Editing Kidney (section)

====India: Ayurvedic system====
In ancient India, according to the [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic medical systems]], the kidneys were considered the beginning of the excursion channels system, the 'head' of the ''Mutra Srota''s, receiving from all other systems, and therefore important in determining a person's health balance and temperament by the balance and mixture of the three 'Dosha's – the three health elements: Vatha (or Vata) – air, Pitta – [[bile]], and Kapha – [[mucus]]. The temperament and health of a person can then be seen in the resulting color of the urine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ayurvedacollege.com/articles/drhalpern/Vata_Doshas|title=What is Vata Dosha? Tips and diet for balancing vata &#124; CA College of Ayurveda|website=www.ayurvedacollege.com|date=7 April 2010|access-date=July 21, 2019|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109092730/http://www.ayurvedacollege.com/articles/drhalpern/Vata_Doshas|url-status=live}}</ref>

Modern Ayurveda practitioners, a practice which is characterized as pseudoscience,<ref>[[List of topics characterized as pseudoscience]], according to the [[American Medical Association]]'s Report 12 of the Council of Scientific Affairs (A-97) and [http://www.skepdic.com/ayurvedic.html claims by skeptics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810061129/http://skepdic.com/ayurvedic.html |date=2016-08-10 }} ('The Skeptics Dictionary' website)</ref> have attempted to revive these methods in medical procedures as part of Ayurveda [[Urine therapy]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sangu PK, Kumar VM, Shekhar MS, Chagam MK, Goli PP, Tirupati PK | title = A study on Tailabindu pariksha – An ancient Ayurvedic method of urine examination as a diagnostic and prognostic tool | journal = AYU | volume = 32 | issue = 1 | pages = 76–81 | date = January 2011 | pmid = 22131762 | pmc = 3215423 | doi = 10.4103/0974-8520.85735 | doi-access = free }}</ref> These procedures have been called "nonsensical" by skeptics.<ref>{{cite web | title = A Few Thoughts on Ayurvedic Mumbo-Jumbo | vauthors = Barrett S | author-link = Stephen Barrett | url = https://www.old.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/chopra.html | access-date = 2022-05-22 | archive-date = 2020-09-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200929051141/https://www.old.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/chopra.html | url-status = live }} M.D, head of the [[National Council Against Health Fraud]] NGO and owner of the QuackWatch website.</ref>