A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES

Ayurvedic texts have adopted multiple approaches to the classification of diseases. Caraka while choosing a binary classification in Vimana sthana declares that the classifications may be numerable and innumerable basing on the criteria chosen for such classification. He gives full liberty to the in...

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Autor principal: Murthy, A.R.V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3336555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22556612
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Sumario:Ayurvedic texts have adopted multiple approaches to the classification of diseases. Caraka while choosing a binary classification in Vimana sthana declares that the classifications may be numerable and innumerable basing on the criteria chosen for such classification. He gives full liberty to the individual to go in for the newer and newer classification, provided the criteria are different. Taking cue from this statement an attempt has been made at categorizing the diseases mentioned in Ayurvedic texts under different systems in keeping with the current practice in the Western Medical Sciences.

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