Date of Award
Spring 2020
Thesis Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Liberal Studies
Advisor(s)
Thomas Moore
Second Advisor
Jayashree Shivamoggi
Abstract
A growing number of people turn to Ayurveda as a complement or an alternative to conventional Western medicine. What are they turning to—a genuine medical science or a patent pseudoscience? This paper claims that modern Ayurvedic medicine is a genuine science with a promising future.
Recommended Citation
Eatmon, Michael, "Ancient Wisdom and Future Medicine: A Defense of the Science of Ayurveda" (2020). Master of Liberal Studies Theses. 91.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/mls/91
Rights Holder
Michael Eatmon
Included in
Alternative and Complementary Medicine Commons, Philosophy of Science Commons, South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies Commons