Ayurveda: For Ayurvedic Consultants & Students : Student Textbook

Welcome to your journey into studying Ayurveda!

Whether you are a beginner into diving into the worlds oldest holistic health system, or have years of experience as a practitioner already, this textbook is for everyone to brush up on the basics and support you on the life-long journey of being a student of the science of Ayurveda.

An easy read for keen beginners, with ancient concepts broken down into simple to understand terms to make Ayurveda relatable for everyone. In this textbook the fundamental basics and foundational concepts of Ayurveda are covered, making your journey into the science and training as an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant as simple and as enjoyable as possible.

You will learn about principles that are unique to Ayurvedic medicine such as:

• The panchamahabutas, Doshas, saptadhatu, ojas and more
• Ayurvedic nutrition, diet and lifestyle as medicine for healing
• Symptom detection and pathways of disease development
• Panchakarma treatments and therapeutic procedures for disease
• Ayurvedic herbology, pharmaceutical preparations and herbal medicine
• Marma therapy in Ayurvedic medicine
• Natural Ayurvedic beauty treatments and remedies

Author Dr.Asghar and Co-Author Carina Jones, combined their expertise, skills, and knowledge of Ayurveda to create this textbook with you, the student, in our hearts and minds. We want learning about Ayurveda and making a difference to peoples health and lives to be one of enjoyment and fulfilment. With Dr.Asghar’s 20 years of experience as an Ayurvedic Doctor and medical physician from India, combined with Carina’s passion and devotion as an Ayurvedic Health Consultant in the U.K, you can trust you are in the best of hands. We combined our efforts across the globe to share with you this book to support you on your journey to learning about the wisdom of Ayurveda.

The Ayurveda Student Textbook is the supporting course material for the Ayurveda Lifestyle Consultant course at Greens Ayurveda, an Ayurvedic educational institute and authentic panchakarma hospital located in the heart of Ayurveda’s land in Kerala, India, founded by Dr.Asghar. This textbook can be used as supportive material throughout your training, for exam revision and post graduation. It can also be used if you are training as an Ayurvedic consultant on other courses internationally, or just have a general interest in Ayurveda and want to learn more about the mind-body science.