Ayurveda: Between Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine

Table 2

Characterization of Ayurveda by therapists and patients.

Ayurveda is a…	Therapists	Patients	Total	Total number of valid cases	𝑃 value
	𝑁 (%)
Health doctrine	67 (100%)	69 (100%)	136 (100%)	136	1
Medical system	66 (97.1%)	57 (91.9%)	123 (94.6%)	130	0.196
Philosophical system	54 (87.1%)	37 (71.2%)	91 (79.8%)	114	0.035
Science	60 (92.3%)	53 (93.0%)	113 (92.6%)	122	0.887
Religious doctrine	16 (30.8%)	18 (36.0%)	34 (33.3%)	102	0.575
Religion	7 (14.0%)	4 (8.5%)	11 (11.3%)	97	0.394
Spirituality	47 (75.8%)	39 (69.6%)	86 (72.9%)	118	0.452
Esoterism	7 (13.7%)	5 (9.8%)	12 (11.8%)	102	0.539
Philosophy of life	39 (73.6%)	34 (66.7%)	73 (70.2%)	104	0.441