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Q.Differentiate the six systems of Indian medicine.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →The six ISM systems (AYUSH): Ayurveda (herbs/humours), Yoga (posture/breathing), Unani (Greco-Arabic humoral), Siddha (Tamil herbo-mineral), Naturopathy (natural means) and Homeopathy (like-cures-like) — all effective, safe and inexpensive.
India's own traditional medicine, the Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM), is made up of six systems, together abbreviated as AYUSH:
- Ayurveda — an ancient Indian system that treats illness using herbal preparations and by restoring the balance of the body's humours, with emphasis on diet and lifestyle.
- Yoga — a system of physical postures, breathing exercises and meditation that promotes physical and mental well-being and prevents disease.
- Unani — a Greco-Arabic system that seeks to balance the bodily humours using herbal, animal and mineral remedies.
- Siddha — one of the oldest systems, developed in the Tamil tradition, using herbs and minerals to treat disease.
- Naturopathy — a drugless system that relies on natural means such as diet, water, air and sunlight, and on the body's own healing power. …
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