Contemporary Ayurveda: Medicine and Research in Maharishi Ayur-Veda (Medical Guides to Complementary and Alternative Medicine) (Paperback)

by Hari Sharma MD FRCPC (Author), Christopher Clark MD (Author)

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Ohio State Univ, Columbus. Presents the foundations of Maharishi Ayur-Veda's approach to physiology and anatomy. Details daily and seasonal routines for disease prevention. For the student and clinican. Softcover.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 1 edition (November 18, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443055947
• ISBN-13: 978-0443055942
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #676,168 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, simple but very deep, July 21, 2003

By	"follettobuono" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This is one of the books that I used in the Diploma of Maharishi Vedic Approach to Heath that I did in Australia in 1998.
Amongs all the book that I read this is one of the best.
It is well written, simple (if you donno anything about ayurveda) but goes quiet in to dept.
Very very good book.
I suggest it to everyone, from the person that never read anything about ayurveda to the person who already have some knowledge and whish to explore the purity and simplicity of Maharishi Ayurveda.

Antonino

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good combination of practical & scientific, September 26, 2002

By	"anna_chetwynd" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

I bought this book on Amazon after it was recommended to me by a local medical doctor who is also trained in Ayurveda and incorporates Maharishi Ayuvedic practices in his clinic. I have been frustrated with the bulk of Aurvedic texts available on-line and in my city, which barely skim the surface of Ayurveda and certainly don't attempt to review the scientific literature on Ayurveda. I found this book to have a reasonably good coverage of the history of Ayurveda, a quite good presentation of the theoretical base of Ayurveda (though they perhaps go a bit over the top trying to link quantum physics to Ayurveda-- I myself am not trained in quantum physics, and I respectfully doubt the authors are...), and a good coverage of practical Ayurveda, with a liberal and much-appreciated sprinkling of well-documented references to the scentific literature on Ayurveda. Recommended for those who'd like to have a solid base on which to build their study of Ayurveda.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great and Deep Knowlegde, January 14, 2009

By	Antonino Giglio (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is one of the best book on Ayurveda or, better said, its purest form: Maharishi Ayurveda.
The book is very simple to read for anyone and its simplicity is its power as there is only one thing that is of uttermost importance for Health, understanding that we are basically Pure Consciousness.
This book therefore doesn't focus on disease but on how to increase Health, using all the different disciplines of Vedic Science.
Our modern medicine has forgotten what is real health and it has been too much focused in fighting disease, becoming therefore a science of suffering.
In sanscrit the word for Health is Svastha which translated means "to stand in the Self".
It is not just an absence of disease. It means to be in complete harmony with your own Self which is ultimately Pure Consciousness.