Ayurveda is a system of medicine with historical roots.

The main classical Ayurveda texts begin with accounts of the transmission of medical knowledge from the Gods to sages, and then to human physicians.

Ayurveda therapies have varied and evolved over more than two millennia. Therapies are typically based on complex herbal compounds, minerals and metal substances.
Ancient Ayurveda texts also taught surgical techniques, including rhinoplasty, kidney stone extractions, sutures, and the extraction of foreign objects.
Some scholars assert that Ayurveda originated in prehistoric times,]and that some of the concepts of Ayurveda have existed from the time of the Indus Valley Civilization or even earlier [Ayurveda developed significantly during the Vedic period ].
Ayurveda is a discipline of the upaveda or “auxiliary knowledge” in Vedic tradition. The origins of Ayurveda are also found in Atharvaveda.