Ayurveda and technology
Ayurveda in fact introduced plastic surgery roughly 1200 years back.
Sushruta Maharshi, father of surgery, is still remembered for his contributions
to surgery by an American surgeon's association. Apart from that he
implemented artificial feeding, injections, artificial limbs etc in his
practice.
Ayurvedic Pharmacology
The
complexity of ayurvedic herbology is understood when we read that a
herb can be prepared in over 40 different forms such as juice, powder,
paste, tablet, pill, herbal wines, tinctures of various strengths, fats,
millks etc. Toxic metals were also successfully oxidised and used
safely.
Forms of Ayurveda
Local
cultures gradually developed their own ayurvedic systems based on their
land, time, flora, fauna etc in India. Unani (Islamic) and Sidhha
(Tamil) are some examples.