Ayurveda : a comprehensive guide to traditional Indian medicine for the West / Frank John Ninivaggi.
Ayurveda : a comprehensive guide to traditional Indian medicine for the West / Frank John Ninivaggi.
Ayurveda : a comprehensive guide to traditional Indian medicine for the West / Frank John Ninivaggi.
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Date
2008.
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G 2013/4836
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English
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xxv, 349 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents
Background, history, and development -- Theoretical foundations and an overview -- Anatomy -- Physiology and digestion -- Prakruti and vikruti -- Health and the disease process I -- Health and the disease process II -- Nutrition and diet in Ayurveda -- Lifestyle and behavioral regimens, yoga, and me...
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
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Connecticut
Date Published
2008.
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"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." "Ninrvaggi presents the text with both scholarship and compassio...
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Ayurveda : a comprehensive guide to traditional Indian medicine for the West / Frank John Ninivaggi.
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Comprehensive guide to traditional Indian medicine for the West.
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Rev. ed. of: An elementary textbook of Ayurveda / Frank John Ninivaggi. c2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-322) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N615.538/1.
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G 2013/4836
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0313348375
9780313348372
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615.538
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991023728239702626
