Ayurveda for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Community Health (IJCH) - Year 2014, Vol 26, Issue 2
Abstract
Unlike Allopathic system of Medicine where human body is considered a machine and takes a reductionist approach, Ayurveda considered human body as a continuum of nature with consciousness at its core. The all-inclusiveness of Ayurveda and its willingness to put welfare of the patient above everything else in unique.
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Rahul Bansal
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