What makes Ayurvedic courses of Kerala so prominent?
Ayurveda is a system of medicine which has existed since the time of Indus valley civilisation. The techniques were developed in the Indian subcontinent and spread in different parts of the world. There are three principal early texts on Ayurveda, the Charaka Samhita, the Sushruta Samhita and the Bhela Samhita.
The earliest text in Ayurveda divides medicine into eight parts-
•Kāyacikitsā: This is the general medicine or the medicine of the body.
•Kaumāra-bhṛtya: The treatment of children, paediatrics.
•Śalyatantra: The surgical techniques and the extraction of foreign objects.
•Śālākyatantra: The treatment of ailments affecting ears, eyes, nose, mouth, etc. (“ENT”)
•Bhūtavidyā: The pacification of possessing spirits, and the people whose minds are affected by such possession
•Agadatantra: The branch of medicine dealing with toxicology.
•Rasāyanatantra: The rejuvenation and tonics...