It is an easy-to-read, lavishly illustrated book that shows how it works. Ayurveda emphasizes daily nutrition habits and physical routines for maintaining health. The books explains how to tell identify individual physical type and then information on the practical regimens that are right for an individual, It explains ways to diagnose and treat many conditions yourself that might otherwise eventually require medical attention. And specific treatments are given for a variety of illnesses, with suggestions, for daily living, including nutrition, relief of stress, and detoxifying environmental pollutants.