Ayurveda
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 Ayurveda facts

• ərˈveɪdə/), or Ayurveda medicine, is a system of medicine with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent
• Globalized and modernized practices derived from Ayurveda traditions are a type of complementary or alternative medicine
• In the Western world, Ayurveda therapies and practices (which are manifold) have been integrated in general wellness applications and as well in some cases in medical use
• The main classical Ayurveda treatises begin with legendary accounts of the transmission of medical knowledge from the Gods to sages, and thence to human physicians
• Thus, the Sushruta Samhita narrates how Dhanvantari, "greatest of the mighty celestial," incarnated himself as Divodāsa, a mythical king of Varanasi, who then taught medicine to a group of wise physicians, including Sushruta himself
• Ayurveda therapies have varied and evolved over more than two millennia
• Therapies are typically based on complex herbal compounds, while treatises introduced mineral and metal substances (perhaps under the influence of early Indian alchemy or rasaśāstra)
• Ancient Ayurveda treatises also taught surgical techniques, including rhinoplasty, perineal lithotomy, the suturing of wounds, and the extraction of foreign objects
• Although laboratory experiments suggest it is possible that some substances in Ayurveda might be developed into effective treatments, there is no evidence that any are effective as currently proffered
• Ayurveda medicine is considered pseudoscientific