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- Title
If systems approach is the way forward, what can the ayurvedic theory of tridosha teach us?
- Authors
Jayasundar, Rama
- Abstract
With a shift in focus from genes to cells, systems approach is not only revolutionizing cell biology, but is also providing impetus for clinical medicine to shift from a reductionistic to a holistic approach for efficient disease management. This inevitably brings into focus one of the longest unbroken healthcare systems in the world, namely ayurveda, the medical system indigenous to Indian subcontinent. A distinctive feature of ayurveda is its systems approach to health and disease. Through the theoretical framework of vata, pitta and kapha, ayurveda offers a new paradigm for understanding the human system as a networked functional entity wherein system properties are integral components. An open-minded dialogue between the cell-centric systems biology and organism-centric ayurveda can open new exciting vistas for research beneficial to both sciences, which could leave a major imprint on clinical practice.
- Subjects
TRIDOSHA (Hindu cosmology); AYURVEDIC medicine; CYTOLOGY; MEDICAL care; SYSTEMS biology
- Publication
Current Science (00113891), 2017, Vol 112, Issue 6, p1127
- ISSN
0011-3891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18520/cs/v112/i06/1127-1133