Descriptor English: | Medicine, Ayurvedic | ||||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Medicina Ayurvédica
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Ayurveda | ||||||
Descriptor French: | Médecine ayurvédique | ||||||
Entry term(s): |
Ayurvedic Medicine Hindu Medicine Medicine, Hindu Medicine, Siddha Panchakarma Siddha Medicine |
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Tree number(s): |
E02.190.488.515 I01.076.201.450.654.515 MT1.388.515 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008515 | ||||||
Scope note: | A traditional medicine which is based on customs, beliefs, and practices in the subcontinent of India, Ayurveda is the science of life (ayus: life, veda: science or knowledge) that constitutes the traditional medical system of India practiced for over four millennia. It is defined as a holistic science that considers the human being in its totality (body, mind, and spirit), approaching it from its bioenergetic principles of the three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha), whose balance guarantees health and imbalance can induce the onset of diseases. (Glossary of Complementary Medicine Terms of the Social Health Insurance - ESSALUD, p. 22). Ayurveda is a traditional medical system of India with 3500 years old, encompassing physical, psychological, spiritual, and social dimensions of life, and the dynamic concepts of well-being, health promotion, and prevention and management of diseases. It has its roots in two basic doctrines: the pañca-mahābhūta, which postulates that the entire physical universe combines the attributes of the five basic elements (space; gaseous state; heat; liquid state and solid state), and the tridoṣa doctrine, which postulates that there are three doṣas (vāta, pitta, kapha), which maintain functional balance in the body and evolve through the processes of life and simultaneously influence its course. Ayurveda uses bio-cleansing therapy, pacifying therapy, and preventive interventions. (World Health Organization. Benchmarks for the practice of Ayurveda [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022, p. 1. Available at: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/351475) |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
AE adverse effects EC economics HI history IS instrumentation MT methods PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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Public MeSH Note: | 81; was MEDICINE, HINDU 1964-80 |
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Online Note: | use MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC to search MEDICINE, HINDU 1966-80 |
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History Note: | 81; was MEDICINE, HINDU 1964-80 |
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Entry Version: | MED AYURVEDIC |
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DeCS ID: | 8680 | ||||||
Unique ID: | D008515 | ||||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
Date Established: | 1964/01/01 | ||||||
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
Revision Date: | 2024/07/25 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Therapeutics [E02]Therapeutics -
ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences -
TRADITIONAL, COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
Traditional Complex Medical Systems [MT1]Traditional Complex Medical Systems -
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Medicine, Ayurvedic
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Hindu Medicine
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Siddha Medicine
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Panchakarma
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Concept UI |
M0013255 |
Scope note | A traditional medicine which is based on customs, beliefs, and practices in the subcontinent of India, Ayurveda is the science of life (ayus: life, veda: science or knowledge) that constitutes the traditional medical system of India practiced for over four millennia. It is defined as a holistic science that considers the human being in its totality (body, mind, and spirit), approaching it from its bioenergetic principles of the three doshas (vata, pitta, and kapha), whose balance guarantees health and imbalance can induce the onset of diseases. (Glossary of Complementary Medicine Terms of the Social Health Insurance - ESSALUD, p. 22). Ayurveda is a traditional medical system of India with 3500 years old, encompassing physical, psychological, spiritual, and social dimensions of life, and the dynamic concepts of well-being, health promotion, and prevention and management of diseases. It has its roots in two basic doctrines: the pañca-mahābhūta, which postulates that the entire physical universe combines the attributes of the five basic elements (space; gaseous state; heat; liquid state and solid state), and the tridoṣa doctrine, which postulates that there are three doṣas (vāta, pitta, kapha), which maintain functional balance in the body and evolve through the processes of life and simultaneously influence its course. Ayurveda uses bio-cleansing therapy, pacifying therapy, and preventive interventions. (World Health Organization. Benchmarks for the practice of Ayurveda [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022, p. 1. Available at: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/351475) |
Preferred term | Medicine, Ayurvedic |
Entry term(s) |
Ayurvedic Medicine |
Concept UI |
M0013256 |
Preferred term | Hindu Medicine |
Entry term(s) |
Medicine, Hindu |
Concept UI |
M0438731 |
Scope note | One derivative of Ayurveda Rasashastra alchemy, a formalized traditional medical systems of India, in which the pulse is the sign for diagnosis. The Siddha physician is trained to distinguish six different pulses, rather than the single diastolic-systolic pulse. (Adapted from: DANIEL, E. Valentine. The pulse as an icon in Siddha medicine. Contributions to Asian Studies, v. 18, p. 115-126, 1984.) |
Preferred term | Siddha Medicine |
Entry term(s) |
Medicine, Siddha |
Concept UI |
M000768060 |
Scope note | Biopurificatory procedures aiming to cleanse the channels of the body optimizing the natural body functions. |
Preferred term | Panchakarma |
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