Great Throughts Treasury

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Ayurveda NULL

Ancient Indian Health Care System/Philosophy, ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India[1] and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine.[2] In Sanskrit, the word ayurveda consists of the words āyus, meaning "longevity", and veda, meaning "related to knowledge" or "science"

"Anything in the world, absolutely anything, can serve as medicine if administered at the right time and in the right place."