Essentials of Ayurveda

Dr. L.P. Gupta was born on 15th July 1937, at Majhawa Village, Dist. Mirzapur, (UP). He completed his B.Sc. in 1956, from Science College, BHU. He obtained his A.B.M.S. degree from Ayurvedic College, BHU, in the year 1962 and completed his Ph.D. work in 1971.After completing House-manship in 1963, he workd as a Ciba-Research Fellow for one year and then joined as a demonstrator in the Dept. of Basic Principle, I.M.S., B.H.U. in 1964. He became Lecturer in 1968, and was appointed as a Reader in 1984.He received 1st prize of "Shri Hari-om Ashram Gold Medal Award", based on all India competition, in the 13th Annual Convocation held in 22nd. Dec. 1986, Gujrat Ayurvedic University, Jamnagar.Dr. Gupta has published many books, monographs and research papers in various National and International Journals. The present book is the latest in the series of his basic and fundamental contributions in the field of Ayurveda. Other famous books are "Positive Health Through Ayurveda" and "Essentials of Ayurveda" dealing with the non-medicinal measures to keep up the health and the basic footings to understand the Ayurveda as a whole respectively.