Words: Drs Maya A GANDHEA, Sagar Rajendra WAGH & Shruti Prakashrao DANDALE Ahara [food] is thought to be one of the pillars of life, because it controls physiology and keeps all body functions in synchronisation. Food as nutrition boosts the dhatus and provides numerous health benefits. The infamous pitta, possibly derived from food materials, is
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Our sleep-wake cycle and full day-night functions are regulated by a smart, resident inner bio-clock that drives us all. What propels our bio-clock has mesmerised generations — right from the days of philosopher-scientist Aristotle. Yes, the working of the bio-clock is apparent not only through the process of our sleep-wake cycle, but also the
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Taylor Stevens was a sickly child who grew into a wiry adult prone to colds and illness. But despite — or, perhaps because of — his weakness, Taylor had always aspired to be an athletic star. His particular goal was to run the New York Marathon — and, finish near the
Words: Dr Barbara ETCOVITCH Drosera rotundifolia is the world’s only carnivorous plant, i.e., a plant which behaves almost like an animal. It is found in boggy places where it overpowers, smothers and decomposes insects by exuding drops of acrid, viscid liquid. Drosera is predominately a cough remedy, especially whooping cough, but offers much more because
Words: Dr Narayan C DESHPANDE This is, doubtless, the most significant aspect of homeopathy. It takes you to the central theme — what homeopathy is and how it differs from conventional Western, or allopathic [modern] medicine. Homeopathy looks at symptoms as being the idiom, dialect, or language, in which the body, in illness, speaks to
Words: Dr Julian JONAS Harry [not his real name] is an Asian-Indian, going on 80, who became my patient about a year ago. Since he lives over 9,000 miles away, we have not actually ever met in person. But on the suggestion of a relative who is also a patient of mine, he requested a consultation via
Words: Dr Richard FIRSHEIN Andrew Jenkins was an irrepressibly buoyant six-year-old boy when he first came to see me. He had been to the emergency room [ER] four times in the past year because of his asthma. Like most kids, his favourite foods were pizza, hamburgers, and ice-cream. He was a very finicky eater who
Words: Dr B C JANA & Dr Ajay Kumar SRIVASTAVA The universal law of life states that anything that takes birth [utpatti] gets developed [vikas] and, in the end, ceases [laya]. Human beings are no exception to this law. Ayurveda is basically a health manual of mankind. It deals exclusively with protection of life, health,
Words: Dr Joette CALABRESE They say silence is golden, but I’m pretty sure they didn’t mean laryngitis, epecially during cold and flu season when laryngitis can add insult to injury. Generally speaking, laryngitis that accompanies an acute respiratory illness is not particularly serious, but, yes, it’s annoying. Keep in mind, however, that today we are
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Millions of people worldwide are subject to some form of disease. Besides, millions today have developed a ‘weakness’ to gulping down tranquillisers and sleeping pills, anti-arthritic drugs, antacids, and beta-blockers for high blood pressure, a common malady. In the same breath, one could also relate to the growing incidence of diabetes
