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Indian Medicine

india medicineAyurveda or the “science of life” is the Indian medicine on display in the form of treaties from the second century. d.C. until the seventh century. d.C. by three authors: Carata, Sushruta, Vagbhata. The Carakasamita is considered the fundamental text.
Ayurveda offers a holistic model of the human being, that sees man as an inseparable unity of body, mind and spirit. While the spirit is not subject to degeneration, the body and mind may incur imbalances.

The method of diagnosis is the main Ayurvedic physician listening to the wrist. The doctor examines the patient’s wrist a gentle pressure of her fingers, through which he shows the state of equilibrium of doshas. If the beat of the pulse is irregular, there is an excess of vata, if the pulse is hopping means that pitta dosha precedence over the other, and if the heartbeat is too slow there is an increase of kapha.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

chinese medicinTraditional Chinese Medicine is a system of thought, coherent and independent, developed over more than three millennia.
Chinese medicine considers some important aspects of the human body that are less significant in the eyes of Western medicine. In contrast, Western medicine notes and is able to describe some aspects of the human body that are not significant or detectable for Chinese medicine.
The art of healing has always been a reflection of the idea that man has made of himself.
Chinese medical theory does not contain the concept of nervous system, although it is proven to treat nervous disorders.
Does not recognize the existence of the endocrine system, however, heals those who are called endocrine disorders in the West.
The Chinese ascribe certain diseases to the ‘humidity’, in “Heat” or “wind”.
“If it is damaged by the heat in summer, later in the autumn, will contract a fever intermittently. If you are injured in fall from moisture, it will rise towards the upper parts of the body and cause coughing and this will turn into paralysis “(Nei Ching)