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Ayurveda

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Ayurveda — What Ayurveda Is

• Health as life's root · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.15
• What the Science of Life Covers · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.41
• Body, Senses, Mind, Self · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.42
• Like Increases, Unlike Reduces · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.44
• Three Legs, One Person · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.46
• Three Ways of Healing · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 11.54
• Nothing Is Not Medicine · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 26.12
• Who Counts as Healthy · Sushruta Samhita, Sutrasthana 15.41
• The Physician Unlike Any Other · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 1.1
• Why Life Deserves Care · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 1.2
• One Root of Illness · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 1.19

Ayurveda — The Doshas, Agni and Ojas

• The Doshas of Body and Mind · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.57
• The Qualities of Vata · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.59
• Pitta's Heat and Its Counterweight · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.60
• Kapha and Its Opposites · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.61
• Agni, the Root of Life · Charaka Samhita, Chikitsasthana 15.3
• Eight Branches, Three Doshas · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 1.6
• The Clock and the Fire · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 1.8
• Natures Set at Conception · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 1.9
• Seven Tissues, Body's Wastes · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 1.13
• Ojas, Essence of Tissues · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 11.37
• When Vigour Wears Thin · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 11.39
• Vata's Five Currents · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 12.4
• Pitta, the Body's Fire · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 12.10
• Kapha's Five Homes · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 12.15
• Portrait of the Vata Nature · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sharirasthana 3.85
• The Fire-Born Temperament · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sharirasthana 3.90
• Kapha, the Moon-Like Build · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sharirasthana 3.96

Ayurveda — Food and Eating

• Foods that quarrel · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 26.81
• Place, season, fire, measure · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 26.86
• Examine, then eat · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 28.41
• Body and illness, one source · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 28.45
• What Decides a Meal · Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana 1.21
• The Way to Eat · Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana 1.24
• When and How to Drink · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 5.15
• The Measure of a Meal · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 8.1
• Three Harmful Ways of Eating · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 8.33
• Sitting Down to Food · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 8.35
• Foods for Every Day · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 8.42
• The Order of a Meal · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 8.45
• Leaving Room in the Stomach · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 8.46
• Six Tastes on the Tongue · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 10.1
• Sweetness, Strength and Excess · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 10.6
• What Sour Taste Does · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 10.10
• Salt and Its Measure · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 10.12
• Bitterness That Clears · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 10.14
• Pungency That Opens Channels · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 10.17
• The Astringent Taste · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 10.20

Ayurveda — The Day and the Seasons

• Rising Before Dawn · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.1
• Cleaning the Teeth · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.2
• Daily Oil Massage · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.8
• Exercise to Half Strength · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.10
• The Lion and the Elephant · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.12
• Rubbing Down and Bathing · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.15
• Food, Urges and Illness · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.19
• Reflection Before Sleep · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.47
• The Year That Takes · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 3.1
• Two Halves of the Year · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 3.4
• Winter's Hungry Fire · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 3.7
• The Colder, Drier Stretch · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 3.17
• When Spring Thaws Kapha · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 3.18
• Keeping Cool in Summer · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 3.26
• The Monsoon's Dimmed Fire · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 3.42
• Cooling After the Rains · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 3.49
• The Fortnight Between Seasons · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 3.57
• Urges Not to Hold Back · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 4.1
• What Holds the Body Up · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 7.52
• Sleep Tips the Scales · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 7.53
• Summer Naps, Late Nights · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 7.55

Ayurveda — The Mind and Good Conduct

• Healing Body and Mind · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.58
• How the Mind Shows Itself · Charaka Samhita, Sharirasthana 1.18
• Where Suffering Begins · Charaka Samhita, Sharirasthana 1.98
• The Fault of Wisdom · Charaka Samhita, Sharirasthana 1.102
• Two Endings of Pain · Charaka Samhita, Sharirasthana 1.137
• Yoga as the Still Mind · Charaka Samhita, Sharirasthana 1.138
• Remembering What Is True · Charaka Samhita, Sharirasthana 1.143
• The Person and the World · Charaka Samhita, Sharirasthana 5.3
• Conduct as Rejuvenation · Charaka Samhita, Chikitsasthana 1.4.30
• Happiness Rests on Dharma · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.20
• Good Friends, Ten Wrongs · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.21
• The Suffering as Oneself · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.23
• Kindness Even to an Enemy · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.25
• How to Speak Well · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.26
• Senses and the Middle Way · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.29
• The World as Teacher · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 2.45
• Urges Worth Holding Back · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 4.24
• Illness That Comes From Outside · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 4.31
• Portrait of a Healthy Life · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 4.36
• Change by Quarters · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 7.48

Ayurveda — Plants of Home and Temple

• The Nature of Milk · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 5.20
• Ghee, Best of Fats · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 5.37
• Honey, Sweet Yet Drying · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 5.51
• Sesame Oil Works Both Ways · Ashtanga Hridayam, Sutrasthana 5.55
• Dry Ginger's Many Names · Bhavaprakasha, Haritakyadi Varga 44
• Cumin, the Digester · Bhavaprakasha, Haritakyadi Varga 81
• Coriander, Grain and Parasol · Bhavaprakasha, Haritakyadi Varga 86
• Turmeric, Golden and Night-Named · Bhavaprakasha, Haritakyadi Varga 196
• Neem's Names and Nature · Bhavaprakasha, Guduchyadi Varga 93
• The Lotus and Its Names · Bhavaprakasha, Pushpa Varga 1
• Tulsi and its names · Bhavaprakasha, Pushpa Varga 62

Ayurveda — Rasayana Herbs

• Haritaki's Birth and Names · Bhavaprakasha, Haritakyadi Varga 1
• Amla, the Nursing Fruit · Bhavaprakasha, Haritakyadi Varga 38
• Triphala, the Equal Three · Bhavaprakasha, Haritakyadi Varga 42
• Long Pepper, Pungent Yet Cool · Bhavaprakasha, Haritakyadi Varga 53
• Licorice, the honey stick · Bhavaprakasha, Haritakyadi Varga 145
• Guduchi and Its Names · Bhavaprakasha, Guduchyadi Varga 3
• Shatavari, Heavy and Cool · Bhavaprakasha, Guduchyadi Varga 184
• Ashwagandha, the Strength-Giver · Bhavaprakasha, Guduchyadi Varga 189
• Brahmi, Herb of Learning · Bhavaprakasha, Guduchyadi Varga 279

Ayurveda — Stories

• The Ashvins, Physicians of the Gods · Rig Veda 1.116
• How Ayurveda Came Down · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.3
• The Sages Argue About the Wind · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 12.3
• Where Does a Person Come From? · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 25.1
• How Many Tastes Are There? · Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 26.3
• Atreya by the Ganga · Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana 3.1
• The Teacher and the Student · Charaka Samhita, Vimanasthana 8.1
• Dhanvantari in Kashi · Sushruta Samhita, Sutrasthana 1.1

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