Ayurveda involves a variety of scientific bases of harmony as well as wellbeing.
The origin of Ayurveda can be traced to the ancient knowledge in Rigveda and
many more. Since ancient times, Ayurveda is a traditionalistic, conservative healthcare
system of Indian medicine. Many ayurvedic medicines have been exploiting for the
treatment and management of various ailments in human beings. Several drugs have
been developed from Ayurveda and known as 'tradition to trend'. The potential of
ayurvedic drugs needs to be explored further with scientific validation approaches for
better therapeutic leads. This chapter proposed the various aspects of Ayurveda and
drug discovery approaches for its development and therapeutic approaches.
Keywords: Ayurveda, Healthcare, Herbal Formulations, Herbal Medicine,
Medicines, Traditional Medicine, Yoga
