AGNI
Life-span, complexion, strength, health, enthusiasm, corpulence, luster, immunity, energy, heat processes and vital breath-all these depend on body-fire. One dies if this fire is extinguished, lives long, free from disorders…
THE TRIGUNAS
Just as the Doshas are the essential components of the body, the three Gunas –Satav, Rajas and Tamas – are the three essential components, emotions of the mind or energies of the mind. Ayurveda provides a distinct description of people…
immune-system
The Immune SystemA recent addition to the canon of Western medicine is psychoneuroimmunity (or PNI). It studies the effect of stress on the immune system and reflects a fact which…
KARAMENDRI
Karam’ means work ‘Inderiya’ means limb, thus Karamendri means, organs of body that work. The name of karmendriya includes the entire structure and functional mechanism of that particular organ. The function of a…
Principles of Ayurveda
Principles of Ayurveda Introduction Ayurved is a holistic system of health care that teaches us to balance energies in order to achieve optimum health and well being. Deviating from the known…
PANCHMAHABHUTA
Panchmahabhuta According to Ayurved everything in life is composed of the Panchamahabhutas – Akash(Space), Vayu (Air), Jal (Water), Agni (Fire) and Prithvi (Earth). Omnipresent, they are mixed in an infinite variety of relative proportions such that each form of matter is distinctly…
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