Vedic Aryans were fully conversant with the fact that contact with sun-rays in fuses medicinal or healing power in water. Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa refers to ointment for sores and itches. Soma is regarded as the kind of creepers and medicinal plants. medicine to restore life’ – says Aitareya Brāhmaṇa. ‘Within water is medicine’ says Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa. Nature cure was the main treatment in the Vedic age, i.e., treatment with the aid of nature elements like water, air, heat and earth. The twin gods Aśvins were regarded as the physician. The Sanskrit terms Bhiṣak, Bheṣaj, Bheṣajyali meaning physician, medicine and treatment respectively abound in the Brāhmaṇa literatures.
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