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1
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what type of medicine is Ayurvedic med similar to?

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chinese med: it is holistic in approach and stresses the importance of integration and balance in life.

2
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has two treatment levels:

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the ministerial level

sovereign level

3
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ministerial level

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provides a herbal remedy for each ailment (like western med)

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sovereign level

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provides a herbal mixtures or potions to defeat all ministries of illness
(cures are needed to treat the root causes)

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three stages of treatment

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cleansing
palliation
rejuvenation
-herbal preparations play a critical role in all three treatment stages

6
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cleansing

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shodan

includes purging, blood cleansing, and nasal cleansing in order to remove bodily toxins

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palliation

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shaman
involves the taking of herbs, fasting, chanting, yoga, meditation and sunning to achieve a balance of doshas (these are types of body structures and metabolisms which are determined individually by an ayurvedic practitioner prior to treatment)

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rejuvenation

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rasayana

treatment involves the use of herbal tonics to revitalize the metabolism,

9
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rigveda

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an ancient repository of human knowledge likely written between 1700-1100BCE.
consists of 1028 hymns, many praising the virtues of the divine soma
-written on the high plateaus of central asia and brought to the indian subcontinent by the aryan ppls about 3500 years ago

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soma

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a bloomless, rootless and leafless plant (or substance) having divine and mystical properties

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Ayurveda

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the foundation of ancient medical science in hindu india
(1000BCE)
-detailed account of plant drugs and their uses
-consists of 8 sections dealing with internal med, surgery, head and neck, toxicology, mental disorders, pediatrics, geriatrics and aphrodisiacs

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the ayurveda was followed by two expanded works

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(2500 years ago)
the susruta
the charaka

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susruta

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text on surgery, therapeutics and med plants

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charaka

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12 chapters on the med plants known to the ancient hindus

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Dioscorides mentions a number of plants not known in europe

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datura (leaves smoked by asthmatics)
strychnos ( containing strychnine and used to induce paralysis)
croton (a powerful purgative)

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pliny

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the romans later developed an extensive trade in indian drugs
(23-79CE)
to comment on the high cost of importing drugs and spices from the indian subcontinent

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advent of buddhism in india

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250BCE brought about many changes to ayurvedic med. surgery was seen as a form of biolence and banned. with this cam further additions to herbal lore and the establishment of medical plant gardens
-this started a slow but steady decline of ayurvedic med