Abstract:For more than a hundred years, Western news media intermittently reported on the unique properties and practices of Ayurveda, the science of health and long life from ancient India. However, in the last 40 years there has been a significant explosion of reporting on Ayurveda, and this has been in large part due to the efforts of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Beginning in the late 1970s, Maharishi, along with eminent Ayurvedic physicians Dr Brihaspati Dev Triguna, Dr V. M. Dwivedi, and Dr Balraj Maharishi, began a pro… Show more
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