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Chapter I
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Chapter II
Ayurvedic Ethics
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Chapter III
Doctrine of Vatha-Pitta-Kaphas..................................
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Chapter IV
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Chapter V
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Chapter VI
Ayurveda on D i e t .........................................................
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Chapter VII
Ayurvedic P sy c h o lo g y ..................................................
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Chapter VIII
NadiVijnana
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Chapter X
Indian Surgery
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Chapter XI
N id a n a ....................................................................
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Chapter XII
Ayurvedic Chikitsa
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Chapter XIII
Ill
Chapeter XIV
Home Remedies
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Chapter XV
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Chapter XVI
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Chapter XVII
Classification of Drugs t
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Chapter XVIII
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Chapter XIX
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Chapter XX
Ayurvedic Preparations
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Chapter XXI
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Chapter XXII
K a y a K a lp a .....................................................................
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Chapter XXIII
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Chapter XXIV
Y antras.................................. .........................................
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Appendix
Definitions in A y u r v e d a ..............................................
Rajo D h a r m a .................................................................
Nomenclature of D i s e a s e s ..........................................
Diseases of the E y e s .................................. ...................
Index to Diseaes and T re a tm e n t..................................
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Chapter I
AYURVEDA-THEORY AND PRACTICE
Ayurveda
The Importance and Value of the
Ancient Indian System of Medicine
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holy water of Mother Gariga is the medicine and LordNarayana, from whose holy feet Ganga emanates, is the great
physician.
Lord Dhanwantari.
Once upon a time some distinguished sages happened to
meet on the Himalayan mountains, among them being
Agastya, Ashvalyana, Asita, Badarayana, Balikhya,
Bharadwaja, Chyavana, Devala, Dhaumya, Galaya, Garga,
Gautama, Gobhila, Harita, Hiranyaksha, Jamadagni, Kamya,
Kankayana, Kapinjala, Kashyapa, Katyayana, Kaundinya,
Kushika, Langakshi, Maitreya, Markandeya, Narada,
Parashara, Parikshaka, Pulasthya, Sankhya, Sankritya,
Shakuneya, Shandilya, Sharaloma, Shaunaka, Vaijapeya,
Vaikhanasa, Vamadeva, Vasishtha, Vishwamitra and many
others. All of them were well-versed in philosophy and
practised religious austerities. The subject of their
conversation was the ills that the flesh is heir to. They began
to complain: Our body, which is the means of attaining the
four aims of life, viz., virtue, worldly pursuits, pleasure and
liberation, is subject to diseases which emaciate and weaken
it, deprive the senses of their functions, and cause extreme
pains. These diseases are great impediments to our worldly
affairs and bring on premature death. In the face of such
enemies, how can men be happy? It is neceesary, therefore,
to find remedies for such diseases. They turned to sage
Bharadwaja, and thus addressed him:
O Sage! Thou art the fittest person among us. Go thou
to the thousand-eyed Indra, who has systematically studied
the Ayurveda, and by acquiring from him the knowledge of
that science, free us, O sage, from the scourge of diseases.
So be it, said' the sage, who at once went to Indra and
thus accosted him: O Lord, I have been deputed by the
parliament of sages, to learn from you the remedies for the
direful diseases that afflict mankind; I pray you, therefore, to
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