Doshabhediya Adhyaya: Vagbhata's Sixty-Two Ways the Doshas Go Wrong, the Three Rogamargas, and Why Ashtanga Hridaya Numbers Health as the Sixty-Third

The short version Most of the Ashtanga Hridaya describes. The twelfth chapter of the Sutrasthana, Doshabhediya Adhyaya, counts. Having spent...

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Trikatu, Pancakola and the Five Pancamulas: Vagbhata's Herb Groups in Ashtanga Hridaya Sutrasthana 6

The short version Halfway through Sutrasthana chapter 6 of the Ashtanga Hridaya, Vagbhata stops describing single ingredients and starts describing...

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Phala Varga in the Ashtanga Hridaya: Draksa the Best of Fruits, Lakuca the Worst - the Ripeness Clock of Mango and Bilva, the Madhura Gallery and the Salt Shelf's First Crown

Quick Summary The sixth chapter of the Ashtanga Hridaya’s Sutrasthana — the Annasvarupa Vijnaniya Adhyaya, Vagbhata’s great food ledger —...

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Taila Varga: The Ayurvedic Science of Oils in the Ashtanga Hridaya (Tila, Eranda, Sarsapa and the Sneha)

Quick Summary Long before anyone bottled a “cold-pressed” oil, the old Ayurvedic physicians had already read the whole oil shelf...

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Anjali Pramana: The Body Measured by the Handful in the Sushruta Samhita, Ashtanga Hridaya and Bhavaprakasha

Quick Summary Long before beakers, weighing scales or a single blood test, classical Ayurveda had already asked a strikingly modern...

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Milk, Curd, Buttermilk and Ghee in Ayurveda: The Kshira Varga of the Ashtanga Hridaya (Dugdha, Dadhi, Takra and Ghrita)

Quick Summary No cupboard in the Indian kitchen has been studied as lovingly by the old physicians as the one...

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