Dr. Vasant Lad is a renowned Ayurvedic physician and teacher of Ayurveda who served as Medical Director of the Ayurveda Hospital in Pune, India, and as a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Pune University College of Ayurvedic Medicine. Founder and Director of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM, Dr. Lad is the author of a number of Ayurvedic books.