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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="أيورفيدا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أيورفيدا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6" title="আয়ুৰ্বেদ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="আয়ুৰ্বেদ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" title="आयुर्वेद – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="आयुर्वेद" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurw%C3%A9da" title="Ayurwéda – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Ayurwéda" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A6" title="আয়ুর্বেদ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আয়ুর্বেদ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Аюрведа – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Аюрведа" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" title="आयुर्वेद – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="आयुर्वेद" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Аюрведа – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Аюрведа" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%BA%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A1%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A2%E0%BD%B2%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%96%E0%BE%B1%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%91%E0%BC%8D" title="ཚེ་ཡི་རིག་བྱེད། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཚེ་ཡི་རིག་བྱེད།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiurveda" title="Aiurveda – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Aiurveda" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81jurv%C3%A9da" title="Ájurvéda – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ájurvéda" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" title="आयुर्वेद – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="आयुर्वेद" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajurveeda" title="Ajurveeda – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ajurveeda" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81_%CE%92%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Αγιούρ Βέντα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αγιούρ Βέντα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajurvedo" title="Ajurvedo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ajurvedo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="آیورودا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آیورودا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80yurveda" title="Āyurveda – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Āyurveda" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%86%E0%AA%AF%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B5%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%A6" title="આયુર્વેદ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="આયુર્વેદ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Goan Konkani" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="Goan Konkani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%9C%A0%EB%A5%B4%EB%B2%A0%EB%8B%A4" title="아유르베다 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아유르베다" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" title="आयुर्वेद – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="आयुर्वेद" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajurveda" title="Ajurveda – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ajurveda" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurweda" title="Ayurweda – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Ayurweda" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94" title="איור ודה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="איור ודה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%A6" title="ಆಯುರ್ವೇದ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಆಯುರ್ವೇದ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%90" title="აიურვედა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აიურვედა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80jurv%C4%93da" title="Ājurvēda – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ājurvēda" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajurveda" title="Ajurveda – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ajurveda" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81jurv%C3%A9da" title="Ájurvéda – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ájurvéda" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" title="आयुर्वेद – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="आयुर्वेद" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%98%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Ајурведа – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ајурведа" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%82" title="ആയുർവേദം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ആയുർവേദം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" title="आयुर्वेद – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="आयुर्वेद" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%90" title="აიურვედა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="აიურვედა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%8E%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4" title="Аюурвед – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Аюурвед" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AF%E1%80%97%E1%80%B9%E1%80%97%E1%80%B1%E1%80%92" title="အာယုဗ္ဗေဒ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အာယုဗ္ဗေဒ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" title="आयुर्वेद – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="आयुर्वेद" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" title="आयुर्वेद – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="आयुर्वेद" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80" title="アーユルヴェーダ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アーユルヴェーダ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%AF%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A6" title="ਆਯੁਰਵੇਦ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਆਯੁਰਵੇਦ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" title="आयुर्वेद – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="आयुर्वेद" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF" title="آیوروید – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="آیوروید" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="آيورويدا – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="آيورويدا" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajurweda" title="Ajurweda – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ajurweda" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiurveda" title="Aiurveda – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Aiurveda" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%8E%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Аюрведа – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Аюрведа" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83" title="आयुर्वेदः – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="आयुर्वेदः" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajurveda" title="Ajurveda – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Ajurveda" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%86%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%BA" title="ආයුර්වේදය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ආයුර්වේදය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF" title="آيرويد – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="آيرويد" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajurveda" title="Ajurveda – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Ajurveda" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%98%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Ајурведа – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Ајурведа" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajurveda" title="Ajurveda – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ajurveda" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda" title="Ayurveda – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ayurveda" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li 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href="/wiki/File:Dhanvantari-at-Ayurveda-expo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Dhanvantari-at-Ayurveda-expo.jpg/220px-Dhanvantari-at-Ayurveda-expo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Dhanvantari-at-Ayurveda-expo.jpg/330px-Dhanvantari-at-Ayurveda-expo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Dhanvantari-at-Ayurveda-expo.jpg/440px-Dhanvantari-at-Ayurveda-expo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1360" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dhanvantari" title="Dhanvantari">Dhanvantari</a>, an avatar of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>, is the Hindu god associated with ayurveda.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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href="/wiki/File:Outline-body-aura.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Outline-body-aura.svg/60px-Outline-body-aura.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Outline-body-aura.svg/90px-Outline-body-aura.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Outline-body-aura.svg/120px-Outline-body-aura.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">General information</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine" title="Alternative medicine">Alternative medicine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_alternative_medicine" title="History of alternative medicine">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terminology_of_alternative_medicine" title="Terminology of alternative medicine">Terminology</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_veterinary_medicine" title="Alternative veterinary medicine">Alternative veterinary medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quackery" title="Quackery">Quackery</a> (health fraud)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_medicine#19th_century:_rise_of_modern_medicine" title="History of medicine">Rise of modern medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">Pseudoscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antiscience" title="Antiscience">Antiscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skepticism" title="Skepticism">Skepticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_skepticism" title="Scientific skepticism">Scientific</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Therapeutic_nihilism" title="Therapeutic nihilism">Therapeutic nihilism</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Fringe medicine and science</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acupressure" title="Acupressure">Acupressure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acupuncture" title="Acupuncture">Acupuncture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alkaline_diet" title="Alkaline diet">Alkaline diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthroposophic_medicine" title="Anthroposophic medicine">Anthroposophic medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apitherapy" title="Apitherapy">Apitherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applied_kinesiology" title="Applied kinesiology">Applied kinesiology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aromatherapy" title="Aromatherapy">Aromatherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_for_Research_and_Enlightenment" title="Association for Research and Enlightenment">Association for Research and Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auriculotherapy" title="Auriculotherapy">Auriculotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bates_method" title="Bates method">Bates method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biological_terrain_assessment" title="Biological terrain assessment">Biological terrain assessment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_salve" title="Black salve">Black salve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodywork_(alternative_medicine)" title="Bodywork (alternative medicine)">Bodywork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_bone-setting" title="Traditional bone-setting">Bone-setting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_technique" title="Bowen technique">Bowen technique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breathwork_(New_Age)" title="Breathwork (New Age)">Breathwork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unproven_methods_against_COVID-19" title="List of unproven methods against COVID-19">Fake COVID-19 treatments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camel_urine" title="Camel urine">Camel urine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_cancer_treatments" title="Alternative cancer treatments">Cancer treatments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Activated_charcoal_cleanse" title="Activated charcoal cleanse">Charcoal cleanse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiropractic" title="Chiropractic">Chiropractic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chiropractic_treatment_techniques" title="Chiropractic treatment techniques">Chiropractic treatment techniques</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertebral_subluxation" title="Vertebral subluxation">Vertebral subluxation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Science" title="Christian Science">Christian Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromotherapy" title="Chromotherapy">Chromotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colloidal_silver" class="mw-redirect" title="Colloidal silver">Colloidal silver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colon_cleansing" title="Colon cleansing">Colon cleansing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coffee_enema" title="Coffee enema">Coffee enema</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorpuncture" title="Colorpuncture">Colorpuncture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">Conversion therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craniosacral_therapy" title="Craniosacral therapy">Craniosacral therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_healing" title="Crystal healing">Crystal healing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cupping_therapy" title="Cupping therapy">Cupping therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dental_amalgam_controversy" title="Dental amalgam controversy">Dental amalgam controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detoxification_(alternative_medicine)" title="Detoxification (alternative medicine)">Detoxification</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detoxification_foot_baths" title="Detoxification foot baths">Foot detox</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dry_needling" title="Dry needling">Dry needling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ear_candling" title="Ear candling">Ear candling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_medicine" title="Energy medicine">Energy medicine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Correactology" title="Correactology">Correactology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_(esotericism)" title="Energy (esotericism)">Esoteric energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reiki" title="Reiki">Reiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Therapeutic_touch" title="Therapeutic touch">Therapeutic touch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estrogen_dominance" title="Estrogen dominance">Estrogen dominance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fabunan_Antiviral_Injection" title="Fabunan Antiviral Injection">Fabunan Antiviral Injection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Facilitated_communication" title="Facilitated communication">Facilitated communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FasciaBlaster" title="FasciaBlaster">FasciaBlaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feldenkrais_Method" title="Feldenkrais Method">Feldenkrais Method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Functional_medicine" title="Functional medicine">Functional medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hair_analysis_(alternative_medicine)" title="Hair analysis (alternative medicine)">Hair analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holistic_dentistry" title="Holistic dentistry">Holistic dentistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hologram_bracelet" title="Hologram bracelet">Hologram bracelet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeopathy" title="Homeopathy">Homeopathy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bach_flower_remedies" title="Bach flower remedies">Bach flower remedies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrotherapy" title="Hydrotherapy">Hydrotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypnotherapy" title="Hypnotherapy">Hypnotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ionized_jewelry" title="Ionized jewelry">Ionized jewelry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridology" title="Iridology">Iridology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jilly_Juice" title="Jilly Juice">Jilly Juice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lightning_Process" title="The Lightning Process">Lightning Process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lymphotherapy" title="Lymphotherapy">Lymphotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnet_therapy" title="Magnet therapy">Magnet therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual_therapy" title="Manual therapy">Manual therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manual_lymphatic_drainage" title="Manual lymphatic drainage">Manual lymphatic drainage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_intuitive" title="Medical intuitive">Medical intuitive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megavitamin_therapy" title="Megavitamin therapy">Megavitamin therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Animal_magnetism" title="Animal magnetism">Mesmerism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mind%E2%80%93body_interventions" title="Mind–body interventions">Mind–body interventions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracle_Mineral_Supplement" title="Miracle Mineral Supplement">MMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myofascial_release" title="Myofascial release">Myofascial release</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nambudripad%27s_Allergy_Elimination_Techniques" title="Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques">NAET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naturopathy" title="Naturopathy">Naturopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_pulling" title="Oil pulling">Oil pulling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orgone" title="Orgone">Orgone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthomolecular_medicine" title="Orthomolecular medicine">Orthomolecular medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthopathy" title="Orthopathy">Orthopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osteomyology" title="Osteomyology">Osteomyology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osteopathy" title="Osteopathy">Osteopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozone_therapy" title="Ozone therapy">Ozone therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parapsychology" title="Parapsychology">Parapsychology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phrenology" title="Phrenology">Phrenology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postural_Integration" title="Postural Integration">Postural Integration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychic_surgery" title="Psychic surgery">Psychic surgery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Psychodermatology" title="Psychodermatology">Psychodermatology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quantum_healing" title="Quantum healing">Quantum healing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radionics" title="Radionics">Radionics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_prompting_method" title="Rapid prompting method">Rapid prompting method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reflexology" title="Reflexology">Reflexology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reichian_body-oriented_psychotherapy" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichian body-oriented psychotherapy">RBOP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rolfing" title="Rolfing">Rolfing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_racism" title="Scientific racism">Scientific racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ThetaHealing" title="ThetaHealing">ThetaHealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomsonianism" title="Thomsonianism">Thomsonianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thought_Field_Therapy" title="Thought Field Therapy">Thought Field Therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urophagia" title="Urophagia">Urophagia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_steaming" title="Vaginal steaming">Vaginal steaming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vegetotherapy" title="Vegetotherapy">Vegetotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vision_therapy" title="Vision therapy">Vision therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vitalism" title="Vitalism">Vitalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_blood_transfusion" title="Young blood transfusion">Young blood transfusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zero_balancing" title="Zero balancing">Zero balancing</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Controversies</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Pharma_conspiracy_theories" title="Big Pharma conspiracy theories">Big Pharma conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_denialism" title="HIV/AIDS denialism">HIV/AIDS denialism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oral_polio_vaccine_AIDS_hypothesis" title="Oral polio vaccine AIDS hypothesis">OPV AIDS hypothesis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-vaccine_activism" title="Anti-vaccine activism">Anti-vaccinationism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vaccine_misinformation" title="Vaccine misinformation">Vaccine misinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaccines_and_autism" title="Vaccines and autism">Vaccines and autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MMR_vaccine_and_autism" title="MMR vaccine and autism">MMR vaccine and autism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-vaccinationism_in_chiropractic" title="Anti-vaccinationism in chiropractic">in chiropractic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_fluoridation_controversy" title="Water fluoridation controversy">Water fluoridation controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation" title="COVID-19 misinformation">COVID-19 misinformation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turbo_cancer" title="Turbo cancer">Turbo cancer</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine#NCCIH_classification" title="Alternative medicine">Classifications</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Alternative_medical_systems" title="Category:Alternative medical systems">Alternative medical systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mind%E2%80%93body_interventions" title="Category:Mind–body interventions">Mind–body intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Biologically_based_therapies" title="Category:Biologically based therapies">Biologically based therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Manual_therapy" title="Category:Manual therapy">Manipulative methods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Energy_therapies" title="Category:Energy therapies">Energy therapy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_medicine" title="Traditional