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The Ayurvedic classics including [[Charaka Samhita]] describe eight specialties of Ayurveda which were in vogue and practiced during the vedic period denoting that Ayurveda was already a highly evolved system of medicine with professional specialization. This is why Ayurveda is called Ashtanga Ayurveda and its eight angas are as mentioned below:
The Ayurvedic classics including [[Charaka Samhita]] describe eight specialties of Ayurveda which were in vogue and practiced during the vedic period denoting that Ayurveda was already a highly evolved system of medicine with professional specialization. This is why Ayurveda is called Ashtanga Ayurveda and its eight angas are as mentioned below:
# Kayachikitsa - Internal medicine
# Shalya tantra - Surgery
# Shalakya tantra - Ophthalmology, Ear Nose Throat
# Kaumarabhritya - Gynecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics
# Agada tantra - Toxicology
# Rasayana - Nutrition, Rejuvenation, Immunology and Geriatrics
# Vajikarana - Sexology, Aphrodisiac and Reproduction
# Bhuta Vidya - Psychiatry and Demonology
The present chapter deals with Rasayana tantra of Ashtanga Ayurveda which has assumed a very high consideration in contemporary times in view of the potential role it could play today with increasing incidence of nutritional disorders, lifestyle related health issues and above all the rapid population aging world over, warranting newer strategies for geriatric health care and healthy aging where modern medicine has not much to offer.
The present chapter deals with Rasayana tantra of Ashtanga Ayurveda which has assumed a very high consideration in contemporary times in view of the potential role it could play today with increasing incidence of nutritional disorders, lifestyle related health issues and above all the rapid population aging world over, warranting newer strategies for geriatric health care and healthy aging where modern medicine has not much to offer.