Title: The Roots of Ayurveda
Subtitle: selections from Sankskrit medical writings
First published: 1998
Description: The writings selected for this volume are taken from Sanskrit medical texts written by the first Ayurvedic physicians, who lived between the fifth century b.c. and the fourteenth century a.d. Here readers will find wide-ranging and fascinating advice on the benefits of garlic therapy, prayers for protection against malevolent disease deities, surgical techniques, exercise regimens, the treatment of poisons, the interpretation of dreams, and more.
Subjects: Holistic medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Diseases, Causes and theories of causation, Medicine, ayurvedic
LC classification: R606 .R66 1998