medicine">Traditional medicine</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_African_medicine" title="Traditional African medicine">African</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muti" title="Muti">Muti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_healers_of_Southern_Africa" title="Traditional healers of Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ayurveda</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dosha" title="Dosha">Dosha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharishi_Vedic_Approach_to_Health" title="Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health">MVAH</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balneotherapy" title="Balneotherapy">Balneotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_traditional_medicine" title="Brazilian traditional medicine">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bush_medicine" title="Bush medicine">Bush medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Cambodian_medicine" title="Traditional Cambodian medicine">Cambodian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine" title="Traditional Chinese medicine">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blood_stasis" title="Blood stasis">Blood stasis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_herbology" title="Chinese herbology">Chinese herbology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dit_da" title="Dit da">Dit da</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gua_sha" title="Gua sha">Gua sha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gill_plate_trade" title="Gill plate trade">Gill plate trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_gu" title="Long gu">Long gu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridian_(Chinese_medicine)" title="Meridian (Chinese medicine)">Meridian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moxibustion" title="Moxibustion">Moxibustion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pressure_point" title="Pressure point">Pressure point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qi" title="Qi">Qi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jiao" title="San Jiao">San Jiao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tui_na" title="Tui na">Tui na</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zang-fu" class="mw-redirect" title="Zang-fu">Zang-fu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chumash_traditional_medicine" title="Chumash traditional medicine">Chumash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curandero" title="Curandero">Curandero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faith_healing" title="Faith healing">Faith healing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbal_medicine" title="Herbal medicine">Herbal medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilot" title="Hilot">Hilot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_traditional_medicine" title="Iranian traditional medicine">Iranian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamu" title="Jamu">Jamu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kayakalpa" title="Kayakalpa">Kayakalpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kambo_cleanse" class="mw-redirect" title="Kambo cleanse">Kambo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kampo" title="Kampo">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Korean_medicine" title="Traditional Korean medicine">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_medicine" title="Maya medicine">Maya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mien_Shiang" title="Mien Shiang">Mien Shiang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Mongolian_medicine" title="Traditional Mongolian medicine">Mongolian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naftalan_oil" title="Naftalan oil">Naftalan oil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prophetic_medicine" title="Prophetic medicine">Prophetic medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamanism" title="Shamanism">Shamanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiatsu" title="Shiatsu">Shiatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siddha_medicine" title="Siddha medicine">Siddha</a></li> <li><a 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title="Pashupata Shaivism">Pashupata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratyabhijna" title="Pratyabhijna">Pratyabhijña</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaktism" title="Shaktism">Shaktism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smarta_tradition" title="Smarta tradition">Smartism</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><i><a href="/wiki/Hindu_denominations" title="Hindu denominations">Other Sampradaya (Traditions)</a></i></div></dt></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Deities</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> 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background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Other major <a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Devas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Devis</a></div></dt></dl> <dl><dd><i>Vedic Deities:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tridasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Tridasha">Tridasha</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adityas" title="Adityas">Adityas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudras" title="Rudras">Rudras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasus" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasus">Vasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi" title="Mahadevi">Mahadevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rigvedic_deities" title="Rigvedic deities">Other Vedic Deities</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Post-Vedic:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avatar" title="Avatar">Avatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashavatara" title="Dashavatara">Dashavatara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navadurga" title="Navadurga">Navadurga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavidya" title="Mahavidya">Mahavidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Kartikeya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Devata" title="Devata">Devatas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishvakarma" title="Vishvakarma">Vishvakarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubera" title="Kubera">Kubera</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; 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title="Guṇa">Guṇas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purusha" title="Purusha">Purusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prak%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Prakṛti">Prakṛti</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Para_Brahman" title="Para Brahman">Supreme reality</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nirguna_brahman" class="mw-redirect" title="Nirguna brahman">Nirguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saguna_brahman" title="Saguna brahman">Saguna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om" title="Om">Om</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saccid%C4%81nanda" title="Saccidānanda">Saccidānanda</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">God</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ishvara" title="Ishvara">Ishvara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Devas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devata" title="Devata">Devatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Hinduism" title="God in Hinduism">God in Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_and_gender_in_Hinduism" title="God and gender in Hinduism">God and gender</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Puru%E1%B9%A3%C4%81rtha" title="Puruṣārtha">Puruṣārtha (Meaning of life)</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">Dharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artha" title="Artha">Artha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kama" title="Kama">Kama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">Moksha</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/%C4%80%C5%9Brama_(stage)" title="Āśrama (stage)">Āśrama (Stages of life)</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacharya" title="Brahmacharya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%E1%B9%9Bhastha" title="Gṛhastha">Gṛhastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C4%81naprastha" title="Vānaprastha">Vānaprastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sannyasa" title="Sannyasa">Sannyasa</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Three_Yogas" title="Three Yogas">Three paths to liberation</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnana_yoga" title="Jnana yoga">Jnana yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_yoga" title="Karma yoga">Karma yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">Liberation</a></div></dt></dl> <dl><dd><i>Mokṣa-related topics:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramatman" title="Paramatman">Paramātman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_(religion)" title="Maya (religion)">Maya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">Karma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra" title="Saṃsāra">Saṃsāra</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Mind</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" title="Ātman (Hinduism)">Ātman (self)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An%C4%81tman_(Hinduism)" title="Anātman (Hinduism)">Anātman (non-self)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_bodies_doctrine" title="Three bodies doctrine">Sūkṣma śarīra (subtle body)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antahkarana" title="Antahkarana">Antaḥkaraṇa (mental organs)</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praj%C3%B1%C4%81_(Hinduism)" title="Prajñā (Hinduism)">Prajña (wisdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80nanda_(Hindu_philosophy)" title="Ānanda (Hindu philosophy)">Ānanda (happiness)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viveka" title="Viveka">Viveka (discernment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairagya" title="Vairagya">Vairagya (dispassion)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samatva" title="Samatva">Sama (equanimity)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_(virtue)#Hinduism" title="Temperance (virtue)">Dama (temperance)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uparati" title="Uparati">Uparati (self-settledness)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titiksha" title="Titiksha">Titiksha (forbearance)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faith_in_Hinduism" title="Faith in Hinduism">Shraddha (faith)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam%C4%81dh%C4%81na" title="Samādhāna">Samadhana (concentration)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arishadvargas" title="Arishadvargas">Arishadvargas (six enemies)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahamkara" title="Ahamkara">Ahamkara (attachment)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Ethics</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethics_in_religion#Hindu_ethics" title="Ethics in religion">Niti śastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamas" title="Yamas">Yamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niyama" title="Niyama">Niyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahimsa" title="Ahimsa">Ahimsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achourya" title="Achourya">Achourya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-possession" title="Non-possession">Aparigraha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacharya" title="Brahmacharya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya" title="Satya">Satya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_(virtue)#Hinduism" title="Temperance (virtue)">Damah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compassion#Hinduism" title="Compassion">Dayā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrodha" title="Akrodha">Akrodha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjava" title="Arjava">Arjava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosha" title="Santosha">Santosha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sv%C4%81dhy%C4%81ya" title="Svādhyāya">Svādhyāya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaucha" title="Shaucha">Shaucha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitahara" title="Mitahara">Mitahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%81na" title="Dāna">Dāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81stra_pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87am_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism">Sources of dharma</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Pramana" title="Pramana">Epistemology</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratyaksha" title="Pratyaksha">Pratyakṣa (perception)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Anumāṇa" title="Pramana">Anumāṇa (inference)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upam%C4%81%E1%B9%87a" title="Upamāṇa">Upamāṇa (comparison, analogy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Arthāpatti" title="Pramana">Arthāpatti (postulation, presumption)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Anupalabdi" title="Pramana">Anupalabdi (non-perception, negation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabda" title="Shabda">Śabda (word, testimony)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible 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href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japa" title="Japa">Japa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">Bhajana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtan" title="Kirtan">Kīrtana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">Yajna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homa_(ritual)" title="Homa (ritual)">Homa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarpana" title="Tarpana">Tarpana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrata" title="Vrata">Vrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pr%C4%81ya%C5%9Bcitta" title="Prāyaścitta">Prāyaścitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirtha_(Hinduism)" title="Tirtha (Hinduism)">Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yatra" title="Yatra">Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_pilgrimage_sites_in_India" title="Hindu pilgrimage sites in India">Tirthadana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matha" title="Matha">Matha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_dance" title="Indian classical dance">Nritta-Nritya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%81na" title="Dāna">Dāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sev%C4%81" title="Sevā">Sevā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Meditation</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyana_in_Hinduism" title="Dhyana in Hinduism">Dhyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam%C4%81dh%C4%81na" title="Samādhāna">Samādhāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nididhy%C4%81sana" title="Nididhyāsana">Nididhyāsana</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadhu" title="Sadhu">Sadhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">Yogi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogini" title="Yogini">Yogini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">Asana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C4%81dhan%C4%81" title="Sādhanā">Sādhanā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnana_yoga" title="Jnana yoga">Jnana yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_yoga" title="Karma yoga">Karma yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%81ja_yoga" title="Rāja yoga">Rāja yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundalini_yoga" title="Kundalini yoga">Kundalini yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_art" title="Hindu art">Arts</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bharatanatyam" title="Bharatanatyam">Bharatanatyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathak" title="Kathak">Kathak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathakali" title="Kathakali">Kathakali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuchipudi" title="Kuchipudi">Kuchipudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipuri_dance" title="Manipuri dance">Manipuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohiniyattam" title="Mohiniyattam">Mohiniyattam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odissi" title="Odissi">Odissi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattriya" title="Sattriya">Sattriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Mela" title="Bhagavata Mela">Bhagavata Mela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakshagana" title="Yakshagana">Yakshagana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandiya_Raas" title="Dandiya Raas">Dandiya Raas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandav_Lila" title="Pandav Lila">Pandav Lila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalaripayattu" title="Kalaripayattu">Kalaripayattu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silambam" title="Silambam">Silambam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adimurai" title="Adimurai">Adimurai</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Rites of passage</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garbhadhana" title="Garbhadhana">Garbhadhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana" title="Pumsavana">Pumsavana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana_Simantonayana" title="Pumsavana Simantonayana">Pumsavana Simantonayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simantonnayana" title="Simantonnayana">Simantonnayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatakarma" title="Jatakarma">Jatakarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81makara%E1%B9%87a" title="Nāmakaraṇa">Nāmakaraṇa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishkramana" title="Nishkramana">Nishkramana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annaprashana" title="Annaprashana">Annaprashana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chudakarana" title="Chudakarana">Chudakarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnavedha" title="Karnavedha">Karnavedha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidy%C4%81ra%E1%B9%83bha%E1%B9%83" title="Vidyāraṃbhaṃ">Vidyāraṃbhaṃ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanayana" title="Upanayana">Upanayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshanta" title="Keshanta">Keshanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritu_Kala_Samskaram" title="Ritu Kala Samskaram">Ritushuddhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samavartanam" title="Samavartanam">Samavartanam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_wedding" title="Hindu wedding">Vivaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antyesti" title="Antyesti">Antyesti</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals" title="List of Hindu festivals">Festivals</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Shivaratri" title="Maha Shivaratri">Maha Shivaratri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Navaratri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramlila" title="Ramlila">Ramlila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayadashami" title="Vijayadashami">Vijayadashami-Dussehra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Ganesh Chaturthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Panchami" title="Vasant Panchami">Vasant Panchami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Navami" title="Rama Navami">Rama Navami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Janmashtami" title="Krishna Janmashtami">Janmashtami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbh_Mela" title="Kumbh Mela">Kumbh Mela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pongal_(festival)" title="Pongal (festival)">Pongal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Ugadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihu" title="Bihu">Bihu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthandu" title="Puthandu">Puthandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishu" title="Vishu">Vishu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Yatra_(Puri)" title="Ratha Yatra (Puri)">Ratha Yatra</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_philosophy" title="Hindu philosophy">Philosophical schools</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Astika" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika">Six Astika schools</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samkhya" title="Samkhya">Samkhya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_(philosophy)" title="Yoga (philosophy)">Yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyaya" title="Nyaya">Nyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisheshika" title="Vaisheshika">Vaisheshika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%ABm%C4%81%E1%B9%83s%C4%81" title="Mīmāṃsā">Mīmāṃsā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedanta" title="Vedanta">Vedanta</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dvaita_Vedanta" title="Dvaita Vedanta">Dvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vishishtadvaita" title="Vishishtadvaita">Vishishtadvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Achintya_Bheda_Abheda" title="Achintya Bheda Abheda">Achintya Bheda Abheda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shuddhadvaita" title="Shuddhadvaita">Shuddhadvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Svabhavika_Bhedabheda" title="Svabhavika Bhedabheda">Svabhavika Bhedabheda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Akshar_Purushottam_Darshan" title="Akshar Purushottam Darshan">Akshar Purushottam Darshan</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Other schools</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80j%C4%ABvika" title="Ājīvika">Ājīvika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charvaka" title="Charvaka">Charvaka</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_gurus_and_sants" title="List of Hindu gurus and sants">Gurus, Rishi, Philosophers</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient India">Ancient</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saptarshi" title="Saptarshi">Saptarshi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vashistha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vashistha">Vashistha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashyapa" title="Kashyapa">Kashyapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atri" title="Atri">Atri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamadagni" title="Jamadagni">Jamadagni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyaya_Sutras" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyaya Sutras">Gotama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishvamitra" title="Vishvamitra">Vishvamitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharadwaja" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharadwaja">Bharadwaja</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angiras" title="Angiras">Angiras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruni" class="mw-redirect" title="Aruni">Aruni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashtavakra" title="Ashtavakra">Ashtavakra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaimini" title="Jaimini">Jaimini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanada_(philosopher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanada (philosopher)">Kanada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila" title="Kapila">Kapila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patanjali" title="Patanjali">Patanjali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini" title="Pāṇini">Pāṇini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prashastapada" title="Prashastapada">Prashastapada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raikva" title="Raikva">Raikva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyakama_Jabala" class="mw-redirect" title="Satyakama Jabala">Satyakama Jabala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valmiki" title="Valmiki">Valmiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yajnavalkya" title="Yajnavalkya">Yajnavalkya</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Medieval_India" title="Medieval India">Medieval</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abhinavagupta" title="Abhinavagupta">Abhinavagupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akka_Mahadevi" title="Akka Mahadevi">Akka Mahadevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allama_Prabhu" title="Allama Prabhu">Allama Prabhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvars" title="Alvars">Alvars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basava" title="Basava">Basava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu">Chaitanya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramdas_Kathiababa" title="Ramdas Kathiababa">Ramdas Kathiababa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakradhar_Swami" title="Chakradhar Swami">Chakradhara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changdev" class="mw-redirect" title="Changdev">Chāngadeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadu_Dayal" title="Dadu Dayal">Dadu Dayal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eknath" title="Eknath">Eknath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangesha_Upadhyaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangesha Upadhyaya">Gangesha Upadhyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudapada" title="Gaudapada">Gaudapada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorakshanath" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorakshanath">Gorakshanatha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haridasa_Thakur" title="Haridasa Thakur">Haridasa Thakur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hith_Harivansh_Mahaprabhu" title="Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu">Harivansh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagannatha_Dasa_(Odia_poet)" title="Jagannatha Dasa (Odia poet)">Jagannatha Dasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayanta_Bhatta" title="Jayanta Bhatta">Jayanta Bhatta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayatirtha" title="Jayatirtha">Jayatīrtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiva_Goswami" title="Jiva Goswami">Jiva Goswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B1%C4%81ne%C5%9Bvar" class="mw-redirect" title="Jñāneśvar">Jñāneśvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabir" title="Kabir">Kabir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanaka_Dasa" title="Kanaka Dasa">Kanaka Dasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kum%C4%81rila_Bha%E1%B9%AD%E1%B9%ADa" title="Kumārila Bhaṭṭa">Kumārila Bhaṭṭa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhus%C5%ABdana_Sarasvat%C4%AB" title="Madhusūdana Sarasvatī">Madhusūdana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhvacharya" title="Madhvacharya">Madhva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsyendranath" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsyendranath">Matsyendranatha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morya_Gosavi" title="Morya Gosavi">Morya Gosavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukundraj" title="Mukundraj">Mukundarāja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namdev" title="Namdev">Namadeva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narahari_Tirtha" title="Narahari Tirtha">Narahari Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasimha_Saraswati" title="Narasimha Saraswati">Narasimha Saraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayanars" title="Nayanars">Nayanars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimbarkacharya" title="Nimbarkacharya">Nimbarkacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinivasacharya" title="Srinivasacharya">Srinivasacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prabh%C4%81kara" title="Prabhākara">Prabhākara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purandara_Dasa" title="Purandara Dasa">Purandara Dasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghavendra_Swami" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghavendra Swami">Raghavendra Swami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunatha_Siromani" title="Raghunatha Siromani">Raghunatha Siromani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghuttama_Tirtha" title="Raghuttama Tirtha">Raghuttama Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Charan_(guru)" title="Ram Charan (guru)">Ram Charan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramananda" title="Ramananda">Ramananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanuja" title="Ramanuja">Ramanuja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramprasad_Sen" title="Ramprasad Sen">Ramprasad Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravidas" title="Ravidas">Ravidas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupa_Goswami" title="Rupa Goswami">Rupa Goswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samarth_Ramdas" title="Samarth Ramdas">Samarth Ramdas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankardev" title="Sankardev">Sankardev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyanatha_Tirtha" title="Satyanatha Tirtha">Satyanatha 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G. Krishnamurti">U. G. Krishnamurti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upasni_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Upasni Maharaj">Upasni Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vethathiri_Maharishi" title="Vethathiri Maharishi">Vethathiri Maharishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Vivekananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramahansa_Yogananda" title="Paramahansa Yogananda">Yogananda</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Texts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81stra_pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87am_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism">Sources and classification of scripture</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Aruti" title="Śruti">Śruti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sm%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Smṛti">Smṛti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80c%C4%81ra" title="Ācāra">Ācāra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmatusti" title="Atmatusti">Ātmatuṣṭi</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; 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background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upanishads</a></div></dt></dl> <dl><dd><i>Rigveda:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aitareya_Upanishad" title="Aitareya Upanishad">Aitareya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kaushitaki_Upanishad" title="Kaushitaki Upanishad">Kaushitaki</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Yajurveda:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Brihadaranyaka_Upanishad" title="Brihadaranyaka Upanishad">Brihadaranyaka</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Isha_Upanishad" title="Isha Upanishad">Isha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taittiriya_Upanishad" title="Taittiriya Upanishad">Taittiriya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Katha_Upanishad" title="Katha Upanishad">Katha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shvetashvatara_Upanishad" title="Shvetashvatara Upanishad">Shvetashvatara</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maitrayaniya_Upanishad" title="Maitrayaniya Upanishad">Maitri</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Samaveda:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chandogya_Upanishad" title="Chandogya Upanishad">Chandogya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kena_Upanishad" title="Kena Upanishad">Kena</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Atharvaveda:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mundaka_Upanishad" title="Mundaka Upanishad">Mundaka</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mandukya_Upanishad" title="Mandukya Upanishad">Mandukya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Prashna_Upanishad" title="Prashna Upanishad">Prashna</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; 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<a href="/wiki/IAST" class="mw-redirect" title="IAST">IAST</a>: <i><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">āyurveda</i></span></i><sup id="cite_ref-oxford_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxford-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is an <a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine" title="Alternative medicine">alternative medicine</a> system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.<sup id="cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HIML-intro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is heavily practiced throughout India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, where as much as 80% of the population report using ayurveda.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The theory and practice of ayurveda is <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscientific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudoscientific">pseudoscientific</a> and toxic metals such as lead are used as ingredients in many ayurvedic medicines.<sup id="cite_ref-kaufman_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaufman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Quack-2011_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quack-2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dargan_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dargan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ayurveda therapies have varied and evolved over more than two millennia.<sup id="cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HIML-intro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Therapies include <a href="/wiki/Herbal_medicine" title="Herbal medicine">herbal medicines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dieting#Detox" title="Dieting">special diets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meditation#Hinduism" title="Meditation">meditation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">yoga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massage" title="Massage">massage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laxative#Historical_and_health_fraud_uses" title="Laxative">laxatives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enema#Alternative_medicine" title="Enema">enemas</a>, and medical oils.<sup id="cite_ref-WebMD_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WebMD-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cruk_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cruk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ayurvedic preparations are typically based on complex herbal compounds, minerals, and metal substances (perhaps under the influence of early Indian alchemy or <i><a href="/wiki/Rasashastra" title="Rasashastra">rasashastra</a></i>). Ancient ayurveda texts also taught surgical techniques, including <a href="/wiki/Rhinoplasty" title="Rhinoplasty">rhinoplasty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithotomy" title="Lithotomy">lithotomy</a>, sutures, <a href="/wiki/Cataract_surgery" title="Cataract surgery">cataract surgery</a>, and the extraction of foreign objects.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWujastyk2003a_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWujastyk2003a-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mukh-surg_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mukh-surg-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historical evidence for ayurvedic texts, terminology and concepts appears from the middle of the first millennium BCE onwards.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main classical ayurveda texts begin with accounts of the transmission of medical knowledge from the gods to sages, and then to human physicians.<sup id="cite_ref-zysk-myth_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zysk-myth-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Printed editions of the <i><a href="/wiki/Sushruta_Samhita" title="Sushruta Samhita">Sushruta Samhita</a></i> (<i>Sushruta's Compendium</i>), frame the work as the teachings of <a href="/wiki/Dhanvantari" title="Dhanvantari">Dhanvantari</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_god" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu god">Hindu deity</a> of ayurveda, incarnated as King <a href="/wiki/Divod%C4%81sa" class="mw-redirect" title="Divodāsa">Divodāsa</a> of Varanasi, to a group of physicians, including <a href="/wiki/Sushruta" title="Sushruta">Sushruta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-britannica_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oldest manuscripts of the work, however, omit this frame, ascribing the work directly to King Divodāsa.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In ayurveda texts, <i><a href="/wiki/Dosha" title="Dosha">dosha</a></i> balance is emphasized, and suppressing natural urges is considered unhealthy and claimed to lead to illness.<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXVIII_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXVIII-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ayurveda treatises describe three elemental <i>doshas</i>: <i>vāta</i>, <i>pitta</i> and <i>kapha</i>, and state that balance (<a href="/wiki/Skt." class="mw-redirect" title="Skt.">Skt.</a> <i>sāmyatva</i>) of the <i>doshas</i> results in health, while imbalance (<i>viṣamatva</i>) results in disease. Ayurveda treatises divide medicine into eight canonical components. Ayurveda practitioners had developed various medicinal preparations and surgical procedures from at least the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">common era</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shar-hist_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shar-hist-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ayurveda has been adapted for Western consumption, notably by <a href="/wiki/Baba_Hari_Dass" title="Baba Hari Dass">Baba Hari Dass</a> in the 1970s and <a href="/wiki/Maharishi_ayurveda" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharishi ayurveda">Maharishi ayurveda</a> in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although some Ayurvedic treatments can help relieve the symptoms of cancer, there is no good evidence that the disease can be treated or cured through ayurveda.<sup id="cite_ref-cruk_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cruk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some ayurvedic preparations have been found to contain <a href="/wiki/Lead_poisoning" title="Lead poisoning">lead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mercury_poisoning" title="Mercury poisoning">mercury</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning" title="Arsenic poisoning">arsenic</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-WebMD_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WebMD-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:11_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> substances known to be <a href="/wiki/Toxic_heavy_metal" title="Toxic heavy metal">harmful to humans</a>. A 2008 study found the three substances in close to 21% of U.S. and Indian-manufactured patent ayurvedic medicines sold through the Internet.<sup id="cite_ref-Saper2008_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saper2008-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The public health implications of such metallic contaminants in India are unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-Saper2008_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saper2008-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The term <i>āyurveda</i> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A6" class="extiw" title="wikt:आयुर्वेद">आयुर्वेद</a></span>) is composed of two words, <i>āyus</i>, <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">आयुस्</span></span>, "life" or "longevity", and <i>veda</i>, <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">वेद</span></span>, "knowledge", translated as "knowledge of longevity"<sup id="cite_ref-MaasCambridge_2018_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaasCambridge_2018-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smith+Wujastyk_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith+Wujastyk-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "knowledge of life and longevity".<sup id="cite_ref-GregoryFields_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GregoryFields-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Eight_components">Eight components</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nagarjuna.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Nagarjuna.gif/220px-Nagarjuna.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Nagarjuna.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="339" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nagarjuna" title="Nagarjuna">Nagarjuna</a>, known for the <i><a href="/wiki/Madhyamaka" title="Madhyamaka">Madhyamaka</a></i> (middle path), wrote the medical works <i>The Hundred Prescriptions</i> and <i>The Precious Collection</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-CliffordMLBD_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CliffordMLBD-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest classical <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> works on ayurveda describe medicine as being divided into eight components (Skt. <i>aṅga</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This characterization of the physician's art, "the medicine that has eight components" (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">चिकित्सायामष्टाङ्गायाम्</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Sanskrit">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">cikitsāyām aṣṭāṅgāyāṃ</i></span>), is first found in the Sanskrit epic the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata"><i>Mahābhārata</i></a>, c. 4th century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The components are:<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GregoryFields_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GregoryFields-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Kāyachikitsā</i>: general medicine, medicine of the body</li> <li><i>Kaumāra-bhṛtya</i> (Pediatrics): Discussions about prenatal and postnatal care of baby and mother; methods of conception; choosing the child's sex, intelligence, and constitution; childhood diseases; and midwifery<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Śalyatantra</i>: <a href="/wiki/History_of_surgery#India" title="History of surgery">surgical techniques</a> and the extraction of foreign objects</li> <li><i>Śhālākyatantra:</i> treatment of ailments affecting openings or cavities in the upper body: ears, eyes, nose, mouth, etc.</li> <li><i>Bhūtavidyā</i>: pacification of possessing spirits, and the people whose minds are affected by such possession</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Agada" title="Agada">Agadatantra</a></i>/<i>Vishagara-vairodh Tantra</i> (Toxicology): includes epidemics; toxins in animals, vegetables and minerals; and keys for recognizing those anomalies and their antidotes</li> <li><i>Rasāyantantra</i>: <a href="/wiki/Rejuvenation" title="Rejuvenation">rejuvenation</a> and tonics for increasing lifespan, intellect and strength</li> <li><i>Vājīkaraṇatantra</i>: <a href="/wiki/Aphrodisiacs" class="mw-redirect" title="Aphrodisiacs">aphrodisiacs</a>; treatments for increasing the volume and viability of semen and sexual pleasure; infertility problems; and spiritual development (transmutation of sexual energy into spiritual energy)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Principles_and_terminology">Principles and terminology</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Mah%C4%81bh%C5%ABta" title="Mahābhūta">Mahābhūta</a></div> <p>The central theoretical ideas of ayurveda show parallels with <a href="/wiki/Samkhya" title="Samkhya">Samkhya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vaisheshika" title="Vaisheshika">Vaisheshika</a> philosophies, as well as with <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balance is emphasized, and suppressing natural urges is considered unhealthy and claimed to lead to illness.<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXVIII_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXVIII-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, to suppress sneezing is said to potentially give rise to shoulder pain.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, people are also cautioned to stay within the limits of reasonable balance and measure when following nature's urges.<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXVIII_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXVIII-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, emphasis is placed on moderation of food intake,<sup id="cite_ref-Chopra75_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chopra75-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sleep, and sexual intercourse.<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXVIII_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXVIII-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayurveda_humors.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Ayurveda_humors.svg/220px-Ayurveda_humors.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Ayurveda_humors.svg/330px-Ayurveda_humors.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Ayurveda_humors.svg/440px-Ayurveda_humors.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="630" /></a><figcaption>The three <a href="/wiki/Dosha" title="Dosha">doshas</a> and the five elements from which they are composed</figcaption></figure> <p>According to ayurveda, the human body is composed of tissues (<i><a href="/wiki/Dh%C4%81tu_(ayurveda)" title="Dhātu (ayurveda)">dhatus</a></i>), waste (<i>malas</i>), and humeral biomaterials (<i><a href="/wiki/Dosha" title="Dosha">doshas</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Mishra_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mishra-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seven <i>dhatus</i> are chyle (<i>rasa</i>), blood (<i>rakta</i>), muscles (<i>māmsa</i>), fat (<i>meda</i>), bone (<i>asthi</i>), <a href="/wiki/Bone_marrow" title="Bone marrow">marrow</a> (<i>majja</i>), and semen (<i>shukra</i>). Like the medicine of classical antiquity, the classic treatises of ayurveda divided bodily substances into five <a href="/wiki/Classical_element#Classical_elements_in_Hinduism" title="Classical element">classical elements</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Panchamahabhuta" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchamahabhuta">panchamahabhuta</a></i>) viz. <a href="/wiki/Prithvi" title="Prithvi">earth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ap_(water)" title="Ap (water)">water</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agni" title="Agni">fire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vayu" title="Vayu">air</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ether_(classical_element)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ether (classical element)">ether</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also twenty <a href="/wiki/Gu%E1%B9%87a" title="Guṇa">gunas</a> (qualities or characteristics) which are considered to be inherent in all matter. These are organized in ten pairs: heavy/light, cold/hot, unctuous/dry, dull/sharp, stable/mobile, soft/hard, non-slimy/slimy, smooth/coarse, minute/gross, and viscous/liquid.