“These examples provide stunning reminders that folk medicine, as mythical and unscientific as it may sound to modern researchers sometimes, may be well worth a good look in the lab.” Medscape.com As Ayurvedic Practitioners, we trust herbal medicine precisely because…
If it’s flu, Elderberry and Echinacea reduce duration and severity of symptoms
Its flu season! Did you know Echinacea and Black Elderberry work as effectively as Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) to shorten the duration and severity of flu symptoms, without the unpleasant side-effects of gastrointestinal upset (increased nausea and vomiting). Who needs THAT when…
could ancient remedies hold the answer to the looming antibiotic crisis?
Whole plant medicine, modern applications. #Ayurveda uses the synergistic wisdom of plants to heal suffering and cure disease – and has been doing so for eons. One researcher thinks the drugs of the future might come from the past: botanical…
in lieu of antibiotics
Ayurvedic medicine in lieu of antibiotics? “In the 4-hour-long operation, surgeons only used anaesthesia but no antibiotics before, during or post-operation recovery and only depended on ayurvedic medicines. The patient, Ojaswi Sharma, who is allergic to allopathic drugs, responded well to…
Ayurveda and chinese medicine, profound and sophisticated systems of healing
Ayurveda is as profound and sophisticated as traditional Chinese medicine and shares a great deal with it, particularly relative to the role of prana (chi in the Chinese system), with both viewing the human being as an intricate system of…