Crying is the only expression a small baby has for various needs. Crying may denote discomfort which may be of too much heat or cold or the nappy or other clothes are not comfortable or the air in the room
There are two major kinds of pains: physical and mental. Both are caused by vikriti or imbalance at physical and mental levels. Mental pain can give rise to physical and vice versa. The constant imbalance gives rise to the formation
Charaka said The root cause of the derangement of all is unrighteousness or adharmsa. That arises from misdeeds from a previous life or this life, but the source of both is pragya aparadha (intellectual error) [unrighteousness]… When the heads of
To benefit from Ayurvedic wisdom, it is important to understand the concept of karma. The process of karmic evolution is widely misunderstood and misinterpreted. The results of previous karma are taken into account rigidly, and a deterministic attitude is made
In the scriptural tradition of Ayurveda, the details about women’s ailments do not occupy a leading position. The woman is highly venerated as sexual partner and for progeny and there is abundant information available on these two themes. However, about
In the Vedic tradition we knew since eternity about the value of health and importance of preserving our senses, mind and body until old age. Gradually, the wisdom about health and healing was made into a separate Veda or fifth
Can we hope that we make Ayurveda our main system of medicine and allopathic system only for emergencies? Can we think beyond BAMS and on real Ayurveda which is attached to mother earth, our rivers, our trees, our grasses and
by exercising restraint with the science of yoga. Yogasana and pranayama are highly sophisticated and scientific systems which invigorate each and every internal part of the body and provide us stillness of mind. According to the World Health Organisation, in
I have stated above that diabetes is the disease caused by deformation of agni or digestive fire or metabolism. Agni is disturbed due to bad quality digestive secretion caused due to kapha vikriti at specific places. We have been provided
We have lost our habits of eating multiple grains, variety of other ingredients and foods in their natural form. Our cuisine used to be natural and healthy and we ate according to space and time (desha and kala). We need
