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ASHTANGA
AYURVEDA |
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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 : |
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KAYA
CHIKITSA : |
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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].
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KAUMAR
BHRITYA |
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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.
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SHALYA
TANTRA |
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Shalya
Tantra deals with Surgery.sophiscated methods of surgery were known.topics
of intestinal obstruction,bladder stones were practised.
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SHALAKYATANTRA |
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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.
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BHUTAVIDYA |
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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.
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VISHTANTRA |
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Vishtantra
deals with Toxicology.It discuused about air and water pollution,toxins
in minerals and vegetables etc.
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RASAYANA |
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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.
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VAJIKARNA |
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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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