Table of Contents:

Introduction

What the word Ayurveda means

Origin of Ayurveda.

Specialties of Ayurveda.

Kaya Chikitsa

Shalya Tantra

Shalakya Tantra

Kaumarbhritya

Agada Tantra.

Bhuta Vidya.

Rasayana.

Vajikarana.

What is health?

Basic principles of Ayurveda

Pancha Mahabhuta.

The properties and functions of the Basic Elements (Mahabhutas)

Doshas.

Location of the three doshas.

Vata.

Function:

When Vata is vitiated

Types of Vata:

Pitta.

Functions

When Pitta is vitiated

Types of pitta

Kapha

Functions.

When Kapha is vitiated

Types of  Kapaha

Status of Doshas in relation to time, seasons, age & place

Time of day

Season

Age

Place

Common factors responsible for imbalanced status of Doshas

Imbalance of Vata

Imbalance of Pitta

Imbalance of Kapha

Prakriti

Vata Prakriti

Pitta prakriti

Kapha prakriti

Dhatus

Srotas

Mala

Agni

Types of Agni:

How our food is broken down.

Ama

Signs And Symptoms Of Ama

How to manage the destructive Ama:

Dravyaguna

How drugs act

Rasa

Description of Rasa

Guna

Virya

Vipaka

Prabhava

Three supporting pillars of life & health

Ahara

Nutrition from an Ayurvedic perspective

Ayurvedic cooking

Food ‘rules’ according to the doshas

Nidra

Brahmacharya

Relation of sex with Doshas

Knowing sexual status of persons of different Prakrit (constitutions)

Disease

The Three Causes of Disease

Parinam: The negative impact of the seasons

Shat Kriya Kal: Six Stages Of Disease Manifestation

Rasayan

What the word Rasayana means

Some points about Rasayana

Definition of Rasayana

Properties of Rasayana

Some general recommendations

Vajikarana

Aphrodisiac Drugs.

Principles Of Ayurvedic Treatment

Daiva vyapashraya chikitsa (Devine therapy)

Yuktivyapashraya (Rational therapy)

Sattvavajaya (Psychotherapy)

Panchakarma

Purva Karma

Snehana

Types of  Snehana

For whom/ conditions it is beneficial

It should be avoided in

Abhyantara Snehana

How it should be used

Features of improper (hypo/hyper) administration

Sadyah Snehana

Swedana

Primary Health Care

Allergy/ Urticaria (allergic rashes)

Treatment

Asthma (bronchial)

Backache

Colic (abdominal / intestinal)

Cough

Diarrhoea

Hyperacidity

Indigestion

Common Cold

Treatment

Obesity

Joint pain

Sciatica

Vomiting

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