Clinical Methods in Ayurveda

Language: EnglishPages: 732Preface“Lack of subjectwise text books is one of the handicaps the modern day students of Ayurveda are facing and it is the duty and responsibility of the teachers to remedy this, sooner the better” –these were the words my preceptor Prof. C. Dwarakanath used to repeat ad naseum. In presenting this book, I am only fulfilling his mandate. He had very gladly agreed to write a foreword for this but his demise before its publication has made the book poorer without his erudite foreword.Like my earlier works, this also is the enlarged version of my lecture notes on the subject which I had the opportunity to teach over six years from 1970 at the Government College of Indian Medicine, Bangalore.As far as my knowledge goes, this is the first book in English on this important topic of Ayurveda and even the books in other Indian languages are not that elaborate and comprehensive as to be suitable to the present day students and teachers of Ayurveda. Keeping this in view, I have elaborated the subject cogently within the frame work of Ayurveda. Modern information is only supplementary just to fill the gaps. This information is put in simple language avoiding high sounding technical jargon found in the texts. Hence it is quite likely that at some places, the composition of the sentences may seem a little queer and I hope the learned readers will take it with a pinch of salt. I quite well realise that some of the English equivalents of Ayurvedic terminology may not be accepted without reservation by scholars. But with the firm belief that revision on topics of science are happening every day after discussions I hope this book provides food for some such scientific discussions.In preparing this book, I have recei