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22 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The British Raj systematically destroyed any Indian tradition of knowledge system that posed a threat. Terminology from Āyurvēda was explicitly excluded in the 19th century work of James Ballantyne translating European science into Indian languages.
See this.
Apart from the first documented mention of surgical procedures, Āyurvēda also has the first documented “scientific method” through experimental observation. This is known as “Yukti”, and its formulation in Āyurvēda is actually *better* than in the widely practiced medicine today.
Āyurvēda also has a holistic perspective of mind-body medicine and “ecological medicine” where the organism needs to be understood as part of the ecosystem, not reductively. However, these aspects are not unique to Āyurvēda. They are just making a comeback in modern medicine too.

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What is the earliest mention of the scientific method, anywhere in the world?

It is the "Yukti" of Charakasamhita. Āyurvēda gifted the scientific method to the world. It was also the most advanced medical system for the most of the human civilization, until a few centuries ago.
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