Ayurveda: A Comprehensive Guide to Traditional Indian Medicine for the West
by Ninivaggi, Frank JohnEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-11-01
Publisher(s): PRAEGER AGENCY ACCOUNT
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Summary
Derived from prehistoric sages living in ancient India some 6,000 years ago, Ayurveda denotes "life wisdom." The medical system of India, it is arguably the oldest medical tradition that exists. This book translates the Eastern wisdom into terms and concepts Westerners can understand, and Ninivaggi presents the text with both scholarship and compassion. He explains how Ayurveda can promote physical and mental health by targeting threats from acute and chronic stress, to contemporary disorders such as pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, coronary artery disease, and diabetes. Practical, user-friendly nutritional guidelines for maintaining health and addressing health imbalances are given. The center of attention in Ayurveda is the person. The meaningfulness of a quality of life in the world is central. Living a quality life with others and in accord with nature - the environment at large -is emphasized.
Author Biography
Frank John Ninivaggi is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Child Study Center.
Table of Contents
| Background, History, and Development | p. 1 |
| Theoretical Foundations and an Overview | p. 29 |
| Anatomy | p. 59 |
| Physiology and Digestion | p. 87 |
| Prakruti and Vikruti | p. 105 |
| Health and the Disease Process. I | p. 119 |
| Health and the Disease Process. II | p. 139 |
| Nutrition and Diet in Ayurveda | p. 153 |
| Lifestyle and Behavioral Regimens in Ayurveda and in Yoga | p. 185 |
| Ayurvedic Therapies, Panchakarma, and Materia Medica | p. 201 |
| The Cultivation of Consciousness | p. 221 |
| The Biopsychospiritual Perspective in Contemporary Clinical Psychiatry | p. 243 |
| Ayurvedic Oral and Written Tradition Timeline | p. 265 |
| Diseases Caused by the Doshas | p. 267 |
| Clinical Case Examples | p. 273 |
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