The Roots of Ayurveda: Selections from Sankskrit Medical WritingsSelections From The Ayurvedic Classics |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Carakas Compendium | 39 |
Caraka on eight sets of three 1 | 60 |
The three diseases | 70 |
On epidemics 3 | 79 |
Bharadvajas counterarguments | 93 |
Bharadvaja still disagrees | 100 |
The proper handling of knives | 119 |
Curing the slowacting poison | 193 |
The universal remedy | 206 |
Vägbhatas Heart of Medicine | 236 |
Body tissues and waste products | 244 |
The savours | 250 |
Daily regimen 1 | 257 |
Seasonal regimen 1 | 263 |
Appropriate savours | 270 |
Shapes | 125 |
Plastic surgery on the ear and nose 1 | 133 |
The diagnosis of embedded splinters 1 | 144 |
Blood and bloodletting 1 | 154 |
Suśruta on breath and wind 2 | 161 |
Rejuvenation through Soma 4 | 171 |
Safeguarding food and drink 5 | 178 |
81 | 186 |