Originally posted on Vikas Acharya:
Ayurveda is an ancient health care tradition that has been practiced in India for at least 5,000 years. The word comes from the Sanskrit terms ayur (life) and veda (knowledge).
It is the oldest and a complete system of health-care, and integrates the mind, body and spirit, which traces its roots to the Vedas. It was discovered by the sages of Ancient India and first recorded in the Vedas,the world’s oldest surviving literature.The word Ayurveda is a Sanskrit word that evolves from combination of two words, “Ayuh” meaning life and “veda” meaning knowledge.
