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Principles of ayurveda and ayurvedic health care
What is ayurveda?
What is real ayurvedic ayurveda about?
Ayurveda and ayurvedic thinking versus 'western thinking'
Practical Ayurveda: overview
Foundation of Ayurveda
Importance of Prana
Pranamaya Kosha and the five Pranas
Five States of Matter
Six Tastes
Balance versus Imbalance
Basic constitutions (humors): overview
Introduction to the three basic ayurvedic constitutions
Vata constitution / humor
Pita constitution / humor
Kapha constitution / humor
Finding out your constitution / humor
Backgrounds of real ayurvedic ayurveda
Concise history of ayurveda
Spiritual foundation of ayurveda
Ayurvedic links
Ayurvedic Ayurveda in Depth
I Benefits of Ayurveda
II Introduction to Ayurveda in Depth
1 Spiritual Aspect of Ayurveda
1.1 Consciousness, Energy and God
1.2 Prana, Vasanas and Mind
1.3 Roots of Psychic Disturbances and Physical Ailments
1.4 Health Lies in Self-Knowledge
2 Prana in Ayurveda
2.1 Ayurveda Is Based on Understanding of Prana
2.2 Manifestations of Prana and Pranic Forces
2.3 Prana in Ayurveda and the Chinese concept of Qi (Chi)
2.4 Prana, Agni and Soma
3 Constitution (dosha, humor, nature) in Ayurveda
3.1 Constitutional Medicine
3.2 The Three Humors: Vata, Pita and Kapha
3.2.1 Vata, Pita and Kapha (humors): introduction
3.2.2 Humors (dosha) and the 5 states of material existence
3.2.3 Elements: More on Ether, Air, Fire, Water, Earth
3.2.4 States of Matter, Dosha and Health
3.3 Beginnings of the Vata-Pita-Kapha System
3.4 Physical Constitution
3.5 Physical Traits of Vata, Pitta and Kapha
3.5.1 Vata body
3.5.2 Pitta body
3.5.3 Kapha body
3.6 Mental Constitution
3.6.1 Vata Mentally
3.6.2 Pitta Mentally
3.6.3 Kapha Mentally
4 What Ayurvedic Constitutional Type Are You?
5 Ayurvedic View of Disease Process in the Physical Body
5.1 Ayurvedic View on Disease Process: Introduction
5.2 What Is Disease in the Ayurvedic View?
5.3 Humors: House, Process and Imbalance
5.3.1 Steps of disease process
5.3.2 Vata imbalance
5.3.3 Pita imbalance
5.3.4 Kapha imbalance
5.4 in Aurvedic View Disease Moves Trough the Body
5.4.1 Ayurvedic view on a "common cold"
5.4.2 Immunity and Ojas
5.4.3 Pathways of imbalanced humours
5.4.4 Flow of food
5.4.5 Food and Disease
5.4.6 Ayurvedic Pancha karma / five actions method
5.4.7 Agni: it Is All about Agni
6 Therapeutic Action of Taste in Ayurveda
6.1 Ayurveda and Taste: Introduction
6.2 The Six Tastes in Ayurveda
6.2.1 Taste and Western Society
6.2.2 Big-R or the Balanced Taste
6.2.3 Six Tastes in Ayurveda
6.3 Qualities of Taste in Ayurvedic Healing
6.4 Effects of Taste on the Ayurvedic Humors
6.5 Ayurvedic Effects of Tastes
6.5.3 Physical Effects of tastes
6.5.2 Tastes and their ayurvedic values
6.5.3 Emotional Effects of Tastes
7 Food and the Three Humors
7.1 Food the Ayurvedic Way
7.2 Food as Medicine
7.3 Food: Excerpts from the Caraka Samhita
7.4 Digestion in Ayurveda
8 Ayurvedic Herbs
8.1 Ayurvedic Herbs: Introduction
8.2 the Six Classifications of Ayurvedic Herbs
8.3 Famous Ayurvedic Herbs
8.3.1 AMLA, Amalaka [Emblica officinalis, Gaertn.)
8.3.2 ASHWAGANDHA (Withania somnifera, Dunal)
8.3.3 BIBHITAKI (Terminalia belerica, Gaertn)
8.3.4 BRAHMI, Gota Kola (Hydrocytle asiatica)
8.3.5 GUDUCHI, Amrita (Tinispora cordifolia, Willd.)
8.3.6 GUGGULU (Commiphora mukul, Hooker, stedor)
8.3.7 HARITAKI (Terminalia chebula, Retz.)
