The Complete Illustrated Guide to Ayurveda: The Ancient Indian Healing Tradition [Paperback]

Gopi Warrier (Author)

Book Description

Series: Complete Illustrated Guide to | Publication Date: January 1, 2000

Learn how to determine body type, what foods will help achieve balance, how to promote health and cure disease.

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From Library Journal

Authored by two experienced Ayurvedic practitioners, this guide offers lavish illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations. A good introductory title for consumer collections.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Element Books Ltd. (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852309539
• ISBN-13: 978-1852309534
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 7.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #721,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book makes the study of Ayurveda an enjoyable adventure, October 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Ayurveda: The Ancient Indian Healing Tradition (Paperback)

At last what many people have been looking for: a well produced , highly artistic illustrated guide to the often difficult and arcane world of Ayurveda! While there are a number of excellent introductory books on this subject, until this one none have been presented in such an accessible visual format. If you have trouble getting into Ayurveda or introducing Ayurveda to your friends, family, students, or clients, this book may be exactly what you need. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Ayurveda makes the study of Ayurveda not so much an intellectual excercise as an enjoyable adventure. It uses traditional Indian art as well as contemporary illustrations and examples, to make the subject relevant to people today. Yet the book does not sacrifice anything by way of content. Anyone interested in Ayurvedic medicine or natural healing will want to have this book, not merely on the shelf, but out in the open for everyone to look at and benefit from. The END

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent intro to Ayurvedic principles., February 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Ayurveda: The Ancient Indian Healing Tradition (Paperback)

If you know nothing about Ayurveda but are curious and want to know more, this is the place to start. Beautiful layout, art work and easy to read text, charts and photographs. This is not a how to manual but a layman's manual of concepts.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not the best, but still good, February 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Illustrated Guide to Ayurveda: The Ancient Indian Healing Tradition (Paperback)

This book was interesting in that it explored regions of Ayurveda I had not encountered before. What I didn't care for was its lack of a doshic assessment test, lists of yes and no foods, and some common recipes. In that respect it was not specific enough to be used as a resource book. Then it was terribly specific in its case studies. At least in terms of herbs. It might use half a page to list ingredients in an herbal medicine then say nothing about dietary changes. I probably will not use this as a sourcebook. If you are looking for that (especially as a beginner) get Judith Morrisons THE BOOK OF AYURVEDA.