Ayurvedic Cooking for Self Healing – hardbound

by Usha Lad & Dr. Vasant Lad

Newly revised in a beautiful format with over 100 inspired photos of foods and recipes. Hardbound

Ayurveda, the ancient healing art of India, teaches that food plays an essential part in one's health and sense of well-being. Here is an authentic guide to the Ayurvedic approach to food and tasty vegetarian cooking. The recipes are formulated using herbs and spices to help balance the constitution of each person. The effects of the foods on individual constitution is included with every recipe, together with the medicinal properties of many of the foods. There is an appendix for food guidelines for constitutional types that is most very complete.  This is a cookbook and much more.

Additional benefits from Ayurvedic wisdom include:

• Nearly 300 simple remedies for everything form the common cold and skin problems to stabilizing blood sugar in diabetics, all using familiar household herbs, fruits and vegetables.
• A chart for determining your individual constitution
• Comprehensive food guidelines for basic constitutional types
• A listing of the qualities of foods and their affects on the doshas

This book includes chapters on:

• The principles of Ayurveda and your individual constitution.
• Maintaining one's health, digestion and constitutional balance.
• The importance of proper food combining for optimal well being.
• Setting up an Ayurvedic kitchen and planning menus inclusive of every menber of your family.
• More than 100 recipes of delicious cuisine.

Hardbound 271 pages with a Glossary of terms and Index  Book is 10.5" x 8.5"