Ayurveda in Everyday Life (Alterbative Therapy Health Series)

About the Book This book on Ayurveda is a perfect handbook to augment our physical, mental and spiritual growth, by knowing what to bank on, what to eat or not to eat, and what to change and how to cope with the things we cannot change. Ayurveda helps us to understand the action of Vatta, Pitta and Kapha - the three primary body Doshas. Knowing which Dosha is dominant in us, why it gets aggravated, and how it can be balanced, will help us to cure ourselves. Ayurvedic remedies are available in various forms including: fresh juices made from herbs; Churna (herbs that have been powdered and taken with food or water); Ark (a distillate made from herbs); Quath (crushed or ground herbs used as a brew or decoction; Modak or Paak (herbs cooks in jiggery or sugar); and Asav (a light wine made by fermentation of herbs. This book makes the task simple to understand the body's actions, reactions, physical and mental characteristics to restore imbalances to ensure a lifetime of well-being.

The way followed in this book is disease-wise. The diseases have been covered alphabetically, explaining the symptoms, their effect on the body, prevention and finally remedies through Ayurvedic preparation/s. Important disease covered are: Acidity, Acne, Anemia, Asthma, Baldness, Cancer, Cholera, Cholesterol, Cold, Constipation, Cough, Diabetes, Grey hair, Headache, High Blood pressure, Increase memory & immunity, Insomnia, Low blood pressure, Migraine, Obesity, etc.

Preface This book grew out to meet the burgeoning need for more professional knowledge about non-mainstream approaches in physical and mental well being. This need to spread awareness has been fueled by the huge consumer-driven trend toward these treatments over the last 2-3 decades. This text aims to provide a reader with cutting edge information from many diverse areas of alternative, complementary, and innovative clinical practice in the area of physical well being and emotional health. The purpose of this work is threefold:

1. To offer a broader, deeper view of information from areas that, although outside mainstream practice, are having an increasing impact and demand. 2. To offer a sense of the level of scientific research and experience associated with complementary and supplementary fields in the area of total health.

3. To further explore and incorporate new treatment options, This text, while not exhaustive, provides a fair overview from the cutting edge of change in health care practices. The overall layout of this 'Alternative Health Care Series' demonstrates the body-mind-spirit premise that permeates diverse field of treatment. By its very nature, this type of book is more focused on divisions and separations-- different topics, different sections, and different treatments. Each section begins with a description of the treatment, its safety and/or contraindications, scientific documentation of its efficacy, discussion of which ailment it is best used for, and other important references.

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