Garbhotpatti in the Bhavaprakasha: The Ayurvedic Understanding of Conception, Shukra-Shonita and the Forming of the Embryo (Garbha)

Quick Summary Long before anyone had seen an egg, a sperm or a chromosome, the physicians of classical India sat...

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Rajasvala Paricharya: The Bhavaprakasha's Classical Ayurvedic Care of Menstruation (Rtumati and the Garbha Prakarana)

Quick Summary For most of human history, the monthly rhythm of a woman's body was met not with a tampon...

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Garbhini Paricharya: Ayurvedic Pregnancy & Conception Care in the Charaka Samhita Sharira Sthana (Garbhadhana, Garbha Sanskar, Garbhasthapana & the Month-by-Month Regimen)

Quick Summary Garbhini Paricharya — the classical Ayurvedic care of the pregnant woman (Garbhini) — is one of the most...

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