subscribe to this page
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.
belongs to Types of CAM (as defined by NCCAM) and useful online resources: project
tagged ayurveda cam_resources by jmurph ...on 24-FEB-09
tagged ayurveda cam_resources by jmurph ...on 24-FEB-09
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
Call#: Van Pelt Library R605 .H58 1992
belongs to Traditional Medicine in South Asia project
tagged ayurveda traditonal_medicine_south_asia by nelsond ...on 19-DEC-07
tagged ayurveda traditonal_medicine_south_asia by nelsond ...on 19-DEC-07
Important works on traditional health systems in South Asia and Colonial medical systems
Documentary film on ayurvedic medicine - a traditional system of medicine and health in India.
tagged ayurveda documentary health india_traditional_medicine_documentary medicinal_plants medicine south_asia
by mallika
...on 21-JUN-06