Abstract

RISE OF SINGLE ORGANOPATHY THEORY FROM AYURVEDA SYSTEM- A SHORT REPORT FROM PAKISTAN’S PERSPECTIVE

Azhar Hussain Tahir, Maria Tanveer, *Ali Ahmed, Azmat Arshad, Dr. Gul Shahnaz

ABSTRACT

A number of Centuries ago, in Indian subcontinent, a few native healers invented and proposed a new way of treatment which was named as Ayurveda. The medical system of Ayurveda is based on three basic central elemental substances, which were; Air, bile and phlegm. In accordance with these herbalists, a disturbance in the equilibrium of these three bodily humors paves way for the precipitation of a disease. In some instances, an imbalance is initiated due to a mild increase or decrease in one or more than one of humor aformentioned.[1,2] The removal of such an imbalance later became known as treatment and mitigation. One of the oldest and most famous books of Ayurveda is “Sushruta Samhita”. Once the medical system of Ayurveda started to decline, it made its way to Greece and intermingled with their native medical systems.[2,3] In Greece, Ayurveda flourished and reached its epitome through rigorous research of native medical scholars. In Greece, Asclepius was the first one to initiate treatment through Ayurveda.[4,5] The people of Greece started to consider themselves as the inventors of the Ayurveda system of medicine. The medical system of Greece flourished in the time period of “Hippocrates.” After” Hippocrates numerous other medical scholars worked to promote the practice of Greek intermingled form of Ayurvedic medical system.[3,6] It was Galen who revolutionized and influenced evolution of Greek medical system in the direction towards what it looks like today. He is accredited with setting the foundation of modern day version of Islamic traditional system of medicine. Due to generosity of Hippocrates, the Ayurveda system of medicine became famous across the world and numerous intellectuals began researching upon it.[7] Subsequently, the system was modified and adopted by a number of countries over the world. It is believed that Ayurveda constituted the base of dominant medical systems including Chinese medicine, Irani medicine, Egyptian medicine, Hindi medicine, Rohi medicine, Arabic medicine, Jewish medicine.[8,9]

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