｢アーユルヴェーダ｣をいかに現代に活かすか : インド、アメリカ、日本における実践からの一考察

Abstract

Ayurveda, which was originally confined to Indian subcontinent and its vicinity, is now becoming a global medical practice, spreading to different areas of the world and acquiring new meanings in theory and practice. The globalization of Ayuveda has also had a great impact on India. Many patients go there from abroad to receive treatment. In the state of Kerala, many residential institutions have sprung up for such patients, and Ayurveda is rapidly growing into a huge industry. It seems that the practice of Ayurveda in India is undergoing reconstruction through contact with the outside world. I argue how we can utilize this Indian medical knowledge to our modernized lifestyle by my research example of India, United States and Japan.