<sup id="cite_ref-Chopra76_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chopra76-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Tridosha_system"></span>The three postulated elemental bodily humours, the <i>doshas</i> or <i>tridosha</i>, are <i>vata</i> (air, which some modern authors equate with the nervous system), <i>pitta</i> (bile, fire, equated by some with enzymes), and <i>kapha</i> (phlegm, or earth and water, equated by some with mucus). Contemporary critics assert that <i>doshas</i> are not real, but are a fictional concept.<sup id="cite_ref-sn_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sn-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The humours (<i>doshas</i>) may also affect mental health. Each <i>dosha</i> has particular attributes and roles within the body and mind; the natural predominance of one or more <i>doshas</i> thus explains a person's physical constitution (<i>prakriti</i>) and personality.<sup id="cite_ref-Mishra_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mishra-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Payya_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Payya-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ayurvedic tradition holds that imbalance among the bodily and mental <i>doshas</i> is a major etiologic component of disease. One ayurvedic view is that the <i>doshas</i> are balanced when they are equal to each other, while another view is that each human possesses a unique combination of the <i>doshas</i> which define this person's temperament and characteristics. In either case, it says that each person should modulate their behavior or environment to increase or decrease the <i>doshas</i> and maintain their natural state. Practitioners of ayurveda must determine an individual's bodily and mental <i>dosha</i> makeup, as certain <i>prakriti</i> are said to predispose one to particular diseases.<sup id="cite_ref-mental_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mental-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mishra_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mishra-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, a person who is thin, shy, excitable, has a pronounced <a href="/wiki/Adam%27s_apple" title="Adam's apple">Adam's apple</a>, and enjoys esoteric knowledge is likely <i>vata prakriti</i> and therefore more susceptible to conditions such as flatulence, stuttering, and rheumatism.<sup id="cite_ref-Mishra_38-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mishra-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Deranged <i>vata</i> is also associated with certain mental disorders due to excited or excess <i>vayu</i> (gas), although the ayurvedic text <i><a href="/wiki/Charaka_Samhita" title="Charaka Samhita">Charaka Samhita</a></i> also attributes "insanity" (<i>unmada</i>) to cold food and possession by the ghost of a sinful Brahman (<i><a href="/wiki/Brahmarakshasa" title="Brahmarakshasa">brahmarakshasa</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Mishra_38-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mishra-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mental_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mental-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ama (a Sanskrit word meaning "uncooked" or "undigested") is used to refer to the concept of anything that exists in a state of incomplete transformation. With regards to <a href="/wiki/Oral_hygiene" title="Oral hygiene">oral hygiene</a>, it is claimed to be a toxic byproduct generated by improper or incomplete <a href="/wiki/Digestion" title="Digestion">digestion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The concept has no equivalent in <a href="/wiki/Standard_medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard medicine">standard medicine</a>. </p><p>In medieval taxonomies of the Sanskrit knowledge systems, ayurveda is assigned a place as a subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Veda" class="mw-redirect" title="Veda">Veda</a> (<a href="/wiki/Upaveda" class="mw-redirect" title="Upaveda">upaveda</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some medicinal plant names from the <i><a href="/wiki/Atharvaveda" title="Atharvaveda">Atharvaveda</a></i> and other Vedas can be found in subsequent ayurveda literature.<sup id="cite_ref-zysk-veda_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zysk-veda-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some other school of thoughts considers 'ayurveda' as the '<a href="/wiki/Fifth_Veda" title="Fifth Veda">Fifth Veda</a>'.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The earliest recorded theoretical statements about the canonical models of disease in ayurveda occur in the earliest <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_Canon" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist Canon">Buddhist Canon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-zysk-asce_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zysk-asce-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice">Practice</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Physician_taking_pulse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Physician_taking_pulse.jpg/220px-Physician_taking_pulse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Physician_taking_pulse.jpg/330px-Physician_taking_pulse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Physician_taking_pulse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="549" /></a><figcaption>Physician taking pulse, Delhi, c. 1825</figcaption></figure> <p>Ayurvedic practitioners regard physical existence, mental existence, and personality as three separate elements of a whole person with each element being able to influence the others.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This <a href="/wiki/Holistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Holistic">holistic</a> approach used during diagnosis and healing is a fundamental aspect of ayurveda. Another part of ayurvedic treatment says that there are channels (<i>srotas</i>) which transport fluids, and that the channels can be opened up by massage treatment using oils and <a href="/wiki/Swedana" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedana">Swedana</a> (fomentation). Unhealthy, or blocked, channels are thought to cause disease.<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXIX-XX_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXIX-XX-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diagnosis">Diagnosis</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayurweda_kopfmassage.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ayurweda_kopfmassage.JPG/170px-Ayurweda_kopfmassage.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ayurweda_kopfmassage.JPG/255px-Ayurweda_kopfmassage.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Ayurweda_kopfmassage.JPG/340px-Ayurweda_kopfmassage.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1896" data-file-height="2430" /></a><figcaption>An ayurvedic practitioner applying oil using head massage</figcaption></figure> <p>Ayurveda has eight ways to diagnose illness, called <i><a href="/wiki/Nadi_(yoga)" title="Nadi (yoga)">nadi</a></i> (pulse), <i>mootra</i> (urine), <i><a href="/wiki/Malas_(ayurveda)" title="Malas (ayurveda)">mala</a></i> (stool), <i>jihva</i> (tongue), <i>shabda</i> (speech), <i>sparsha</i> (touch), <i>druk</i> (vision), and <i>aakruti</i> (appearance).<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ayurvedic practitioners approach diagnosis by using the five senses.<sup id="cite_ref-Chopra79_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chopra79-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, hearing is used to observe the condition of breathing and speech.<sup id="cite_ref-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study of vulnerable points, or <i>marma</i>, is particular to ayurvedic medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-Chopra76_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chopra76-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ayurvedic_treatment_procedures.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ayurvedic_treatment_procedures.svg/440px-Ayurvedic_treatment_procedures.svg.png" decoding="async" width="440" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ayurvedic_treatment_procedures.svg/660px-Ayurvedic_treatment_procedures.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Ayurvedic_treatment_procedures.svg/880px-Ayurvedic_treatment_procedures.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Treatment procedures</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Treatment_and_prevention">Treatment and prevention</h3></div> <p>Two of the eight branches of classical ayurveda deal with surgery (<i>Śalya-cikitsā</i> and <i>Śālākya-tantra</i>), but contemporary ayurveda tends to stress attaining vitality by building a healthy <a href="/wiki/Metabolism" title="Metabolism">metabolic system</a> and maintaining good digestion and <a href="/wiki/Excretion" title="Excretion">excretion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chopra76_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chopra76-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ayurveda also focuses on exercise, <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">yoga</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-encarta-ayurveda_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta-ayurveda-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One type of prescription is a <a href="/wiki/Sattvic_diet" title="Sattvic diet">Sattvic diet</a>. </p><p>Ayurveda follows the concept of <a href="/wiki/Dinacharya" title="Dinacharya">Dinacharya</a>, which says that natural cycles (waking, sleeping, working, meditation etc.) are important for health. Hygiene, including regular bathing, cleaning of teeth, <a href="/wiki/Oil_pulling" title="Oil pulling">oil pulling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tongue_scraping" class="mw-redirect" title="Tongue scraping">tongue scraping</a>, skin care, and eye washing, is also a central practice.<sup id="cite_ref-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Substances_used">Substances used</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Medical_ethnobotany_of_India" title="Medical ethnobotany of India">Medical ethnobotany of India</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Contemporary_Ayurveda_(156350019).jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Contemporary_Ayurveda_%28156350019%29.jpeg/220px-Contemporary_Ayurveda_%28156350019%29.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Contemporary_Ayurveda_%28156350019%29.jpeg/330px-Contemporary_Ayurveda_%28156350019%29.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Contemporary_Ayurveda_%28156350019%29.jpeg/440px-Contemporary_Ayurveda_%28156350019%29.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a><figcaption>Ayurvedic preparations displayed in Delhi in 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>The vast majority (90%) of ayurvedic remedies are plant based.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plant-based treatments in ayurveda may be derived from roots, leaves, fruits, bark, or seeds; some examples of plant-based substances include <a href="/wiki/Cardamom" title="Cardamom">cardamom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cinnamon" title="Cinnamon">cinnamon</a>. In the 19th century, William Dymock and co-authors summarized hundreds of plant-derived medicines along with the uses, microscopic structure, chemical composition, toxicology, prevalent myths and stories, and relation to commerce in <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Triphala" title="Triphala">Triphala</a>, an herbal formulation of three fruits, <a href="/wiki/Amalaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalaki">Amalaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bibhitaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibhitaki">Bibhitaki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Haritaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Haritaki">Haritaki</a>, is one of the most commonly used<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ayurvedic remedies.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The herbs <i><a href="/wiki/Withania_somnifera" title="Withania somnifera">Withania somnifera</a></i> (Ashwagandha)<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Ocimum_tenuiflorum" title="Ocimum tenuiflorum">Ocimum tenuiflorum</a></i> (Tulsi)<sup id="cite_ref-:7_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are also routinely used in ayurveda. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tulsi-flower.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tulsi-flower.JPG/165px-Tulsi-flower.JPG" decoding="async" width="165" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tulsi-flower.JPG/247px-Tulsi-flower.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tulsi-flower.JPG/330px-Tulsi-flower.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Tulsi-flower (<a href="/wiki/Holy_basil" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy basil">holy basil</a>), an ayurvedic herb</figcaption></figure> <p>Animal products used in ayurveda include milk, bones, and <a href="/wiki/Gallstone" title="Gallstone">gallstones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, fats are prescribed both for consumption and for external use. Consumption of minerals, including <a href="/wiki/Sulphur" class="mw-redirect" title="Sulphur">sulphur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arsenic" title="Arsenic">arsenic</a>, lead, <a href="/wiki/Copper_sulfate" title="Copper sulfate">copper sulfate</a> and gold, are also prescribed.<sup id="cite_ref-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The addition of minerals to herbal medicine is called <i><a href="/wiki/Rasashastra" title="Rasashastra">rasashastra</a></i>. </p><p>Ayurveda uses alcoholic beverages called <i>Madya</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-IJTNJAN07_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJTNJAN07-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which are said to adjust the <i>doshas</i> by increasing <i>pitta</i> and reducing <i>vatta</i> and <i>kapha</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-IJTNJAN07_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJTNJAN07-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Madya are classified by the raw material and fermentation process, and the categories include: sugar-based, fruit-based, cereal-based, cereal-based with herbs, fermentated with vinegar, and tonic wines. The intended outcomes can include causing purgation, improving digestion or taste, creating dryness, or loosening joints. Ayurvedic texts describe Madya as non-viscid and fast-acting, and say that it enters and cleans minute pores in the body.<sup id="cite_ref-IJTNJAN07_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJTNJAN07-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Purified <a href="/wiki/Opium" title="Opium">opium</a><sup id="cite_ref-ISHS1036_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHS1036-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is used in eight ayurvedic preparations<sup id="cite_ref-UNODC_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNODC-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is said to balance the <i>vata</i> and <i>kapha</i> <i>doshas</i> and increase the <i>pitta</i> <i>dosha</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ISHS1036_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHS1036-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is prescribed for diarrhea and dysentery, for increasing the sexual and muscular ability, and for affecting the brain. The sedative and pain-relieving properties of opium are considered in ayurveda. The use of opium is found in the ancient ayurvedic texts, and is first mentioned in the <i>Sarngadhara Samhita</i> (1300–1400 CE), a book on pharmacy used in <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a> in Western India, as an ingredient of an aphrodisiac to delay male ejaculation.<sup id="cite_ref-IJHS051981_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJHS051981-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is possible that opium was brought to India along with or before <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquests_on_the_Indian_subcontinent" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim conquests on the Indian subcontinent">Muslim conquests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNODC_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNODC-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chopra80_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chopra80-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book <i>Yoga Ratnakara</i> (1700–1800 CE, unknown author), which is popular in <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, uses opium in a herbal-mineral composition prescribed for diarrhea.<sup id="cite_ref-IJHS051981_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJHS051981-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <i>Bhaisajya Ratnavali</i>, opium and <a href="/wiki/Camphor" title="Camphor">camphor</a> are used for acute gastroenteritis. In this drug, the respiratory depressant action of opium is counteracted by the respiratory stimulant property of camphor.<sup id="cite_ref-IJHS051981_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJHS051981-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later books have included the narcotic property for use as analgesic pain reliever.<sup id="cite_ref-IJHS051981_70-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJHS051981-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Cannabis_indica" title="Cannabis indica">Cannabis indica</a></i> is also mentioned in the ancient ayurveda books, and is first mentioned in the <i>Sarngadhara Samhita</i> as a treatment for diarrhea.<sup id="cite_ref-IJHS051981_70-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJHS051981-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <i>Bhaisajya Ratnavali</i> it is named as an ingredient in an aphrodisiac.<sup id="cite_ref-IJHS051981_70-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IJHS051981-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ayurveda says that both oil and tar can be used to stop bleeding,<sup id="cite_ref-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that traumatic bleeding can be stopped by four different methods: <a href="/wiki/Ligature_(medicine)" title="Ligature (medicine)">ligation</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Blood_vessel" title="Blood vessel">blood vessel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cauterisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Cauterisation">cauterisation</a> by heat, use of preparations to facilitate <a href="/wiki/Clotting" class="mw-redirect" title="Clotting">clotting</a>, and use of preparations to <a href="/wiki/Vasoconstriction" title="Vasoconstriction">constrict</a> the blood vessels. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ennappathy_ayurveda_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ennappathy_ayurveda_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF.jpg/220px-Ennappathy_ayurveda_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="391" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ennappathy_ayurveda_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF.jpg/330px-Ennappathy_ayurveda_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Ennappathy_ayurveda_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF.jpg/440px-Ennappathy_ayurveda_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="4096" /></a><figcaption>Ayurvedic treatment set up used for applying oil to patients, <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>Massage with oil is commonly prescribed by ayurvedic practitioners.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oils are used in a number of ways, including regular consumption, anointing, smearing, head massage, application to affected areas,<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXX_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXX-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (January 2015)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> and oil pulling. Liquids may also be poured on the patient's forehead, a technique called shirodhara.<sup id="cite_ref-Cacho_Lum_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cacho_Lum-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Panchakarma">Panchakarma</h3></div> <p>According to ayurveda, panchakarma are techniques to <a href="/wiki/Detoxification_(alternative_medicine)" title="Detoxification (alternative medicine)">eliminate toxic elements from the body</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Panchakarma refers to five actions, which are meant to be performed in a designated sequence with the stated aim of restoring balance in the body through a process of purgation.<sup id="cite_ref-Sujatha_UniversalGlobal_2020_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sujatha_UniversalGlobal_2020-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_status">Current status</h2></div> <p>Ayurveda is widely practiced in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal<sup id="cite_ref-who01_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-who01-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where public institutions offer formal study in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Ayurvedic_Medicine_and_Surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery">Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery</a> (BAMS) degree. In certain parts of the world, the legal standing of practitioners is equivalent to that of conventional medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-who01_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-who01-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several scholars have described the contemporary Indian application of ayurvedic practice as being "biomedicalized" relative to the more "spiritualized" emphasis to practice found in variants in the West.<sup id="cite_ref-london_\2_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-london_\2-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sujatha_UniversalGlobal_2020_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sujatha_UniversalGlobal_2020-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Exposure to European developments in medicine from the nineteenth century onwards, through <a href="/wiki/European_colonization_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="European colonization of India">European colonization of India</a> and the subsequent institutionalized support for European forms of medicine amongst European heritage settlers in India<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were challenging to ayurveda, with the entire <a href="/wiki/Epistemology" title="Epistemology">epistemology</a> called into question. From the twentieth century, ayurveda became politically, conceptually, and commercially dominated by modern <a href="/wiki/Biomedicine" title="Biomedicine">biomedicine</a>, resulting in "modern ayurveda" and "global ayurveda".<sup id="cite_ref-MaasCambridge_2018_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaasCambridge_2018-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modern ayurveda is geographically located in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a> and tends towards secularization through minimization of the magic and mythic aspects of ayurveda.