Patwardhan K. The history of the discovery of blood circulation: unrecognized contributions of Ayurveda masters. Adv Physiol Educ 36: 77–82, 2012; doi:10.1152/advan.00123.2011.—Ayurveda, the native healthcare system of India, is a rich resource of well-documented ancient medical knowledge. Although the roots of this knowledge date back to the Vedic and post-Vedic eras, it is generally believed ...

Ayurveda, a traditional system of medicine that originated over three millennia ago in the South Asian region, offers extensive insights about food and health based on certain unique conceptual as well as theoretical positions. Health is defined as a state of equilibrium with one's self (svasthya) but which is inextricably linked to the environment. Ayurvedic principles, such as the tridosa (th...

Indian and Italian cultures have a long tradition of reciprocal contact beginning in Roman times. Archeological findings bear witness to these relations and, along with the great Italian medical tradition, suggest that the discovery of Ayurveda in Italy can be more properly described as a rediscovery. However, as in other western countries, dissemination of Ayurveda has not been homogeneous esp...

and the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration. The conference was attended by scientists, regulators and academicians from the US, European Union (EU) and Asia. I particularly noted that EU Pharmacopoeia experts are working closely with Chinese counterparts, and that many new monographs on Traditional Chinese Medicine are being added. During one of the panel discussions, an interestin...

DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.118675 Sir, I read editorial entitled “Time for evidence-based Ayurveda: A clarion call for action” with great zeal and seriousness. After considering every point raised herein for the present day status of Ayurvedic system of medicine, I do endorse word by word all that reasons and suggestions of Editor Prof. Patwardhan with the references of other stalwarts of the field...

Collaborative research involving Ayurveda and the current sciences is undoubtedly an imperative and is emerging as an exciting horizon, particularly in basic sciences. Some work in this direction is already going on and outcomes are awaited with bated breath. For instance the 'ASIIA (A Science Initiative In Ayurveda)' projects of Dept of Science and Technology, Govt of India, which include stud...

The enormous complexity of human body offers scope to conceptualize its dynamic organization in a number of ways such as structural, biochemical, functional, etc. The conventional western medicine views the body from a structural perspective, whereas ayurveda, the ancient medical system of India, understands the human body from the perspective of functions/tridoshas (vata, pitta and kapha). The...

With an evolutionary history that spans several thousands of years, Ayurveda is one of the oldest and meticulously codifi ed systems of health care in the world. However, in modern times, the Ayurvedic community has lagged behind in the task of projecting Ayurveda as an evidence-based system with adequate research support to vouchsafe its therapeutic claims of safety and effi cacy. For this rea...