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Ayurveda is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) characterises the practice of modern medicine by Ayurvedic practitioners as quackery.

The main classical Ayurveda texts begin with accounts of the transmission of medical knowledge from the gods to sages, and then to human physicians. In Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), Sushruta wrote that Dhanvantari, Hindu god of Ayurveda, two millennia. Therapies are typically based on complex herbal compounds, minerals and metal substances (perhaps under the influence of early Indian alchemy or rasa surgical techniques, including rhinoplasty, kidney stone extractions, sutures, and the extraction of foreign objects. Ayurveda has been adapted for Western consumption, notably by Baba Hari Dass in the 1970s and Maharishi Ayurveda in the 1980s.

incarnated himself as a king of Varanasi and

taught medicine to a group of physicians,

including Sushruta. Ayurveda therapies

have varied and evolved over more than

shastra). Ancient Ayurveda texts also taught

Some scholars assert that Ayurveda originated in prehistoric times, and that some of the concepts of Ayurveda have existed from the time of the Indus Valley Civilization or even earlier. Ayurveda developed significantly during the Vedic period and later some of the non-Vedic that appear in the classical Ayurveda texts. Doşa balance is emphasized, and suppressing natural urges is considered unhealthy and claimed to lead to illness. Ayurveda treatises describe three elemental dosas viz. vāta, pitta and kapha, and state that balance (Skt. samyatva) of the dosas results in disease. Ayurveda treatises divide medicine into eight canonical components.

systems such as Buddhism and Jainism also

developed medical concepts and practices

results in health, while imbalance (visamatva)

Ayurveda practitioners had developed various medicinal preparations and surgical procedures from at least the beginning of the common era.

Dr. Ramnaresh Tripathi Jyotish Shiromani, Founder Director & Chairman of the International Organization of Astrology and Vedic Sciences. Prachya Vidya Jyotish Adhyayan Evam Anusandhan Sansthan, Allahabad Born in 1947, Dr Tripathi is not only a renowned Journalist and an eminent Astrologer, but also a leading scholar of India, who holds Double Masters in Economics and Acharya along with a D Phil in Economics from the University of Allahabad. His works on Yogi Samrat Devraha Baba, are seminal works on those who wish to research or progress in the field of inner Yoga. He has also co-authored and edited several other books on Adi Shankaracharya, Indian culture, and mythology in English, Hindi and Sanskrit.

Dr Tripathi published the Astrological weekly, Jyotish Prakash in 1997 and established Prachaya Vidya Jyotish Adhayan Evam Anusandhan Sansthan in 1998. He has numerous prizes and awards to his credit like the Jyotish Vachaspati by Indian Council of Astrological Sciences in 2008, Jyotish Ratna by Indian Council of Astrological sciences in 2004, Jyotish Shiromani by International Organization of Astrology and Vedic Sciences in 2004, Jyotish Mahrishi by Bhartiya Jyotish Peeth, Lucknow in 2000, Raj Jyotishi, Bhartiya Jyotish Parishad, Kanpur in 2000, & International Award by America and Canada Hindi Samiti, He is currently working with the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, as Director of Astrology Department in Allahabad. Recently he has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Hindu University in Florida.

A popular History of Hindu Medicine is a desideratum A Xin English Literature; and yet the growing spirit of the age calls for a systematic arrangement of the subject. This miniature History of Hindu Ayur-Veda is the growth of the times. Amidst the mass of writings scattered in the pages of forgotten works on classical Hind, this little book will, it is hoped, serve as beacons in directing the foot-steps of the rising generation, and tend to inspire them with zeal to pursue their course of investigation in the realms of antiquity and stimulate them to fulfil the heritage of the intellectual glory of their sires worthy of the tradition of their race.

It now remains to add that the materials of this sketch were mostly gleaned from the monumental work of Dr. Thomas A. Wise, to the genius of whose pen the world is indebted for a comprehensive Review of the History of Medicine.

Ayurveda is very ancient scripture, just as Vedas are Aeternal, in the same way Ayurveda can also be called eternal. It also originates with the creation of the universe, two names are associated with its name, first age and second Veda. The Veda which is associated with the age of man, has been considered contemporary to the Atharvaveda. It continued to be studied for thousands of years. In Vedic literature, we find it as the origin of physiology, anatomy, pregnancy and health science. At the time of Atharvaveda, so much study of the human body was done as that the exact number of bones got counted and also the names of many diseases And we also find mention of the symptoms in the Atharvaveda.

Prayagraj was once the focal point of Ayurveda, under the patronage of Maharishi Bhardwaj, the first university of Ayurveda was established here, whose vice-chancellor was Maharishi himself. Ayurveda has its own history in Indian Sanskrit text and if we look at that history, then Brahma, Prajapati Surya, Indra and Ashwini Kumar are the first to be seen as the originator and nutrient of this learning. The credit for re-incarnation on Earth goes to Maharishi Bharadwaj, who went to Lord Indra learnt it and brought it to the Earth. Maharishi Bhardwaj has been the father of not only Ayurveda but also material science and aviation

science. The emergence of this science from this Prayag Bond, his Anshu Bodhani and Yantra Maharnava books have become rare in today's era.

The same Maharishi Bharadwaj had obtained Ayurveda scripture from Indra for public welfare. Charaka Samhita Sutra Sthanam Long Jeevan Chapter: The Ayurvedavarnaran first chapter of Ayurveda has a special discussion about the history of Ayurveda.

चरक संहिता 112511

Thus the genius Muniraj Muni Bhardwaj found out that Ayurveda has neither the beginning nor the end, as to cure every disease one has to study the complete Ayurveda as a whole

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That is, by knowing the Ayurveda scripture and performing its rituals, Bhardwaj attained immense knowledge of Ayurveda from Indra, he recited all the sermons to the sages. It is clear that Maharishi Bhardwaj had narrated the knowledge of the Ayurveda for public welfare and spread it everywhere. Maharishi Bharadwaj passed on the sages whatever he learnt from Indra what he from Indra. And it is also evident from the discussion that he did not hide anything, it was Maharishi Bhardwaj who had a sense of public welfare in his mind. As a result, this scripture was received on earth through Maharishi Bhardwaj.