The oldest manuscripts of the work, however, omit this frame, ascribing the work directly to King Divodāsa. Printed editions of the Sushruta Samhita ( Sushruta's Compendium), frame the work as the teachings of Dhanvantari, Hindu god of Ayurveda, incarnated as King Divodāsa of Varanasi, to a group of physicians, including Sushruta. The main classical Ayurveda texts begin with accounts of the transmission of medical knowledge from the gods to sages, and then to human physicians.

Ancient Ayurveda texts also taught surgical techniques, including rhinoplasty, kidney stone extractions, sutures, and the extraction of foreign objects.

Ayurvedic preparations are typically based on complex herbal compounds, minerals, and metal substances (perhaps under the influence of early Indian alchemy or rasashastra). Therapies include herbal medicines, special diets, meditation, yoga, massage, laxatives, enemas, and medical oils. Īyurveda therapies have varied and evolved over more than two millennia. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. It is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population report using Ayurveda. Ayurveda ( / ˌ ɑː j ʊər ˈ v eɪ d ə, - ˈ v iː-/) is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.

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