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"Therapeutics is produced by bringing together its
four legs (doctor, assistant, patient and drug)."
Source: Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana Summary Section 11#23-24 (Charaka,
200 B.C. - Verse # above)
"After comprehending the features of diseases in terms of etiology,
prodroma, symptoms, suitability, number, predominance, types,
proportional variation, severity and time, the physician should know
carefully the features of doshas, drugs, place, time, strength, body,
sara (constitutional dominance of one or the other dhatu [dhatu
strength]), diet, suitability, psyche, constitution and age because the
therapeutic treatment depends on the knowledge of the features of doshas
etc. The physician having no knowledge of the features of doshas etc. is
incapable of controlling the disease. Hence for the knowledge of the
features of doshas etc. I am describing the section on Vimana
O Agnivesa!"
Source: Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana Measurement Section 1#3
(Charaka,
200 B.C. - Verse # above)
"New growth will inevitably burgeon from Ayurveda, and from its sister sciences such as Yoga, Jyotisha, and Vastu, each of which is an expression of the “living wisdom” that is a vidya. These vidyas are living beings, goddess manifestations of the totality of one aspect of the natural world. Ayurveda, for example, is the articulation in human terms of the Ayur Vidya, the “lore of life,” the power of Nature that cures disease and promotes health. Doctors cannot themselves cure diseases; they can only act to assist Nature’s healing efforts. All first-rate physicians serve as vehicles for the Ayur Vidya, but too often they perform this service unaware of the nature of the Ayur Vidya herself. Good Ayurvedic training fosters a profound personal relationship between the student and the Ayur Vidya, to enable the conscious descent of that vidya into the postulant." (Lad - Textbook, V1 , 2001: pp. xv-xvi)
"A part of the means of knowledge is not able to
provide understanding of the entire object. Those who fail to diagnose a
case also fail to prescribe a rational remedy for the same. For instance
when they take the severely diseased as mildly diseased and considering
a little morbidity administer mild evacuative drug which further
aggravates the doshas. Likewise when they take the mildly diseased as
the severely diseased and considering great morbidity administer strong
evacuative drug which harms the body by over-eliminating the doshas."
Source: Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana Measurement Section 7#4
(Charaka,
200 B.C. - Verse # above)
"The vidyas themselves are perennial, but their
manifestations in our impermanent world are ever-changing. The ultimate,
timeless version of a vidya is perpetually available to whoever can
locate and tap into it; whoever can contact the muse that is the Ayur
Vidya will find her guiding and inspiring their progress. Those who are
unable to achieve the vidya herself can employ the more limited
adaptations that human physicians have codified and elaborated for us.
Taken together, the many elaborations of the Ayur Vidya represent the
accumulated wisdom of how to effectively apply one aspect of nature’s
healing potential in a human context."
(Lad
- Textbook, V1 ,
2001: p. xvi)
"Living wisdom gains richness and fluency with each successful transfer
from one proficient human vehicle to the next, developing its own life
as it is exercised. For many centuries, the Ayur Vidya has offered the
boon of Ayurveda to generations of Indian physicians, and to those from
other lands (Tibet, China, Persia, Greece, Arabia) who have made the
pilgrimage to India’s temples of healing. Now, the good news of Ayurveda
is finally making its way West."
(Lad
- Textbook, V1 ,
2001: p. xvi)
"The inexperienced physicians confuse in deciding the
severity or otherwise of the disease by seeing only the appearance of
the patient having variations due to psyche etc. These ignorant ones, by
administering remedies improperly, cause end of the patient or some
severe trouble. The learned ones, (on the other hand), after obtaining
knowledge about the case by all means never commit mistakes in
administration of remedial measure."
Source: Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana Measurement Section 7#5-7
(Charaka,
200 B.C. - Verse # above)
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