The practical tenets of Ayurveda are divided into eight sections or branches. These eight sections are called "Astanga Ayurveda". These sections include:
- Kayachikitsa -Internal Medicine
- Shalya chikitsa -Surgery
- Bala chikitsa- Pediatrics
- Graha chikitsa- Bhoot Vidya - Psychiatry
- Urdhvanga chikitsa-Treatment of eyes, ears, nose, throat and head
- Damstra chikitsa- Agad Tantra -Toxicology
- Jara chikitsa- Rasayana- Gerentorology
- Vrishya chikitsa- vajikarana- Aphrodisiacs
Like any other modern medicinal therapies, Ayurveda believes in specialized treatment for different body parts. Thus, the medicinal art have been categorized under branches that deal with psychiatry, internal medicine, treatment of eyes, ears, nose, throat and head, toxicology and gerentorology separately. Ayurveda is the first ever medicine system to categorize pediatrics, aphrodisiacs and surgery as the branches of any medicinal science.
Labels: Ashtanga Ayurveda
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