals with Ear,Nose,Throat diaseases & Opthmology.In this part approximately 72 diseases of ear,nose,throat and eye are discussed by sushritta including surgery procedures for catarct etc.
 
 
BHUTAVIDYA
 
 
Bhutavidya deals with Psychiatry/Spiritual therapy.it deals with diseases of mind.In addition to herbs and diet,yogic therapies like meditation,breathing etc were employed.
 
 
VISHTANTRA
 
 
Vishtantra deals with Toxicology.It discuused about air and water pollution,toxins in minerals and vegetables etc.
 
 
RASAYANA
 
 
Rasayana deals with Rejuvenation Threapy.Prevention and longevity are topics in this branch of ayurveda.charak states that the method of longevity includes ethics and virtous living.
 
 
VAJIKARNA
 
 
Vajikarna deals with Aphrodisiacs.it deals with two aspects:Infertility[for those who want children] and spiritual developments[for those who want to transmute this sexual energy into spiritual]
 
 
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