Basic Principles of Ayurveda by Dr B V Athavale, Edition 2019
From time immemorial Ayurveda has given guidelines and will continue to give guidelines to mankind about the art of living, science of health and philosophy of life. The basic principles of Ayurveda are sound and eternal. This book gives in detail definitions of Ayurveda, healthy mind and life. It also gives origin and aims of Ayurveda and life. It gives philosophy of Ayurveda and qualities of ideal physician. Ayurveda classifies all the structural and functional molecules of all the cells in the body into vata, pitta and kapha molecules. The balanced state of these molecules gives rise to health while an imbalance state results in disease. Depending on the dominance, the physical constitution is classified as vataja, pittaja and kaphaja all of which are diseased constitutions. The balanced state is called as samaprakriti, i.e. healthy constitution. The causes of increase in vata, pitta and kapha molecules which result in different diseases and their treatment is described in detail in this book.
Ayurveda classifies psychological constitution into sattvik, rajas and tamas and guidelines are given as to how to attain a healthy state which is termed as trigunateeta. This book also gives the details of various tissues like blood, muscles, etc. It mentions the causes and disorders of tissues and diet and medicines to improve the qualities of tissues. It describes the characteristics of urine and stools of a healthy person. It mentions as to how examination of urine and stools was undertaken in ancient days. This book gives guidelines for maintaining the healthy state of vata, pitta and kapha molecules, various tissues and waste products in the body which will result in health and happiness.
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- Author:Dr B V Athavale
- Binding Type:Hard Bound
- ISBN:9788170841364
- Total Pages:334
- Publishing Year:2019
- Language:English
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