Book Review

The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies by Vasant Lad

Reivew of the Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home RemediesAyurveda, the 5,000 year old system of health and healing from ancient India, contains invaluable wisdom for anyone interested in maintaining optimum health. It’s power comes both from its comprehensiveness — it takes into account all of the factors which influence health on all levels — but also from its recognition of the importance of different psychological and physiological types and the tailoring of healing interventions to individual needs.

Becoming familiar with the principles of Ayurveda, understanding ones own constitutional type and requirements for health, and partaking of the many healing tools Ayurveda contains is well worth time spent in study. The ideal way to take advantage of Ayurveda is to work with a “vaidya” — an Ayurvedic physician who is skilled in pulse diagnosis and the prescription of remedies. (Working with an expert would be especially important for someone with medical problems.) Much of practical value can be learned, however, through reading, and Dr. Vasant Lad’s book, The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies is an ideal place to start.

The book contains clear and succinct descriptions of the main principles of Ayurveda, the constitutional types, and a host of practical remedies ands suggestions for self-care. Many of the remedies can be used without much study or understanding of your own constitutional type. As you study the book and learn more about yourself and your tendencies, you will be able to make better use of its suggestions. This book is useful both for beginners and those who are already familiar with Ayurveda.

Sample remedy from this book:

“A Relaxing Bath for Anxiety. A warm bath of ginger and baking soda is soothing when you are anxious. Use 1/3 cup ginger and 1/3 cup baking soda in a tubful of water. Soak for 10 to 15 minutes.”

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