Thanks to the preservation of some sacred texts, we have access to the wisdom of 5000 years of medical science. Find out what healing substances have stood the test of time,


and are still some of the safest and most potent medicines available today.


India during the Vedic period more than 2,000 years ago. The oral tradition is be- lieved to extend as far back as 5,000 years. Outlined in the sacred Hindu texts known as The Great Trilogy, Ayurveda is believed to be the world’s oldest healing science still in practice today.


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yurveda, a sanskrit word meaning “knowledge of life”, refers to a system of medicine developed in


The Ayurvedic system for maintaining health and balance is rooted in the inex- tricable link between mind and body, inner life and outer world. In many traditional cultures, the doctors were sages, holy men and women for whom the outward pre- sentations of disease were rooted in the non-physical world. Today, our medical practices typically do not involve a pa- tient’s spiritual beliefs, and yet, through


placebo effect, this phenomenon happens every day. With placebo effect, a patient is given an inert substance, like a sugar pill, that they believe to be a potent medicine. At least half the time, the patient gets better. “Real” versus “fake” medicine makes no difference on outcomes; rather, it’s what the patient believes about their treatment. While Western scientists often denigrate this effect as an unfortunate hu-


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