Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Ayurveda, Pharmaceuticals in India, Siddha medicine, Karnatak Health Institute, Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha, Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital, Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad, Indian Council of Medical Research, Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Medical tourism in India, Sutshekhar Ras, Integrated Child Development Services, Commercial surrogacy in India, Jack Preger, Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship, Partners Harvard Medical International, Lifeline Express, Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, National Research Institute for Panchakarma, Agnes McLaren, Relicord, Accredited Social Health Activist, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, Tobacco cessation clinic, Employees' State Insurance, Prathama, Vaidyaratnam Oushadhasala, Matru Sewa Sangh, Red Triangle, NABH, Dial 1298 for Ambulance, Indian Pharmacopoeia, Jaipur leg, Markazul Maarif, List of hospitals in Thrissur, Central Government Health Scheme, Schedule H, Subhash Salunkhe, Udisha. Excerpt: Ayurveda (Sanskrit: yurveda, "the complete knowledge for long life"; ) or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words, meaning "longevity," and, meaning "related to knowledge" or "science." Evolving throughout its history, of medicine in South Asia. The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India, i.e., in the mid-second millennium BCE. The Su ruta Sa hit and the Caraka Sa hit are great encyclopedias of medicine compiled from various sources from the mid-first millennium BCE to about 500 CE. They are among the foundational works of Ayurveda. Over the following centuries, ayurvedic practitioners developed a number of medicinal preparations and surgical...