Author: Sunil V Joshi
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 309
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788120829602
Description
The area of Ayurveda known as Panchakarma is a comprehensive system of knowledge and practices to purify the body of toxins and restore it to balance with natural law. This book has been designed in two sections to reflect the way the original text of Ayurveda, the Charak Samhita, first presented this knowledge.
The first section explores in detail the principles, which define Ayurveda as a science of life and health. The second section delves more deeply into the Ayurvedic understanding and how to treat it. This section begins with an elaboration of six stages of disease formation and then systematically unfolds the knowledge of Panchakarma, the science of rejuvenation
This book will help answer many of the questions that Westerners often ask about Ayurveda" states Professor Kenneth Zysk, Ph.D.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
SECTION 1 FOUNDATION OF AYURVEDA
CHAPTER 1 AYU THE FOUR ASPECTS OF LIFE
Soul, Mind, Senses and Body
CHAPTER 2 PANCHAMAHABHUTA
The Five Elements Theory
CHAPTER 3 DOSH, DHATU AND MALA
The Three Compents of Human Body
CHAPTER 4 DIGESTION
The Key to Health
CHAPTER 5 PRAKRUTI
Your Unique Constriction
CHAPTER 6 AHARA, VIHARA AND AUSHADHI
The Three Pillars of Ayu
SECTION 2 AYURVEDIC TREATMENT OF DISEASE
CHAPTER 7 THE DISEASE PROCESS
CHAPTER 8 PANCHKARMA
Ayurvedic Disease Management
CHAPTER 9 PURVAKARMAL Preparing For PANCHKARMA
CHAPTER 10 PANCHKARMA"S FIVE MAIN PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 11 PANCHKARMA POST: TREATMENT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 12 SELF-CARE AT HOME
Bibliography
Glossary
Resources
Index