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Ayurveda is a system of healing that originated in India thousands of
years ago. The roots of Ayurveda are not fully traceable and somewhat
fade into myth.
Ancient scholars of Ayurveda believed that Ayurveda is as old as
life itself. Charaka Samhita states that Ayurveda is Saswat (eternal) which means history of
Ayurveda is traceable to the beginning of life processes in this universe.
However , for the
practical purposes, history of Ayurveda can be covered under two major heads :
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