Ayurveda

In Ayurveda, copper drinking vessels are suggested for the dinacharya (daily rituals) of the yogi, as well as the material of choice for items of complex rituals and pancha karma.
This study may indicate why:
A study found that copper fittings rapidly killed bugs on hospital wards, succeeding where other infection control measures failed.
In the trial at [...]

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Current science is a funny thing.
In the Western model, it is by definition the apex of what we currently know and less than what we will know in the future. Yet, it is accepted as the “final truth” in the moment.
It may be helpful as confirmation, but never as final confirmation. More and [...]

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After the herb dust settled on last month’s JAMA article, I decided to write about this challenge to the business of Ayurvedic herbs, where lead, mercury, and arsenic levels have been detected.
The first thing to remember is that, alas, there is lead even in India’s spinach. I don’t think this is really about Ayurveda.
As our [...]

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Holy Moley.
Here is a study in the New Scientist that is just about as positive as can be.
“It can almost completely correct the measurable defects of the disease,” says Michael Caplan at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, US, part of the research team.
It doesn’t get any better than that, at least in mice.
Caplan cautions [...]

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In this video, two doctors on Medscape describe highly technical, mechanical and avant garde attempts to simulate valuable ancient analysis of complex pulsatile blood pressure.
When they speak of the benefits of accessing the wave interactions of blood flow and flowback from the entire arterial tree, I am reminded of Dr. Lad speaking of pulse [...]

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Here is an article in the New York Times where WAM (Western Allopathic Medicine) shows some preliminary evidence that the mother’s diet affects the gender of upcoming children.
the consistency of the trend offers an explanation for the small but consistent decline in the proportion of boys born in industrialized countries over the last 40 years, [...]

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Um, yeah.
We know this as pitta.
A study in The New York Times also says that spicier night time meals lead to higher body temperatures as well. WAM (Western Allopathic Medicine) doesn’t know why, but it’s basic to Ayurveda. Such usefulness is Ayurveda!
Renay

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On one side is scientific inquiry, with its breathtaking record of achievement and understanding. On the other side is complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), an umbrella term for remedies that are based on tradition and spiritualism, which receives heartfelt anecdotal support but little else to vouch for its efficacy.
I am still amazed at this debate. [...]

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Dr. Lad talked often about how much you can learn by looking at a person’s nails.
Diabetes, heart attacks, hyperthyroidism… it’s all there, with simple noninvasive rugna patrakam (physical analysis).

Now, Medscape has published a comprehensive article on this very subject, 40 some pages long, where the following are discussed:

Overall vitality;
Inner emotional state;
Cerebral dominance;
Occupations and hobbies;
Medical history;
Nutritional [...]

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