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Ayurveda vs Allopathy - What's the difference?

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ayurveda

Noun

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  • Traditional Hindu alternative medicine, involving balancing three bodily humours of wind, bile, and phlegm.
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  • , year = 1788 , isbn = , date = , author = Asiatic Society of Bengal , publisher = Manuel Cantopher , location = Calcutta, India , title = Asiatic researches or transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the history and antiquities, the arts, sciences, and literature, of Asia , volume = 1 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=AyhFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA340 , page = 340 , chapter = XVIII , passage = From these are deduced the four Upavédas'', namely, ''Ayush, Gándharva, Dhanush,'' and ''St'hápatya''; the first of which, or ''Ayurvéda'' , was delivered to mankind by Brahma', Indra, Dhanwantari, and ''five other Deities ; and comprizes the theory of Disorders and Medicines, with the practical methods of curing Diseases. }}

    Derived terms

    * Ayurvedic

    allopathy

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

  • (uncountable) traditional medicine
  • (countable) a traditional medical method or treatment.
  • (figuratively) organized medicine
  • Derived terms

    (terms derived from allopathy) * allopath * allopathic * allopathically * allopathist

    Usage notes

    * Used principally to distinguish it from homeopathy (USA, UK, EU), especially in the literature of homeopathy; also connoting the law of opposites. * In the United States, the term is sometimes used to distinguish MDs from DOs (osteopathic physicians), usually in discussions of medical education. * In India, used principally to distinguish "Western medicine" from Ayurveda, especially when comparing treatments and drugs.