Ayurveda

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Statue of Charaka, ancient Indian physician, in Haridwar, India.

āyurveda (T. tshe’i rig byed ཚེའི་རིག་བྱེད། [alt. shes pa ཤེས་པ།]; C. āyóu 阿由).[1][2] The classical system of Indian medicine that is widely practiced in Asia.[1]

This system emphasizes balance in bodily systems and uses diet, herbal treatment, and yogic breathing.[3]

Ayurveda originated in India perhaps as much as 3,000 years ago. Today it remains a favoured form of health care in large parts of the Eastern world, especially in India, where a large percentage of the population uses this system exclusively or combined with modern medicine.[4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ཚེའི་རིག་བྱེད།, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  2. ↑ 阿由, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
  3. ↑ "Ayurveda". Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 10 December 2016. 
  4. ↑ Britannica Editors. "Ayurveda." Encyclopedia Britannica, December 26, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/science/Ayurveda.