title: [Aspects of traditional Indian medicine (Ayurveda) in urology].
abstract: Ayurveda is from a global viewpoint the oldest and the most employed traditional form of medicine in India. The difference to western medicine is that this form of medicine is based on experience, empirical evidence and intuition accumulated over thousands of years and passed down through generations orally as well as by sketches. Ayurveda is not only concerned with the physical but also with the spiritual aspects of the body and according to this doctrine most diseases result from psychological and pathological alterations in the body. Ultimately, the definition of health according to Ayurveda is an equilibrium between the physical, mental and spiritual components. Ayurvedic medicine is used within the framework of the treatment of urolithiasis for diuresis, for litholysis, as an analgetic for spasms and with an antimicrobial function.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt a.M., Deutschland. jens.mani@kgu.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Dobos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haferkamp
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D014572:Urology / Q000639:trends*