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Medical Science Of Ancient India - 1

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The word Ayurveda if we break up its 'Ayu' which means life and 'Veda' means knowledge so 'Ayurveda' should actually mean the knowledge of life. This is just in one simple word but its not that simple as it meets the eye as because it happens to be a treasure trove which takes years for having a thorough knowledge over the subject.
My readers might be confused since my blog heading begins with ‘Plants’ but its dealing in ‘Ayurveda’. what actually I would do is to go to a very limited extent on  the subject ‘Ayurveda’ before returning back to plants since Ayurveda is intricately related to plants so as plants are related to Ayurveda. I would gradually mention the medicinal importance of certain plants  and its necessity.
The origin of Ayurveda can be traced in 'Atharvaveda'. This veda bears the testimony of the knowledge of our ancient 'Muniis' and the 'Rishies' on the importance usefulness and  necessities of plants and herbs for people. It can be said that 'Atharvaveda' gave birth to Ayurveda through the pen of ;Dhanwantari'. (I shall dwell on 'Dhanwantari' a little later).  Gradually  Ayurveda gave birth to medical science. The ancient texts are completely lost, however the only texts that are still  existing  are ‘Charak Samhita’ ‘Susruta Samhita’ and 'Astangahridoy Samhita'  by  'Rajbhatt'. They  were writers who lived during the vedic times. Both of their work Charak and Susruta have been translated into Arabic but there was a Latin and a German translation for the works of Susruta. India is said to be rich in her natural resources begining from the the Himalayas till the very end Cape Comorin.
Since the ancient times Ayurvda has been in use for the welfare of mankind not only in India but in other parts of the world too but with the advent of western medicine the importance gradually declined to such an extent it threatened the very existence of Ayurveda. In ancient times the vedic Rishis too were well versed with benefits of these medicinal plants.
After Dhanwantari created or rather gave birth to Ayurveda in later years great Rishies viz. 'Atreya' 'Vardwaj'  and 'Agnivesh' penned down a number of medicas for the treatment and  welfare of mankind. With the help of those invaluable books Rishi 'Charak' wrote 'Charak Samhita' to relieve people form their ailments and suffering. Now let  me say  a few words  on 'Dhanwantari'.   Dhanwantari is the physician of Gods who was produced at the churning of the ocean. He was a teacher  of ancient medicine and Ayurveda is attributed to him. In another birth he was the son of ‘Dirghatamas’  and his  nature  was exempt  from human  infirmities  and  in  every  existence he  has  been the  master  of  ‘Universal  Knowledge’.
He  is  also  called  ‘Sudha  Pani’  carrying  necter  in  his  hands  and  ‘Amrita’. Susrutha  is  the  son  of  the  great  Rishi  ‘Viswamitra’  and  legend  says  that  he  sent  his  son  Susrutha  to  Dhanwantary  to   learn  Ayurveda  and  after completing his  education  the  book  he  penned  down  came  be   known  as  ‘Susrutha Samhita’.  The  two  books  Charak  samhita  and  Susruhta  samhita  are  a  complete  medical  guide  that  deals  in  surgery,  anatomy,  selection  of  medicines  and  its  applications. Among the ancient texts which dealt extensibly with the process of treatment and  the utilities  of  medicinal  plants  are  the Astangahriday  samhita by  Rajvatta,  the  collections  of  ‘Chakradutt  and  Sarngdhar’  and  ‘Vaabprakash  by  Vaabmisra’.  There  were  a  few  others  too.  During  the  muslim rule  some  practioners  penned  a  few  valuable  books  on  the  plant  or  herbal  medicines  notably  among  them  were ‘Taleep  Sherief  and  Makhazan – ul – Adwiya’  during  the  medival  ages. 
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