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The word Ayurveda if we break up its 'Ayu' which means life and 'Veda' means knowledge so 'Ayurveda' should actually mean the knowledge of life. This is just in one simple word but its not that simple as it meets the eye as because it happens to be a treasure trove which takes years for having a thorough knowledge over the subject.
My readers might be confused since my blog heading begins with ‘Plants’ but its dealing in ‘Ayurveda’. what actually I would do is to go to a very limited extent on the subject ‘Ayurveda’ before returning back to plants since Ayurveda is intricately related to plants so as plants are related to Ayurveda. I would gradually mention the medicinal importance of certain plants and its necessity.
The origin of Ayurveda can be traced in 'Atharvaveda'. This veda bears the testimony of the knowledge of our ancient 'Muniis' and the 'Rishies' on the importance usefulness and necessities of plants and herbs for people. It can be said that 'Atharvaveda' gave birth to Ayurveda through the pen of ;Dhanwantari'. (I shall dwell on 'Dhanwantari' a little later). Gradually Ayurveda gave birth to medical science. The ancient texts are completely lost, however the only texts that are still existing are ‘Charak Samhita’ ‘Susruta Samhita’ and 'Astangahridoy Samhita' by 'Rajbhatt'. They were writers who lived during the vedic times. Both of their work Charak and Susruta have been translated into Arabic but there was a Latin and a German translation for the works of Susruta. India is said to be rich in her natural resources begining from the the Himalayas till the very end Cape Comorin.
Since the ancient times Ayurvda has been in use for the welfare of mankind not only in India but in other parts of the world too but with the advent of western medicine the importance gradually declined to such an extent it threatened the very existence of Ayurveda. In ancient times the vedic Rishis too were well versed with benefits of these medicinal plants.
After Dhanwantari created or rather gave birth to Ayurveda in later years great Rishies viz. 'Atreya' 'Vardwaj' and 'Agnivesh' penned down a number of medicas for the treatment and welfare of mankind. With the help of those invaluable books Rishi 'Charak' wrote 'Charak Samhita' to relieve people form their ailments and suffering. Now let me say a few words on 'Dhanwantari'. Dhanwantari is the physician of Gods who was produced at the churning of the ocean. He was a teacher of ancient medicine and Ayurveda is attributed to him. In another birth he was the son of ‘Dirghatamas’ and his nature was exempt from human infirmities and in every existence he has been the master of ‘Universal Knowledge’.
He is also called ‘Sudha Pani’ carrying necter in his hands and ‘Amrita’. Susrutha is the son of the great Rishi ‘Viswamitra’ and legend says that he sent his son Susrutha to Dhanwantary to learn Ayurveda and after completing his education the book he penned down came be known as ‘Susrutha Samhita’. The two books Charak samhita and Susruhta samhita are a complete medical guide that deals in surgery, anatomy, selection of medicines and its applications. Among the ancient texts which dealt extensibly with the process of treatment and the utilities of medicinal plants are the Astangahriday samhita by Rajvatta, the collections of ‘Chakradutt and Sarngdhar’ and ‘Vaabprakash by Vaabmisra’. There were a few others too. During the muslim rule some practioners penned a few valuable books on the plant or herbal medicines notably among them were ‘Taleep Sherief and Makhazan – ul – Adwiya’ during the medival ages.
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