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It is a common question from various corners if there is similarity and differences between Chinese medicine and ayurveda and how these similarities and differences correspond to Western bio-medicine .
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In this book Chinese medicine refers to herbal medicine although there are other systems of indigenous medicine practiced in China .
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In this book Indian medicine refers to ayurveda although there are other systems of medicine practied in India and called as Indian medicine.
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This term I first adopted from a Professor of J B Roy Ayurvedic College and Hospital in India in 2004 during my interview with him. He is a representative of 13th generation ayurvedic family and had learned ayurveda not only from modern ayurvedic institutions but also from family and apprentice tradition. I am sure he retired a decade back from his job but I prefer not to disclose his name.
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There are scholarly debate about this argument which I discussed detail in my article “Medical secularism vs. religious secularism: new era of ayurveda in India ”, Indian Journal of Social Work , Volume 75, Issue 2, pp. 575–616. Mumbai: Tata Institute of Social Sciences .
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This illustration has been prepared by the author and based on the book The Legacy of Caraka written by M S Valiathan and Published by Oriental Longman Private Limited in 2003. For the detail description and analysis please consult any authentic version of the original Caraka Samhita text.
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Some of the items do not have equal English term and has been excluded.
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I have discussed this issue detail in one of my article “The promotion of masculinity and femininity through ayurveda in modern India (2013)”, Indian Journal of Gender Studies , Volume 20, Issue 3, pp. 415–434. New Delhi: Sage Publication (Co-author Kuah-Pearce, K E).
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The term “human” is used by this author. Original book used the term “man”.
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Islam, M.N. (2017). History, Theory, and Method from the Classical Texts. In: Chinese and Indian Medicine Today. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3962-1_2
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