Ancient Ayurvedic Wisdom for Health and Longevity 

Be a wizard at using herbs to transform your life 

Did you know your kitchen can be a storehouse of magical remedies and potions? All you will need are a handful of herbs and they will revamp your everyday foods into powerful healers and elixirs! With plenty of color photographs and clear explanations, you will: 
• Learn about the medicinal values of herbs and plants and how to use them in your daily cooking 
• Access more than 100 ancient recipes from southern India for ready preparation at your next family meal or forthcoming dinner party 
• Know the most essential herbal tool kits that can be stocked in your kitchen and that are easily available 
• Explore the secrets of yoga that are rarely taught in modern classes 
• Discover the right food combination knowing which specific foods work best with specific herbs 
• Understand how to lose weight and bring out your aura with certain natural sugars and fats that are actually good for you 
• Spot those tropical fruits that are so healthy, they may even cure cancer 
• Achieve beautiful skin and hair with easy combinations of herbs and oils made in your own kitchen 
• Increase your sensitivity and intuition through proper diet and cleansing 

Also find out how to: 
• Improve your memory power through seldom taught daily yoga exercises 
• Subtly affect your state of mind with the secret geometry of kolam art 
Let Uma turn you into a magician in the kitchen by helping you create your own herbal concoctions. 

Uma Swaminathan holds a degree in cultural anthropology from Rutgers University, USA. She learned about gardening and herbs from her biologist and scientist father and mouth-watering, holistic recipes from her mother and forebears. A classical dancer and a prolific painter, Uma also has a private pilot’s license under her wings. 
In Colour.