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. 1988 Jan-Jun;7(3-4):126–133.

THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ANCIENT INDIAN MEDICINE PART II: (With special reference to Caraka Samhita)

Anuradha Khanna 1
PMCID: PMC3336640  PMID: 22557602

Abstract

In the second part of the study the author highlights the merits and demerits of the ancient Indian medicine and establishes that the system is more than a physical medicine because of (1) its monumental theoretical generalization reflect a serious preoccupation with life as a process involved in a ceaseless change and; (2) its underlying ideas have permeated both religion and philosophy and created potentials for the later natural sciences.

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