Ayurveda Medicine: Acupuncture Anthroposophic medicine Herbalism Homeopathy Naturopathy Orthopathy Osteopathy/Chiropractic

Ayurveda the knowledge for long life Acupuncture · Anthroposophic medicine · Herbalism · Homeopathy · Naturopathy Orthopathy · Osteopathy · Chiropractic. Ayurveda (Sanskrit:"the knowledge for long life";) or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words ayus, meaning "longevity", and veda, meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India, i.e., in the mid-second millennium BCE. The Susruta Samhita and the Charaka Samhita are encyclopedias of medicine compiled from various sources from the mid-first millennium BCE to about 500 CE. They are among the foundational works of Ayurveda. Over the following centuries, ayurvedic practitioners developed a number of medicinal preparations and surgical procedures for the treatment of various ailments. Ensuring the proper functions of channels (srotas) that transport fluids from one point to another is a vital goal of ayurvedic medicine, because the lack of healthy srotas is thought to cause rheumatism, epilepsy, autism, paralysis, convulsions, and insanity. Practitioners induce sweating and prescribe steam-based treatments as a means to open up the channels and dilute the doshas that cause the blockages and lead to disease. Ayurveda Alternative medicine Vedic period Sushruta Samhita Charaka Samhita Lead Mercury (element) Arsenic Acupuncture Anthroposophical medicine Herbalism Homeopathy Naturopathy Orthopathy Osteopathy Chiropractic Classical element Devanagari Prithvi Ap (water) Agni Vayu Akasha Universe Chyle Blood Flesh Fat Bone Bone marrow Semen Menstruation Dhatu (Ayurveda) Metabolism Digestion Excretion Yoga Meditation Medicine Pediatrics Surgery Toxicology Rejuvenation (aging) Immunity (medical) Dhanvantari Hinduism Buddhism Madhyamaka Cardamom Cinnamon Milk Gallstone Mineral Sulfur Copper(II) sulfate Gold Rasa shastra Champissage Rheumatism Epilepsy Autism Paralysis Convulsion Insanity Vedas Atharvaveda Brahma Charaka Bower Manuscript Agnivesh tantra Bharadwaja Sanskrit Traditional medicine Arthritis Salvia Salvia lavandulifolia Samskara (ayurvedic) Processing (Chinese materia medica) Indian Academy of Sciences