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Charaka

Type Figure Region India Time 100–200 Also known as Charaka、Caraka、查拉卡

Charaka was a renowned Indian physician around the 2nd century CE and compiler of the Charaka Samhita, considered a great systematizer of Ayurvedic m…

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  1. 100–150Northern India · IndiaCharaka inherited the early Ayurvedic medical tradition, systematically studying diagnosis, pharmacology and surgery, and in clinical practice compiled the medical experience of predecessors, preparing for the compilation of the Charaka Samhita.
  2. c. 150–200India · IndiaCharaka edited and expanded the Charaka Samhita, covering internal medicine, surgery, pharmacology, anatomy and regimens, establishing core theoretical frameworks such as the three-dosha doctrine, and it became the most important classic text of Ayurvedic medicine.

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