BACKGROUND

The colonial Rule brought the concept of Modern with a face of Newness. The concept of Modern from the New World was made the in-thing and the prevailing Old School was side lined and was expected to get extinct in due course. During the two centuries of colonial rule, Ayurveda almost went un-noticed by the British and most of them did not believe in it or discarded it as some esoteric healing. Furthermore, the British Empire no longer funded Ayurvedic training and over the next century much of its unwritten wisdom were lost.

However some Ayurveda and Ayurvedic formula did make it to the west and extreme orient. The most popular one which we all know would be "Amala" and "Aritha" fruits to make "champoo" for hair which gave birth to modern day "Shampoo" in use until this day including the word.

European surgeons translated and brought into practice Indian surgery technics described in the Sushruta Samhita (1000 B.C.) including the corrective repair to injured face; traditional aesthetic treatment which was devised to restore the beauty of the Maharajas and Princes who were deformed while fighting a battle. This technique fostered the discipline we now call plastic surgery. Meditation also has a similar story. Meditation known as 'Dhyan' is Sanskrit to restore the peace of mind became Chyan, then Chen and by the time it reached Japan it became Zen.