Turmeric: The Ayurvedic Spice of Life - Paperback

by Prashanti Dejager MS (Author)

If I had only a single herb to depend upon for all possible health and dietary needs, I would without much hesitation choose the Indian spice turmeric. There is little that it cannot do in the realm of healing and much that no other herb is able to accomplish. Turmeric has a broad spectrum of actions, mild but certain effects, and is beneficial for long term and daily usage. Though it is a common spice, few people, including herbalists know of its great value and are using it to the extent possible. It is an herb that one should get to know and live with. "Turmeric, the Ayurvedic Spice of Life", should be part of the library of every herbalist or anyone interested in plants and spices. Turmeric is indeed the spice of life. It carries the energy of life to our entire being and connects us to the beneficent forces of this conscious universe in which we live. It is also perhaps the most useful, and certainly the most commonly used Ayurvedic herb. Turmeric is a good place to start studying and using Ayurveda and a good herb with which to take a new lease on life. Dr. David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri) Author, Yoga and Ayurveda: Self-Healing and Self-Realization, Ayurvedic Healing

Author Biography

After receiving an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and being on a PhD track in Electrical Biophysics there, Prashanti de Jager moved to India in 1990 and has lived there 10 out of the last 20 years sitting at the feet of a many great Advaita Saints and Tibetan Lamas. He studies and practices various Vedic Sciences including Advaita, Yoga, Ayurveda, Vastu Shastra and Jyotisha. Pioneering Organics and Biodynamics in India he has co-founded the herb companies Ayurveda Organics, Om Organics and Organic India which won the award for the Most Socially Responsible Company in the entire Natural Products Industry as it supports over 200,000 people in India to live in sustainable organic biodynamic fair trade havens. He worked for several years on the board of the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine and is presently on the editorial boards of 'Light on Ayurveda Journal' and the 'American Herbal Pharmacopoeia.' He has taught numerous courses from Yoga Teacher trainings in Europe, North America and India, to Ethnopharmacology classes at the Mayo Clinic and U Conn Med School, to Panch Karma at the Rishikesh College of Ayurveda and Ayurveda at the Vedic Vidya Institute. He has consulted and designed herbal products for many companies including Christy Turlington, watched the well-acclaimed books on Vedic topics that he authored be translated into 12 languages and has published dozens of articles and herb photographs in magazines like Yoga Times, Yoga Journal, LA Yoga, Light on Ayurveda. See www.prashantidejager.com for more information.