Ayurveda Network

Review and Research Articles: Joshi H, Singh G, Patwardhan K. Ayurveda education: Evaluating the integrative approaches of teaching Kriya Sharira (Ayurveda physiology). Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2013;4(3):138-146. doi:10.4103/0975-9476.118683. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3821187/ Gunawat CP, Singh G, Patwardhan K, Gehlot S. Weighted mean: A possible method to express overall Dhatu Sarata. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2015;6(4):286-289. doi:10.4103/0975-9476.172386. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4719490/ Singh A, Singh G, Patwardhan K, Gehlot S. Development, Validation, and Verification of a Self-Assessment Tool to Estimate Agnibala (Digestive Strength). J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2017 Jan;22(1):134-140. Epub 2016 Jul 4. Available at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2156587216656117 Bhalerao S, Patwardhan K. Prakriti-based research: Good reporting practices....

AYURVEDA NETWORK Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Under PMMMNMTT Scheme of MHRD, Government of India) Ayurveda, the medical system that originated in Indian subcontinent, has provided healthcare to the region for centuries together, and to which modern medicine owes immensely for the leads it has provided. This glorious system is now starving, not because many think that it has become irrelevant in the contemporary health care, but because it is not being nurtured and cared for to make its progress in autonomous and organized way. Ayurveda –a holistic health system – was never so relevant as today due to the fact that most prevalent diseases all over the world have their cause in unhealthy ways of living, and may have their solution in the principles and practices of Ayurveda. The education and practice of Ayurveda, however, need to be re-energized, renewed and reformed in order to suit the needs of the contemporary world. A centre of medical education wh...