Does anyone know if they made the crucial leap of recognizing krumi as being responsible for infection?
-D
quote:Originally posted by Victor
Oh, and the ancient Ayurvedics did indeed know about bacteria. They used the term "Krumi" which means worms. There are many types of Krumi that are classified ranging from the large easily identifyable ones down to Krumi too small to be seen (bacteria)
Yes they did. Krumi have been known to cause many kinds of infection. I don't thin that they made the leap to define bacteria as different from microscopic worms (or protozoa for that matter) but they certainly knew that they caused infection and came up with a number of herbal remedies to kill them.
According to the Charaka Samhita, one of the orignial Ayurvedic texts(at least 5000 years back), there are 20 types of worms which cause disease.Dased on habitat, they are categorized into 4 groups which grow in feces, mucous, blood and non-fecal excreta.
ayurveda - krumi
Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 11:01:43 AM
