Re: sunny

January 20, 2006

hi abijann

i am sending u the history of ayurveda

Ayurveda , the science of life, prevention and longevity is the oldest and

most holistic medical system available on the planet today. It was placed in

written form over 5,000 years ago in India, it was said to be a world medicine

dealing with both body and the spirit. Before the advent of writing, the ancient

wisdom of this healing system was a part of the spiritual tradition of the

Sanatana Dharma (Universal Religion), or Vedic Religion. VedaVyasa, the famous

sage, shaktavesha avatar of Vishnu, put into writing the complete knowledge of

Ayurveda, along with the more directly spiritual insights of self realization

into a body of scriptural literature called the Vedas and the Vedic literatures.

There were originally four main books of spirituality, which included among

other topics, health, astrology, spiritual business, government, army, poetry

and spiritual living and behavior. These books are known as the four Vedas; Rik,

Sama, Yajur and Atharva. The Rik Veda, a compilation of verse on the nature of

existence, is the oldest surviving book of any Indo-European language (3000

B.C.). The Rik Veda (also known as Rig Veda) refers to the cosmology known as

Sankhya which lies at the base of both Ayurveda and Yoga, contains verses on the

nature of health and disease, pathogenesis and principles of treatment. Among

the Rik Veda are found discussions of the three dosas, Vayu. Pitta and Kapha,

and the use of herbs to heal the diseases of the mind and body and to foster

longevity. The Atharva Veda lists the eight divisions of Ayurveda: Internal

Medicine, Surgery of Head and Neck, Opthamology and Otorinolaryngology, Surgery,

Toxicology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Gerontology or

Science of Rejuvenation, and the Science of Fertility. The Vedic Sages took the

passages from the Vedic Scriptures relating to Ayurveda and compiled separate

books dealing only with Ayurveda. One of these books, called the Atreya Samhita

is the oldest medical book in the world! The Vedic Brahmanas were not only

priests performing religious rites and ceremonies, they also became Vaidyas

(physicians of Ayurveda). The sage-physician-surgeons of the time were the same

sages or seers, deeply devoted holy people, who saw health as an integral part

of spiritual life. It is said that they received their training of Ayurveda

through direct cognition during meditation. In other words, the knowledge of the

use of various methods of healing, prevention, longevity and surgery came

through Divine revelation; there was no guessing or testing and harming animals.

These revelations were transcribed from the oral tradition into book form,

interspersed with the other aspects of life and spirituality.

What is fascinating is Ayurveda's use of herbs, foods, aromas, gems, colors,

yoga, mantras, lifestyle and surgery. Consequently Ayurveda grew into a

respected and widely used system of healing in India. Around 1500 B.C., Ayurveda

was delineated into eight specific branches of medicine. There were two main

schools of Ayurveda at that time. Atreya- the school of physicians, and

Dhanvantari - the school of surgeons. These two schools made Ayurveda a more

scientifically verifiable and classifiable medical system

People from numerous countries came to Indian Ayurvedic schools to learn about

this world medicine and the religious scriptures it sprang from. Learned men

from China, Tibet, the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Afghanistanis, Persians, and

more traveled to learn the complete wisdom and bring it back to their own

countries. Ayurvedic texts were translated in Arabic and under physicians such

as Avicenna and Razi Sempion, both of whom quoted Indian Ayurvedic texts,

established Islamic medicine. This style became popular in Europe, and helped to

form the foundation of the European tradition in medicine.

In 16th Century Europe, Paracelsus, who is known as the father of modem

Western medicine, practiced and propagated a system of medicine which borrowed

heavily from Ayurveda.

There are two main re-organizers of Ayurveda whose works are still existing in

tact today - Charak and Sushrut. The third major treatise is called the Ashtanga

Hridaya, which is a concise version of the works of Charak and Sushrut. Thus the

three main Ayurvedic texts that are still used today are the Charak Samhita

(compilation of the oldest book Atreya Samhita), Sushrut Samhita and the

Ashtangha Hridaya Samhita. These books are believed to be over 1,200 years old.

It is because these texts still contain the original and complete knowledge of

this Ayurvedic world medicine, that Ayurveda is known today as the only complete

medical system still in existence. Other forms of medicine from various

cultures, although parallel are missing parts of the original information.

abijann <no_reply > wrote:

It is nice to hear from you. I have never heard of this drug:

Ayurveda. Is this drug used only in your country or is it

available in the USA? Cirrhosis is dead tissue inside the liver

and I never heard of anyone being able to bring dead tissue back

to life. However, if it helps prevent any further damage to the

liver or causes regeneration of the liver itself...it sounds

wonderful. Can you tell us more about it? Does it have any

other brand names or generic name? How long has it been used

in your country? Is it given under clinical trials or is it

starting to be used on all patients with cirrhosis?

It is pleasing to know that someone is doing better with this

disease...I hope your wife continues to improve and thanks for

giving us hope that many of us lose when faced with this

disease.

I know that they are in the process of trying to develop a

artificial liver machine that can be used temporarily so

that patients can survive longer in order to have a transplant.

They do dialysis for the kidney and this machine is suppose

to be in that kind of order. Don't know for certain whether

this will be accomplished or not. I even heard they are trying

to make a artificial liver to implant...but with all the functions

the liver has, many of which the doctors don't know about themselves,

I wonder if it will happen.

January 20, 2006

dear abijaan

this is my yahoo id pls chat with me if possible for u cobra_hissss@...