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Welcome
to Ayurveda.ueuo.com -
A Guide to Ayurveda and info. on Dhanvantari
, some traditional Ayurvedic Medicines and Cure
Ayurveda is a very fast field to explore. We
recognize our effort as a tiny drop of water
amongst this huge sea. At Ayurveda.ueuo.com,
we have strived to provide as much knowledge
about Ayurveda as we can. But still some thoughts/comments
about our site information would be highly appreciated.
This makes us to improve our website so as to
make it more usable.
the history of
Ayurveda
Ayurveda  dates
back an estimated 5,000-10,000 years and is
widely considered to be the oldest form of health
care in the world. It is understood by many
scholars that knowledge of Ayurveda spread out
from India and influenced the ancient Chinese
system of medicine, Unani medicine, and the
humoral medicine practiced by Hippocrates in
Greece. For this reason, Ayurveda is often referred
to as the "Mother of all healing."
The knowledge of Ayurveda is believed to be
of Divine origin and was communicated to the
saints and sages of India who received its wisdom
through deep meditation. Ayurvedic knowledge
was passed down orally through the generations
and then written down in the Vedas, the sacred
texts of India believed to be the oldest writings
in the world.
Written in Sanskrit, the Vedas cover a vast
number of subjects from grammar to health care.
The Vedas were written approximately 2500 BC
or earlier. Current knowledge about Ayurveda
is mostly drawn from relatively later writings,
primarily the Caraka Samhita (approximately
1500 BC), the Ashtang Hrdyam (approximately
500 AD), and the Sushrut Samhita (300 - 400
AD). These three classics describe the basic
principles and theories from which Ayurveda
has evolved. They also contain vast clinical
information on the management of a multitude
of diseases expanded upon by later writings
and research.
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