A glimpse of Ayurveda—the forgotten history and principles of Indian traditional medicine
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Ayurveda is considered as one of the oldest of the traditional systems of medicine (TSMs) accepted worldwide. The ancient wisdom in this traditional system of medicine is still not exhaustively explored. The junction of the rich knowledge from different traditional systems of medicine can lead to new avenues in herbal drug discovery process. The lack of the understanding of the differences and similarities between the theoretical doctrines of these systems is the major hurdle towards their convergence apart from the other impediments in the discovery of plant based medicines. This review aims to bring into limelight the age old history and the basic principles of Ayurveda. This would help the budding scholars, researchers and practitioners gain deeper perspicuity of traditional systems of medicine, facilitate strengthening of the commonalities and overcome the challenges towards their global acceptance and harmonization of such medicinal systems.
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- Authors
- Jaiswal, Y. S., & Williams, L. L.
- Affiliations
- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Williams, Leonard L.
- Venue
- Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 50-53
- ISSN
- 2225-4110 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5198827
- OpenAlex
- W2288570999
- Cited by
- 408
- References
- 19
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- 2026: 39 · 2025: 74 · 2024: 73 · 2023: 86 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5
- FWCI
- 1.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › History of Medicine Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants
- Keywords
- Ayurveda, history of Ayurveda, herbal drug discovery, plant-derived drugs
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