Herbology and Dietary Treatments of Ayurveda 

- Nov. 224th to Dec. 1st, 2019

Course Outline:

Part 1: Using food as medicine (ahara chikitsa)

• Balancing Vata with food and eating habits
• Balancing Pitta with food and eating habits
• Balancing Kapha with food and eating habits
• Variations for kapha-vata, pitta vata, kapha-pitta, etc

Part 2: Principles of Ayurveda Pharmacology (drava guna)

• Type of herbal substances (dravyas)
• The 20 gunas (qualities of herbal substances)
• Tastes and energetics of herbal substances: rasas, vipak, veeya, prabhav
• Actions of herbal substances: Karma

Part 3: Treatments for imbalances of dosha, dhatu, mala (Shamana Chikitsa)

Specific herbs to balance:

• Prana, udana, apana, samana, vyana vayu (vata)
• Panchaka, ranjanka, bhrajaka, sadhaka, alochoka pitta 
• Kledaka, avalambaka, bodhaka, tarpaka, shlesshaka khapa
• Manda, tikshan, vishama and sama agni
• Prana, tejas and ojas 

Dietary and herbal treatments for: 

• The respiratory system (prana vaha sroto)
• The digestive system (anna vahu sroto) 
• The water system (Ambu sroto) 
• Conditions of the lymph (rasa sroto & dhatu)
• conditions of the blood-liver-speen (rakta sroto & dhatu)
• Conditions of the muscles (mamsa sroto & dhatu)
• Conditions of fat tissue (meda sroto & dhatu)
• Conditions of the joints and bones (ashti sroto & dhatu) 
• Conditions of the nervous system (meja sroto & dhatu) 
• Conditions of the reproductive system male/female (shukra/Artava sroto & dhatu) 
• The colon (purisha sroto)
• The sweat glands (sveda sroto)
• The urinary system (Mutra sroto) 

Daily Schedule Times

Costs

US$750 for the 8-day workshop

Terms and conditions

Includes Accommodation for 8 nights, certification for 55 hours of study (30 hours of small group training, 15 hours of self study) and discussion by Khabir twice a day.   Price includes a private private room with an attached bathroom, an evening dinner on the first day and breakfast on the last day. The course also includes an herbal shopping tours, handouts, room cleaning service, lectures by guest speakers, access to Panchakarma treatments at reduced rates, close-by shopping and entertainment.  

* Textbooks required: Ayurvedic Herbology East & West: A Practical Guide to Ayurvedic Herbal Medicine (on Amazon) and Ayurvedic Medicine for Westerners: Clinical Protocols & Treatments in Ayurveda (Volume 3) (on Amazon).

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