This book is the first to make each verse of the Ashtanga Hridayam available to English speakers through transliteration, a word-for-word translation, and a translation of the verse in full. Also this book provides the commentaries of the Acharyas for greater illumination. International students will be empowered by this invaluable text.

Treatise on Ayurvedic medicine; portion of Aṣṭāṅgahr̥daya.

"Ayurveda: A Quick Reference Handbook is an excellent addition to the library of any Ayurvedic student or practitioner, and is written in a clear style for beginners. It summarizes all of the basic Ayurvedic knowledge in beautiful charts that make finding the information for reference easy. Yoga, Jyotish and Vastu included in the same book expands the vedic resources for Ayurvedic students." - Cynthia Copple, Dean: Mount Madonna College of Ayurveda; President: Lotus Holistic Health Institute

In Ayurveda, the Indian system of medicine, most of the herbo-mineral drugs are prepared by repeated incineration of metal or its salt with herbal extract/juices, and taken orally in small amount with honey, ghee and butter milk so as to enhance their bioavailability as well as potency to treat the disease. ÏvÁsa-KÁsa-CintÁmani Rasa is mentioned in many texts and is used in bronchial asthma since many centuries by our Acharyas. Yogendra Rasa is another formulation that is used in the treatment of developmental disorders in children. This book contains the details of the clinical trial and experimental study that was performed as a part of doctoral level research work at Banaras Hindu University to evaluate the effect of these formulations among the pediatric population.