Physiomedicalism is the form of North American herbal medicine that developed out of the practices of Samuel Thomson during the mid-1800's, which quickly developed into a full-fledged medical profession in a few short decades. Although bearing a striking resemblence to the more ancient system of healing called Ayurveda, the profession was dealt an untimely end with the advent of the modern age, when all diseases could supposedly solved by the 'magic bullets' of vaccines and antibiotics. Now, 100 years later, these 'magic bullets' have proved to be something of a double-edged sword, and have contributed, by the most conservative of estimates, to making modern medicine the third leading cause of death in the United States. Physiomedicalism is the foundation of modern Western herbal medicine, and there is renewed interest among both practitioners and the general public into this intriguing system of healing.

For your interest, I have two papers that examine Physiomedicalism, one of which contrasts and compares it with Ayurveda:

An Introduction to Physiomedicalism

Thomsonism and Ayurveda (originally published in the Journal of the American Herbalists Guild)