Ayurveda : a comprehensive guide to traditional Indian medicine for the West
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Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
ISBN
9780313348372, 0313348375
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Westchester Public Library - Stacks
615.538 NIN
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615.538 NIN
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Published
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxv, 349 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780313348372, 0313348375
Notes
General Note
Rev. ed. of: An elementary textbook of Ayurveda / Frank John Ninivaggi. c2001.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-322) and index.
Description
Written by a North American psychiatrist (Yale Univ. School of Medicine), this is a first-rate introduction to a set of traditional medical theories and practices from India that are represented as an organized system of healing principles and clinical interventions. In India, Ayurveda has enjoyed a postcolonial resurgence, and elsewhere it finds a place today among alternative and complementary forms of medicine. Healing as a process of restoring balance through exercise and physical manipulation, prescribed diet, and carefully selected herbal remedies is a key feature of Ayurveda. The ancient wisdom of Ayurvedic medicine, with its emphasis on balance in diet and lifestyle, is a good fit with the contemporary Western model of integrative mind-body medicine. He introduces the underlying concepts, applications, and scientific research on this Indian tradition that treats disease from a holistic perspective. Appendices add a timeline of Ayurvedic oral and written tradition, list of disorders said to be caused by doshas (a fundamental bioenergetic principle, per the glossary), and clinical case examples.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ninivaggi, F. J. (2008). Ayurveda: a comprehensive guide to traditional Indian medicine for the West . Praeger.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ninivaggi, Frank John. 2008. Ayurveda: A Comprehensive Guide to Traditional Indian Medicine for the West. Praeger.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ninivaggi, Frank John. Ayurveda: A Comprehensive Guide to Traditional Indian Medicine for the West Praeger, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ninivaggi, Frank John. Ayurveda: A Comprehensive Guide to Traditional Indian Medicine for the West Praeger, 2008.
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