:: Welcome To Charak ::

About Us

1947-A year to remember

Spectrum of Activities

R & D Center

Awards & Achievements

Office and Branch

Recommended Panchakarma therapy

Book a Panchakarma therapy

Alternative Remedies

Online
Appointments

Call Dr. Charak
91 022 3003 6646

1947 - A year to remember :

Charaka Samhita :

Charaka was the court physician to Kanishka. He had a marked influence on Arabic medical writers like Avicenna whose works in Latin translations were the standard authorities in medieval Europe.

Charaka carried out extensive work on the respiratory system, the vascular system, diseases - their diagnosis and treatment, all of which have been included in the Charaka Samhita.

Charaka was a highly respected member of society in the 1st and 2nd century A.D. He also laid down rules of professional behaviour for physicians to follow. These rules are found to be applicable to modern doctors as well.

According to Charaka, a noted practitioner of Ayurveda in ancient India: "A physician who fails to enter the body of a patient with the lamp of knowledge and understanding can never treat diseases. He should first study all the factors, including environment, which influence a patient's disease, and then prescribe treatment. It is more important to prevent the occurrence of disease than to seek a cure".

Charka Samhita or "Handbook of the Physician" (500 BC):

Provides a detailed anatomy of the human body, with methods of diagnosis and treatment for hundreds of ailments.

Lists plant, mineral and animal substances required for the preparation of medicines.

These remarks may appear rudimentary today, but they were made by Charaka, some 20 centuries ago in his famous Ayurvedic treatise Charaka Samahita. The treatise contains many more such remarks which are held in reverence even today. Some of them are in the fields of physiology, etiologic and embryology. Charaka was the first physician to present the concept of digestion. metabolism and immunity.

Back


		Home \| Ask Dr Charak \| Distributors \| Sitemap \| Contact Us © 2003-2004 Charak Pharmaceuticals. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer Site maintained and updated by Idealake Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd.