Ayurveda and medicalisation today: The loss of important knowledge and practice in health?
Ayurveda translates as ‘life science’. Its knowledge is not limited to medicine, cure or therapy and is for laypersons, households, communities, as well as for physicians. Throughout its evolutionary history, Ayurveda and Local Health Traditions have reciprocally influenced each other. In modern tim...
Main Authors: | Mahesh Madhav Mathpati, Sandra Albert, John D.H. Porter |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947618300950 |
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