This book offers a new perspective on the practice of Ayurveda - not to replace our present understanding, but to complement it. This sytem is not new, but is a revitalized approach to Ayurveda. The author's thesis is that it is not constitution, as modern Ayurveda contends, but rather Seven Disease Tendencies which are fundamental to the treatment of disease. In fact, this approach is mentioned by Charaka, the father of Ayurveda, in his authoritative texts the Charaka Samhita.