Graha Chikitsa in the Sushruta Samhita: One Protocol, Repeated Four Times (Uttara Tantra 28-31)

In short Chapters 28 to 31 of the Sushruta Samhita's Uttara Tantra give the therapeutics — the Pratishedha — for...

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Bala Graha in the Sushruta Samhita: the Nine Grahas of Infancy in Uttara Tantra 27 - Skanda, Putana, Revati and Naigamesha

The short version Chapter 27 of the Uttara Tantra of the Sushruta Samhita names nine Bala Grahas — Skanda, Skandapasmara,...

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The 8 Branches of Ayurveda (Ashtanga Ayurveda): Vagbhata's Classical Framework Explained

Quick takeaway: Ayurveda is one science organised into eight clinical branches (Ashtanga). Vagbhata, in Ashtanga Hridaya Sutra Sthana Chapter 1...

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