Aushadh Rahasya: The Secret of Ayurvedic Herbs and Disorders of the Mind

This book is very deep, comprehensive and clear. It might be not suitable for beginners when people just want to learn more about a diet and a ‘magic of doshas’. But is an excellent guide for the Practitioners, doctors or someone wishes to have a more deep knowledges about Ayurveda. Very good structured.

I have only moderate familiarity with ayurveda, so perhaps this is why I found the author's style just too obtuse for me. Presumably this book is written for Westerners, but it assumes that you understand Sanskrit terms and that you think with an "Indian mind." There is some good info here, but it was not a thorough text on using ayurvedic herbs to treat the CNS. It is much more general and references many organ systems without concentrating on the mind.

Aushadh Rahasya by Rodney Lingham is without a doubt one of the most complete and comprehensive contemporary works on Ayurvedic medicine. Unlike most shallow books on Ayurveda, this text covers a wide array of topics including an extensive discussion of disease diagnosis, food therapy, and herbal medicine. Aushadh Rahasya also includes an in-depth discussion on the important cross-pollination between Ayurveda and Yoga in relation to psychology including important ideas concerning Jyotish and its relationship to Ayurvedic Psychology, as well as the integral use of Yoga and Astrology in psychological therapies. Sections include: fundamental ideas on Ayurvedic diagnosis, Disease and Ayurveda, Food therapy , and a large section of Ayurvedic herbal formulas. Students, practitioners and teachers of Ayurveda will find this work a wonderful compliment to the important classical texts and will find novel insights which are rarely found in modern works on Ayurveda. I personally consider this to be the best introductory work on Ayurveda and encourage all students, teachers and practitioners to examine this work. Even seasoned practitioners will find gold within the pages of this work! Aushadh Rahasya raises the standard for contemporary texts on Ayurveda!

Es bastante extenso y profundo. Tanto en analisis, descripcion y tratamiento desde la medicina ayurvedica.