MUCH BEFORE MANKIND LEARNT ABOUT LIFE SCIENCES, MUCH BEFORE ANY OTHER DISCIPLINE OF MEDICINE COULD EVEN BE CONCEIVED, ONE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE SCIENCE HAD EVOLVED INTO A COMPLETE TREATISE ON PREVENTION AND CURE OF HUMAN ELEMENTS. MORE THAN 5000 YEARS AGO, IN INDIA ORIGINATED A SCIENCE BY THE NAME AYURVEDA - `AYU` MEANING LIFE AND VEDA MEANING DEALING IN ESSENCE, FOR THE THE MAINTENANCE OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL. A LIFE SCIENCE THAT AIMED AT PREVENTION AS MUCH AS CURE, IT SOON CAME TO FIND FAVOUR IN WHOLE OF ASIA AS WELL AS MIDDLE EAST, TURKEY, GREECE AND