A Sinhala-language handbook of Ayurvedic treatment by P. Nagoda Vithana, written for readers who want to understand household remedies in the terms traditional medicine itself uses. The text is entirely in Sinhala, with no English translation, so reading knowledge of the language is needed.
The book works from the three humours — vata, pitta and kapha — and sets out what causes each to become aggravated and the times at which such aggravation occurs. From there it covers the many complaints that follow from that imbalance, describing the medicines used to treat them and the methods by which the condition is identified. The approach throughout is practical: recognising the signs of an ailment and knowing what should be done about it, explained in plain terms rather than technical ones.
Published by M. D. Gunasena & Co., a Sri Lankan house publishing in Sinhala and English. It will suit readers of Sinhala with an interest in indigenous medicine, and households that keep a reference book of this kind to hand.
- Author: P. Nagoda Vithana
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: Sinhala
- ISBN: 9789552111006
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