Useful information about Panchakarma and Ayurveda

The pancreas is located at the top of the abdomen behind the stomach. It produces enzymes essential for digesting food. Inflammation of this organ is called pancreatitis. According to Ayurvedic principles,...

In Ayurveda, cleansing the body is not about fasting or «detox for weight loss», but rather a programme for restoring digestion and metabolism. Its purpose is to remove…

In Ayurveda, oiling is called Snehana (Sanskrit for «oil,» «softness»). Internal and external oiling are distinguished. For internal oiling (Snehapana), clarified butter (ghee) is taken internally...

Virechana is one of the five main purification procedures (karmas) of Ayurvedic Panchakarma. It is a targeted cleansing of the lower gastrointestinal tract using herbal laxatives.

The word «shirodhara» consists of two roots: «shiro» — from Sanskrit «head», and «dhara» — «flow». This is both the name and an accurate description of the procedure: a continuous stream…

Basti is one of the five main purification procedures of Ayurvedic Panchakarma, cleansing the large intestine. In classical Ayurveda, Basti is performed by introducing therapeutic oily remedies into the rectum…

The thyroid gland is a small organ located in the upper part of the neck that regulates hormonal balance, metabolism, reproductive function, and a person's mental state. According to perceptions...

Ayurveda for digestion involves caring for the «digestive fire» (agni) through diet, lifestyle, and herbs: according to Ayurvedic principles, the strength of agni determines, among other things...

Ayurvedic preparations are traditional medicinal and preventive agents of Indian medicine: most often plant-based (less often with minerals or animal products), which an Ayurvedic doctor selects…

Ayurvedic diagnostics is the method by which an Ayurvedic doctor determines a person’s constitution and its current imbalance, in order to find not an individual symptom, but its cause. The doctor…

The ancient Hindu temple of Vadakkunnathan, dedicated to Shiva, stands in the very centre of Thrissur city in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Historians have not yet reached a consensus...

The Aruvikkara dam is the older of two dams on the Karamana River. It was built in the 1930s and is located near Trivandrum, the capital of the Indian...