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Ayurveda utilizes a classification system called Dravya Guna Shastra to match food, herbs, and lifestyle choices to specific imbalances for effective treatment options and alternative approaches. This system suggests that different foods have different energies, and consuming the right foods can help to balance the metabolic characteristics (i.e. three doshas Vata, Pitta, and Kapha) of the body. Dravya-Guna-Shastra forms the foundation of Ayurveda's pharmacology. The system of Dravya-Guna-Shastra is biocharacteristics based, sharing many features with Unani Tibb and Greek Medicine.

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ACANTHACEAE

ACORACEAE

AMARANTHACEAE

AMARYLLIDACEAE

ANACARDIACEAE

APIACEAE

APOCYNACEAE

ARALIACEAE

ARECACEAE

ASPARAGACEAE

ASTERACEAE

BERBERIDACEAE

BIGNONIACEAE

BORAGEINACEAE

BORAGINACEAE

BOVIDAE

BRASSICACEAE

BROMELIACEAE

BURSERACEAE

CACTACEAE

CAELSALPINACEAE

CAMPANULACEAE

CANNABACEAE

CAPRIFOLIACEAE

CARICACEAE

CARYOPHYLLACEAE

CHENOPODIACEAE

CLUSIACEAE

COMBRETACEAE

COMBRETACEAE-

CONVOLVULACEAE

CONVOVULACEAE

CRASSULACEAE

CUCURBITACEAE

CUPRESSACEAE

DIOSCOREACEAE

EBENACEAE

ELAEAGNACEAE

EQUISETACEAE

ERICACEAE

EUPHORBIACEAE

FABACEAE

FAGACEAE

GANODERMATACEAE

GENTIANACEAE

GERANIACEAE

GINKGOACEAE

HAMAMELIDACEAE

IRIDACEAE

JUGLANDACEAE

LAMIACEAE

LAURACEAE

LILACEAE

LINACEAE

LYTHRACEAE

MACKINLAYACEAE

MALVACEAE

MELIACEAE

MERIPILACEAE

MORACEAE

MUSACEAE

MYRISTICACEAE

MYRTACEAE

NELUMBONACEAE

NEPHROPIDAE

NITRARIACEAE

NYCTAGINACEAE

OLEACEAE

ONAGRACEAE

PALMACEAE

PAPAVERACEAE

PASSIFLORACEAE

PEDALIACEAE

PHASIANIDAE

PHYLLANTHACEAE

PINACEAE

PIPERACEAE

PLANTAGINACEAE

PLUMBAGINACEAE

POACEAE

POLYGONACEAE

RANUNCULACEAE

RHAMNACEAE

ROSACEAE

RUBIACEAE

RUTACEAE

SALICACEAE

SALMONIDAE

SANTALACEAE

SAPOTACEAE

SCHISANDRACEAE

SCROPHULARIACEAE

SOLANACEAE

THEACEAE

TURNERACEAE

ULMACEAE

URTICACEAE

VERBENACEAE

VITACEAE

XANTHORRHOEACEAE

ZINGIBERACEAE

ZYGOPHYLLACEAE

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