Ayurveda is both a science of life and a system of medicine. In each of these
aspects it emerges as an integral science whose objective is to treat the person
as a whole. This handbook is intended as the first in a series of course books
on Ayurveda which can be utilized with great profit by the assiduous student of
Ayurveda, the medical practitioner or the specialist as well as the average
layperson who wishes to lead a harmonious life in tune with nature.