Language: EnglishPages: 150About the BookThis book is about how I perceived Ayurveda. The aim is to explain Ayurveda with an integrated perspective. As a subject of health, it should not be a masquerade forever. A candid presentation is the recent need of Ayurveda. The book is for the new generation who learn Ayurveda and is about how it should be looked at in the modem period. It is explained with the support of all the philosophies on which Ayurveda is based. The importance of mind body concept and the need of Photochemistry in Ayurveda syllabus also is emphasized. About the AuthorDr. K A Latheef is a senior Ayurvedic practitioner since 1986. He had graduated both in Botany and Ayurveda from Farook College, and Vaidyaratnam P. S Warier Ayurveda College, Kottakkal respectively, under the University of Calicut, Kerala. Distasting the orthodox philosophical explanation of health and disease in Ayurveda he started learning it analytically. According to him the 5000 years old concepts in a medical syllabus deprived the rights of the so far scientifically educated students to know the developing health science. He debated on the need of exploring Ayurveda applying contemporary knowledge. This book is a reflection of those experiences. PrefaceAttuned to the principles of M other Nature, Ayurveda is the 'Science of Health', fully portrayed by philosophy. One who wants to understand this science has no way than understanding those philosophies. Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom; it is the 'love of wisdom'. The philosophies on which Ayurveda is based are briefed in the following chapters. Ayurveda waned and perhaps became stagnant in medieval and British Periods. Social stigma attached to blood, dead body or dissection among higher cast members played a m
