ABSTRACT
Interest in Ayurveda started growing all over the world in the late 1970s due to two reasons. Firstly, a major shift in global healthcare management policy was instrumental in renewing interest in all forms of herbal medicine, including Ayurveda. The second reason for reviving interest in Ayurveda was the enthusiasm generated by several spiritual organizations such as the Chinmaya Mission. Mathematical modeling is increasingly being used in drug design, drug delivery and medical management. A few postulates of Ayurveda on the disease characteristics were also tested in the various prakrti groups using clinico-genetic data. Unlike Western medical texts, Ayurveda tomes are generally written in a poetic style in the Sanskrit language, using numerous synonyms and antonyms. Controlled double-blind studies of classical Ayurveda have not been conducted so far because of the lack of placebos for the traditional, individually varied, dosage forms and therapeutic measures of Ayurveda.
