Kayacikitsa - 2 Volumes
by H.L. Sharma

Volume : I

Contents:

1. Preface
2. Pancakarma
3. The snehana-karma
4. Svedana-karma.
5. Pradhana - karma: Vamana-karma
6. Virecana-karma
7. Vasti-karma
8. Nasya-karma (Sirovirecana)
9. Raktamoksana-karma
10. Upakalpaniya-vijnana (requirements of a physician)
11. Pancakarmavivecana
12. Table of all karmas: Snehana-svedanadya
13. Vamana-virecanadya.
14. Appendices.

Volume : II

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Rejuvenation therapy (Rasayana cikitsa or geriatrics)
3. Description of Bhesaja
4. Historical importance of Rasayana
5. Rasayana
6. Types of Rasayana
7. Types of rejuvenation therapy (Rasayana-Bheda)
8. Other types of Rasayana
9. Rasayana yoga and prayoga
10. Food and nutrition
11. Sarvopaghata-Samaniya-Rasayana
12. Medhayuskamiya Rasayana
13. Svabhava-Vyadhipratisedhaniya-Rasayana (Rasayana preventing natural disorders)
14. Nivrtta-Santapiya Rasayana (Definition of Nivrttasantapiya-Rasayana)
15. Abhayamalaka-Rasayana
16. Pranakamiya-Rasayana (Desirous for vitality)
17. Rasayana yoga in Astangahrdaya
18. Rasayana yoga in Astanga-Samgraha
19. Cakradattokta Rasayana
20. Brief single drug Rasayana.
21. Appendices.
22. Bibliography.

About the Author:

Dr. H.L. Sharma is Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, J.N. Agricultural University, Adhartal, Jabalpur (M.P.) where he has been since 1983.

Dr. Sharma received his Ph.D. in Statistics from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, a well known Central University. In the year 1988. He has been one year in the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA) during 1990-92 as a Post Doctoral Fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation of his paper in the International Conference of Population Association of America, Chicago (USA) during April 2-4, 1998. He has published about 40 research papers in different disciplines in the National and International Journals of repute.