Pathology

 ::: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN HEALTH ::: Learning outcomes:  General historical aspects, Modern Era  Private Sector, Public Sector, Role of CHG  Lab Services  General historical aspects:   In India from ancient time the ‘Ayurveda’ and ‘Sidhis’ system are being in practice to  provide the total health to public. ‘Ayurveda’ by definition implies the ‘Knowledge of Life’  or the knowledge by which the life may be prolonged. The way of living a peaceful and  diseasefree life.Its origin is traced up to the Vedic time about 5000 B.C.Dhanwantari is the  Hindu God of medicine. The medical knowledge of Atharvaveda gradually developed into  the science of ‘Ayurveda’. In ancient India, the celebrated authorities in Ayurveda medicines  were ‘Atreya’, Charak’, ‘Susruta’ and ‘Vagbhatta’. Charak applied his famous treaties on  medicines in ‘CharakSanhita’. Amongs the many distinguished names Hindu Medicines, the  Sushruta stands the former called ...