The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c4.5
The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c4.5
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From another side, the extremely widespread persistence of the usage of Ayurvedic remedies and treatments does not, by itself, prove their value. It is known that in the absence of a sufficient number of practitioners of modern medicine, a large number of Indian people have no other choice save that of having recourse to Ayurvedic medicine, the only one available in a large number of localities. Often when modern medicine is represented by perfectly qualified practitioners, it remains inaccessible because of the high cost of its therapeutics or because of the complexity of the installations required by the same.