AY 101 Introduction to Ayurveda

These course recordings introduced students to the 5,000-year-old tradition of Ayurveda; its aims and objectives, basic principles, concepts of health and disease, methods of examining patients, and treatment methods. A solid foundation in the science, history, and philosophy of Ayurveda is presented. Students were introduced to the concepts of individual nature and dosha imbalance as the basis for diagnosis of health and disease, as well as the five-element theory. (आयुर्वेद : āyurveda ; दोषा : doṣa)