In classical Sanskrit literature, Ayurveda was called "the science of eight components" (Sanskrit : aṣṭāṅga अष्टांग) a classification that became canonical for Ayurveda.
1. General medicine – Kāya-chikitsā: "cure of diseases affecting the body"
2. Pediatrics – Kaumāra-bhṛtya:: "treatment of children"
3. Surgery – Śhalya-chikitsā: "removal of any substance which has entered the body (as extraction of darts, of splinters, etc.)"
4. Ophthalmology / ENT/Dentistry – Śālākya-tantra:: "cure of diseases of the teeth, eye, nose or ear etc."
5. Demonology / exorcism / psychiatry – Bhoot vidyā: (Graha Chikitsa) "treatment of mental diseases"
6. Toxicology – Agada-tantra:Gada means Poison. "Doctrine of antidotes"
7. Anti Agings – Rasayana-tantra: "doctrine of Rasayana"
8. Aphrodisiacs – Vājīkaraṇa tantra
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