Traditional Indian medicine and traditional Chinese medicine: A comparative overview

• Main Authors: Sheikh Faruque Elahee, Huijuan Mao, Xueyong Shen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
• Series: Chinese Medicine and Culture
• Subjects: acupuncture; ashtanga ayurveda (阿斯汤加); ayurveda (阿育吠陀); traditional chinese medicine; traditional indian medicine
• Online Access: http://www.cmaconweb.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9627;year=2019;volume=2;issue=3;spage=105;epage=113;aulast=Elahee

Traditional Indian medicine or Ayurveda (阿育吠陀) and Traditional Chinese Medicine remain the most ancient yet living traditions. These are the two great traditional medicines with rich philosophical, experiential, and experimental basis. Both the systems have been developed and enriched by thousands of years of practices, observations, and experiences. As India and China are neighbors, some exchange of medical ideas and practices might have occurred between the two nations since ancient times. Therefore, when the two traditional medicines are examined closely, many similarities become apparent in the theories and practices along with individual differences.