16 asaNa Magazine | April 2017
R
esearch is the backbone
of development in any
field. Ayurveda has close
association with yoga
unanimous with the
relationship between body
and the mind. A research
article published by AVP Coimbatore, India
speaks extensively of the research scenario in
Ayurveda which throws light on the scientific
basis of the field. A jest of the article is penned
down as below.
Ayurveda witnessed a shift towards rational principles in the practice of
medicine, at a very early stage in its evolutionary history. The early classical
Ayurveda textbooks (samhitas) talk about the validation of knowledge and
distinguish between real and chance effects of therapy.
These works also contain elaborate methods to study properties of drugs, toAyURvEDA tAlkS
16 asaNa Magazine | April 2017