Ayurvedic Acupuncture
I. Life Is Prāna
Ayurveda is one of the oldest medical traditions in the world, with its origins in the Atharva Veda written approximately 5,000 years ago. "Ayurveda" literally means "the knowledge of life", or the knowledge of how to live life rightly. How does Ayurveda understand and define "life"? The primary classical text of Ayurveda, the Caraka Samhita, gives the following definition of life:
dehā prāna samyoge ayuh |
Life is the flow of prāna in the body.