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INTRODUCTION TO AYURVEDA

India is home to one of the most ancient civilization of the world. The culture of many ancient civilizations of the world has withered away with time, like in Egypt and in Iran, with external invasions and the consequent destruction of their uniquely developed culture. India, and to an extent China, are the two nations who have maintained this contact with their ancient past despite ruptures and disruption taking place due to the external invasions of the Islamite's.

Ancient India had made remarkable advances in many fields apart from creating one of the most exalting literature. Great advances were made in the field of metallurgy, mathematics, medicine and in astronomy. The Vedic age is supposed to have lasted from 7000 - 4000 BC and coming to an end near 3750 BC. It was during this time that the great texts of the Hindu tradition were written, the Rig Veda, the Sam Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda. The Rig Veda is considered the oldest literature in the world. Ayurveda, the ancient art of healing and cure is supposed to have developed from the youngest of the Vedas, the Atharva Veda.

Ayurveda combines together the physical, psychological and the spiritual therapies to create a wholesome approach to healing. This approach not only aims to treat the disease but the whole man. It lays emphasis on the prevention of disease, and the making of a healthy man, dispelling with the need for cure in the first place. The holistic approach of Ayurveda has provided western nations with a new approach towards the attainment of health and happiness in life. Ayurveda encourages an individual to be the guardian of his own life, and giving not just the society or the nation, but an entire civilization a complete philosophy of healing.

 
 
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