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'''Yogic Treatments and Natural Remedies''' is a book published in Jamalpur (India) by the philosopher and social reformer [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]]<ref group=note>Giani Zail Singh, seventh president of India has said about Sarkar: "Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar was one of the greatest modern philosophers of India. (Inayatullah, 2002).</ref> aka Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (1921–1990).<ref group=note>Between 1955 and 1990 the author wrote in English, Bengali and Hindi. He wrote in the name "Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar" when treating sociology, economics, philology and various other subjects, and in the name ""Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti"" when focusing on spiritual topics. Many of his books he gave as dictations; others were compiled from his discourses, some of them in small pocket-books.</ref> The volume (with 150 pages in the last edition of 2004) was originally published in Bengali with the name of '''''Yaogik Cikitsa'''''. Dedicated to the late Sarat Chandra Bose was released for the first time on 1957.<ref group=note>On ''Kárttikii Púrńimá'', i.e. the [[:wikipedia:full moon]] day of the [[:wikipedia:Hindu|Hindu]] [[:wikipedia:lunar month|lunar month]] of ''Kárttika'' (October–November).</ref>

The book contains 41 chapters, each corresponding to the name of a different disease and presenting various ''Yaogika'' methods of treating the various [[:wikipedia:illness|illness]]es. As stated by the author in the preface, the purpose of the book "is to let people cure themselves by practising the ''[[Ásana]]s'' and ''[[Mudra]]s''.." describing "along with the ''Ásanas'' and ''Mudrás'', a list of some free or inexpensive and easily-available, but proven and useful remedies, as well as the methods of their application..".{{sfn|Sarkar|1957|p=3}}  

According to the author "The object of the art of [[:wikipedia:healing|healing]] is to cure a patient, both physically and mentally. So the question is not the advocacy of any particular school of medical science, but rather the welfare of the patient".{{sfn|Sarkar|1957|p=3}} According to Sarkar [[:wikipedia:disease|disease]]s can be cured through natural methods: yogic exercise using [[:wikipedia:water|water]], proper [[:wikipedia:diet (nutrition)|diet]], [[:wikipedia:Herbalism|herbal remedies]], [[:wikipedia:sunlight|sunlight]] and air. Some of the herbal recipes included in the book are quoted on [[:wikipedia:scientific journal|scientific journal]]s.{{sfn|Verma|Jain|Katewa|Dec. 2009|p=503}}