The Way of Ayurvedic Herbs

Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa, D.N.-C., A.H.G.. R.C.. is an herbalist, nutritionist, yoga teacher and educator who has been making natural healing approaches palatable to the modern mind for over thirty five years. He was the herbal apprentice of an Ayurvedic master. Yogi Bhajan for thirty-two years, and is the only American to hold the title "Yogaraj" in Ayurvedic herbalism.

Khalsa was the founder of Seattle's first multidisciplinary holistic clinic. He is the author or editor of over 30 books, and, with over 1,300 articles in publication, is a frequent contributor to mainstream and professional publications. He served two terms on the governing council of the American Herbalists Guild. He is on the faculty in the botanical medicine department of Bastyr University, a top naturopathic medical school.

Karta Purkh Singh and his wife, Jagdish Kaur Khalsa, also a long time close student of Yogi Bhajan, live in Eugene, Oregon, where they share a home with their teenage daughter.

Michael Tierra, L.AC., O.M.D., A.H.G., is one of the founders of the North American natural health movement, and was one of the first acupuncturists to be licensed in the United States. He began his herbal studies in 1968, when he learned the wild forest plants and healing ways of the Karok and Yurok Indians. Starting in 1970, Michael apprenticed with a variety of natural healing experts. In particular, he studied Ayurvedic medicine and yoga with Baba Hari Dass. Later he authored many the nationally acclaimed herbal books, including the first two books of this trilogy, The Way of Herbs and The Way of Chinese Herbs. His East West Correspondence Courses in Herbology has educated a generation of herbalists. In 1989, Michael Tierra founded the American Herbalists Guild, with the goal of establishing standards for the professional practice of clinical herbal medicine in the United States.

Tierra lectures throughout the world. Each year, in the spring, Michael and his wife, Lesley, travel abroad to teach at the East West College.

Ayurvedic herbology is the ancient Vedic science of healing the body, mind and spirit. It is evidentially proven medicine that is traditionally accepted throughout India and abroad, the rasa (taste), virya (energy) and vipak (post-digestive effect) of the herbs are beautifully explained in the ancient texts. This book will give the light of Ayurvedic herbology to both the students and practitioners of herbalogy. -Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc., Ayurvedic Physician and the author of Ayurveda: Science of Self Healing

A superb work on healing with Ayurveda and Herbs by two of the most advanced masters in the field. Let their experience work for you. This is absolutely a must own book. -Dharma Singh Khalsa, M.D. www.drdharma.com, author of Food as Medicine