Review of Traditional Charaka Medicine (TCM)

Acharya Charak is known as a Great Powerful, Impressive Maharishi and Ayurveda scholar (great Indian Maharishi - Scientist, Doctor, Philosopher, Universe predictors, Inventor, Writer).

He was the Great royal physician of the Kushan kingdom. Charak Samhita composed by him is a famous Ayurveda text (Scientific, research, Ayurveda Holy Book). In this, there is mention of curative and prophylactic drugs, and a description of the consumption and use of metals like gold, silver, iron, mercury, etc. is found.

Acharya Charak added some places and chapters to the Agniveshtantra (Holy Ayurveda Book) of Acharya Agnivesh and gave it a new form which is today known as Charak Samhita. Approx 300-200 BC, Acharya Maharishi Charak of Ayurveda is counted among the original originators, Modification of Indian medicine.

Great Acharya Charak's education took place in Taxila. They are dated to the first century AD. Some scholars are of the opinion that Charaka was the royal doctor of Kanishka, but some people consider him to be even before the Buddhist period.

In the eighth century, this text was translated into Arabic language and this scripture reached western countries. The subjects of philosophy and economics are also mentioned from place to place, incidentally. He collected the major texts of Ayurveda and its knowledge and compiled it. Charaka traveled around and held meetings with physicians, collecting ideas formulating theories, and making him capable of studying.

The medicine, treatment, principle invented by him is called Traditional Charaka Medicine (TCM). But unfortunately, people of some countries changed the name of Traditional Charaka Medicine (TCM) to their country name and spread wrong propaganda all over the world and even today they are fooling the whole world that Traditional Charaka Medicine (TCM) Origin of their country, Whereas the truth, is that the traditional Charak medicine (TCM) is the origin of India and it is known as the great Vedic scholar, Scientist, Doctors Acharya Charak.
 

'Charaka Samhita is the oldest and the most authentic treatise on Ayurveda and is the ancient medical science of India as well as the world. Apart from giving information on medical conditions and their treatment; it also gives valuable information on the geographical, social, and economic conditions of India. This article is an attempt to explore the geographical conditions of ancient India, its geographical position in present India, and its medical significance.

Charaka Rishi is the Great renowned author of the oldest surviving text in Ayurveda, the Charaka Samhita. It is believed that his master, Punarvasu Atreya, had seven disciples - Agnivesa, Charaka, Bhela, Jatukarna, Parasara, Harita, and Ksharapaani. Each wrote his own Samhita or text, and Agnes is said to have had the best version. The revised version of the same is what came to be known as Charaka Samhita.

Our understanding of Ayurveda and its teachings draws straight from the Charaka Samhita, a comprehensive guide that contains details of an overall ideology, approach, treatment methods, and general advice for physicians.

Its contents are divided into 120 chapters in eight specific Sthanas or partitions. They are:

Sutra Sthana (30 chapters) - General guide on the core philosophy and beliefs of Ayurveda, and the requisite approach towards treatment
Nidana Sthana (8 chapters) - Eight primary diseases and their causes
Vimana Sthana (8 chapters) - Ideological advice for practitioners on taste, recommended diet, and training
Sharira Sthana (8 chapters) - Explanations of the anatomy of the human body
Indriya Sthana (12 chapters) - Diagnosis and prognosis
Chikitsa Sthana (30 chapters) - Specialized treatment methods
Kalpa Sthana (12 chapters) - Methods on how medicines must be prepared for accurate treatment
Siddhi Sthana (12 chapters) - Overall health advice
The final two chapters are attributed to Dridhabala, who is said to have been active around the 4th century CE.'