Cancer: A Comparative Study Of Modern And Ancient Ayurvedic Thoughts About Pathology Of This Disease
August 13, 2019
Among the systems of cellular taxonomy, one divides cell types into the somatic and the reproductive. The commonality of all somatic cells is one marked by self-sacrifice and having a specific life span whose end witnesses the somatic cell leaving no progeny but having dedicated its existence to the support of germ cells
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Book Review: The Natural Health Matrix: Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds
July 05, 2018
The book is part memoir and part straightforward instructional text which adds to its readability and overall charm, which makes a potentially labored reading in fact a real delight. The book describes its author’s personal pilgrimage into Ayurveda and his explorations into its guiding principles and philosophies that came to change his own life in a revolutionary fashion.
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Book Review: Scientific Basis for Ayurvedic Therapies
May 30th, 2018
Arguably the oldest form of health care, Ayurveda is often referred to as the "Mother of All Healing." Although there has been considerable scientific research done in this area during the last 50 years, the results of that research have not – generally - been adequately organized or sufficiently disseminated.
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Book Review: Rasayana: Ayurvedic Herbs for Longevity and Rejuvenation
August 24, 2019
Rasayana (rejuvenation or revitalization therapy) one of the historic eight specializations within traditional Ayurvedic practice, although this least understood branch of this science, is becoming of ever growing interest.
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Book Review: Ayurveda Unmasked
June 16th, 2019
This is an important book that should be read by anyone concerned with the future of Ayurveda, although when I began reading this book I did so with a pre-existing bias: I disliked its title intensely. If something is to be “unmasked” that more than implies that it is wearing a mask, that it is presenting a false version of itself to the world, and hiding a true face that is unsuitable for public viewing or in some fashion unacceptable.
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Book Review: Ayurveda Revisited
December 16th, 2019
Today, however, Ayurveda in India does not enjoy the same status in the scientific world as it did during the years of Sushruta and Charaka.
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Book Review: Ayurveda for the Yoga Soul
February 02, 2021
Ayurveda has become a subject of renewed interest over past years, especially for students and teachers of yoga, Ayurveda’s “sister science.” Author Sonia Welch is a British yoga practitioner and teacher and Ayurvedic nutritionist and therapist.
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Book Review: American Veda - From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West
March 31th, 2020
American Veda - From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West by Philip Goldberg Three Rivers Press/Random House (New York 2010) “…In February 1968 the Beatles went to India for an extended stay
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Herb of the Season: Chandraprabha
July 28th, 2019
Chandraprabha (also called Chandraprabha Gulika and Chandraprabha Vati) is an Ayurvedic classical medicine used for the treatment of a very wide variety of diseases of kidneys, bladder, urinary tract, pancreas, bones, joints, and thyroid gland. It is also recommended in the management of diabetes, male and female reproductive issues and mental disorders.
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Ayurveda in Treating Cancer: 6 Herbs That Can Help Reduce Risks
June 07, 2020
With the recent report of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) planning to come together with the All India Institute of Ayurveda and the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences to delve deeper into the probability of treating cancer with Ayurvedic drugs, it brings a sense of hope to many who have been turning to Ayurveda for an alternative treatment. Ayurveda, as we all know, consists of many remedies that have been successfully treating various health problems of people for centuries.
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Ayurveda & the Treatment of Candida
March 16, 2020
Candida albicans yeast is a naturally-occurring intestinal inhabitant. Ordinarily held in check in a properly balanced intestinal biosphere, Candida infestation (Candidiasis) becomes a concern only when the intestinal population of beneficial bacteria are eclipsed by an overgrowth of this tenacious yeast. When present in a flourishing overabundance, Candida can enter the bloodstream via the enteric cycle and give rise to systemic yeast infection symptoms
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ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: Cautions on a Common Part of Aging
September 26, 2020
Every year around 75,000 Americans learn that they have atrial fibrillation (popularly known as AFib), the most common type of arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm. While the abnormal heart rhythm itself isn't generally serious, the abnormal blood flow and strain to the heart it may cause can result in serious medical consequences.
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