It is found in Charaka Samhita that Lord Dhanavantri ( God of well being) reincarnated himself as Divodasa, and taught medicine to the physicians. The world’s first Medical School was founded and administered by Divodasa Dhanvantari in the holy city of Banaras somewhere in 1800 BC. The therapeutic science is called Ayurveda,meaning “The kno...
It is found in Charaka Samhita that Lord Dhanavantri ( God of well being) reincarnated himself as Divodasa, and taught medicine to the physicians. The world’s first Medical School was founded and administered by Divodasa Dhanvantari in the holy city of Banaras somewhere in 1800 BC. The therapeutic science is called Ayurveda,meaning “The knowledge of Life”.Ayurveda teaches one to live in tune with nature.Ayurveda, beautifully classified into seven basic fundamentals or dhatu’s.Ayurveda has divided the bodily substances into five major elements or Panchabhuta – air, water, earth, fire and aether. Alongside there are three elemental substances or doshas namely Pitta, Vata and Kapha.