The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c14.57
The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c14.57
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The same manual *On Woman's Diseases* also mentions another Indian formula for dentifrice (II, 185, Littré, Vol, VIII p. 367), which has the characteristic of having been offered along with a precept of general alimentary hygiene; to eat little and to partake of only substantial things. This characteristic is part of the tradition of Indian medicine, which has always been careful to regulate the use of food as much as the use of drugs.