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.

Ayurvedic medicine is an ancient Indian form of healing. It is gaining popularity as part of the growing interest in New Age spirituality and in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). There is no cure for Asthma as per the Conventional Medical Science. Ayurvedic medicines can be a potential and effective alternative for the treatment against the bronchial asthma. Ayurvedic medicines are ...

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.

This is a historical paper which deals with a brief account of Abbasid's period. In this article the existence of Ayurveda in Arab countries, arrival of Ayurvedic physicians to Baghdad, their eminence, authenticity and literary additions in medical field has been studied and presented.

The author discusses here the efforts made to revive Ayurveda in the twentieth century by the protagonists of Ayurveda during the national movement and appraises how far political support and State patronage did good for the recrudescence of Ayurveda.

In the field of medicine, Andhras contributed both in Sanskrit and Telugu. The region of Andhra evolved a special type of approach to the science of life combining the traditions and practices of North and South. From the early centuries of the Christian era, rasavada or the science of medicine with special stress on mercurial preparations became popular in the South. while classical method of ...

In this second part, the diagnostic principles and the principles of treatment are explained in the maintenance of health through a balanced and harmonius function of the TRIDOSAS through an understanding of the factors involved in the function of TRIDOSAS.