Dr. Mike recently had a discussion about Ayurveda with Dr. K. this is my response to it along with points that should have been there in the original podcast that might have been valuable.

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Sources:

Quantitative Tests in Ayurveda:
https://www.riverpublishers.com/pdf/e...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
https://www.keralatourism.org/ayurved...

Vagueness of Ayurvedic Tridosha (Body types)
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/...

AYUSH research portal:
https://ayushportal.nic.in/

AYUSH legal regulations:
https://www.ayush.gov.in/alldomains.h...

Drugs and Cosmetics Act:
https://cdsco.gov.in/opencms/export/s...

The Ministry of AYUSH: India’s biggest blunder
   • Ministry of AYUSH: The Indian Governm...  



Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:45 - Qualitative Tests Only
06:15 - How bias affects your conclusions
09:19 - Dr. Mike’s skepticism
10:51 - The theory of humors
13:50 - The dominant Narratives
20:56 - Other Narratives
25:17 - The problems with modern medicine
27:15 - The weaknesses of ayurveda
31:20 - The term “allopathy”
33:07 - Legal regulation and the harm from Ayurveda
37:43 - The AYUSH Ministry and research in ayurveda
40:26 - Medical Entrance Exams in India
42:11 - The only redeeming thing I see in Ayurveda

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