Dr. L. Eduardo Cardona-Sanclemente, DSc, PhD, MSc, is a certified ayurvedic doctor (NAMA, USA) with a master’s in ayurvedic medicine from Middlesex University, London, with more than 2,000 hours of internships at ayurvedic hospitals in India. He holds a doctor of science in physiopathology of nutrition from Sorbonne University, France. The author of Ayurveda for Depression, he holds a private ayurvedic practice and lectures nationally and internationally. He lives in both the United States and Europe.
Preface
Part I. What Is Ayurveda?
1 The Basic Principles of Ayurveda
2 The Ayurvedic Medical Treatises of the Charaka Samhita
and Sushruta Samhita
How Ayurvedic Founders Provide Timeless Wisdom
3 Three Universal Body Energies
Vata, Pitta, and Kapha
Part II. Present-Day and Ancient Approaches
to Our Bodily Functions
4 Being Overweight as It Relates to the Gut
How the Body Becomes Imbalanced
5 Meda Dhatu
An Ayurvedic Perspective on Adipose/Fat Tissue
Part III. Ayurvedic Body-Mind Constitutions
Prakruti, Vikruti, and Manas Prakruti
6 Prakruti
Your Body’s Constitutional Characteristics
7 Vikruti
Your Current Abnormal State
8 Manas Prakruti
Foundations of a Healthy Brain-Body
Part IV. Participants That Are Fundamental to Life
The Unfolding Language of Our Gut
9 Your Gut and Body Regulations
An Ayurvedic View
10 The Microbiome
A Modern Understanding of the Gut
Part V. Main Structural and Functional Organs
Players in Your Bodily Imbalance
11 The Adipose Tissue
The Visibly Guilty Actor
12 The Fascia
The “Fascia-nating” Invisible Living Strings
13 The Lymphatics
The Hidden and Efficient Janitor
14 The Vagus Nerve
The Master of Ceremonies
Part VI. Making Ayurveda Work for You
Rebalance via Proper Food and Diet
15 Beyond Simply Eating Less
Acquiring an Ayurvedic Mastery of Food and Nutrition
16 Ayurveda and Diet
Dietary Advice for Your Rebalancing Journey
17 The Future of Ayurvedic Modalities in the
Age of Epidemic Imbalances
Visualizing the Whole Picture and Taking Action
Appendix 1: Self-Evaluations
Appendix 2: Food Recommendations for the Three Doshas
Appendix 3: Self-Massage of the Lymphatic System
Glossary of Sanskrit Terms
Resources
Notes
Bibliography
Index
