Ayurveda (Ayurveda Medicine, Ayurvedic healing, Ayurvedic healthcare, Ayurvedic medicine, ayurvedism, Indian medicine, Science of Longevity, traditional Ayurveda, traditional Indian medicine, Vedic medicine): The medical phase of Hinduism.

Ayurvedic theory posits a subtle anatomy that includes:

(a)    nadis, canals that carry prana (cosmic energy) throughout the body;

(b)    chakras, centers of consciousness that connect body and soul; and

(c)     marmas, points on the body beneath which vital structures (physical and/or subtle) intersect.

Ayurvedic diagnosis involves examination of the eyes, face, lips, tongue, nails, and pulse.

Ayurvedists associate parts of the lips and tongue, for example, with internal organs and maintain that discolorations, lines, cracks, and irritability in various areas indicate disorders in corresponding organs. The pulse is important because the heart is the seat of the underlying intelligence of nature: human consciousness.

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Aap: Water element.

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Abhyanga: oil masssage.

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Akasha:  Ether or space.

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Analgesic: A substance that relieves pain.

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Anna:Food.

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Arishta:  Symptom suggestive of death.

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Artava:  Menstrual Blood.

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Arthritis: An inflammatory condition of the joints.

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Asana: Posture, third stage of yoga.

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Asthi: Bone.

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Attributes: The inherent qualities or properties of a substance.

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Avasthapaka: Primary phase of digestion.

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Hemant: Early winter

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Hemostatic: A substance that checks the flow of blood

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Hima: Type of attribute, cold

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Hing: Asafoetida

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Ida: Type of Yoganadi

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Gati: quality of the pulse

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Gulma: Any tumor, lump or diverticulosis

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Halasana: Plough posture

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