The area of Ayurveda known as Panchakarma is a comprehensive system of knowledge
and practices to purify the body of toxins and restore it to balance with
natural law. This book reflects the way the original text of Ayurveda, the
Charak Samhita, first presented this knowledge. The first section explores in
detail the principles which define Ayurveda as a science of life and health. The
second section delves more deeply into the Ayurvedic understanding and how to
treat it. This section begins with an elaboration of six stages of disease
formation and then systematically unfolds the knowledge of Panchakarma, the
science of rejuvenation.