According to tradition, the system of medicine called Ayurveda was founded in the Himalayas several thousand years ago, and from there spread throughout the sub-continent of India and beyond. The present work is a distillation of an authentic Himalayan tradition, represented by the teachings of the late Vaidya Mana Bajra Bajracharya (Dr. Mana), a hereditary Newari Buddhist priest, scholar and practitioner of Ayurveda, and author of over 40 books on Ayurveda in both Sanskrit and English.