Practice of Ayurveda

by Swami Sivananda

Table of Contents:

• Chapter I - Ayurveda—Theory and Practice
• Chapter II -  Ayurvedic Ethics
• Chapter III - Doctrine of Vatha-Pitta-Kaphas
• Chapter IV - Doctrine of Rasa, Veerya, Vipaka and Prabhava
• Chapter V - Hygienic Principles in Ayurveda
• Chapter VI - Ayurveda on Diet
• Chapter VII - Ayurvedic Psychology
• Chapter VIII - Nadi Vijnana
• Chapter IX - Indian Surgery
• Chapter X - Nidana
• Chapter XI - Ayurvedic Chikitsa
• Chapter XII - Indian Materia Medica
• Chapter XIII - Home Remedies
• Chapter XIV - Common Herbs
• Chapter XV - Charaka’s Classification of Drugs
• Chapter XVI - Classification of Drugs
• Chapter XVII - Classification of Drugs
• Chapter XVIII - Index to Therapeutic Action of Bazaar Drugs
• Chapter XIX - Ayurvedic Preparations
• Chapter XX - Ayurvedic Preparations Explained
• Chapter XXI - Kaya Kalpa
• Chapter XXII - The Rasayana Treatment
• Chapter XXIII - Yantras
• Appendix
  • Definitions in Ayurveda
  • Rajo Dharma (Menstruation)
  • Nomenclature of Diseases
  • Diseases of the Eyes
  • Index to Diseases and Treatment
  • Ayurvedic Quotations
  • Ayurvedic Jottings
  • Maharshi Chyavana and Chyavanaprash
  • The Bilwa Tree: Its Properties and Uses
  • Kuppamani
  • Cancer
  • Lumbago
  • Saltless Diet
  • Causes of Diseases
  • The Three Pillars in Ayurveda
  • Ayurveda—Although Ancient It Can Be Ever New.

About the Author:

Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj was a healer of the body in his Purvashram (before he entered the Holy Order of Sannyasa). He was a born healer, with an extraordinary inborn love to serve humanity; that is why he chose the medical profession as a career. That is why he edited and published a health Journal "Ambrosia". That is why he went over to Malaya to serve the poor in the plantations there. And, strangely enough, that is why, he renounced the world and embraced the Holy Order of Sannyasa.

He was a healer of the body and the soul. This truth is reflected in the Ashram which he has established in Rishikesh. The huge hospital equipped with modern instruments was set up and the entire Ashram where all are welcome to get themselves healed of their heart’s sores in the divine atmosphere of the holy place.

Sri Swamiji wanted that all systems of healing should flourish. He had equal love and admiration for all systems of healing. He wanted that the best of all the systems should be brought out and utilized in the service of Man. He has written a number of books on all aspects of Healing-from the Naturopathic and Allopathic points of view. This one dealing with Ayurveda is a valuable addition to the healer’s armamentarium.