Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine (Set of 3 Vols)

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All human societies have medical beliefs that provide explanations for birth, death, and disease. Throughout history, illness has been attributed to witchcraft, demons, adverse astral influence, or the will of the gods. The historical record for Indian civilization begins in the third millennium B.C.E., with the Indus Valley culture, but beyond evidence of a good knowledge of the plant and animal environment, little information can be recovered concerning the healing traditions of this time. Indian medicine enshrines the theory that the human body consists of three substances, and that health requires a balance between them. They are usually translated as spirit, phlegm and bile. Greek medicine will later advance a similar theory, but one based on four humours rather than three. According to the compendium of Charaka, the Charakasamhita, health and disease are not predetermined and life may be prolonged by human effort. The compendium of Susruta, the Susrutasamhita defines the purpose of medicine to cure the diseases of the sick, protect the healthy, and to prolong life. Both these ancient compendia include details of the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of numerous ailments.

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Usha Srivastava, postgraduate in Sociology from Kanpur University and LLB from Lucknow University had also obtained degree course in Journalism & Mass Communication from Sagar University. She is Ayurveda rattan. She is a practicing Advocatein Lucknowcourt and is also freelancer journalist. She has published many articles in national News papers and worked as teacher and journalist in some News Papers. She takes keen interest in wormen problems and legal issues of women status. Table of Contents Part I Preface Allopathic Medicine and Allopathy Allopathic Medicine in India Unani Medicine in India Unani Tibb: Plural Healing Treatment Under Unani Indian Medicinal Plants Cultivation of Medicinal Plants in India Bibliography Index Part II Preface Ayurveda: The Science of Life Principles of Ayurveda Ayurvedic Approach to Health Ayurvedic Herbology Ayurvedic forms of Diagnosis Methods of Ayurvedic Treatment Pancha Karma Yoga and Ayurveda Bibliography Index Part III Preface The Indigenous Medicals Birth of Indian Medicine Colonial Imperatvies, Medicine and Indian Response Brief History of Common Traditional Plants Meteria Medica Aetiology Classification and Pathology of Diseases Surgery in Ancient India Bibliography Index