The history and texts sections were a bit tedious, but was necessary for completeness. This seems a more advanced book for people with a strong history and education in health and natural practices, and is a great resource for natural, ayurveda practitioners.

Vata, Pitta, Kapha, the main constitution of individuals for Ayurvedic medicine plus mixed one types. Sixteen types of psychic constitutions. Pathologies and diseases and much more.
Thanks to this book another great reality published by Llewellyns, you will discover your vital points, the physiology of the body, and what you want to discover and much more that you couldn't imagine existed in nature also in term of spirituality.

Llewellyns Complete Book of Ayurveda by Hans H. Rhyner in online and physical bookstores will give to the reader all the necessary knowledge for discovering an alternative way of healing very known and with a great reputation: the Indian Ayurvedic holistic medicine.
We all know the profound spirituality of indians.
This art, the art of healing, will embrace not just a body approach, but a spiritual, psychological approach.

The Ayurvedic science has always been shared and never kept secret to common individuals so that everyone can enjoy and afford the powerful knowledge.

Considered like the mother of medicine it mustn't be treated like a Bible. It's a great reading the knowledge of our body, our mind and our spirit but there is not a definitive answer or perfection


This book offers great explanations and advice for many important topics including a daily healthy habit, an ethical life, purificatory treatments, medical astrology. You will know in fact that any zodiac sign is associated at some specific part of the body and that this part of the body (or these organs, they can be more than ones) is stimulated more than other organs and so the one that can fall sick with more simplicity.

Enjoy this book and discover much more of yourself, you body, your spirit!

I thank NetGalley and Llewellyns Publishing for this ebook.

I don't believe I received the entire book. With that said, this book is not for the 'casual observer.' One would definitely need a strong Ayurveda/yoga background before diving into this tome.

Great comprehensive resource on Ayurveda, though not sure it is easy to understand for a variety of different user levels like those at a library. There is some complex terminology and descriptions, a bit overwhelming for beginners but will be a great resource for those already familiar.