Introduction to human health
::: 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 ...