Textbook of Ayurveda, Volume Two: A Complete Guide to Clinical Assessment

by Vasant Dattatray Lad, Yvonne Wylie Walston (Illustrator), Angele Werneke (Illustrator)

Teaches a systematic method for identifying the causes of illness and the stages in which a disease unfolds. This book presents principles and methods of assessment using a combination of the helpful Ayurvedic and modern techniques.

Genres: Health

416 pages, Hardcover

First published January 31, 2007

About the author

An Indo-American Ayurvedic Physician, Vasant Lad brought a wealth of classroom and practical experience in Ayurveda to the United States. A native of India, he served for three years as Medical Director of the Ayurveda Hospital in Pune, India. He was Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Pune University College of Ayurvedic Medicine for 15 years. He holds a Bachelor’s of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAM&S) degree from the University of Pune and a Master’s of Ayurvedic Science (MASc) degree from Tilak Ayurved Mahavidyalaya. Vasant Lad’s academic and practical training include the study of Allopathy (Western medicine) and surgery as well as traditional Ayurveda.

Beginning in 1979, he has traveled throughout the United States sharing his knowledge of Ayurveda. In 1984 he came to Albuquerque as Director, principal instructor and founder of the Ayurvedic Institute. Vasant Lad is the author of numerous books and respected throughout the world for his knowledge of Ayurveda. Vasant Lad is the author of 11 books on Ayurveda as well as hundreds of articles and other writings. With almost 500,000 copies of his books in print in the US, his work has been translated into more than 20 languages.

Reviews

[Meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr. Lad is amazing. Highly recommend reading volume 1 before diving into volume 2.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely useful reference tool for tough cases, but of almost 0 practical use to the general public.
It could definitely be quite significantly condensed, especially the diagnostic sections of the book to be made more useful as there is far too much information about conditions that would never be treated by an ayurvedic practitioner in the west.

Overall though it is a great read to brush up on you're general knowledge and revise your clinical assessment skills.

[Lucia · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are some errors in a book, but overall the best textbook available. I highly recommend it.

[C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vasant Lad's second textbook on Ayurveda gives a good overview on diagnosis and assessing doshic imbalances, with some great illustrations and charts. In many respects a fantastic textbook - well written and clear.

My only problem was that many times I found myself wishing he'd explain things in more depth. Lad often throws in diagnostics as he's explaining a concept, and then doesn't list them in one place to review, which makes it hard to remember where you found that nugget of info.

All in all a very good textbook on Ayurveda - a good reference for practitioners or lay people like me who are interested in the concepts of perfect health.

[Panda1602 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my go to resource book for Ayurveda. One of two volumes, it is an amazing book with clear concise charts, information and knowledge that has been written and carefully put together by Dr Vasant Lad clearly with the westerner in mind.

[Rohan Vinchu]

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