Hello Readers and My Dear Patients,
Today we think a bit about the history of ayurveda,
the
origin and spread of “ayurveda”- the science of life.
‘Ayur’ means Life and
‘veda’ means Science.
Ayurveda- its a 5000 years plus old science.
As old as the
Vedic Period.
Ancient Indian philosophy says that the creator “Brahma” created
the entire universe and all the living beings here in this earth.
They lived
very peacefully amicably and healthy too.
Lately by the course of time, upon their bad
deeds,pollution,bad qualities and actions, the man kind affected many kinds of
ailments.
Then the creator Brahma remembered and recollected from his
mind,passed the science of life to heal the world to the ancient sages of India.
They passed over generation by generation finally through
Lord Indra,Aswins,Athreya then Susrutha and Charaka .
They made their own treatises named “Sushrutha Samhitha” by Susruth acharya and “Charaka Samhitha”
by Charaka Acharya.
Sushrutha samhita more on to the surgical branch
(Shalyathanthra) where as Charaka samhitha explained well about the
Kayachikitsa(general medicine).
Vagbhata Acharya who learned from both of these
texts made his text named Ashtanga
hrudayam.
Which dealt in eight branches.
Vagbata Acharya traveled all over
India to spread this science of life ,finally he reached Kerala,lived here some time and died here.
That may be one of the reason this science is still very sound in Kerala,south
India.
And one more thing,all the herbs explained in the ancient texts are available here in plenty.
Thank you for Reading and Sharing my Blogs.
DR.T.L.XAVIER B.A.M.S
