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June 23, 2013
Change the Definition of Health and Your Approach
What is your definition of health? When are you really healthy? You should no longer think of health as being one dimensional—as just pertaining to maintaining physical (body) health. You are not just a physical body. Health, as defined in conventional terms, has to be redefined. You must take into account all the components constituting the whole being. Collectively all the components work together to create balance in an individual. According to the Ayurvedic medical system, balance for eac...
June 18, 2013
Natural Remedies for Arthritis
Arthritis in two words is joint inflammation. However, the word arthritis is widely used to describe diseases that cause stiffness, swelling, and pain in joints. In its severe form, arthritis is perhaps the most debilitating disease and cause of disability for people 65 and older. The most common form of arthritis is the degenerative joint disease, which is also known as osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis is basically deterioration of joint cartilage with age, more severe in Vata body type. The ca...
May 31, 2013
Preventive Care: You Are Your First Doctor
Wouldn’t you agree that no one person on this planet cares more about you than you? Even if the health care system provided disease prevention, health promotion, education to keep both mind and body healthy, and excellent disease management capabilities, you would still need to be your first doctor. Unfortunately, today we do not have a good health management and preventive care system; thus, it is even more important for you to be your first doctor.
What I am saying is that no matter how good...
You Are Your First (Preventive Care) Doctor
Wouldn’t you agree that no one person on this planet cares more about you than you? Even if the health care system provided disease prevention, health promotion, education to keep both mind and body healthy, and excellent disease management capabilities, you would still need to be your first doctor. Unfortunately, today we do not have a good health management and preventive care system; thus, it is even more important for you to be your first doctor.
What I am saying is that no matter how good...
May 4, 2013
Women’s Health and Ayurveda
The goal of Ayurvedic medical system is to maintain your health throughout your life through suitable diet, lifestyle, detoxification, and balancing and rejuvenating natural foods, spices, and herbs. However, wrong foods, wrong lifestyle, living with anxieties and stress can take a toll on your body systems. Generally, as we age, Vata energy in all of us increases. Increase in Vata means body becoming colder, drier and lighter (anxious, nervous, insecure). Women in particular experience this...
March 27, 2013
What is an Ayurvedic consultation?
The initial Ayurvedic consultation could last 90 minutes or more. During the first Ayurvedic consultation, the complete focus is on you. Who you are, what makes you unique, and why you have symptoms, if any? In fact, unlike doctor’s visit, you can and should visit Ayurvedic practitioner without any symptoms. The goal here is health promotion and disease prevention.
During the consultation, an Ayurvedic practitioner will:
Uncover your unique mind-body constitution
Discover your health history and...
March 16, 2013
Why Do I Get Allergies and What Herbal Remedies to Use?
Why do I get allergies? According to Ayurvedic medicine, not everyone is susceptible to getting the same allergies. 
Why, because everyone has different and unique mind-body constitution (find yours below). Plus allergies tend to flare up even more at certain time of the year, because increase of certain energies in the nature impacts your nature.
Allergies are body’s immune system overreacting to the foreign substances. Mental or physical imbalances both weaken the immune system. A weakened im...
March 8, 2013
How is an Ayurvedic Practitioner Different from a Doctor?
A good Ayurvedic practitioner and a doctor have one thing in common- both must be patient, good listeners, and understand you. However, the similarity ends here. Doctor has a different approach to health. In a typical visit, doctor spends about 15-20 minutes. His primary focus is on your disease symptoms and how to remove them. In this short time the cause of the disease is never discovered or eliminated. So the symptoms come back, perhaps more severe than before. You again go through the sam...
March 5, 2013
Daily Inspirations
It is myprivilege to share “daily inspirations”to inspire wellness in your life. The following inspirational thoughts have emerged over the years from reading philosophical and scientific literature, practicing Ayurveda, and of course from observing real life situations. The following pragmatic daily inspirations are subtle but super “food” for your intellect. I hope, these daily inspirations will increase your mental capacity to understand nature’s ways and will support you...
February 23, 2013
Incredible Veggie for Weight Loss and Diabetes: Bitter Melon
Bitter melon, also known as bitter gourd, is a vegetable widely used in Asia, Pacific Islands, and South America. Bitter melon, as the name suggests, tastes extremely bitter and little bit pungent. Its fundamental benefit is- it slows down your aging! So how does this bitter tasting vegetable keep you fit and younger looking. It happens because of its three incredibly important effects on your body:
Detoxifying: helps you get rid of toxins
Increasing Digestive Fire: facilitates digestion of hea...
