How does Ayurveda fit into the medical picture?
The National Institutes of Health, Office of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, currently considers Ayurveda to be a form of complementary and Alternative medicine in United States. In the state of California, Ayurveda is a non-licensed profession. Its practice was formally legalized by passage of Senate Bill 577 in January 2003. Ayurvedic consultations are considered alternative and complementary to the healing arts that are licensed in the state of California.