| Ayurveda: South Asian Tradition of Good Health Including Other South Asian Traditional Medicines Contributor(s): Sing, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1276190484 ISBN-13: 9781276190480 Publisher: Webster's Digital Services OUR PRICE: $21.38 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.80 lbs) 198 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine native to the Indian subcontinent and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine In Sanskrit, the word ayurveda consists of the words yus, meaning longevity, and veda, meaning related to knowledge or science. Evolving throughout its history, ayurveda remains an influential system of medicine in South Asia. In Western medicine, Ayurveda is classified as a system of alternative medicine that is used to complement, rather than replace, the modern medicine. This book studies this famous South Asian traditional medicine including rasa dhatu, rakta dhatu, panchakarma, humorism, and anointing. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |