Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing[Hardcover]

Usha and Vasant Lad’s renowned cookbook now available in a full color hardcover edition! Illustrated with delectable photographs of the recipes throughout the book, this cookbook will inspire you to revisit your favorite foods and try some new ones as well. The hardcover edition includes all of your favorite tips and healing recipes from the original text, making it a book to be treasured for years to come.

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 of 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. This is a cookbook and much more.

From the kitchen of Usha and Vasant Lad come their favorite recipes. Passed along through both their families, these recipes are examples of balanced, tasty food from a long line of vegetarian cooking. Experience the health benefits of Ayurvedic cooking.

These important sections provide even more benefits from Ayurveda:
* Nearly 300 simple remedies for everything from 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

• The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies: Based on the Timeless Wisdom of India's 5,000-Year-Old Medical System
• Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing: A Practical Guide
• Textbook of Ayurveda, Vol. 1: Fundamental Principles of Ayurveda
• Marma Points of Ayurveda: The Energy Pathways for Healing Body, Mind, and Consciousness with a Comparison to Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Pranayama for Self-Healing
• The Everyday Ayurveda Cookbook: A Seasonal Guide to Eating and Living Well
• The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine
• Secrets of the Pulse: The Ancient Art of Ayurvedic Pulse Diagnosis
• Eat-Taste-Heal: An Ayurvedic Cookbook for Modern Living
• The Ayurvedic Cookbook