The Glory of Indian Medical System During Vedic Period and Subsequently and the Procedures Developed Thereon by the Exponents


Authors : C.L. Avadhani

Volume/Issue : Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 6 - June

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8162240

Abstract : Physical and mental ingredients of Positive Health were genuine concern of people in Vedic Period – It means the World should be free from diseases and should have healthy mind (Yajurveda). The main source of knowledge with respect to Indian Medical Systems that are being developed by the great luminaries like Maharshi Agnivesya, Acharya Sushruta, Acharya Charaka, Bhagavan Dhanvantari are from, Rig, Sama, Yajusa, Atharva Vedas. The Ancient Indian Medical System developed & invented procedures and instruments to root out diseases/ailments from the suffering. They also believed that in addition to procedure and medicines, “hymns and prayers” are necessary to ward of the diseases and to protect people from diseases and natural disasters. In achieving this, heavenly task, the Maharshis and Acharyas in their respective lifetime, devoted their life and energy to the development of Indian Medical System and Surgery (Chikitsa) that was acclaimed as the most reverent innovations to save the mankind from diseases and disasters. These Maharshis and Acharyas derived the knowledge not only from, “Atharvanaveda but also from Brahmana literature” in identifying the basic elements of the body (Dhatus), the visible or the external parts of the body i.e. Head, ear, nose, mouth etc., and also the unseen internal parts like heart, lung, spleen, kidney or artery, liver, foetus. It is not surprising to mention that in that Golden Era, the Maharshis and Acharyas are able to identify the foetus and also the inner membrane of the embryo. In Vedic Period, the Maharshis and Acharyas who themselves are acclimatized with health and healthcare procedures are able to identify the medicinal plants like Aswangandha, Khadira, Apamarga, Udumbura, Vibhitika, Bhilva etc. Sushruta Samhita the treatise written by Acharya Sushruta and Upanishada are also source of information about the different parts of the body that are visible and invisible, the ailments/diseases, the causes thereon procedures to treat them and food habits that are to be followed in accordance with the treatment. In this article, an attempt is made to trace out the “Glimpses of Indian Medical System” that flourished in Ancient India specifically in Vedic Period and subsequently and also to bring out those procedures and applications and the Rasayana Sastra that are became the foundation for the present Medical System.

Keywords : Upaveda of Atharvaveda, Mantra Chikitsa in Modern Period, Skin Related Health Diseases as Mentioned in Rig Veda Samhita, Yakshma (Infectious Disease), Stem Cell Therapy, Genetic Engineering.

Physical and mental ingredients of Positive Health were genuine concern of people in Vedic Period – It means the World should be free from diseases and should have healthy mind (Yajurveda). The main source of knowledge with respect to Indian Medical Systems that are being developed by the great luminaries like Maharshi Agnivesya, Acharya Sushruta, Acharya Charaka, Bhagavan Dhanvantari are from, Rig, Sama, Yajusa, Atharva Vedas. The Ancient Indian Medical System developed & invented procedures and instruments to root out diseases/ailments from the suffering. They also believed that in addition to procedure and medicines, “hymns and prayers” are necessary to ward of the diseases and to protect people from diseases and natural disasters. In achieving this, heavenly task, the Maharshis and Acharyas in their respective lifetime, devoted their life and energy to the development of Indian Medical System and Surgery (Chikitsa) that was acclaimed as the most reverent innovations to save the mankind from diseases and disasters. These Maharshis and Acharyas derived the knowledge not only from, “Atharvanaveda but also from Brahmana literature” in identifying the basic elements of the body (Dhatus), the visible or the external parts of the body i.e. Head, ear, nose, mouth etc., and also the unseen internal parts like heart, lung, spleen, kidney or artery, liver, foetus. It is not surprising to mention that in that Golden Era, the Maharshis and Acharyas are able to identify the foetus and also the inner membrane of the embryo. In Vedic Period, the Maharshis and Acharyas who themselves are acclimatized with health and healthcare procedures are able to identify the medicinal plants like Aswangandha, Khadira, Apamarga, Udumbura, Vibhitika, Bhilva etc. Sushruta Samhita the treatise written by Acharya Sushruta and Upanishada are also source of information about the different parts of the body that are visible and invisible, the ailments/diseases, the causes thereon procedures to treat them and food habits that are to be followed in accordance with the treatment. In this article, an attempt is made to trace out the “Glimpses of Indian Medical System” that flourished in Ancient India specifically in Vedic Period and subsequently and also to bring out those procedures and applications and the Rasayana Sastra that are became the foundation for the present Medical System.

Keywords : Upaveda of Atharvaveda, Mantra Chikitsa in Modern Period, Skin Related Health Diseases as Mentioned in Rig Veda Samhita, Yakshma (Infectious Disease), Stem Cell Therapy, Genetic Engineering.

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