<sup id="cite_ref-MaasCambridge_2018_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaasCambridge_2018-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Smith+Wujastyk_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith+Wujastyk-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Global ayurveda encompasses multiple forms of practice that developed through dispersal to a wide geographical area outside of India.<sup id="cite_ref-MaasCambridge_2018_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaasCambridge_2018-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith and Wujastyk further delineate that global ayurveda includes those primarily interested in the ayurveda <a href="/wiki/Pharmacopoeia" title="Pharmacopoeia">pharmacopeia</a>, and also the practitioners of <a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Age</a> ayurveda (which may link ayurveda to yoga and Indian spirituality and/or emphasize preventative practice, mind body medicine, or <a href="/wiki/Maharishi_ayurveda" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharishi ayurveda">Maharishi ayurveda</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Smith+Wujastyk_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith+Wujastyk-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the 1980s, ayurveda has also become the subject of interdisciplinary studies in <a href="/wiki/Ethnomedicine" title="Ethnomedicine">ethnomedicine</a> which seeks to integrate the biomedical sciences and humanities to improve the pharmacopeia of ayurveda.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith+Wujastyk_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith+Wujastyk-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to industry research, the global ayurveda market was worth US$4.5 billion in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-market_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-market-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Indian_subcontinent">The Indian subcontinent</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:An_Ayurvedic_Pharmacy,_Rishikesh_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/An_Ayurvedic_Pharmacy%2C_Rishikesh_%281%29.jpg/220px-An_Ayurvedic_Pharmacy%2C_Rishikesh_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/An_Ayurvedic_Pharmacy%2C_Rishikesh_%281%29.jpg/330px-An_Ayurvedic_Pharmacy%2C_Rishikesh_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/An_Ayurvedic_Pharmacy%2C_Rishikesh_%281%29.jpg/440px-An_Ayurvedic_Pharmacy%2C_Rishikesh_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>A typical ayurvedic pharmacy, <a href="/wiki/Rishikesh" title="Rishikesh">Rishikesh</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="India">India</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_India" title="Healthcare in India">Healthcare in India</a></div> <p>It was reported in 2008<sup id="cite_ref-Dargan_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dargan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and again in 2018<sup id="cite_ref-:0_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that 80 percent of people in India used ayurveda exclusively or combined with conventional Western medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-Dargan_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dargan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2014 national health survey found that, in general, forms of the Indian system of medicine or <a href="/wiki/AYUSH" class="mw-redirect" title="AYUSH">AYUSH</a> (ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, <a href="/wiki/Unani_medicine" title="Unani medicine">unani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siddha_medicine" title="Siddha medicine">siddha</a>, and homeopathy) were used by about 3.5% of patients who were seeking outpatient care over a two-week reference period.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970, the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a> passed the Indian Medical Central Council Act which aimed to standardise qualifications for ayurveda practitioners and provide accredited institutions for its study and research.<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXXII_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXXII-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1971, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Council_of_Indian_Medicine" title="Central Council of Indian Medicine">Central Council of Indian Medicine</a> (CCIM) was established under the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha medicine and Homoeopathy (AYUSH), <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare">Ministry of Health and Family Welfare</a>, to monitor higher education in ayurveda in India.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Indian government supports research and teaching in ayurveda through many channels at both the national and state levels, and helps institutionalise traditional medicine so that it can be studied in major towns and cities.<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXVI_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXVI-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state-sponsored Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) is designed to do research on ayurveda.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many clinics in urban and rural areas are run by professionals who qualify from these institutes.<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXXII_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXXII-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2013<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayurveda&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, India had over 180 training centers that offered degrees in traditional ayurvedic medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-encarta-ayurveda_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encarta-ayurveda-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To fight <a href="/wiki/Biopiracy" title="Biopiracy">biopiracy</a> and unethical patents, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">government of India</a> set up the <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Knowledge_Digital_Library" title="Traditional Knowledge Digital Library">Traditional Knowledge Digital Library</a> in 2001 to serve as a repository for formulations from systems of Indian medicine, such as ayurveda, <a href="/wiki/Unani" class="mw-redirect" title="Unani">unani</a> and siddha medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pt_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pt-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formulations come from over 100 traditional ayurveda books.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/Indian_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Indian Academy of Sciences">Indian Academy of Sciences</a> document quoting a 2003–04 report states that India had 432,625 registered medical practitioners, 13,925 dispensaries, 2,253 hospitals and a bed strength of 43,803. 209 undergraduate teaching institutions and 16 postgraduate institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-IAS-20150613_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IAS-20150613-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, it was reported that insurance companies covered expenses for ayurvedic treatments in case of conditions such as spinal cord disorders, bone disorder, arthritis and cancer. Such claims constituted 5–10 percent of the country's health insurance claims.<sup id="cite_ref-Hindu-20120328_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hindu-20120328-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Andhashraddha_Nirmoolan_Samiti" title="Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti">Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti</a>, an organisation dedicated to fighting <a href="/wiki/Superstition_in_India" title="Superstition in India">superstition in India</a>, considers ayurveda to be pseudoscience.<sup id="cite_ref-Quack-2011_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quack-2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 November 2014, India formed the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_AYUSH" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of AYUSH">Ministry of AYUSH</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> National Ayurveda Day is also observed in India on the birth of <a href="/wiki/Dhanvantari" title="Dhanvantari">Dhanvantari</a> that is <a href="/wiki/Dhanteras" title="Dhanteras">Dhanteras</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, the <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">World Health Organization</a> (WHO) published a report titled "The Health Workforce in India" which found that 31 percent of those who claimed to be doctors in India in 2001 were educated only up to the secondary school level and 57 percent went without any medical qualification.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WHO study found that the situation was worse in rural India with only 18.8 percent of doctors holding a medical qualification.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, the study revealed that nationally the density of all doctors (mainstream, ayurvedic, homeopathic and unani) was 8 doctors per 10,000 people compared to 13 per 10,000 people in China.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_95-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Nepal">Nepal</h4></div> <p>About 75% to 80% of the population of Nepal use ayurveda.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2009, ayurveda was considered to be the most common and popular form of medicine in Nepal.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SwaSwara_Ayurveda_and_Yoga_on_Om_Beach_meditation_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/SwaSwara_Ayurveda_and_Yoga_on_Om_Beach_meditation_%284%29.jpg/220px-SwaSwara_Ayurveda_and_Yoga_on_Om_Beach_meditation_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/SwaSwara_Ayurveda_and_Yoga_on_Om_Beach_meditation_%284%29.jpg/330px-SwaSwara_Ayurveda_and_Yoga_on_Om_Beach_meditation_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/SwaSwara_Ayurveda_and_Yoga_on_Om_Beach_meditation_%284%29.jpg/440px-SwaSwara_Ayurveda_and_Yoga_on_Om_Beach_meditation_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Practitioners in 2017 in Sri Lanka, where ayurveda spas are common</figcaption></figure> <p>The Sri Lankan tradition of ayurveda is similar to the Indian tradition. Practitioners of ayurveda in Sri Lanka refer to Sanskrit texts which are common to both countries. However, they do differ in some aspects, particularly in the herbs used. </p><p>In 1980, the Sri Lankan government established a <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Indigenous_Medicine" title="Ministry of Indigenous Medicine">Ministry of Indigenous Medicine</a> to revive and regulate ayurveda.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Indigenous_Medicine" title="Institute of Indigenous Medicine">Institute of Indigenous Medicine</a> (affiliated to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Colombo" title="University of Colombo">University of Colombo</a>) offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and MD degrees in ayurveda medicine and surgery, and similar degrees in unani medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, the public system had 62 ayurvedic hospitals and 208 central dispensaries, which served about 3 million people (about 11% of Sri Lanka's population). There are an estimated 20,000 registered practitioners of ayurveda in Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Mahavamsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahavamsa">Mahavamsa</a>, an ancient chronicle of <a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_people" title="Sinhalese people">Sinhalese</a> royalty from the sixth century CE, King <a href="/wiki/Pandukabhaya" title="Pandukabhaya">Pandukabhaya</a> (reigned 437 BCE to 367 BCE) had lying-in-homes and ayurvedic hospitals (Sivikasotthi-Sala) built in various parts of the country. This is the earliest documented evidence available of institutions dedicated specifically to the care of the sick anywhere in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hospital at <a href="/wiki/Mihintale" title="Mihintale">Mihintale</a> is the oldest in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outside_the_Indian_subcontinent">Outside the Indian subcontinent</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aankomst_Maharish_Makesh_Yogi_op_Schiphol._M._M._Yogi_vergezeld_van_Dramayari_Do,_Bestanddeelnr_920-6590.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Aankomst_Maharish_Makesh_Yogi_op_Schiphol._M._M._Yogi_vergezeld_van_Dramayari_Do%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-6590.jpg/220px-Aankomst_Maharish_Makesh_Yogi_op_Schiphol._M._M._Yogi_vergezeld_van_Dramayari_Do%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-6590.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Aankomst_Maharish_Makesh_Yogi_op_Schiphol._M._M._Yogi_vergezeld_van_Dramayari_Do%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-6590.jpg/330px-Aankomst_Maharish_Makesh_Yogi_op_Schiphol._M._M._Yogi_vergezeld_van_Dramayari_Do%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-6590.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Aankomst_Maharish_Makesh_Yogi_op_Schiphol._M._M._Yogi_vergezeld_van_Dramayari_Do%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-6590.jpg/440px-Aankomst_Maharish_Makesh_Yogi_op_Schiphol._M._M._Yogi_vergezeld_van_Dramayari_Do%2C_Bestanddeelnr_920-6590.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2406" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi" title="Maharishi Mahesh Yogi">Maharishi Mahesh Yogi</a> in Amsterdam in 1967</figcaption></figure> <p>Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine developed during antiquity and the medieval period, and as such is comparable to pre-modern <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine" title="Traditional Chinese medicine">Chinese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medieval_medicine_of_Western_Europe" title="Medieval medicine of Western Europe">European systems of medicine</a>. In the 1960s, ayurveda began to be advertised as <a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine" title="Alternative medicine">alternative medicine</a> in the Western world. Due to different laws and medical regulations around the globe, the expanding practice and commercialisation of ayurveda raised ethical and legal issues.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ayurveda was adapted for Western consumption, particularly by Baba Hari Dass in the 1970s and by Maharishi Ayurveda in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some cases, this involved active fraud on the part of proponents of ayurveda in an attempt to falsely represent the system as equal to the standards of modern <a href="/wiki/Medical_research" title="Medical research">medical research</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:10_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:10-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States">United States</h4></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Baba_Hari_Dass" title="Baba Hari Dass">Baba Hari Dass</a> was an early proponent who helped bring ayurveda to the United States in the early 1970s. His teachings led to the establishment of the Mount Madonna Institute.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He invited several notable ayurvedic teachers, including Vasant Lad, Sarita Shrestha, and <a href="/wiki/Ram_Harsh_Singh" title="Ram Harsh Singh">Ram Harsh Singh</a>. The ayurvedic practitioner Michael Tierra wrote that the "history of Ayurveda in North America will always owe a debt to the selfless contributions of Baba Hari Dass".<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United States, the practice of ayurveda is not licensed or regulated by any state. The <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Complementary_and_Integrative_Health" title="National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health">National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health</a> (NCCIH) stated that "Few well-designed clinical trials and systematic research reviews suggest that Ayurvedic approaches are effective". The NCCIH warned against the issue of heavy metal poisoning, and emphasised the use of conventional health providers first.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2018, the NCCIH reported that 240,000 Americans were using ayurvedic medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Europe">Europe</h4></div> <p>The first ayurvedic clinic in Switzerland was opened in 1987 by <a href="/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi" title="Maharishi Mahesh Yogi">Maharishi Mahesh Yogi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the government of Switzerland introduced a federally recognized diploma in ayurveda.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification_and_efficacy">Classification and efficacy</h2></div> <p>Ayurvedic medicine is considered <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscientific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudoscientific">pseudoscientific</a> because its premises are not based on science.<sup id="cite_ref-oxpsych_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxpsych-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kaufman_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kaufman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both the lack of scientific soundness in the theoretical foundations of ayurveda and the quality of research have been criticized.<sup id="cite_ref-oxpsych_113-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxpsych-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sujatha2011_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sujatha2011-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Manohar2013_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Manohar2013-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bausell_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bausell-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although laboratory experiments suggest that some herbs and substances in ayurveda might be developed into effective treatments, there is no evidence that any are effective in themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-ACS2011_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACS2011-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is no good evidence that ayurvedic medicine is effective to treat or cure cancer in people.<sup id="cite_ref-cruk_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cruk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although ayurveda may help "improve quality of life" and <a href="/wiki/Cancer_Research_UK" title="Cancer Research UK">Cancer Research UK</a> also acknowledges that "researchers have found that some Ayurvedic treatments can help relieve cancer symptoms", the organization warns that some ayurvedic drugs contain toxic substances or may <a href="/wiki/Drug_interaction" title="Drug interaction">interact</a> with legitimate cancer drugs in a harmful way.<sup id="cite_ref-cruk_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cruk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ethnologist <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Quack" title="Johannes Quack">Johannes Quack</a> writes that although the rationalist movement Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti officially labels ayurveda a pseudoscience akin to <a href="/wiki/Astrology" title="Astrology">astrology</a>, these practices are in fact embraced by many of the movement's members.<sup id="cite_ref-Quack-2011_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quack-2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A review of the use of ayurveda for <a href="/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease" title="Cardiovascular disease">cardiovascular disease</a> concluded that the evidence is not convincing for the use of any ayurvedic herbal treatment for heart disease or hypertension, but that many herbs used by ayurvedic practitioners could be appropriate for further research.<sup id="cite_ref-Mamtani2005_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mamtani2005-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Research">Research</h3></div> <p>In India, research in ayurveda is undertaken by the Ministry of AYUSH through a national network of research institutes.<sup id="cite_ref-ccras_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccras-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Nepal, the National Ayurvedic Training and Research Centre (NATRC) researches medicinal herbs in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Sri Lanka, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health,_Nutrition_and_Indigenous_Medicine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine">Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine</a> looks after the research in ayurveda through various national research institutes.<sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Use_of_toxic_metals">Use of toxic metals</h4></div> <p><i>Rasashastra</i>, the practice of adding metals, minerals or gems to herbal preparations, may include <a href="/wiki/Toxic_heavy_metal" title="Toxic heavy metal">toxic heavy metals</a> such as lead, <a href="/wiki/Mercury_(element)" title="Mercury (element)">mercury</a> and arsenic.<sup id="cite_ref-Saper2008_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saper2008-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The public health implications of metals in <i>rasashastra</i> in India is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-Saper2008_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saper2008-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adverse reactions to herbs are described in traditional ayurvedic texts, but practitioners are reluctant to admit that herbs could be toxic and that reliable information on herbal toxicity is not readily available. There is a communication gap between practitioners of medicine and ayurveda.<sup id="cite_ref-Urmila2008_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Urmila2008-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some traditional Indian herbal medicinal products contain harmful levels of heavy metals, including lead.<sup id="cite_ref-Ernst2002_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ernst2002-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, ghasard, a product commonly given to infants for digestive issues, has been found to have up to 1.6% lead concentration by weight, leading to <a href="/wiki/Lead_encephalopathy" class="mw-redirect" title="Lead encephalopathy">lead encephalopathy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-125" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1990 study on ayurvedic medicines in India found that 41% of the products tested contained arsenic, and that 64% contained lead and mercury.<sup id="cite_ref-Dargan_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dargan-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2004 study found toxic levels of heavy metals in 20% of ayurvedic preparations made in South Asia and sold in the Boston area, and concluded that ayurvedic products posed serious health risks and should be tested for heavy-metal contamination.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid15598918_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid15598918-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2008 study of more than 230 products found that approximately 20% of remedies (and 40% of <i>rasashastra</i> medicines) purchased over the Internet from U.S. and Indian suppliers contained lead, mercury or arsenic.