About Agnivesa

Agnivesha is a legendary rishi (sage), reputedly one of the earliest authors on Ayurveda. He was a pupil of Punarvasu Atreya. The Agnivesh tantra, or Agnivesha Samhita, is based on Atreya's teachings and is a lost text on Ayurveda. It was the foundational text of the Agnivesha school, one of the six schools of early Ayurveda.
Physician taking pulse, Delhi, c. 1825

Ayurvedacharyas – The bridge between physical & mental wellness

are practitioners of Ayurveda, a system of traditional medicine native to the Indian subcontinent and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine. Ayurvedacharyas regard physical existence, mental existence, and personality as their own unique units, with each element being able to influence the others. This is a holistic approach used during diagnosis and therapy, and is a fundamental aspect of Ayurveda. Another part of Ayurvedic treatment says that there are .