Guest guest Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Todd I have recently met women from Ireland who have very similar traditions to hindu people. They use herbs in the same ways they are used in ayurveda. I remembered what you said about knowledge being divine and not being linked to any one geographical region. I wanted to ask you again the name of a good materia medica Nigantu. I also want to learn the meanings of latin words used in naming herbs, some folklore on herbs and books that list prabhav of not only ayurvedic herbs, but wetsern herbs too. Can you suggest anything? Caldecott <todd wrote: > > But Roamnticism about Indian ayurveda is seeing all elements in their > entirety..thus using air, breathing exercises, yogasanas, meditation, > tantra techniques is something distinctly eastern. The word eastern > includes all east. That is why west is attracted by all alternative > sciences. However Herbal science is truly universal. What intrigues an > ayurveda student is how the herbal properties and details of anatomy, > nadis etc may have been discovered by ancient sage, without disecting a > body or without microscopes. CAM in the west has it origins outside of an eastern context - samuel thomson was a poor american farmer in the early 1800's that independently discovered the basis of pancha karma, and his successors developed a system of therapeutics that was very advanced before big medicine shut it down in the early 20th century http://www.toddcaldecott.com/pdf%20files/publications/Physiomedicalism/ Physiomedicalism.pdf <snip> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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