<sup id="cite_ref-Saper2008_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saper2008-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NewYorkTimes2008-09-17_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewYorkTimes2008-09-17-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Szabo_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Szabo-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2015 study of users in the United States found elevated blood lead levels in 40% of those tested, leading physician and former U.S. Air Force <a href="/wiki/Flight_surgeon" title="Flight surgeon">flight surgeon</a> <a href="/wiki/Harriet_A._Hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Harriet A. Hall">Harriet Hall</a> to say that "Ayurveda is basically superstition mixed with a soupçon of practical health advice. And it can be dangerous."<sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2022 study found that ayurvedic preparations purchased over-the-counter in Chandigarh, India, had levels of zinc, mercury, arsenic and lead over the limits set by the Food and Agriculture Organisation / World Health Organisation. 83% exceeded the limit for zinc, 69% for mercury, 14% for arsenic and 5% for lead.<sup id="cite_ref-:11_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:11-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Heavy metals are thought of as active ingredients by advocates of Indian herbal medicinal products.<sup id="cite_ref-Ernst2002_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ernst2002-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to ancient ayurvedic texts, certain physico-chemical purification processes such as <i><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(ayurvedic)" title="Samskara (ayurvedic)">samskaras</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Shodhana" title="Shodhana">shodhanas</a></i> (for metals) 'detoxify' the heavy metals in it.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are similar to the Chinese <i><a href="/wiki/Pao_zhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Pao zhi">pao zhi</a></i>, although the ayurvedic techniques are more complex and may involve physical pharmacy techniques as well as <a href="/wiki/Mantra" title="Mantra">mantras</a>. However, these products have nonetheless caused severe <a href="/wiki/Lead_poisoning" title="Lead poisoning">lead poisoning</a> and other toxic effects.<sup id="cite_ref-NewYorkTimes2008-09-17_127-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewYorkTimes2008-09-17-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1978 and 2008, "more than 80 cases of lead poisoning associated with Ayurvedic medicine use [were] reported worldwide".<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the <a href="/wiki/US_Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention" class="mw-redirect" title="US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention">U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> (CDC) linked ayurvedic drugs to lead poisoning, based on cases where toxic materials were found in the blood of pregnant women who had taken ayurvedic drugs.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ayurvedic practitioners argue that the toxicity of bhasmas (ash products) comes from improper manufacturing processes, contaminants, improper use of ayurvedic medicine, quality of raw materials and that the end products and improper procedures are used by charlatans.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_132-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In India, the government ruled that ayurvedic products must be labelled with their metallic content.<sup id="cite_ref-Valiathan06_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Valiathan06-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in <i><a href="/wiki/Current_Science" title="Current Science">Current Science</a></i>, a publication of the Indian Academy of Sciences, M. S. Valiathan said that "the absence of post-market surveillance and the paucity of test laboratory facilities [in India] make the quality control of Ayurvedic medicines exceedingly difficult at this time".<sup id="cite_ref-Valiathan06_135-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Valiathan06-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States, most ayurvedic products are marketed without having been reviewed or approved by the FDA. Since 2007, the FDA has placed an import alert on some ayurvedic products in order to prevent them from entering the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2012 toxicological review of mercury-based traditional herbo-metallic preparations concluded that the long-term pharmacotherapeutic and in-depth toxicity studies of these preparations are lacking.<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreliable_sources plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-unreliable_sources" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/40px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/60px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/80px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">Some of this section's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">listed sources</a> <b>may not be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help improve this article by looking for better, more reliable sources. Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Third-party plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may rely excessively on sources <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">too closely associated with the subject</a></b>, potentially preventing the article from being <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral</a>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayurveda&action=edit">improve it</a> by replacing them with more appropriate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citations</a> to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_and_using_independent_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying and using independent sources">reliable, independent, third-party sources</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Some scholars assert that the concepts of traditional ayurvedic medicine have existed since the times of the <a href="/wiki/Indus_Valley_civilisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus Valley civilisation">Indus Valley civilisation</a> but since the <a href="/wiki/Indus_script" title="Indus script">Indus script</a> has not been deciphered, such assertions are moot.<sup id="cite_ref-MaasCambridge_2018_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MaasCambridge_2018-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap">: <span title="Page: 535–536 Quotation: "nothing definite can be said about the religion of the Indus Valley civilization due to the absence of intelligible written sources. ... All attempts to decipher these symbols consistently have failed so far. ... Although this can hardly be disputed with historical arguments, we find the anachronistic claim in some currents of modern Ayurveda that Ayurveda originated in the peak period of the Indus Valley civilization."" class="tooltip tooltip-dashed" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed;">535–536</span> </sup> The <a href="/wiki/Atharvaveda" title="Atharvaveda">Atharvaveda</a> contains hymns and prayers aimed at curing disease. There are various legendary accounts of the origin of ayurveda, such as that it was received by Dhanvantari (or <a href="/wiki/Divodasa" title="Divodasa">Divodasa</a>) from <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-britannica_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-britannica-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tradition also holds that the writings of ayurveda were influenced by a lost text by the sage <a href="/wiki/Agnivesha" title="Agnivesha">Agnivesha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thakara_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thakara-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ayurveda is one of the few systems of medicine developed in ancient times that is still widely practised in modern times.<sup id="cite_ref-Smith+Wujastyk_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smith+Wujastyk-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such, it is open to the criticism that its conceptual basis is obsolete and that its contemporary practitioners have not taken account of the developments in medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Responses to this situation led to an impassioned debate in India during the early decades of the twentieth century, between proponents of unchanging tradition (<i>śuddha</i> "pure" ayurveda) and those who thought ayurveda should modernize and syncretize (<i>aśuddha</i> "impure, tainted" ayurveda).<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The political debate about the place of ayurveda in contemporary India has continued to the present, both in the public arena and in government.<sup id="cite_ref-144" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Debate about the place of ayurvedic medicine in the contemporary internationalized world also continues today.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main_texts">Main texts</h3></div><p> Many ancient works on ayurvedic medicine are lost to posterity,<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but manuscripts of three principal early texts on ayurveda have survived to the present day. These works are the Charaka Samhita, the <a href="/wiki/Sushruta_Samhita" title="Sushruta Samhita">Sushruta Samhita</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bhela_Samhita" title="Bhela Samhita">Bhela Samhita</a>. The dating of these works is historically complicated since they each internally present themselves as composite works compiled by several editors. All past scholarship on their dating has been evaluated by Meulenbeld in volumes IA and IB of his <i>History of Indian Medical Literature</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HIML-intro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After considering the evidence and arguments concerning the <i>Suśrutasaṃhitā</i>, Meulenbeld stated (IA, 348), </p><blockquote><p>The <i>Suśrutasaṃhitā</i> is most probably the work of an unknown author who drew much of the material he incorporated in his treatise from a multiplicity of earlier sources from various periods. This may explain that many scholars yield to the temptation to recognize a number of distinct layers and, consequently, try to identify elements belonging to them. As we have seen, the identification of features thought to belong to a particular stratum is in many cases determined by preconceived ideas on the age of the strata and their supposed authors.</p></blockquote><p> The dating of this work to 600 BCE was first proposed by Hoernle over a century ago,<sup id="cite_ref-148" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-148"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but has long since been overturned by subsequent historical research. The current consensus amongst medical historians of South Asia is that the <i>Suśrutasaṃhitā</i> was compiled over a period of time starting with a kernel of medical ideas from the century or two BCE and then being revised by several hands into its present form by about 500 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HIML-intro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shar-hist_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shar-hist-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The view that the text was updated by the Buddhist scholar <a href="/wiki/Nagarjuna" title="Nagarjuna">Nagarjuna</a> in the 2nd century CE<sup id="cite_ref-149" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-149"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has been disproved, although the last chapter of the work, the Uttaratantra, was added by an unknown later author before 500 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HIML-intro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similar arguments apply to the Charaka Samhita, written by <a href="/wiki/Charaka" title="Charaka">Charaka</a>, and the Bhela Samhita, attributed to <a href="/wiki/Atreya" title="Atreya">Atreya</a> Punarvasu, that are also dated to the 6th century BCE by non-specialist scholars<sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-151" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-151"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-152" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-152"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but are in fact, in their present form, datable to a period between the second and fifth centuries CE.<sup id="cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HIML-intro-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shar-hist_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shar-hist-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWujastyk2003a_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWujastyk2003a-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Charaka_Samhita#Contents" title="Charaka Samhita">Charaka Samhita</a> was also updated by <a href="/wiki/Dridhabala" class="mw-redirect" title="Dridhabala">Dridhabala</a> during the early centuries of the Common Era.<sup id="cite_ref-153" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-153"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Charak.jpg/220px-Charak.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Charak.jpg/330px-Charak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Charak.jpg/440px-Charak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Statue of <a href="/wiki/Charaka" title="Charaka">Charaka</a>, ancient Indian physician, in <a href="/wiki/Haridwar" title="Haridwar">Haridwar</a>, India</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bower_Manuscript" title="Bower Manuscript">Bower Manuscript</a> (dated to the early 6th century CE<sup id="cite_ref-154" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-154"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) includes of excerpts from the <i>Bheda Samhita</i><sup id="cite_ref-155" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-155"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its description of concepts in Central Asian Buddhism. In 1987, A. F. R. Hoernle identified the scribe of the medical portions of the manuscript to be a native of India using a northern variant of the Gupta script, who had migrated and become a Buddhist monk in a monastery in Kucha. The Chinese pilgrim <a href="/wiki/Fa_Hsien" class="mw-redirect" title="Fa Hsien">Fa Hsien</a> (c. 337–422 CE) wrote about the healthcare system of the Gupta empire (320–550) and described the institutional approach of Indian medicine. This is also visible in the works of Charaka, who describes hospitals and how they should be equipped.<sup id="cite_ref-156" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-156"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some dictionaries of materia medica include <i>Astanga nighantu</i> (8th century) by Vagbhata, <i>Paryaya ratnamala</i> (9th century) by Madhava, <i>Siddhasara nighantu</i> (9th century) by Ravi Gupta, <i>Dravyavali </i>(10th century), and <i>Dravyaguna sangraha</i> (11th century) by <a href="/wiki/Chakrapani_Datta" title="Chakrapani Datta">Chakrapani Datta</a>, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-157" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-157"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-158" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-158"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Illnesses_portrayed">Illnesses portrayed</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cataract_in_human_eye.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Cataract_in_human_eye.png/200px-Cataract_in_human_eye.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Cataract_in_human_eye.png/300px-Cataract_in_human_eye.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Cataract_in_human_eye.png/400px-Cataract_in_human_eye.png 2x" data-file-width="1543" data-file-height="1120" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cataract" title="Cataract">Cataract</a> surgery is mentioned in the <i><a href="/wiki/Sushruta_Samhita" title="Sushruta Samhita">Sushruta Samhita</a></i>, to be performed with a <i>jabamukhi salaka</i>, a curved needle used to loosen and remove the obstructing phlegm,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="Is this talking about removing the lens? Cataracts are not caused by 'phlegm'. (November 2023)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> with eye soaked with warm butter and bandaged afterward.<sup id="cite_ref-finger66_159-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-finger66-159"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure><p>Underwood and Rhodes state that the early forms of traditional Indian medicine identified fever, cough, <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">consumption</a>, diarrhea, <a href="/wiki/Dropsy" class="mw-redirect" title="Dropsy">dropsy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abscesses" class="mw-redirect" title="Abscesses">abscesses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seizure" title="Seizure">seizures</a>, tumours, and <a href="/wiki/Leprosy" title="Leprosy">leprosy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)_39-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that treatments included <a href="/wiki/Plastic_surgery" title="Plastic surgery">plastic surgery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithotomy" title="Lithotomy">lithotomy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonsillectomy" title="Tonsillectomy">tonsillectomy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:2_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Couching_(ophthalmology)" title="Couching (ophthalmology)">couching</a> (a form of cataract surgery), puncturing to release fluids in the <a href="/wiki/Abdomen" title="Abdomen">abdomen</a>, extraction of foreign bodies, treatment of <a href="/wiki/Anal_fistula" title="Anal fistula">anal fistulas</a>, treating fractures, <a href="/wiki/Amputation" title="Amputation">amputations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caesarean_section#History" title="Caesarean section">cesarean sections</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-162" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-162"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>Vagbhata 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_160-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-160"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disputed_statement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Disputed statement"><span title="This claim has reliable sources with contradicting facts (December 2016)">disputed</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Ayurveda" title="Talk:Ayurveda">discuss</a></i>]</sup> and stitching of wounds.<sup id="cite_ref-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)_39-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The use of herbs and surgical instruments became widespread.<sup id="cite_ref-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)_39-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Underwood&Rhodes(2008)-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, treatments were also prescribed for complex ailments, including <a href="/wiki/Angina_pectoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Angina pectoris">angina pectoris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diabetes" title="Diabetes">diabetes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hypertension" title="Hypertension">hypertension</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Calculus_(medicine)" title="Calculus (medicine)">stones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dwivedi&Dwivedi07_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dwivedi&Dwivedi07-163"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lock836_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lock836-164"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_development_and_spread">Further development and spread</h3></div> <p>Ayurveda flourished throughout the Indian Middle Ages. <a href="/wiki/Dalhana" title="Dalhana">Dalhana</a> (fl. 1200), Sarngadhara (fl. 1300) and Bhavamisra (fl. 1500) compiled works on Indian medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-WujastykXXVI_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WujastykXXVI-165"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The medical works of both Sushruta and Charaka were also translated into the Chinese language in the 5th century,<sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and during the 8th century, they were translated into the Arabic and <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-167" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-167"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 9th-century Persian physician <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Zakariya_al-Razi" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi">Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi</a> was familiar with the text.<sup id="cite_ref-168" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-168"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rao_169-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rao-169"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Arabic works derived from the ayurvedic texts eventually also reached Europe by the 12th century.<sup id="cite_ref-170" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-170"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lock607_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lock607-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_Italy" class="mw-redirect" title="Renaissance Italy">Renaissance Italy</a>, the Branca family of Sicily and Gaspare Tagliacozzi (<a href="/wiki/Bologna" title="Bologna">Bologna</a>) were influenced by the Arabic reception of the Sushruta's surgical techniques.<sup id="cite_ref-Lock607_171-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lock607-171"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>British physicians traveled to India to observe <a href="/wiki/Rhinoplasty" title="Rhinoplasty">rhinoplasty</a> being performed using Indian methods, and reports on their rhinoplasty methods were published in the <i><a href="/wiki/Gentleman%27s_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Gentleman's Magazine">Gentleman's Magazine</a></i> in 1794.<sup id="cite_ref-Lock651_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lock651-172"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instruments described in the <i>Sushruta Samhita</i> were further modified in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Lock652_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lock652-173"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Constantine_Carpue" title="Joseph Constantine Carpue">Joseph Constantine Carpue</a> studied plastic surgery methods in India for 20 years and, in 1815, was able to perform the first major rhinoplasty surgery in the western world, using the "Indian" method of nose reconstruction.<sup id="cite_ref-Lock651/2_174-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lock651/2-174"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1840 Brett published an article about this technique.<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The British had shown some interest in understanding local medicinal practices in the early nineteenth century. A Native Medical Institution was setup in 1822 where both indigenous and European medicine were taught. After the <a href="/wiki/English_Education_Act_1835" title="English Education Act 1835">English Education Act 1835</a>, their policy changed to champion European medicine and disparage local practices.<sup id="cite_ref-Hardiman2009_176-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hardiman2009-176"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Indian independence, there was more focus on ayurveda and other traditional medical systems. Ayurveda became a part of the Indian National healthcare system, with state hospitals for ayurveda established across the country. However, the treatments of traditional medicines were not always integrated with others.