The Ayurveda Bible: The Definitive Guide to Ayurvedic Healing - Softcover

User-friendly... highly practical for both newcomers to ayurvedic healing, who require a detailed introduction, as well as veteran practitioners, who will find it a useful quick reference... A wonderful, functional guide for holistic and natural healing collections.-- (07/01/2012)

If you've ever thought about rethinking the way you approach your whole lifestyle then this book is a real gem for your bookcase... The Ayurveda Bible is the definitive guide to Ayurvedic healing. With easy-to-follow chapters offering advice about the best ways to keep ourselves healthy through diet, lifestyle and exercise, the fundamental principles of Ayurveda and treatments for common ailments are available in simple chapter form for easy reading. Helpful images break up text, and separate chapters focus on teaching the looks and properties of different herbs or help overall health and mind satisfaction... This guide is a great way to introduce yourself to a new way of living and fresh thinking on how to swap pills for herbs. After thousands of years of everyday practice, Ayurveda must be doing something right to have stood the test of time.-- (05/24/2012)

Once available only in India, the country in which it originated, Ayurveda is a healing method that is rapidly growing in popularity in North America. Training is available across the United States and treatments and lifestyle counseling are offered in spas everywhere.

The Ayurveda Bible is a comprehensive guide that explores the Indian healing system of Ayurveda, from its origins in ancient Vedic scriptures to Ayurveda as practiced today. The book covers the three prime qualities of Ayurveda and how to assess a person's Ayurvedic constitution -- doshas and dhatus. It describes the relationship between food and a person's constitution and the role of preventative health in Ayurveda.

A full chapter is dedicated to Ayurvedic diagnosis and treatment. It covers the causes and stages of disease, the principles of Ayurvedic treatment, detoxification, treatment of the doshas and dhatus, and Ayurveda and the mind. The Ayurveda Bible also contains a comprehensive and practical directory of Ayurvedic herbs, traditional preparations and formulas.

Indispensable for the practitioner and ideal for the novice, The Ayurveda Bible is a valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in the ancient healing practice.