Hello Readers,
Nowadays the word ‘ayurveda’ is getting very popular around
the world. The ‘ayur’ and ‘veda’ are two Sanskrit words which means ‘ayur’ is
life and ‘veda’ means the science. Ayurveda the science of life explained in
ancient Indian philosophy more than 5000 years ago itself. It was the only
solution for the health issues during those period. Lately different health
science spread ed in different parts of the world in different period of time,but
we can see the close similarity with ayurvedic principles.
In modern surgery texts says father of surgery is
‘Sushrutha’ who lived in India. History says most of the Ancient rulers gave
food and support for ayurveda physicians those days and many are appointed as
king’s personnel physicians,they stayed in king’s Palace.
In Kerala eight selected family physicians are titled as
‘Ashtavaidyas’ and they were stayed for treating the King and his family
members. These eight families are reputed physicians of those period, were
renowned ,well versed and respected by the entire people of the country. Their
next generations are still practicing in Kerala.
