Ayurvedic treatments, have changed and evolved over more than two millennia. Treatments include herbal medicines. special diets, meditation, yoga, massage, Laxatives, enemas, and medicated oils. Ayurvedic Preparations. are typically based on complex herbal compounds, minerals and metal substances (Perhaps under the influence of early Indian alchemy or alchemy). Ancient Ayurvedic texts fought surgical techniques including rhinoplasty, Sutures and extraction of foreign bodies.