Ayurvedic Medicine: The Principles of Traditional Practice

An ideal and valuable introduction to Ayurveda, especially useful for naturopaths who wish to gain a better introduction to this powerful medical system.

Sebastian Pole Lic OHM, Ayur HC is an Ayurvedic Practitioner and Chinese Herbalist working in Bath in the UK. He is a member of the Ayurvedic Practitioners Association and Director of the Pharmacopoeia Committee as well as a member of the Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine. Sebastian is also the Herbal Director and founding partner of Pukka Herbs, the Organic Ayurvedic Specialists.

Ayurvedic medicine brings the unique theories and traditions of Ayurveda alive so that they are accessible to the complementary health practitioner of today. This book offers a clear, accessible and yet detailed guide to ayurvedic herbalism. It encompasses a brief history of the growth of Ayurveda, a discussion of its fundamental principles and treatment strategies as well as the energetic approach to traditional ayurvedic herbal pharmacy and pharmacology. It is a clinical manual as well as a reference book, which relates classical ayurvedic teachings to modern herbal medicine as well as specific biomedical conditions.

Features

• Discusses the herbal materia medica of Ayurveda in a way accessible to the western complementary practitioner along with traditional ayurvedic energetics.
• Contains uniquely styled plant profiles which combine information on over 100 herbs and 50 formulas.
• Clearly presents the ayurvedic theory of clinical treatment as well as its application.
• Combines pure Ayurveda with modern herbal medicine and biomedicine.
• Incorporates traditional medicine with modern research.
• Full-colour illustrations of each fresh and dried herb.

ISBN 978 0443 10090 1        376 pages        Churchill Livingstone