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Ayurveda the 'Scince of Life' is eternal is its scope and progressive in its outlook towards the concept of longevity. The beautiful concept of 'Rasayna Therapy' aims at rejuvenation, immunomodulation and also geriatric care. It is of great relevance today in a society which is stressed, unhealthy and has compromised immune system. Our ancient seers recognised the importance of this 'Rasayana Therapy' and it is thus included in main eight branches of Ayurveda. It ...
It is an authoritative work on Ayurvedic Medicine dealing exhaustively and Lucidly with principles and practices. It has been remained for the last about 2000 years, a popular hand book for the physicians of Ayurveda and a source book for the later compilation on Medicine.Though it followed vrnda he excelled the latter by adding many single drugs and compound formulations particularly the mercurial compounds which are absent in Vrnada's work. This clearly ...
This verse highlights the importance given to Sthaulya or Obesity even in the by gone centuries. An emaciated person was considered a boon rather than an obese person from the point of view of treatment because complications were more common in a Sthaulya rogi. Even in the present era lifestyle related diseases like Hypertension (Raktagata Vata), diabetes (Prameha) Obesity (Sthaulya) etc. are gaining considerable attention. It is an irony that comforts, which a ...
This book Amavata Vijnana or Rheumatology in Ayurveda is a sincere effort in this direction. It has explained in a very simple language the intricacies of Amavata, Sandhivata and Vatarakta. A very good correlation between the pathogenesis both from modern and Ayurvedic point of view is a highlight of this book. It contains excellent photographs that will help the reader to visualize the conditions very easily.
In the Ayurvedic classics while describing the treatment of diseases these therapeutics measures are always given precedence over the drugs. Unfortunately, in the advent of latro chemistry and because of the viccissitudes of time resulting in the decline in original thinking of the Ayurvedic practitioner's people resorted to easy means of treatment. They found taking a few pills or potion of powder more convenient than going in for these elaborate therapeutic ...
Bhavaprakash Nighantu is nucleus of Ayurvedic Materia Medica. It is one of the most indispensable works on Ayurveda. This work on English translation of the ancient Ayurvedic text has been divided into two parts: Part A, deals with principle Ayurvedic drugs of plant and animal origin. It covers twenty chapters on various gana (classification) of Bhavaprakash. Here, Ayurvedic parameters applicable to drugs have been tackled in detail. ...