Eminent Texts on Ancient Indian Medicine & Surgery 🏛️ Foundational Texts (Bṛhat Trayi – The Great Triad) 📖 Other Classical Saṃhitās 🌿 Pharmacological and Materia Medica Texts 🧪 Rasaśāstra and Alchemical Texts 🩺 Specialized Texts on Surgery and Anatomy 👶 Texts on Pediatrics and Gynecology 🌾 Texts on Dietetics and Lifestyle 🧘 Texts Integrating Yoga and Ayurveda
Legendary Vaidyas of India 🕉️ Foundational Sages and Classical Masters 🏛️ Royal Physicians and Historical Figures 🌿 Modern Era Vaidyas and Promoters of Ayurveda 📚 Scholars, Commentators, and Educators 🧘♂️ Siddha and Regional Medicine Practitioners 🏥 Contemporary Practitioners and Innovators
🧭 Ashtanga Ayurveda – The Eight Limbs of Healing “Ayurveda is not only a medical science but a complete way of life that encompasses physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.” The eight branches (ashta + anga = eight limbs) of Ayurveda provide a holistic framework for treating the body and mind across all ages and diseases. 1. Kāya Chikitsā (काय चिकित्सा) – Internal Medicine Focus: Treatment of systemic diseases and general medicine. Key Texts:Charaka Samhita, Ashtanga…
Introduction Long before the stethoscope was invented or surgical gloves were worn, the land of Bhārata had already unlocked the secrets of healing — through herbs, mantras, surgical precision, and cosmic philosophy. In this ancient civilization, where the Vedas echoed through the Himalayan valleys and rivers flowed like lifeblood through sacred geography, medicine was not a profession — it was a path to dharma, a sacred duty entrusted to sages and seers. The Indian science…