8.3.8 KUMARI, Aloe (Aloes barbadensis, Mill. Or Aloe vera, Linn.)
8.3.9 KATUKI, Kutki (Picrorrhiza kurroa, Royle & Benth)
8.3.10 LICORICE, Mulethi, Yastimadhu (Glycyrrhiza glabra, Linn.)
8.3.11 MANJISTHA, Indian Madder (Rubia cordifolia, Linn.)
8.3.12 NEEM, Nimba (Azadiracta indica, A. Juss.)
8.3.13 PIPLLI, Long Pepper (Piper longum, linn.)
8.3.14 SHATVATRI (Asparagus racemosus, Wild.)
8.3.15 SHILAJIT, Silajatu, Mineral Pitch (Asphaltum)
8.3.16 SUNTHI, Sonth, dry Ginger (Zungiber officinale, Rosc.)
8.4 Famous Ayurvedic Formulas
8.4.2 TRIPHALA GUGGULU FORMULA
8.4.3 TRIKUTU FORMULA (Tryusana)
8.5 Ayurvedic Herb Lists
8.5.1 Herbs Alfabetically Sorted on Latin Name
8.5.2 Herbs Alfabetically Sorted on Indian Name
8.5.3 Herbs Alfabetically Sorted on English Name
9 Ayurvedic Diagnosis
9.1 Ayurvedic Diagnoses: Introduction
9.2 Dosha (humor / constitution) and COLOUR
9.3 Tongue Diagnosis in Ayurveda
9.3.1 Tongue Diagnosis in Ayurveda: Introduction
9.3.2 Tongue Cleaning in Ayurveda
9.3.2 Tongue Shows Your Ayurvedic Constitution
9.3.3 Tongue Mirrors the Organs
9.3.4 Vata, Pitta and Kapha Disturbances of the Tongue
9.4 Ayurvedic Diagnosis: Other General Signs
10 Ayurvedic Weight Loss and Beauty Care
10.1 Ayurvedic Backgrounds for Beauty Care and Weight Loss
10.1.1 True Beauty Is an Inner Phenomenon
10.1.2 Harmony and Peace Increase Beauty
10.1.3 Good Digestion Increases Beauty
10.2 Ayurvedic Weight Loss
10.2.1 Merits of Ayurvedic Approach to Weight Loss
10.2.2 Simple Ayurvedic Steps to Loose Weight
10.3 Ayurvedic Beauty Care
10.3.1 Dhatus: Tissue Levels
10.3.2 Ayurvedic beauty care revolves around your constitution
10.3.3 Cleaniness and Beauty Care
10.3.4 Antioxidants and Beauty Care
10.3.5 Relaxation and Beauty Care
11 Pranic Healing on the Three Humors
11.1 Ayurvedic Pranic Healing: Introduction
11.2 Vata Pranic Healing Treatments
11.2 Pitta Pranic Healing Treatments
11.3 Kapha Healing Treatments
11.5 Pranic Healing - Some Remarks
12 Sexual Rejuvenation Methods
12.1 Sexual Rejuvenation Methods: Introducton
12.2 Sex and Ayurveda
12.3 Sexual Insights for Women
12.4 Sexual Insights for Men
12.5 Sex and Ayurveda - Personal Insights
13 Psychology, Meditation and Ayurveda
13.1 Psychology, Meditation and Ayurveda - Introduction
13.2 Ayurvedic Psychology
13.3 Meditation and Ayurveda
14 Balancing the Humors
14.1 Balancing the Humors - Introduction
14.2 Balancing Vata
14.3 Balancing Pitta
14.4 Balancing Kapha
14.5 Balancing Mixed Constitutions
14.6 Diet Information for Balancing Humors
14.6.1 Ayurvedic Diets - Introduction
14.6.2 Antitoxic diet
14.6.3 Humor Balancing Diets
14.6.4 Vata Lowering Diet
14.6.5 Pitta Lowering Diet
14.6.6 Kapha Lowering Diet
G Glossary
B Bibliography
Ayurvedic Bookshop
Dosha test
Ayurvedic-Ayurveda: Illustrations
F001 Five Pranas: Prana, Udana, Samana, Apana and Vyana
T001 Elements, Manifestation, Nature, Action and Dosha (Humor)
T002 Qualities of the Six Tastes.
F002 Vata Body Type
F003 Pita Body Type
F004 Kapha Body Type
F005 Houses f the Aurvedic Doshas (Humors)
F006 Balanced tastes: the Big-R-Burger
F007 Three kind of tongues
F008 Three humors on the tongue
F009 Organs on the tongue
F016 General Cleansing (Pranic Healing Method)
F017 Yogic Breathing Cycles
F018 Harmonizing Samana Prana
F019 Moving Vata to the Colon
F020 Harmonizing Vyana Prana
F021 Inhaling and Projecting Lunar Prana
F022 Treating Apana Prana for Constipation