Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Electronic Journal of Indian Medicine
Source : Electronic Journal of Indian Medicine, Volume 5, Number 1, Barkhuis, Netherlands (2012)
Url : http://bjournals.ub.rug.nl/ejim/article/view/496
Campus : Amritapuri
School : School of Ayurveda
Center : Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda
Department : Ayurveda
Year : 2012
Abstract : This article presents an English translation of an interview with a doctor of traditional Indian medicine (Āyurveda), Aṣṭavaidya, P*** Ś*** Mooss (1960 ~ ), in Kerala, India. The contents of the interview are 1. History of the Family and Aṣṭavaidyas, 2. Traditional Education of Āyurveda, 3. A Patient in the Final Stage, 4. The Carakasaṃhitā and the Aṣṭāṅgahdayasaṃhitā, 5. The Aṣṭāṅgahdayasaṃhitā and the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha, 6. Modern Āyurveda, 7. Vāgbhaṭa in Kerala, 8. Treatments of Āyurveda, 9. Traditional elephant-medicine (Hastyāyurveda).
Cite this Research Publication : Y. Tsutomu and Ram Manohar P., “Memoirs of Vaidyas. The Lives and Practices of Traditional Medical Doctors in Kerala, India (6)”, Electronic Journal of Indian Medicine, vol. 5, 2012.
