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The Ayurveda bible : the definitive guide to Ayurvedic healing / Anne McIntyre.
A guide to understanding the ancient Indian healing system introduces Ayurveda's three prime qualities, the causes and stages of disease, and the principles of treatment, and also contains a directory of herbs and their recommended uses.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781770850446 (sc.)
- ISBN: 1770850449 (sc.)
- Physical Description: 400 p. : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
- Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, c2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. Understanding Ayurveda. The history and philosophy of Ayurveda -- The principles of Ayurveda -- Maintaining health and well-being. The three prime qualities (gunas) -- Assessing your Ayurvedic constitution -- Agni, the vital role of digestive fire -- Food and your constitution -- Preventative health -- Ayurvedic diagnosis and treatment. The causes and stages of disease (Samprapti) -- Ayurvedic diagnostic techniques -- The principles of Ayurvedic treatment (Chikitsa) -- Detoxification -- Treatment of the doshas -- Treatment of the dhatus -- Ayurveda and the mind -- Tools of Ayurvedic treatment. A directory of Ayurvedic herbs -- Traditional preparations and formulae -- Panchakarma -- The concept of Rasayana -- Glossary of Sanskrit terms -- Glossary of Western terms. |
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| Subject: | Medicine, Ayurvedic. |
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