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Ayurveda ("ah-yur-VAY-dah") is a CAM alternative medical system that has been practiced primarily in the Indian subcontinent for 5,000 years. Ayurveda includesdiet and herbal remedies and emphasizes the use of body, mind, and spirit in disease prevention and treatment.

Useful links:
Ayurvedic Institute
Website of the Ayurveda Institute (AI), established in 1984 to teach the traditional Ayurvedic medicine of India. AI is a leading Ayurvedic school and Ayurveda health spa outside of India.
Jiva Ayurveda
Founded in 1995, Jiva Ayurveda was the first to set up an online Ayurvedic clinic that offers a holistic treatment to patients.
National Ayurveda Medical Association
The National Ayurvedic Medical Association, a national organization representing the Ayurvedic profession in the U.S.A., strives to preserve, protect, improve and promote the philosophy, knowledge, science and practice of Ayurveda for the benefit of humanity.
History of medicine in India, from antiquity to 1000 A.D. / editor, Priya Vrat Sharma. New Delhi : Indian National Science Academy, 1992.
Call#: Van Pelt Library R605 .H58 1992


Important works on traditional health systems in South Asia and Colonial medical systems
Patwardhan,B Warude,D. "Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine: a comparative overview." Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine [1741-427X] 2.4 (2005). 465-473.
tagged Ayurveda Chinese and medicine by ylo ...on 11-OCT-06