A widely-known painting currently in the Wellcome Library (Iconographic 574912i) depicts an anatomical view of the male human body according to the tenets of classical Indian medicine, or ayurveda. The painting is surrounded by text passages in the Sanskrit language on medical and anatomical topics. In this paper, the Sanskrit texts are identified, edited, translated and assessed. I establish a...

Tantra and Ayurveda are interrelated, particularly during medieval period, Tantra had great impact on the theory and practice of Ayurveda. Hitherto this aspect of history is not sufficiently explored. In this paper, influence of Tantra on Sarngadhara, a representative author of the medieval period, has been vividly brought out.

In an endeavour to expose Ayurveda for the common man and to the modern scientists, the author highlights in the context of the development of understanding the concept of health in terms of modern medical terminologies. This has given credence to the principles of the positive and preventive aspects of health in Ayurveda which is of relevance to the poor and the down trodden who are the most n...

Ayurveda is one of the complementary and alternative systems of medicine requiring generation of high quality evidence for rational practice. Evidence can be generated from study designs and the present study is an attempt to critically assess the registered studies in the field of Ayurveda from clinical trial registry of India. We found low number of trials conducted with more focus required o...

The concept of immunology in Ayurveda is discussed in this article.

I read with great interest the article by Patwardhan K et al. on ‘Ayurveda formulations: A roadmap to address the safety concerns’ [1]. The article genuinely tried to revive an old unsettled issue pertaining to the safety of Ayurvedic formulations, although such attempts are always found short lived surfacing only as a startled response reacting to a finger pointing out something fishy in the s...

Shankha Bhasma is a popular Ayurvedic formulation which is used in hyperacidity, indigestion, ulcerative dyspepsia and other acid peptic disorders. The dosage uniformity and patient compliance can be increased and adultration can be decreased in ayurvedic powders by formulating them into tablets. The aim of the present work is to develop and evaluate Shankha Bhasma tablets using starch and acac...

Rhythmicity is a ubiquitous phenomenon. Rhythmic temporal patterns are considered and important factor in therapeutics as effective treatments should work in conjunction with body's clocks. Te concept of chronobiology is well evidenced by the cyclic alterations of dosas in the body. The Ayurvedic way of living as well as healing has been developed keeping in mind these biological clocks so as t...

Nineteen fungal species were isolated from the ingredients of the ayurvedic drugs, Jusanda. The significance of the findings is discussed.

In this penultimatè part of the study the author explains the cosmic force and its function. Also he throws some light on Ayurvedic method of diagnosis.