Kidney Dialysis: A Solution or a Problem? Can dialysis replace the function of healthy kidneys or does it worsen the damage? Chronic kidney diseases such as diabetic nephropathy, nephrotic syndrome, kidney stones/renal calculi, polycystic kidney disease (PKD) weaken the physiology of the kidneys. Such kidney diseases render the kidneys with inefficient filtration of waste from […]
What is a fatty liver? An unhealthy build-up of fat in the liver is known as fatty liver or hepatic steatosis. Liver processes and filters the toxic substances from all that you eat/drink. Now, if fat is > 10% of liver’s weight, it interrupts the natural functioning of the liver. How does Ayurveda treat fatty […]
Are You Aware that Liver Cirrhosis Ranks as Twelfth Leading Cause of Death by Disease at the global death scale!! Each Year approximately 27,000 deaths occur due to this ailment. Liver Cirrhosis has been found more common to occur in men than in women. The Liver is an important organ of human body and has […]
Do you know Ayurveda has recommended the use of Leeches in the treatment of diseases? Yes, it’s true. It might sound strange to you at first but this method has been used extensively to bleed out impure blood out of the body sing ages. According to the Ayurveda, leeches have been used for the treatment […]
Bitter Melon has been associated to reduce vitiated Kapha and pitta dosha in Ayurveda
Amla (The Indian Gooseberry) – Ayurveda’s Wonder Fruit
Ginger: A fragrant kitchen spice used widely in cooking and its popularity as a food, a spice, a flavor and as herbal medicine speaks for itself.
We all are sustaining a life that is a gift of the fire within us. Yes, you have read it right. A living life supporting fire exists within our body that governs the energy cycle inside us. Energy is crucial for all life-sustaining activities. We are living as we can convert the food molecules around […]
Food is essential for our survival. Whatever we eat is what we derive energy from and this energy is used for the performance of life supporting activities in our body that include movement, speech, thinking, seeing, hearing etc. Every single action and reaction performed at any level, will consume some amount of energy that has […]
