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Most popular general introduction to Ayurveda, the alternate health science of India.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
False Science,
By Patrick Byrne "Shanti Monk" (Richmond, BC Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ayurveda: A Practical Guide: The Science of Self Healing (Paperback)
This book comes across as being written by a supporter of Big Pharmacy Companies: Use heavy metals for reasons that remain obscure and ildefined; Be Careful with vitamins and the vague implications of toxicity. As an alternative medical student, I just don't get it, and I won't get the book either. Caveat Emptor!
9 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Mad Medicine!,
By "andy7616" (Stamford, CT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ayurveda: A Practical Guide: The Science of Self Healing (Paperback)
This was my first introduction to Ayurveda despite studying yoga for several years. I cannot judge how faithful the instructions in this book are to true Ayurvedic medicine; regardless of that, this book makes some strange and potentially hazardous medical recommendations. Pages 143-144 recommend taking the heavy metal mercury to "enkindle the enzyme system...and regenerate the tissues." Page 143 recommends lead as a cure for several disorders including skin diseases and venereal disease. Neither of these recommendations are accompanied by a warning that modern medicine has clearly identified these two metals as being toxic to humans. While these metals are promoted without warnings about their toxicity, the author warns readers about the dangers of vitamin intake. On page 87, the author claims that overpresciption of vitamins to patients by Western physicians may cause them to suffer from "hypervitaminosis." Page 140 makes great claims about the curative powers of onions. It claims that when used as a nasal inhalant or as eye drops they will relieve acute epileptic seizures, reduce cholesterol, and serve as a heart tonic. Ouch...that stings even just thinking about it. If the preceeding prescriptions haven't deterred you from subscribing to this book's recommendations, then the following might. Pages 42-44 suggest drinking a cup of your own urine each morning in order to cleanse and detoxify your large colon.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
not enough emphasis on diet and constitutions,
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This review is from: Ayurveda: A Practical Guide: The Science of Self Healing (Paperback)
I would recomend it to people with very little knowlegde of Ayurvedic pratices, Lad could have elaborated on the concept of Prakruti (basic constitution) and Vikruti (current condition)a bit more. Especially taking into consideration diet and it's effect on the combination of the constitutions.
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