The yoga of herbs : an Ayurvedic guide to herbal medicine

Guide to the use of herbs from Ayurvedic perspective. How to balance your constitution and practice self-healing. PREFACE 7 FOREWORD 10 HERBOLOGY: EAST AND WEST 14 THE MANIFESTATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS INTO PLANTS 17 THE BACKGROUND OF AYURVEDIC MEDICINE 23 SPIRITUAL BACKGROUND 23 THE THREE GUNAS 25 THE FIVE ELEMENTS 27 THE THREE DOSHAS 27 THE SEVEN DHATUS AND OJAS 38 THE FIVE PRANAS 41 BODILY SYSTEMS (SROTAS) 42 AGNI AND PLANTS 46 HERBAL ENERGETICS 48 TASTE (RASA) 48 ENERGY (VIRYA) 51 VIPAKA, POST-DIGESTIVE EFFECT 53 PRABHAVA, SPECIAL POTENCY 55 DESCRIPTION OF THE SIX TASTES 56 MANAGEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUTION (DOSHA) 68 MANAGEMENT OF KAPHA 70 MANAGEMENT OF PITTA 73 MANAGEMENT OF VATA 76 DETOXIFICATION/MANAGEMENT OF AMA 79 HERBAL THERAPEUTICS 86 ALTERATIVE HERBS (Rakta Shodhana karma) 86 ANTIPARASITICAL AND ANTHELMINTIC HERBS (Krumighna karma) 88 ASTRINGENT HERBS (Stambhana karma) 89 BITTER TONIC AND ANTIPYRETIC HERBS 93 CARMINATIVE HERBS {Vata-anubman) 97 DIAPHORETIC HERBS (Svedana karma) 99 DIURETIC HERBS (Mutrata karma) 102 EMMENAGOGUES (Raktabhisarana karma) 105 EXPECTORANT AND DEMULCENT HERBS (Kasa- Svasahara) 107 LAXATIVE AND PURGATIVE HERBS (Virechana karma) 110 NERVINE AND ANTISPASMODIC HERBS 113 STIMULANT AND DIGESTIVE HERBS (Dipana-Pachana karma) 118 TONICS 120 HOW TO PREPARE AND USE HERBS ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA 128 THE FIVE MAIN METHODS OF HERBAL PREPARATION (Pancha kashaya) 128 ADDITIONAL METHODS OF HERBAL PREPARATION 132 MANTRA, YANTRA AND MEDITATION 154 HERBS FOR AYURVEDIC USAGE 159 A. COMMONLY AVAILABLE HERBS 160 B. SPECIAL ORIENTAL HERBS 246 APPENDICES 296 APPENDIX I 296 BEVERAGE TEAS FOR THE THREE DOSHAS 296 APPENDIX II 298 HERB CHART 298 APPENDIX III 331 FIRST AID TREATMENTS 331 APPENDIX IV 337 APPENDIX V 340 APPENDIX VI 343 SPECIAL AYURVEDIC AND CHINESE HERBS 346 BIBLIOGRAPHY 370 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 372 EBC,Converted It Is 1870 And Railway Workers And Their Families Have Flocked To The Wild And Inhospitable Moorland Known As Batty Green To Build A Viaduct On The Midland Railway Company’s Ambitious New Leeds To Carlisle Line. Among Them Are Three Very Different Women – Tough Widow Molly, Honest And God-fearing Mary Pratt, And Helen Parker, Downtrodden By Her Husband And Seeking A Better Life. When Tragedy Strikes, The Lives Of The Three Women Are Bound Together, And Each Is Forced To Confront The Secrets And Calamities That Threaten To Tear Their Families Apart. Content: Herbology: Rast and West -- The manifestation of consciousness into plants -- Background of Ayurvedic medicine -- Herbal energetics -- Management of individual constitution (Dosha) -- Herbal therapeutics -- How to prepare and use herbs according to Ayurveda -- Mentra, Yantra and meditation -- Herbs for Ayurvedic usage -- Appendices: Beverage teas for the three Doshas -- Herb chart -- First aid treatments -- English glossary -- Sanskrit glossary -- Latin appendix. "For the first time, here is a detailed explanation and classification of herbs, using the ancient system of Ayurveda. More than 270 herbs are listed, with 108 herbs explained in detail. Included are many of the most commonly used western herbs with a profound Ayurvedic perspective. Important Chinese and special Ayurvedic herbs are introduced. Beautiful diagrams and charts, as well as detailed glossaries, appendices and index are included."--Publisher's description Herbs, both in the east and the west, have been the prime medicinal agent in traditional and holistic therapies.