Ayurveda in Nepal
Edited by Alan Tillotson and Todd Caldecott, with Vaidya Madhu Bajra Bajracharya
The following is an excerpt from a recently published book Ayurveda in Nepal: The Teachings of Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya. The book presents a concise detailed outline including basic treatment details of an authentic tradition in Ayurveda, passed down from generation to generation over the last 800 years. More information about the book and the project to translate Dr. Mana’s other teachings can be found at www.ayurvedainnepal.com. This excerpt was printed with the permission of the editors.
In 1976, I was travelling in Afghanistan when I contracted dysentery and blood poisoning. I had lost close to 60 pounds and was facing death when the German drivers of my tour bus took me to meet a man they called a “miracle healer,” the Ayurvedic sage Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya of Kathmandu Nepal, known to his Western patients as Dr. Mana. Dr. Mana saved my life and I became his student. Recently, Dr Mana’s son Madhu, Todd Caldecott, and I completed a translation from Sanskrit and Nepalese of a summary of the 47 books on all aspects of Ayuvedic medicine. More about this book can be found on our website www.AyurvedainNepal.com.