Table 1.

Participant demographics.

Pseudonym	Age (years)	Education	Specialty	Profession*	Employment (years)***	City†
A	32	MD	Dravyaguna	Ayurvedic Physician & Practitioner	9	Pune
		Ayurveda
		(BAMS)
B	45	MA, Ayurveda		Ayurvedic physician	20	Pune
		MA,
		Sanskrit
C	44	BAMS & MD, Ayurveda	Kayachikitsa	Ayurvedic physician	18	Pune
D	51	BAMS	Medicine & Surgery	Ayurveda physician/practitioner	27	Pune/Mumbai
		Ayurveda
		MS in Ayurvedic Dietetics
E	33	BAMS	Medicine & Surgery	Ayurveda physician/practitioner	10	Mumbai
		Ayurveda
F	26	BAMS	Medicine & Surgery	Ayurveda physician/practitioner	2	Delhi
		Ayurveda
G	34	MD, Ayurveda	Charak Samhita	Ayurveda physician and academician	17	Pune
H	46	BAMS	Medicine & Surgery	Ayurveda Acharya** (Physician)	20	Pune
		Ayurveda
I	46	BAMS	Medicine & Surgery, Yoga	Ayurveda Consultant, Physician, Yoga teacher	22	Pune
		Ayurveda, MA, Yoga
J	69	MD, PhD, Ayurveda	Medicine & Surgery	Professor & Government of India	35	Delhi

^*Profession as self-described by participant.

^**Ayurved Acharya is the Hindi translation for Ayurved Physician.

^***Aggregate reported in cases where participants have had multiple concurrent or additional professional roles (e.g., Ayurvedic physician and yoga teacher or academician).

^† Location of current practice reported or where participant was based for a major duration.