Ayurvedic herbs have reached the mainstream of American health care. Now two experts teach you about the earth's oldest healing system.
Introduction
Understanding Ayurvedic herbalism can keep you well. With the knowledge you are about to share, you can achieve balanced health. And balanced bealtis van be a priceless gift. Imagine a time in the near future when you're free from sickness, when you haven't been bothered by even a sniffle or a rash for a long, long time. Ayurveda helps that future become a reality. Both authors are living proof of the power of natural medicine. We've seen thousands of patients regain vibrant health, and we're not alone. An entire new generation of natural medicine therapists is transforming the health care systern in America. They are using ancient techniques, from around the world, right alongside modern ones, These are hopeful signs at a time when future health conditions are reported to be harsh. Amid a rising wave of oddball bugs and scary epidemics, resistant to the best of conventional medicine, dread is running high. We are sure you, like other Americans, want to know what you can do to protect yourself- not only against an unknown future of infectious disease, but the degeneration, aging and daily irritations that undermine the quality of our lives. You are likely hungry for answers that offer promise. If the conventional treatments on which you have relied are failing you, there is no better investment you can make in your future than to learn and incorporate practical Ayurveda. In this book, we will make the rich, historically potent herbal traditions of India useful and constructive in an everyday way for everyday people. Michael Tierra, L.Ac., O.M.D., A.H.G., is one of the founders of the North American natural health movement, and was one of the first acupuncturists to be licensed in the United States. He began his herbal and natural healing studies in 1968, while living in a community in the Klamath National Forest in northern California. There he learned the wild forest plants and healing ways of the Karok and Yurok Indians. Starting in 1970, Michael studied and apprenticed with Norma Meiers and Dr. John Christopher in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and began his Chinese medicine and acupuncture studies with Efrem Korngold, Foon Lee Wong and Mariam Lee in San Francisco. Soon his studies channeled into practicing and teaching in San Francisco. Additionally, he began studying Ayurvedic medicine and yoga with Baba Hari Dass, which later precipitated his move to Santa Cruz, California. In 1976, Michael started the first holistic health school in Santa Cruz, The Garden of Sanjivani, where he was the director and teacher in residence. Michael Tierra's work spread and he began writing for numerous publications and teaching at many schools, including Norma Meiers' Herb School in Vancouver, British Columbia, The California School of Herbology, Heartwood College, Esalen Institute, American Herbal Academy, Santa Barbara Center for Holine Studies, Antioch University and Ojai Institute. Later he authored the nationally acclaimed herbal books, The Way of Herbe, Planetary Herbology, and The Natural Remedy Bille (co-authored with John Lust). His East West Comesponden Comuner in Herbolegy has educated a generation of herbalists, Ayurvedic medicine in India for three months and Chinese medicine and During those times, Michael received his .A. and N.D. credentials, studied Herbal Symposium, in 1979, he received a distinguished achievement award as a herbology in China for one and a half months. At the internationally recognized Master Herbalist from Dr. Christopher. in In 1989, Michael Tierra founded the American Herbalists Guild, an organization whose goal is to establish standards for the professional practice of clinical herbal medicine in the United States. He received the degree of Orientad Medical Doctor (O.M.D.) from the San Francisco College of Acupuncture 1987. Subsequently, he was part of the first group from the United States to study herbal medicine in China. He is co-founder of the American School of Botanical Medicine, and The East West College of Herbalism, which is recognized as an accredited professional herbal college in the United Kingdom. Each year, în the spring, Michael and his wife, Lesley, travel abroad to teach at the East West College. Michael still lectures throughout the world. Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa is an herbalist, nutritionist, yoga teacher and educator. He has been making natural healing approaches palatable to the modem mind for over thirty years. His students find extraordinary benefits and reprieve from a vast range of health concerns by making these principles part of their lives. For the first thirty-two years of his career, he was the herbal apprentice of an Ayurvedic master, Yogi Bhajan. It has been his good fortune to have been involved in the American renaissance of modern herbalism, and particularly the introduction of Eastern ideas, from its beginning in the 1960s. His interest in natural healing techniques developed because, as a child growing up in Oregon, he had a rare, serious disorder, and several serious illnesses. As a young adult, he studied a wide spectrum of physical and mental health care therapies from all over the world, and was successfully healed. He focused especially on Ayurvedic medicine and on the therapeutic value of yoga, meditation, and other studies of consciousness. Khalsa is the author, editor or contributor to over 30 books on natural healing topics. He co-authored Herbal Defense (Warner Books), an exciting book for the popular market, on the use of herbs for staying healthy in modern times, and Body Balance (Kensington Publications), a guide to healthy body chemistry. With over 1,000 articles in publication, he is a frequent contributor to mainstream and professional publications in the natural healing field, and is a contributing editor for Let's Live, The Herb Quarterly, Better Nutrition, Herbs for Health and Great Life magazines. Khalsa was the founder of Seattle's first multidisciplinary holistic clinic.
Acupuncture & Acupressure (197)
Gem Therapy (23)
Homeopathy (513)
Massage (22)
Naturopathy (429)
Original Texts (220)
Reiki (59)
Therapy & Treatment (171)
Tibetan Healing (131)
Yoga (43)
हिन्दी (1087)
Ayurveda (3168)
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