Ayurveda, आयुर्वेद , Knowledge Of Life !
In Sanskrit, Ayur means life and Veda, knowledge !
In countries beyond India, Ayurveda therapies and practices have been integrated in general wellness applications and in some cases in medical use.
According to some sources, up to 80 percent of people in India use some form of traditional medicine, a category which includes Ayurveda. About 75%-80% of the population of Nepal use Ayurveda.
In 1980, the Sri Lankan government established a Ministry of Indigenous Medicine to revive and regulate Ayurveda.
In the public system, there are currently 62 Ayurvedic hospitals and 208 central dispensaries, which served about 3 million people (about 11% of Sri Lanka's population) in 2010. In total, there are about 20,000 registered practitioners of Ayurveda in the country.
According to modern Ayurvedic sources, the origins of Ayurveda have been traced to around 6,000 BCE
These shots are from Isiwara Ayurvedic Village, Sri Lanka & Info from Wikipedia.
