How does the use of herbs in Ayurveda differ from that of other medicinal practices?
A. The use of herbs in Ayurveda follows a fundamentally different approach: Ayurveda not only promotes the understanding of the individual person as a whole, but it also advocates the use of whole herbs as well, rather than the administration of isolated, extracted, active ingredients of an herb. Ayurveda does not promote a reductionist approach to the study of physiology, Nature, or herbs.
