Table of Contents

Introduction. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: What Maharishi Ayurveda Offers to Clinical Medicine. 2. The 'Consciousness Model' of Medicine. 3. Foundations of Maharishi Ayurveda's Approach to Physiology and Anatomy. 4. Pathogenesis and Diagnosis. 5. Diet and Digestion. 6. Ama - Toxic Build-up in the Physiology. 7. Active Ingredients, Free Radicals, Antioxidants, and the Herbal Pharmacopeia. 8. A Practical Application of the Consciousness Model: Transcendental Meditation. 9. The Effect of Emotions and Thinking on Health. 10. The Rhythms of Nature. 11. Purification Therapies: Maharishi Panchakarma. 12. Physical Exercise. 13. Women's Health: Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics. 14. Ayurvedic Treatments for Common Medical Conditions with Case Studies. 15. Vedic Approaches to Health. Appendices. Appendix I: Pronunciation Guide. Appendix II: Resources. Index.

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Comprehensive guide to the foundations and principles of Maharishi Ayurveda, drawing on the latest scientific research into its efficacy

About the Author

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.

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Praise for the first edition:

'Contemporary Ayurveda offers a well-organized, impressively-documented introduction to current Ayurvedic practice. Sharma and Clark are to be congratulated for their superb description and analysis of Ayurvedic research. Healing arts practitioners seeking to understand Ayurvedic principles and practice will find this text to be an excellent starting point.'
*Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine*