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Ayurveda which is a complete medical system gives an elaborate and comprehensive description of diseases. These descriptive or nosological terms have been collated from various classical texts of Ayurveda such as the Charaka Samhita, Susruta Samhita, Astanaga-hrdaya, Madhava-nidana, Kasyapa Samhita etc.
Health has been a continuing concern of man and the world is now recognizing the holistic principles of traditional medical systems. Ayurveda encompasses the entire corpus of Indian medical wisdom. Ayurveda is the science and art of good living. It is as much a worldview as a practical discipline. The Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine presents details from core texts in Sanskrit, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil, culled from forgotten and little known manuscripts ...