商品簡介
Sharma (pathology, Ohio State U.) and Clark, a psychiatrist who taught at the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine at Maharishi U. of Management, introduce practitioners and students to the use of Ayurvedic medicine to treat chronic conditions and how it addresses the limitations of Western medicine. They detail the foundations and principles of Maharishi Ayurveda, research on its efficacy, and how it focuses on the root cause of disease, rather than just the symptoms, and the link between consciousness and medicine. They explain its approach to physiology and anatomy, pathogenesis and diagnosis, diet and digestion, toxic build-up, herbal pharmacology, daily routine, exercise, and women's health, in addition to purification therapies, the effects of emotions and thinking on health, and Transcendental Meditation. This edition includes specific treatments for 10 common conditions and has information on more general Vedic approaches for health and well-being. Distributed by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Hari Sharma, MD, FRCPC, DABHM is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Natural Products Research, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University; Chairperson of the Integrated Medicine Committee of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin; and has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Ayurveda by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Christopher S. Clark MD is a Clinical Psychiatrist and was Director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center at the Raj Health Resort in Fairfield, Iowa. He was a founding faculty member and Assistant Clinical Professor of Physiology at the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine, Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa.