Medicine

आयुर्वेद

Medical theory, surgery, pharmacology

📚 All Topics

15 topics in Medicine

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Agada Tantra (Toxicology)

Science of poisons and antidotes

Archaeological

Ancient Medical Education

Training systems for physicians in ancient India

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Charaka Samhita

Foundational text of Ayurvedic internal medicine

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Dravyaguna (Pharmacology)

Ayurvedic materia medica

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Indian Rhinoplasty

Reconstructive nose surgery technique

Living Tradition

Marma Points

107 vital points on the body

Living Tradition

Nadi Pariksha (Pulse Diagnosis)

Diagnosis through pulse examination

Living Tradition

Panchakarma

Five purification therapies

Living Tradition

Prakriti (Constitution)

Individual constitutional assessment

Living Tradition

Rasashastra

Tradition of using metals and minerals for medicine

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Surgical Instruments of Sushruta

Sophisticated surgical tools described in ancient texts

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Sushruta & Ancient Indian Surgery

Father of Surgery and the Sushruta Samhita

Living Tradition

Tridosha Theory

Vata, Pitta, Kapha constitutional medicine

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Vagbhata & Ashtanga Hridaya

Synthesis of Caraka and Sushruta traditions

Archaeological

Variolation (Smallpox Prevention)

Early inoculation practices in India