Hari Sharma, MD, FRCPC, DABHM is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Natural Products Research, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University; Chairperson of the Integrated Medicine Committee of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin; and has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Ayurveda by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Christopher S. Clark MD is a Clinical Psychiatrist and was Director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center at the Raj Health Resort in Fairfield, Iowa. He was a founding faculty member and Assistant Clinical Professor of Physiology at the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine, Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD is the founder and director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is a former Executive Director of the College of Physicians and Director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

• Introduction. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: What Maharishi Ayurveda Offers to Clinical Medicine. 2. The 'Consciousness Model' of Medicine. 3. Foundations of Maharishi Ayurveda's Approach to Physiology and Anatomy. 4. Pathogenesis and Diagnosis. 5. Diet and Digestion. 6. Ama - Toxic Build-up in the Physiology. 7. Active Ingredients, Free Radicals, Antioxidants, and the Herbal Pharmacopeia. 8. A Practical Application of the Consciousness Model: Transcendental Meditation. 9. The Effect of Emotions and Thinking on Health. 10. The Rhythms of Nature. 11. Purification Therapies: Maharishi Panchakarma. 12. Physical Exercise. 13. Women's Health: Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics. 14. Ayurvedic Treatments for Common Medical Conditions with Case Studies. 15. Vedic Approaches to Health. Appendices. Appendix I: Pronunciation Guide. Appendix II: Resources. Index.

Hari Sharma, MD, FRCPC, DABHM is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Natural Products Research, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University; Chairperson of the Integrated Medicine Committee of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin; and has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Ayurveda by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Christopher S. Clark MD is a Clinical Psychiatrist and was Director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center at the Raj Health Resort in Fairfield, Iowa. He was a founding faculty member and Assistant Clinical Professor of Physiology at the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine, Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD is the founder and director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is a former Executive Director of the College of Physicians and Director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

• Introduction. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: What Maharishi Ayurveda Offers to Clinical Medicine. 2. The 'Consciousness Model' of Medicine. 3. Foundations of Maharishi Ayurveda's Approach to Physiology and Anatomy. 4. Pathogenesis and Diagnosis. 5. Diet and Digestion. 6. Ama - Toxic Build-up in the Physiology. 7. Active Ingredients, Free Radicals, Antioxidants, and the Herbal Pharmacopeia. 8. A Practical Application of the Consciousness Model: Transcendental Meditation. 9. The Effect of Emotions and Thinking on Health. 10. The Rhythms of Nature. 11. Purification Therapies: Maharishi Panchakarma. 12. Physical Exercise. 13. Women's Health: Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics. 14. Ayurvedic Treatments for Common Medical Conditions with Case Studies. 15. Vedic Approaches to Health. Appendices. Appendix I: Pronunciation Guide. Appendix II: Resources. Index.

Hari Sharma, MD, FRCPC, DABHM is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Division of Cancer Prevention and Natural Products Research, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University; Chairperson of the Integrated Medicine Committee of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin; and has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Ayurveda by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Christopher S. Clark MD is a Clinical Psychiatrist and was Director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center at the Raj Health Resort in Fairfield, Iowa. He was a founding faculty member and Assistant Clinical Professor of Physiology at the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine, Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. Marc S. Micozzi, MD, PhD is the founder and director of the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He is a former Executive Director of the College of Physicians and Director of the National Museum of Health and Medicine.

• Introduction. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: What Maharishi Ayurveda Offers to Clinical Medicine. 2. The 'Consciousness Model' of Medicine. 3. Foundations of Maharishi Ayurveda's Approach to Physiology and Anatomy. 4. Pathogenesis and Diagnosis. 5. Diet and Digestion. 6. Ama - Toxic Build-up in the Physiology. 7. Active Ingredients, Free Radicals, Antioxidants, and the Herbal Pharmacopeia. 8. A Practical Application of the Consciousness Model: Transcendental Meditation. 9. The Effect of Emotions and Thinking on Health. 10. The Rhythms of Nature. 11. Purification Therapies: Maharishi Panchakarma. 12. Physical Exercise. 13. Women's Health: Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Pediatrics. 14. Ayurvedic Treatments for Common Medical Conditions with Case Studies. 15. Vedic Approaches to Health. Appendices. Appendix I: Pronunciation Guide. Appendix II: Resources. Index.