Health and Happiness
Book Specification
| Item Code: | IDI034 |
| Author: | Swami Sivananda |
| Publisher: | THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2019 |
| ISBN: | 8170520347 |
| Pages: | 148 |
| Cover: | Paperback |
| Other Details | 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch |
| Weight | 190 gm |
Book Description
We are happy to present to the readers the present edition of the book "Health and Happiness," a work on health by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. This book gives a detailed and comprehensive idea about the fundamental laws of health and hygiene. It provides the key to real happiness, which can be achieved only through radiant health of body, mind and soul.
The book has been divided into ten chapters. Nature's aid to health, dietetic principles. a detailed analysis of all the vitamins, physical culture (including Yoga exercises), ethical and spiritual observances and their influences on health. home treatment of diseases, are some of its salient features. A separate chapter has been devoted to "Care of the Eyes." We trust that readers will be immensely benefited by perusing and following the precepts contained in this work.
| Sri Swami Sivananda .. | VII |
| Mahamrityunjaya Mantra | VIII |
| Causes of Disease | IX |
| Health and Happiness | X |
| Prayer to Mother Nature | XI |
| An Open Letter to All | XII |
| Chapter I | |
| What Is Health? | 3 |
| Health Is a Great Treasure | 3 |
| Necessity for Good Health | 6 |
| Means for Good Health | 7 |
| Health and Longevity | 8 |
| Health and Long Life | 9 |
| Chief Causes that Impair Good Health | 10 |
| Vital Facts about Health | 12 |
| Health and Happiness | 13 |
| Health and Hygiene | 15 |
| Chapter II | |
| Nature Cure and Health | 17 |
| Fasting in Nature Cure | 18 |
| Fasts and Their Importance | 18 |
| Antidotes for Indigestion | 20 |
| Health and the Elements | 21 |
| Sunlight and Health | 23 |
| Bath | 27 |
| Sleep | 27 |
| Practical Aids to Sound Sleep | 28 |
| Chapter III | |
| Diet and Health | 31 |
| Fruits and Health | 35 |
| Milk and Health | 37 |
| Between Meat and Milk (A Dialogue) | 38 |
| Health, Hygiene and Diet | 40 |
| Health Menu | 41 |
| Shun Onion Pakkoda | 41 |
| Chapter IV | |
| Discovery of Vitamins | 44 |
| Classification of Vitamins | 46 |
| Dietetic Instructions | 47 |
| Mysterious Vitamins in Food | 48 |
| Dietetic Value of Vitamins | 49 |
| Vitamins and Health | 52 |
| Story of Vitamin A | 59 |
| Tale of Vitamin B | 64 |
| Vitamin B-2 or G | 69 |
| Vitamin C (Analysed) | 72 |
| Vitamin D (Analysed) | 76 |
| Vitamin E (Analysed) | 82 |
| The Story of Vitamins | 82 |
| Chapter V | |
| Dietetic Principles | 86 |
| Articles of Food | 88 |
| Chapter VI | |
| Care of the Eyes | 91 |
| Blindness and Its Causes | 91 |
| Anatomy of the Eye | 92 |
| Care of the Eyes | 93 |
| Conjunctivitis | 104 |
| Cataract | 105 |
| Glaucoma | 105 |
| Errors of Refraction | 106 |
| Eyesight of Indians | 107 |
| Chapter VII. | |
| Physical Culture | 109 |
| Physical Culture in Bed | 111 |
| Suryanamaskara Technique | 114 |
| Physical Culture for Babies | 116 |
| Massage and Health | 117 |
| Daily Electric Massage | 118 |
| Chapter VIII | |
| Home Treatment of Diseases | 120 |
| Chapter IX | |
| Ten Commandments | 128 |
| Twenty-six Precepts | 128 |
| Healing the Sick | 130 |
| Yoga for Health | 131 |
| Vedanta for Health | 133 |
| Health and Astrology | 138 |
| Vedantic Compressed Tablet | 138 |
| Vedantic Vitamin | 139 |
| Vedantic Beverage | 140 |
| Vedantic Tonic | 140 |
| Fattening and Thinning of 3 Bodies | 141 |
| Havan for Curing Tuberculosis | 141 |
| Divine Namapathy | 144 |
| Moksha Rasayana | 145 |
| An Adhyatmic Prescription. | 146 |
| Chapter X | |
| See Good in Everything | 148 |
| Rules for Preservation of Health | 151 |
| How to Keep Healthy | 153 |
| The Cause of Ailments and the Cure | 154 |
| Use Your Commonsense | 155 |
| Back to Nature | 156 |
| Simple Nature Cure | 157 |
| Influence of Thoughts on Health | 159 |
| Soil and Its Influence on Health | 160 |
| Influence of Colour on Health | 162 |
| How to Become a Centenarian? | 164 |
| The Best | 164 |
| Song of Vibhuti Yoga | 165 |
| Tact at the Chemist's | 165 |
| Domestic Medicine Chest | 167 |
