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India's 3,000-year-old wellness system: everything is a dosha problem, even your mood.

means A traditional Indian system of medicine that uses diet, herbs, oils, and lifestyle practices to keep the body's three doshas (energies) in balance.

from From Sanskrit āyurveda, a compound of āyus ('life' or 'longevity') and veda ('knowledge'), so literally 'the knowledge of life.' It belongs to the same Vedic textual tradition as the Rigveda and other ancient scriptures, with roots possibly stretching back several thousand years in South Asian healing practice, though its codified medical texts (like the Charaka and Sushruta Samhitas) took shape over a long span of centuries.

name meaning
sanskrit for knowledge of life
core idea
three doshas govern body, imbalance causes illness
turmeric cult
its golden poster child is ayurvedic, not instagram's
legal status
india regulates it as actual licensed medicine
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