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Issue 34:
August 2010

OBESITY - An Ayurvedic Perspective

Dr. (Sr.) Austin (Consultant Physician), Dr. Alice C.V. (Junior Doctor), Dr. Heera M.S., Amala Ayurvedic Hospital & Research Centre, Amalanagar, Thrissur - 680 555.

Ayurveda the ancient science of life has been able to throw ample light on the maintenance of a healthy and good life. Ayurveda provides a philosophy of life in the background of maintaining a good and healthy living. The chief aspects of this science are the preservation of health and prevention of disease. According to Ayurveda, human body is a combination of three essential factors, Tridoshas – Vatha, Pitta, Kapha. These factors are responsible for maintaining the integrity of human body. If these are in a state of equilibrium, a man will never suffer from any disease. There are seven dhatus which form basic structures of body cells - Rasa, Rakta, Mamsa, Medas, Asthi, Majja and shukra. Malas are substances which are partly excreted from human body after performing their physiological functions. In short, imbalance of these bodily elements causes disease.

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Eat right - the Ayurvedic way

Dr. Vani. G. Puranik BAMS,
Dip.in Dietetics and Human Nutrition (Gloucester, UK)

The act of eating is life giving. The process of eating, according to Ayurveda, is something reverent and important for the development of consciousness as well as our physical health. Charaka samhita quote “the distinction between health and disease arises as the result of the difference between wholesome and unwholesome diet” When thinking of eating right what we usually go for dietary advice. Dietary advice is all about what to eat and what not to eat. Ayurveda tells not only what to eat but also when to eat and how to eat taking ones prakruti into consideration.

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Understanding Adverse Drug Reactions -
An Ayurvedic View

Dr. Sushant Sud, M.D Final Year,
Dept of Rasashastra, S.D.M. College of Ayurveda, Udupi

Adverse reactions are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and can affect adherence to treatment schedules and increase the risk of resistance and relapse of the disease. The treatment of ADRs imposes a largely unrecognized, but considerable, financial burden on health care due to the need for hospital care or other medical interventions.

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Journey to Vanamoolika:
Love-Labor & Determination

Paul Penders, CEO & Founder, Paul Penders Group.

I am now in India, actually in Vanamoolika which is a story like no other. It is a heart-warming story about Ayurveda and one built on love, labor and determination.

I desperately want to know more about Ayurveda. At Vanamoolika I also stumbled on a great story about women that any woman in the world wants to know. Vanamoolika is an organization run entirely by women. All money go to women and their families. Only women are in charge of all operations. Vanamoolika is a community place initiated by a catholic priest some 20 years ago in a rural area of Kerala State in Southern India.

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Onion: A power house of Ayurvedic cure

Staff Reporter

Onion and garlic belong to the oldest known medicinal plants, rich in trace elements, minerals, and sulfur. Remedies using onion date back to 3000 B.C.E. Ayurvedic practitioners prescribed onion for cancer and leprosy. Onion stimulates the production of saliva and digestive juices.

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Sneha Kalpana v/s Liposomal theory of Drug Delivery. Supremacy of Ayurveda

Dr. Neetu Singh, Dr. Anand Chaudhary
Department of Rasa Shastra (Ayurvedic Pharmaceutics), Faculty of Ayurveda, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Ayurvedic dosage forms are very exclusive in its pharmaceutics and therapeutics. Sneha Kalpana is a group of products of medicated taila and ghee, used for treating very wide range of diseases among patients of all age groups. Liposomal system of drug delivery is a new invention in conventional system of medicine. This system is also covering a high degree of objective of therapeutics at different targets successfully. There is a very distinctive similarity between these two on account of their aqueous and oleaginous origin.

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SPICE TALK:
Need of Examination and Uniform Standardization for Ancient Medical Science

Dr Raakhee Mehra BAMS, MD, PhD*

At present modern medical science believes only in evidences and when the World Heath Organization has clearly recognized the utility of Ayurveda system of medicine to fulfill the worldwide health today. Constant re-examination of theory of facts and self reevaluation are the essence of science. This is very essential in order to establish the accuracy and usefulness of the persistent ancient medical science. Each study in this context, has to propose with aiming to achieve true sense of the original text of ancient medical science.

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Global Ayurveda Market

A premium column about international requirements in Ayurveda / natural products and raw materials.

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