Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rasa shastra
but I'd say protect to prevent fringe stuff from being readded. The study of this has separate departments at prestigious universities such as the Banaras Hindu University (http://www.imsbhu.nic.in/rasashastra/dep_index.html) and is for what it's worth governed by the Ministry of Health, just like standard allopathic medical education. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3131772/?tool=pubmed This article seems to be usable as a reference -- http://www.jaim.in/editorialboard.asp The Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine appears to have some editorial oversight, but someone with a better understanding of these ought to check it out. The claims made on treatments etc ought to be subject to , but the topic itself is "a historical tradition" and ought to be treated as such. &mdash
— User:SpacemanSpiff, 06:53, 1 September 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:MEDRS (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)