A Hindu patient being admitted to the hospital practices ayurveda. The nurse knows that which piece of information is true about this practice?
1. Ayurveda is a new system of Hindu medicine.
2. Ayurveda is the knowledge of how to live a vital, healthful life.
3. Ayurveda physicians believe that there are three elements: ether, wind, and fire.
4. The three tendencies, called doshas, are vata, pitta, and alpha.
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Rationale 1: Ayurveda is a classical system. It is not new.
Rationale 2: null
Rationale 3: Ayurveda involves five elements: ether, wind, fire, water, and earth.
Rationale 4: The three tendencies are called vata, pitta, and kapha.
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