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the true significance and inner meanings of the science of pulse for proper diagnosis of diseases afficting the human body as indicated by different kinds of movement of the pulse, disease-wise, in a systematic manner.
The science of pulse, dealing with Tri-Dhatu theory (theory of three elements-vata, pitta, and kaph-air, fire, or bile and phlegm or water) or Tridosa theory (theory of three faults) affecting the human body, fostered from the Vedic age in India still continues at the present day as the continuity is a corollary of history. It reveals an aspect of Indian Ayurveda based on the tradition of the vast accumulated experience and knowledge of Indian Ayurvedic physicians with scientific ideas and practices in the light of various kinds of diseases.
The science of pulse dealt with by the Indian Ayurvedic Physicians including Maharsi Kanada has been evaluated in relation to Indian history of Medical Science. India, by virtue of its position in the ancient world, was a great centre of Medical Science. This science crossed the Indian frontiers and entered into ancient Persian and Tibetan cultureareas through its physicians.
The Greek historians mention the Ambostoi Republican tribe of ancient Sind at the time of invasion of Alexander the great. Its main profession was Medical Science. Alexander met the people of
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