Ayurveda recommends Varsha Ritucharya to counter the detrimental imbalances brought about by climatic changes during monsoons. During monsoons the digestive fire (agni) is weak. Throughout summer, Vata dosha accumulates in the body and vitiates agni even further affecting the digestive
Curcumin can enhance cancer cell death caused by a protein called ‘TRAIL.’ The IIT Madras team chose curcumin, the yellow part of the common turmeric that is used in daily cooking, as a sensitizer of TRAIL-resistant cancer cells to apoptosis.
Ashwagandha and Guduchi are the two most sought after Ayurvedic herbs these days. Let’s have some details again. In Ayurveda, Asvagandha, which means “smelling like a horse or mare” in Sanskrit, was used as an aphrodisiac and geriatric tonic and
Apart from medicinal use, these herbs can also be used for purposes like pest control, natural dyes, and formulation of food items, teas and perfumes among others IF Owing to fast paced world that we are living in, we are
Apart from medicinal use, these herbs can also be used for purposes like pest control, natural dyes, and formulation of food items, teas and perfumes among others. Owing to fast paced world that we are living in, we are getting
Marma abhyanga is an important treatmantal aspect of both disease prevention and disease treatment in ayurveda. It is useful to balance the doshas and increase Agni (digestive fire), for detoxification (Ama Reduction) as well as to promote energy (Vajikaran) and
Abdominal Pain Powder of ajamoda and saunf boiled in water and given lukewarm. A drink of the powder of jeera (cumin) and saindhav (rock salt) dissolved in water. Common Cold Juice of tulsi leaves given two to three times with honey. Sips of ginger juice and lime juice given with
No one can live without air as one can without water for a few days and without food much longer. Therefore, nature has surrounded us with air on all sides so that we can get it without any effort. We
Next to air, water is the necessity of life. We cannot live without it for more than a few days, just as without air we cannot live for more than a few minutes. Therefore, as in the case of the
With the growing simplicity of my life, my dislike for medicines steadily increased. While practising in Durban, I suffered for some time from debility and rheumatic inflammation. Dr. P. J. Mehta, who had come to see me, gave me treatment,
