In Ayurveda, there are huge gaps between knowledge and its practical application. The book identifies these gaps to provide a new perspective on Ayurvedic wisdom in light of contemporary scientific advances.

Translational ayurveda: Transforming the micro science into macro medicine - the medicine for masses.- Ayurvedic fundamentals : Inferring the ancient dictums in light of current needs.- Food principles of ayurveda: Can food be a medicine?.- Ayurvedic perspectives of sleep: Implications in health and disease.- Preventive and promotive health care principles of ayurveda: from individual to community health.- Ayurvedic Pharmaceutics : from growers to consumers.- Ayurvedic Pancha karma: is it only bio cleansing or a potentially radical therapy?.- Ancillary practices of Ayurveda and their concurrent usage.- Ayurvedic methods of clinical examination and diagnostic techniques: Can they add to the existing art of clinical examination?.- Ayurvedic psychiatry : Indian thoughts on psyche and its diseases.- The art of prognosis in ayurveda : interpreting the cues to a logical derivations.