<sup id="cite_ref-who01_77-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-who01-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col div-col-small"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acupuncture" title="Acupuncture">Acupuncture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Ayurveda,_Medicine_and_Surgery" title="Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery">Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaisajyaguru" title="Bhaisajyaguru">Bhaisajyaguru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dh%C4%81tu_(ayurveda)" title="Dhātu (ayurveda)">Dhātu (ayurveda)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_alternative_medicine" title="History of alternative medicine">History of alternative medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeopathy" title="Homeopathy">Homeopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ayurveda_colleges" title="List of ayurveda colleges">List of ayurveda colleges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unproven_and_disproven_cancer_treatments" title="List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments">List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramuan" title="Ramuan">Ramuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_ethnobotany_of_India" title="Medical ethnobotany of India">Medical ethnobotany of India</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-162"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-162">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā describes a procedure for the removal of a dead foetus from the womb of a living mother, and of a living child from the womb of a mother who has died (शारीरस्थान २, गर्भव्यापद्, २.२६-२७, २.५३).<sup id="cite_ref-161" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-161"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both these descriptions speak of removal of the fetus through the uterine passage, rather than from the front lower abdomen as with the caesarian section procedure. The earlier description of the Suśrutasaṃhitā (चिकित्सास्थान १५ "मूढगर्भ") is similar. A dead fetus is removed through the uterine passage and vagina. Although Suśruta does not describe removing a living child from a dead mother.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-oxford-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-oxford_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161210124157/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Ayurveda">"Ayurveda"</a>. <i>Oxford University Press</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ayurveda">the original</a> on 10 December 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Oxford+University+Press&rft.atitle=Ayurveda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fen.oxforddictionaries.com%2Fdefinition%2Fayurveda&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HIML-intro-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HIML-intro_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeulenbeld1999" class="citation book cs1">Meulenbeld, Gerrit Jan (1999). "Introduction". <i>A History of Indian Medical Literature</i>. Groningen: Egbert Forsten. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-6980-124-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-6980-124-7"><bdi>978-90-6980-124-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Introduction&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Indian+Medical+Literature&rft.place=Groningen&rft.pub=Egbert+Forsten&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-90-6980-124-7&rft.aulast=Meulenbeld&rft.aufirst=Gerrit+Jan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-HE20-PURL-gpo29672/pdf/GOVPUB-HE20-PURL-gpo29672.pdf">"Backgrounder. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 January</span> 2015</span>. <q>In Nepal, 80 per cent of the population receives Ayurvedic medicine as first aid treatment.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Himalayan+Times&rft.atitle=Weeklong+programme+to+observe+Health+Day&rft.date=2013-10-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fthehimalayantimes.com%2FfullNews.php%3Fheadline%3DWeeklong%2Bprogramme%2Bto%2Bobserve%2BHealth%2BDay%26NewsID%3D395245&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:3-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:3_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:3_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlam2008" class="citation book cs1">Alam, Zulfeequar (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=R5PfzF86mtEC&q=Ayurveda&pg=PA10"><i>Herbal Medicines</i></a>. New Delhi, India: A.P.H. Publishing. pp. 8–13, 122. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-313-0358-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-313-0358-0"><bdi>978-81-313-0358-0</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230907110230/https://books.google.com/books?id=R5PfzF86mtEC&q=Ayurveda&pg=PA10">Archived</a> from the original on 7 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 February</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Herbal+Medicines&rft.place=New+Delhi%2C+India&rft.pages=8-13%2C+122&rft.pub=A.P.H.+Publishing&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-81-313-0358-0&rft.aulast=Alam&rft.aufirst=Zulfeequar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DR5PfzF86mtEC%26q%3DAyurveda%26pg%3DPA10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-kaufman-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-kaufman_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-kaufman_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeall2018" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Beall" title="Jeffrey Beall">Beall, Jeffrey</a> (2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dwFKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA293">"Scientific soundness and the problem of predatory journals"</a>. In Kaufman, Allison B.; Kaufman, James C. (eds.). <i>Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science</i>. MIT Press. p. 293. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-262-03742-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-262-03742-6"><bdi>978-0-262-03742-6</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230907105226/https://books.google.com/books?id=dwFKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA293">Archived</a> from the original on 7 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 September</span> 2020</span>. <q>Ayurveda, a traditional Indian medicine, is the subject of more than a dozen, with some of these 'scholarly' journals devoted to Ayurveda alone ..., others to Ayurveda and some other pseudoscience. ... Most current Ayurveda research can be classified as 'tooth fairy science,' research that accepts as its premise something not scientifically known to exist. ... Ayurveda is a long-standing system of beliefs and traditions, but its claimed effects have not been scientifically proven. Most Ayurveda researchers might as well be studying the tooth fairy. The German publisher Wolters Kluwer bought the Indian open-access publisher Medknow in 2011....It acquired its entire fleet of journals, including those devoted to pseudoscience topics such as <i>An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda</i>.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Scientific+soundness+and+the+problem+of+predatory+journals&rft.btitle=Pseudoscience%3A+The+Conspiracy+Against+Science&rft.pages=293&rft.pub=MIT+Press&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-0-262-03742-6&rft.aulast=Beall&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdwFKDwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA293&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Quack-2011-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Quack-2011_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Quack-2011_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Quack-2011_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFQuack2011" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Quack" title="Johannes Quack">Quack, Johannes</a> (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=55wFpydSZ8oC"><i>Disenchanting India: Organized Rationalism and Criticism of Religion in India</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-981260-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-981260-8"><bdi>978-0-19-981260-8</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230907113453/https://books.google.com/books?id=55wFpydSZ8oC">Archived</a> from the original on 7 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 February</span> 2022</span>. p. 213: <q>There are some ideological realms where the official agenda of ANiS is not applied in the ideal way by the majority of its members. Two of these are summarized here under Astrology and Ayurveda [...] Both are labeled "pseudosciences" in the official agenda of the rationalists [...] Rationalists told me openly many times that against the official agenda of the movement, they consider Ayurveda highly scientific and that they refuse to call it a pseudoscience. During the FIRA conference this official perspective was represented by several of the speakers, while ordinary members told me how they practice some of these pseudosciences, either privately or as certified doctors themselves, most often Ayurveda.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Disenchanting+India%3A+Organized+Rationalism+and+Criticism+of+Religion+in+India&rft.pages=213&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-19-981260-8&rft.aulast=Quack&rft.aufirst=Johannes&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D55wFpydSZ8oC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dargan-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dargan_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dargan_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dargan_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dargan_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDarganGawarammanaArcherHouse2008" class="citation journal cs1">Dargan, Paul I.; Gawarammana, Indika B.; Archer, John R.H.; House, Ivan M.; Shaw, Debbie; Wood, David M. (2008). "Heavy metal poisoning from Ayurvedic traditional medicines: An emerging problem?". <i>International Journal of Environment and Health</i>. <b>2</b> (3/4): 463. <a href="/wiki/CiteSeerX_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="CiteSeerX (identifier)">CiteSeerX</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.561.9726">10.1.1.561.9726</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1504%2FIJENVH.2008.020936">10.1504/IJENVH.2008.020936</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+Journal+of+Environment+and+Health&rft.atitle=Heavy+metal+poisoning+from+Ayurvedic+traditional+medicines%3A+An+emerging+problem%3F&rft.volume=2&rft.issue=3%2F4&rft.pages=463&rft.date=2008&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fciteseerx.ist.psu.edu%2Fviewdoc%2Fsummary%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.561.9726%23id-name%3DCiteSeerX&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1504%2FIJENVH.2008.020936&rft.aulast=Dargan&rft.aufirst=Paul+I.&rft.au=Gawarammana%2C+Indika+B.&rft.au=Archer%2C+John+R.H.&rft.au=House%2C+Ivan+M.&rft.au=Shaw%2C+Debbie&rft.au=Wood%2C+David+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSaper2008" class="citation journal cs1">Saper, Robert B. (27 August 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755247">"Lead, Mercury, and Arsenic in US- and Indian-Manufactured Ayurvedic Medicines Sold via the Internet"</a>. <i>JAMA</i>. <b>300</b> (8): 915–923. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1001%2Fjama.300.8.915">10.1001/jama.300.8.915</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0098-7484">0098-7484</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755247">2755247</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18728265">18728265</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=JAMA&rft.atitle=Lead%2C+Mercury%2C+and+Arsenic+in+US-+and+Indian-Manufactured+Ayurvedic+Medicines+Sold+via+the+Internet&rft.volume=300&rft.issue=8&rft.pages=915-923&rft.date=2008-08-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC2755247%23id-name%3DPMC&rft.issn=0098-7484&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F18728265&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1001%2Fjama.300.8.915&rft.aulast=Saper&rft.aufirst=Robert+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC2755247&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WebMD-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WebMD_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WebMD_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiller2021" class="citation web cs1">Miller, Kelli (20 March 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.webmd.com/balance/qa/is-ayurveda-treatment-approved-in-the-us">"What Is Ayurveda?"</a>. <i>WebMD</i>. Medically Reviewed by Melinda Ratini. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200704232004/https://www.webmd.com/balance/qa/is-ayurveda-treatment-approved-in-the-us">Archived</a> from the original on 4 July 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 August</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=WebMD&rft.atitle=What+Is+Ayurveda%3F&rft.date=2021-03-20&rft.aulast=Miller&rft.aufirst=Kelli&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.webmd.com%2Fbalance%2Fqa%2Fis-ayurveda-treatment-approved-in-the-us&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cruk-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cruk_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cruk_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cruk_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-cruk_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://about-cancer.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/complementary-alternative-therapies/individual-therapies/ayurvedic-medicine">"Ayurvedic medicine"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Cancer_Research_UK" title="Cancer Research UK">Cancer Research UK</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201124090704/https://about-cancer.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/complementary-alternative-therapies/individual-therapies/ayurvedic-medicine">Archived</a> from the original on 24 November 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2022</span>. <q>There is no scientific evidence to prove that Ayurvedic medicine can treat or cure cancer. Researchers have found that some Ayurvedic treatments can help relieve cancer symptoms. It can also improve quality of life.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Cancer+Research+UK&rft.atitle=Ayurvedic+medicine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fabout-cancer.cancerresearchuk.org%2Fabout-cancer%2Fcancer-in-general%2Ftreatment%2Fcomplementary-alternative-therapies%2Findividual-therapies%2Fayurvedic-medicine&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWujastyk2003a-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWujastyk2003a_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWujastyk2003a_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWujastyk2003a">Wujastyk 2003a</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mukh-surg-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mukh-surg_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMukhopadhyaya1913" class="citation book cs1">Mukhopadhyaya, Girindranath (1913). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924012165522"><i>The Surgical Instruments of the Hindus, with a Comparative Study of the Surgical Instruments of the Greek, Roman, Arab, and the Modern European Surgeons</i></a>. Calcutta: Calcutta University<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 October</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Surgical+Instruments+of+the+Hindus%2C+with+a+Comparative+Study+of+the+Surgical+Instruments+of+the+Greek%2C+Roman%2C+Arab%2C+and+the+Modern+European+Surgeons&rft.place=Calcutta&rft.pub=Calcutta+University&rft.date=1913&rft.aulast=Mukhopadhyaya&rft.aufirst=Girindranath&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcu31924012165522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeulenbeld1999–2000" class="citation book cs1">Meulenbeld, G. Jan (1999–2000). <i>A history of Indian medical literature</i>. 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Rao, Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine: historical perspective, Volume 1, 2005, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QRvzRGn9QqkC&pg=PA94">94–98</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Quotation needed from source to verify. (January 2015)">need quotation to verify</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-170"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-170">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFK._Mangathayaru2013" class="citation book cs1">K. Mangathayaru (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2UQ8BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA54"><i>Pharmacognosy: An Indian perspective</i></a>. Pearson education. p. 54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-93-325-2026-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-93-325-2026-4"><bdi>978-93-325-2026-4</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230907111246/https://books.google.com/books?id=2UQ8BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA54">Archived</a> from the original on 7 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Andhra Pradesh: <a href="/wiki/Orient_Blackswan" title="Orient Blackswan">Orient Longman</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-250-1521-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-250-1521-5"><bdi>978-81-250-1521-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ancient+Indian+Medicine&rft.place=Andhra+Pradesh&rft.pub=Orient+Longman&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-81-250-1521-5&rft.aulast=Kutumbian&rft.aufirst=P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLock2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Lock" title="Stephen Lock">Lock, Stephen</a> (2001). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/oxfordillustrate00step"><i>The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine</i></a></span>. Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-262950-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-262950-0"><bdi>978-0-19-262950-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Illustrated+Companion+to+Medicine&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-19-262950-0&rft.aulast=Lock&rft.aufirst=Stephen&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Foxfordillustrate00step&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnderwoodRhodes,_P.2008" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Underwood, E. Ashworth; Rhodes, P. (2008). 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Penguin Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-044824-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-14-044824-5"><bdi>978-0-14-044824-5</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230907111402/https://books.google.com/books?id=sJOEMwrVyRcC&q=The+Roots+of+Ayurveda:+Selections+from+Sanskrit+Medical+Writings.&pg=PR1">Archived</a> from the original on 7 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 November</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Roots+of+Ayurveda%3A+Selections+from+Sanskrit+Medical+Writings&rft.pub=Penguin+Books&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-14-044824-5&rft.aulast=Wujastyk&rft.aufirst=D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DsJOEMwrVyRcC%26q%3DThe%2BRoots%2Bof%2BAyurveda%3A%2BSelections%2Bfrom%2BSanskrit%2BMedical%2BWritings.%26pg%3DPR1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDrury1873" class="citation book cs1">Drury, Heber (1873). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/usefulplantsind01drurgoog#page/n5/mode/2up"><i>The Useful plants of India</i></a>. William H Allen & Co., London. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4460-2372-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4460-2372-3"><bdi>978-1-4460-2372-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Useful+plants+of+India&rft.pub=William+H+Allen+%26+Co.%2C+London&rft.date=1873&rft.isbn=978-1-4460-2372-3&rft.aulast=Drury&rft.aufirst=Heber&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fusefulplantsind01drurgoog%23page%2Fn5%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAyurveda" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDymock1890" class="citation book cs1">Dymock, William; et al. (1890). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36345#page/1/mode/1up"><i>Pharmacographia Indica A history of principal drugs of vegetable origin in British India</i></a>. Vol. 1. 