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

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Summary: Very good combination of practical & scientific
Review: 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.

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Summary: good effort for Ayurveda
Review: i was thinking that there is nothing to read about ayurveda through internet. no one site shows any hing about the oldest method to live healthy and balance therapy to treat the disased without harming as modern medicine does. i would like to suggest maharshi that there must name of aaurveda seperately on each search engine like YAHOO,MSN,NETSCAPE,AOL ANDetc. i am pleased with the effort.

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Summary: Very good book, simple but very deep
Review: 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