Most ailments, both physical and mental, were attributed to malevolent spirits and cures consisted of rituals, charms, mantras, medicines and surgical intervention. These hymns provide insights into diseases prevalent during the period and their perceived causes. The Vedic hymns of the migrant Aryan tribes are the earliest literary source of information about healing practices in the sub-continent. Recent archaeo-botanical excavations give evidence for the use in the Middle Gangetic region of medicinal plants since the 2nd millennium BCE that are still used by Ayurvedic physicians and folk healers (1). It is highly likely that botanical and medical commodities and knowledge were among the prized items of exchange. Trade routes linked the Indus valley civilization to other parts of the subcontinent and westward to Persia, Mesopotamia and the Arabian Sea, and northward to Central Asia. Organized forms of agriculture practiced by the people of the Indus civilization, the importance they gave to certain medicinal plants and trees and the emphasis on hygiene and water sanitation suggest an advanced awareness of health management. The challenge today is to integrate the best of the different healing traditions to meet the healthcare needs of contemporary society.Įxcavations at different sites suggest that medical interventions such as dentistry and trepanation were practiced as early as 7000 BCE in the Indian subcontinent. However there is growing awareness among the scientific community and the general public about the intrinsic value of traditional medicine, and as a result Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha have entered the mainstream to compliment biomedicine. The process of exchange and assimilation continues, and today traditional medical practices are obliged to accommodate to the norms of modern biomedicine.
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The vast amount of medical knowledge that has come down to modern times is the result of long evolution through trial and error and exchange of know-how between diverse communities and regions. The knowledge of the medicinal value of plants and other substances and their uses go back to the time of the earliest settlers.
Archeological and modern genetic evidence suggest that human populations have migrated into the Indian subcontinent since prehistoric times.
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