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  2. Baidya - Wikipedia

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    Baidya [1] or Vaidya [2] is a Bengali Hindu community located in the Bengal region of Indian subcontinent.A caste of Ayurvedic physicians, the Baidyas have long had pre-eminence in society alongside Brahmins and Kayasthas.

  3. Kaniyar - Wikipedia

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    Related ethnic groups; Ganaka, Kalari Panicker , Thiyyar [2] ... They were also famous in the field of ayurveda treatment (Traditional Indian medical stream) across ...

  4. Ayurveda - Wikipedia

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    Ayurveda also focuses on exercise, yoga, and meditation. [60] One type of prescription is a Sattvic diet. Ayurveda follows the concept of Dinacharya, which says that natural cycles (waking, sleeping, working, meditation etc.) are important for health

  5. Hebbars - Wikipedia

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    These Hebbars have been working as 'Patels' (village officers), ministers, financial advisors and many of them worship in the temples of Kerala and Karnataka. Some of them are engaged in the Agricultural Industry, 'Visha vaidya' - Treatment for Snake bites. Some families are engaged in practicing Ayurveda medicine. Some of them were engaged in ...

  6. Medical ethnobotany of India - Wikipedia

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    Herbal medicine in India is largely guided by folk medicine, both in codified cultural practices shared widely (Ayurveda, [5] Siddha, Unani), and highly localized practices unique to individual tribes or tribal groups . Between 3,000 [6] and 5,000 [7] species of medicinal plants grow in India with roughly 1,000 threatened with extinction. [7]

  7. Ashtavaidya - Wikipedia

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    An Ashtavaidya is a practitioner of the Ayurveda system of medicine belonging to a group of families of Namboothiri [1] in the Indian state of Kerala.Among the Ayurvedic healers of Kerala, the Ashtavaidyas are the physicians who are masters of the eight branches of Ayurveda mentioned in classical texts.

  8. Ethnomedicine - Wikipedia

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    Ethnomedicine is a study or comparison of the traditional medicine based on bioactive compounds in plants and animals and practiced by various ethnic groups, especially those with little access to western medicines, e.g., indigenous peoples. The word ethnomedicine is sometimes used as a synonym for traditional medicine. [1]

  9. Indian people - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, the population of India stood at 1.4 billion people, of various ethnic groups. According to United Nations forecasts, India overtook China as the world's most populous country by the end of April 2023, containing 17.50 percent of the global population.