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Ayurvedic Medicine

Ayurvedic medicine is a traditional system of health care originating on the Indian subcontinent that frames health as a dynamic balance among the three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha) and treats illness through individualized regimens combining herbal and mineral preparations, diet, daily routine, detoxification pr…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 32× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 3070-3360 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Ayurvedic medicine is a traditional system of health care originating on the Indian subcontinent that frames health as a dynamic balance among the three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha) and treats illness through individualized regimens combining herbal and mineral preparations, diet, daily routine, detoxification procedures, and practices such as yoga and breath regulation. Its diagnostic framework emphasizes constitution, digestive capacity, and systematic clinical reasoning, illustrated by classical schemas such as the Nidan Panchak approach to disease assessment. Among its distinctive pharmaceutical forms are bhasmas, calcined metal and mineral preparations whose particle characteristics have drawn interest from the perspective of nanomedicine, alongside dietary botanicals and herbal formulations used to support digestion, immunity, and convalescence. Pranayama, the regulation of breath, is a core practice examined for its physiological and biochemical effects. Contemporary scholarship situates Ayurveda within integrative and complementary medicine, evaluating its formulations through modern analytical, pharmacological, and biological methods while documenting patterns of patient preference for traditional over conventional care. The field spans ethnopharmacology, formulation chemistry, and clinical practice, seeking to characterize mechanisms of action, standardize preparations, and assess safety and efficacy using systematic evidence rather than tradition alone.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Coriander Seeds in Diet

Tabassum Khan NidaCorresponding author
Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Informatics, Balochistan University of Information, Technology Engineering and Management Sciences, (BUITEMS), Quetta, Pakistan
Exact topic Advances in Plant Biology doi:10.14302/issn.2638-4469.japb-18-2565
2021

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