Assistant Professor, Maharaja Agrasen, Jagadhri, Haryana, India
Online published on 11 July, 2017.
India has a rich, centuries old heritage of medical and health sciences. The philosophy of Ayurveda and the surgical skills enunciated by Charak and Shusharuta way back during 2000 century B.C. to our ancient tradition in the scientific health care of our people. The approach of our ancient medical system was a holistic nature which took into a account all aspects of human health and disease. Over the centuries with the infusion of foreign influences and mingling of cultures, various systems of medicine evolved and have continued to be practiced wide. However, the allopathic system of medicine has in a relatively short period of time, made a major impact on the entire approach to health care and patterns of development of the health services infrastructure in the country.
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