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Patanjali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Korunta" title="Yoga Korunta">Yoga Korunta</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_gurus_and_sants" title="List of Hindu gurus and sants">Ancient pioneers</a>:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agnivesha" title="Agnivesha">Agnivesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chyavana" title="Chyavana">Chyavana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanvantari" title="Dhanvantari">Dhanvantari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushruta" title="Sushruta">Sushruta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patanjali" title="Patanjali">Patanjali</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC569;;width:1%">Eight limbs<br />(specialised branches)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Eight_components">Kāyachikitsā (general 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class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC569;;width:1%">Practitioner roles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Traditional designations:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashtavaidya" title="Ashtavaidya">Ashtavaidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru%E2%80%93shishya_tradition" title="Guru–shishya tradition">Guru–shishya tradition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogachara" title="Yogachara">Yogachara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaidya" title="Vaidya">Vaidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">Yogi</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Modern designations:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medical_Officer_(AYUSH)" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Officer (AYUSH)">AYUSH Medical Officer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Ayurveda,_Medicine_and_Surgery" title="Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery">Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery (BAMS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MD_(Ayurveda)" class="mw-redirect" title="MD (Ayurveda)">MD (Ayurveda)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC569;;width:1%">Educational<br />institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashram" title="Ashram">Ashram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Ayurveda,_Delhi" title="All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi">All India Institute of Ayurveda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Council_of_Indian_Medicine" title="Central Council of Indian Medicine">Central Council of Indian Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurukula" title="Gurukula">Gurukula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_National_Institute_of_Yoga" title="Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga">Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Institute_of_Ayurveda_and_Homeopathy" title="North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homeopathy">North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Homeopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=North_Eastern_Institute_of_Folk_Medicine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine (page does not exist)">North Eastern Institute of Folk Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Ayurveda" title="National Institute of Ayurveda">National Institute of Ayurveda at Jaipur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Institute_of_Ayurveda,_Punchkula&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Institute of Ayurveda, Punchkula (page does not exist)">National Institute of Ayurveda at Punchkula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Siddha" title="National Institute of Siddha">National Institute of Siddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_teacher_training" title="Yoga teacher training">Yoga teacher training</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC569;;width:1%">Works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asht%C4%81nga_Hridayam" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashtānga Hridayam">Ashtānga Hridayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charaka_Samhita" title="Charaka Samhita">Charaka Samhita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harita_Samhita" class="mw-redirect" title="Harita Samhita">Harita Samhita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashyapa_Samhita" title="Kashyapa Samhita">Kashyapa Samhita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nibandha_Samgraha" class="mw-redirect" title="Nibandha Samgraha">Nibandha Samgraha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%81jam%C4%81rta%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8Da" title="Rājamārtaṇḍa">Rājamārtaṇḍa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%81jam%E1%B9%9Bg%C4%81%E1%B9%85ka_(Ayurveda_book)" title="Rājamṛgāṅka (Ayurveda book)">Rājamṛgāṅka (Ayurveda 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title="Isha Foundation">Isha Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Yoga_Institute" title="The Yoga Institute">The Yoga Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_Alliance" title="Yoga Alliance">Yoga Alliance</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC569;;width:1%">Prominent people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>Contemporary:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dalhana" title="Dalhana">Dalhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeronis_de_Soysa" title="Jeronis de Soysa">Jeronis de Soysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Tiwari" title="Maya Tiwari">Maya Tiwari</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC569;;width:1%">Celebrations<br />and festivals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals" title="List of Hindu festivals">Hindu festivals related to Yoga</a>:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Navaratri</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gita_Mahotsav" title="Gita Mahotsav">Gita Mahotsav</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Day_of_Yoga" title="International Day of Yoga">International Day of Yoga</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Other yoga festivals:</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Yoga_Festival" title="Santa Fe Yoga Festival">Santa Fe Yoga Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wanderlust_Festival" title="Wanderlust Festival">Wanderlust Festival</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_tourism" title="Yoga tourism">Yoga tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #FFC569;;width:1%">Related or inspired<br />similar systems</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cargo_cult_science" class="mw-redirect" title="Cargo cult science">Cargo cult science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlatan" title="Charlatan">Charlatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crank_(person)" title="Crank (person)">Crank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fringe_theory" title="Fringe theory">Fringe theory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fringe_science" title="Fringe science">Fringe science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoarchaeology" title="Pseudoarchaeology">Pseudoarchaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudohistory" title="Pseudohistory">Pseudohistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudomathematics" title="Pseudomathematics">Pseudomathematics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junk_science" title="Junk science">Junk science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paranormal" title="Paranormal">Paranormal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pathological_science" title="Pathological science">Pathological 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style="width:1%">Medicine</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acupuncture" title="Acupuncture">Acupuncture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aromatherapy" title="Aromatherapy">Aromatherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrenal_fatigue" title="Adrenal fatigue">Adrenal fatigue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_medicine" title="Alternative medicine">Alternative medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthroposophic_medicine" title="Anthroposophic medicine">Anthroposophic medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Applied_kinesiology" title="Applied kinesiology">Applied kinesiology</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ayurveda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bates_method" title="Bates method">Bates method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biorhythm_(pseudoscience)" title="Biorhythm (pseudoscience)">Biorhythms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloodletting" title="Bloodletting">Bloodletting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Body_memory" title="Body memory">Body memory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiropractic" title="Chiropractic">Chiropractic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chromotherapy" title="Chromotherapy">Chromotherapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Correactology" title="Correactology">Correactology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryonics" title="Cryonics">Cryonics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_healing" title="Crystal healing">Crystal healing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cupping_therapy" title="Cupping therapy">Cupping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detoxification_(alternative_medicine)" title="Detoxification (alternative medicine)">Detoxification</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colon_cleansing" title="Colon cleansing">Colon cleansing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doctrine_of_signatures" title="Doctrine of signatures">Doctrine of signatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doktor_Koster%27s_Antigaspills" title="Doktor Koster's Antigaspills">Doktor Koster's Antigaspills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ear_candling" title="Ear candling">Ear candling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity" title="Electromagnetic hypersensitivity">Electromagnetic hypersensitivity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_medicine" title="Energy medicine">Energy medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fad_diet" title="Fad diet">Fad diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FasciaBlaster" title="FasciaBlaster">FasciaBlaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germ_theory_denialism" title="Germ theory denialism">Germ theory denialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIV/AIDS_denialism" title="HIV/AIDS denialism">HIV/AIDS denialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeopathy" title="Homeopathy">Homeopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humorism" title="Humorism">Humorism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iridology" title="Iridology">Iridology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leaky_gut_syndrome" title="Leaky gut syndrome">Leaky gut syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunar_effect" title="Lunar effect">Lunar effect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macrobiotic_diet" title="Macrobiotic diet">Macrobiotic diet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magnet_therapy" title="Magnet therapy">Magnet therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miracle_Mineral_Supplement" title="Miracle Mineral Supplement">Miracle Mineral Supplement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naturopathy" title="Naturopathy">Naturopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmistry" title="Palmistry">Palmistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchagavya" title="Panchagavya">Panchagavya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patent_medicine" title="Patent medicine">Patent medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phrenology" title="Phrenology">Phrenology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primal_therapy" title="Primal therapy">Primal therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radionics" title="Radionics">Radionics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reiki" title="Reiki">Reiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_medicine" title="Traditional medicine">Traditional medicine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine" title="Traditional Chinese medicine">Traditional Chinese medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trepanning" title="Trepanning">Trepanning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vertebral_subluxation" title="Vertebral subluxation">Vertebral subluxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wind_turbine_syndrome" title="Wind turbine syndrome">Wind turbine syndrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_blood_transfusion" title="Young blood transfusion">Young blood transfusion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Social science</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_phenomenon" title="2012 phenomenon">2012 phenomenon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_astronauts" title="Ancient astronauts">Ancient astronauts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Salibi#Arabian_Judah_theory" title="Kamal Salibi">Arabian Judah theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catastrophism" title="Catastrophism">Catastrophism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">Conspiracy theory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5G#Misinformation_and_controversy" title="5G">5G conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories" title="9/11 conspiracy theories">9/11 conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory" title="Chemtrail conspiracy theory">Chemtrail conspiracy theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_denial" title="Climate change denial">Climate change denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_misinformation" title="COVID-19 misinformation">COVID-19 misinformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories" title="Moon landing conspiracy theories">Moon landing conspiracy theories</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conversion_therapy" title="Conversion therapy">Conversion therapy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generation#Generational_theory" title="Generation">Generational theory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Generationism" title="Generationism">Generationism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strauss%E2%80%93Howe_generational_theory" title="Strauss–Howe generational theory">Strauss–Howe generational theory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollow_Earth" title="Hollow Earth">Hollow Earth theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigo_children" title="Indigo children">Indigo children</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japhetic_theory" title="Japhetic theory">Japhetic theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediumship" title="Mediumship">Mediumship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazi_archaeology" title="Nazi archaeology">Nazi archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nibiru_cataclysm" title="Nibiru cataclysm">Nibiru cataclysm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parapsychology" title="Parapsychology">Parapsychology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoarchaeology" title="Pseudoarchaeology">Pseudoarchaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudohistory" title="Pseudohistory">Pseudohistory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Genocide_denial" title="Genocide denial">Genocide denial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_negationism" title="Historical negationism">Historical negationism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holocaust_denial" title="Holocaust denial">Holocaust denial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudolaw" title="Pseudolaw">Pseudolaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recovered-memory_therapy" title="Recovered-memory therapy">Recovered-memory therapy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Past_life_regression" title="Past life regression">Past life regression</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_racism" title="Scientific racism">Scientific racism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aryan_race" title="Aryan race">Aryan race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melanin_theory" title="Melanin theory">Melanin theory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator" title="Myers–Briggs Type Indicator">Myers–Briggs Type Indicator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality" title="Enneagram of Personality">Enneagram of Personality</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Physics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-gravity" title="Anti-gravity">Anti-gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_fusion" title="Cold fusion">Cold fusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faster-than-light" title="Faster-than-light">Faster-than-light travel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perpetual_motion" title="Perpetual motion">Perpetual motion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quantum_mysticism" title="Quantum mysticism">Quantum mysticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reactionless_drive" title="Reactionless drive">Reactionless drive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dean_drive" title="Dean drive">Dean drive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/EmDrive" title="EmDrive">EMDrive</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teleportation" title="Teleportation">Teleportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tractor_beam" title="Tractor beam">Tractor beam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water-fueled_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Water-fueled car">Water-fueled car</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alchemy" title="Alchemy">Alchemy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis" title="Aquatic ape hypothesis">Aquatic ape hypothesis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrology" title="Astrology">Astrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biodynamic_agriculture" title="Biodynamic agriculture">Biodynamic agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biological_transmutation" class="mw-redirect" title="Biological transmutation">Biological transmutation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creation_science" title="Creation science">Creation science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryptozoology" title="Cryptozoology">Cryptozoology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dianetics" title="Dianetics">Dianetics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auditing_(Scientology)" title="Auditing (Scientology)">Auditing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dowsing" title="Dowsing">Dowsing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon" title="Electronic voice phenomenon">Electronic voice phenomenon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugenics" title="Eugenics">Eugenics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Facilitated_communication" title="Facilitated communication">Facilitated communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feng_shui" title="Feng shui">Feng shui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flat_Earth" title="Flat Earth">Flat Earth theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graphology" title="Graphology">Graphology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">Intelligent design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laundry_ball" title="Laundry ball">Laundry ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_attraction_(New_Thought)" title="Law of attraction (New Thought)">Law of attraction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levitation_(paranormal)" title="Levitation (paranormal)">Levitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lysenkoism" title="Lysenkoism">Lysenkoism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Numerology" title="Numerology">Numerology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orgone" title="Orgone">Orgone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polygraph" title="Polygraph">Polygraph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudoscientific_metrology" title="Pseudoscientific metrology">Pseudoscientific metrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rapid_prompting_method" title="Rapid prompting method">Rapid prompting method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statement_analysis" title="Statement analysis">Statement analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ufology" title="Ufology">Ufology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voice_stress_analysis" title="Voice stress analysis">Voice stress analysis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_memory" title="Water memory">Water memory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Promoters of<br />pseudoscience</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sucharit_Bhakdi" title="Sucharit Bhakdi">Sucharit Bhakdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Bigtree" title="Del Bigtree">Del Bigtree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_and_Grichka_Bogdanoff" title="Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff">Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigitte_Boisselier" title="Brigitte Boisselier">Brigitte Boisselier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Byrne" title="Rhonda Byrne">Rhonda Byrne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Charroux" title="Robert Charroux">Robert Charroux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deepak_Chopra" title="Deepak Chopra">Deepak Chopra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clonaid" title="Clonaid">Clonaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Coleman" title="Vernon Coleman">Vernon Coleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignatius_L._Donnelly" title="Ignatius L. Donnelly">Ignatius L. Donnelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaia,_Inc." title="Gaia, Inc.">Gaia, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Gerson" title="Max Gerson">Max Gerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Gonzalez_(physician)" title="Nicholas Gonzalez (physician)">Nicholas Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goop_(company)" title="Goop (company)">Goop (company)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Hancock" title="Graham Hancock">Graham Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Icke" title="David Icke">David Icke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Donald_Kelley" title="William Donald Kelley">William Donald Kelley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr." title="Robert F. Kennedy Jr.">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corentin_Louis_Kervran" title="Corentin Louis Kervran">Corentin Louis Kervran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_(newspaper)" title="The Light (newspaper)">The Light (newspaper)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Lindell" title="Mike Lindell">Mike Lindell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_McCarthy" title="Jenny McCarthy">Jenny McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Mercola" title="Joseph Mercola">Joseph Mercola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Mikovits" title="Judy Mikovits">Judy Mikovits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ayush" title="Ministry of Ayush">Ministry of Ayush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodor_Morell" title="Theodor Morell">Theodor Morell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Alfred_Nieper" title="Hans Alfred Nieper">Hans Alfred Nieper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehmet_Oz" title="Mehmet Oz">Mehmet Oz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%ABl" title="Raël">Raël</a> (<a href="/wiki/Claude_Vorilhon" class="mw-redirect" title="Claude Vorilhon">Claude Vorilhon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Starbuck" title="Robby Starbuck">Robby Starbuck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_Stone" title="Randolph Stone">Randolph Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Joseph_Watson" title="Paul Joseph Watson">Paul Joseph Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield" title="Andrew Wakefield">Andrew Wakefield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bogdanov_affair" title="Bogdanov affair">Bogdanov affair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourgeois_pseudoscience" title="Bourgeois pseudoscience">Bourgeois pseudoscience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demarcation_problem" title="Demarcation problem">Demarcation problem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scientific_method" title="Scientific method">Scientific method</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suppressed_research_in_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Suppressed research in the Soviet Union">Suppressed research in the Soviet Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Resources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Committee_for_Skeptical_Inquiry" title="Committee for Skeptical Inquiry">Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cults_of_Unreason" title="Cults of Unreason">Cults of Unreason</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Encyclopedia_of_Claims,_Frauds,_and_Hoaxes_of_the_Occult_and_Supernatural" title="An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural">An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fads_and_Fallacies_in_the_Name_of_Science" title="Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science">Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fortean_Times" title="Fortean Times">Fortean Times</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Randi_Educational_Foundation" title="James Randi Educational Foundation">James Randi Educational Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quackwatch" title="Quackwatch">Quackwatch</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skeptical_Inquirer" title="Skeptical Inquirer">Skeptical Inquirer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World" title="The Demon-Haunted World">The Demon-Haunted World</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Natural_History_of_Quackery" class="mw-redirect" title="The Natural History of Quackery">The Natural History of Quackery</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Psychology_of_the_Occult" title="The Psychology of the Occult">The Psychology of the Occult</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ragged_Edge_of_Science" title="The Ragged Edge of Science">The Ragged Edge 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