Words: Dr Divya SONALI & Dr Bijendra SHAH Ayurveda is not merely the science of life, but the science of longevity too. It deliberates on the purpose of good health and a long life by maintaining equilibrium in the doshas, dhatus, mala, and agni. It also deals with the ways of living in healthy ways.

Words: Dr Ambika P NAYAK Acharya Charaka defined Ayurveda as a discerning programme that expounds what is favourable and unfavourable for the welfare of all human beings: Hitaahitam sukham duham ayustasya hitaahitam | Maanam cha taccha yatroktam ayurvedah sochyate || Ayurveda is not only a medical science, it also a handbook of, and for, life.

Words: Dr Ambika P NAYAK Our modern diet plan quantifies food per gram — of the whole meal, or each composition, and overall calories for every meal. Ever wondered if there was a standard plan for every human being, including the apparently healthy individual? The fact is: people vary so much from one another with

Words: Dr Laura BROWN Everybody knows that consuming too much salt is bad for your health. But nobody ever mentions the potential impact of the other condiment in the cruet set: black pepper. Does it have an effect on your health? Certainly, people through the ages have thought so. Black pepper, the dried berries of

Words: Dr Ambika P NAYAK Rheumatoid arthritis [RA] is a common inflammatory [also, auto-immune] disorder. It primarily affects the joints and presents with symptoms of swelling, redness, and pain. It progresses to affecting the surrounding soft tissues, while leading to deformities of the joints and limiting movement. It can, in the course of time, affect

Words: Dr Sharayu S GAJAPURE & Dr Omprakash GULHANE  Lifestyle diseases occur primarily due to our skewed daily habits and inappropriate relationship with our environment. The key factors contributing to lifestyle diseases include bad food habits, physical inactivity and disturbed biological clock. This is why a healthy lifestyle ought to be adopted with a balanced

Words: Dr Ambika P NAYAK Water is the most indispensable, life-sustaining element for everything in nature — including us. It is the most basic need for survival. It is rightly said that water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. About 60 per cent, or more, of our body is made of water. Every physiological

Words: Dr Mohit SANDHU Ayurveda is one of the oldest of medical sciences with eight-plus canonical components and eighteen-plus specialities. Apart from the specialities, pain management is, by far, the most significant Ayurveda practice — for over 5,000 years. As an Ayurveda specialist, I practice Ayurvedic pain management with agnikarma and vidhikarma. Besides focused, also

Words: Dr Rahul BANSAL Unlike the allopathic — modern, or conventional — system of medicine, where the human body is considered a machine, which is nothing short of a reductionist approach, Ayurveda considers the human body as a continuum of nature with consciousness at its core. This all-inclusive percept, also precept, of Ayurveda and its

Words: Dr Ambika P NAYAK Your face is the index of your mind and smile the language that everyone understands. Achieving and maintaining good dental hygiene gives us a confident and healthy smile. Well, the causes of bad breath [halitosis], which only the other person would know, and not you, are manifold. It could be