Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR  Exposure to toxic metals and other toxins, which is part of contemporary life, can lead to several health problems. This includes neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis [plaques in the brain and spinal cord], and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] and learning disabilities in children. Besides, it can lead

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Free radicals are harmful compounds released during inflammation, or infection. They may, as a result, cause heart disease, also cancer — and, affect our body in a host of ways. Is there a mode — to defuse the free radical effect? Yes, ‘go for’ antioxidants, viz., vitamin C, among other things.

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Colour therapy has been shown to be ‘effective’ on the physical plane — because, colour impacts all of us. The therapy also has the ability to affect our deeper planes — at the psychological and spiritual levels. Since our well-being is not merely a physical concern, it is now not uncommon

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR There is positive evidence on the influence of colour has on our mood, emotion, mental performance and wellness. It is, therefore, not without reason that the importance of colour therapy is being increasingly recognised in the symptomatic treatment of several health disorders. All of us know how colours affect our moods

Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV While watching the Winter Olympics, a few years ago, I got inspired to write an article about the personality characteristics of people who need the homeopathic Arnica montana as a constitutional remedy. I learned about the personality characteristics of Arnica montana from Dr Frans Kusse’s fascinating book, Homeopathic Types. I had

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Call it hypnosis, therapeutic hypnosis, or hypnotherapy, the whole idea triggers a sense of wonder and puzzlement in most folks. It isn’t either. It is essentially a condition, where the mind accepts suggestions ‘sculpted’ by the therapist. Most clinical hypnotherapists prefer to call hypnosis ‘a state of heightened suggestibility,’ a state

Words: Hiren Kumar BOSE I’ve been a farmer for over a decade-and-a-half now, but always eager to learn about plant chemicals, or phytochemical properties of plants, their fruits and flowers. In short, to determine whether their minerals could be harvested for plant nutrition. Over the years, I have also been able to identify certain phytochemicals while

Words: Dr Gauri ROKKAM We are all witness to a new, bludgeoning ‘epidemic’ — the epidemic of chronic degenerative inflammatory diseases. Heart disease, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, among others, are all on the upswing. While our existing medical system[s] may not have all the answers when

Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We all know that prevention of cancer is a top priority — not just for individuals, but also from the doctors’ point-of-view. To understand the idea we need to first begin with who gets cancer and how cancer probably starts, or originates. As we all know, molecular biology — which provides