| Conquering Chronic Disease Through Maharishi Vedic Medicine by Kumuda Readdy MD With Linda Egenes.Conquering Chronic Disease: In this excellent, timely, well-organised and thoughtful booker Reddy presents Maharishi Vedic Medicine as a complete science, with a very clear and thorough exposition of the theoretical foundations of Ayurveda (doshas/subdoshas, dhatus, gunas and their states of balance, stages of disease, routines, agnis/ama/ogas and shrotas), examples of how chronic disease develops and an explanation of the practical applications of all the elements of Maharishi Vedic Medicine. There is a good glossary of Vedic terminology and links for further information.There is an interesting forward by Jay Glasser, MD medical director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre at the Lancaster, Massachusetts where these programmes have been applied for 12 years on more than 6000 patients. Paperback, 314 pages. |