Popular oils and Arishtas produced by the major producers of Ayurvedic drugs in Sri Lanka.
Name of Medicine ................ Indication
1) Nawarathna Kalka Diarrhea - Abdominal pain, vomiting.
2) Buddaraja Kalka Cough - Breathlessness, Bronchial Asthma
3) Suranvidura Vati Worms - Irritable bowel syndrome
4) Seetharama Vati - fever
5) Siddhartha Thailaya - Paralysis, Muscular & Rheumatic pains
6) Sarvavishadi Thailaya- Boils abscesses, Ulcers, Skin ailments
7) Kapparavalli Syrup - Cough
8) Kumari Padma Thaila - Insomnia, Psychosis, Depression.
9) Sharkaradiya Kalkaya-Cough, Asthma. (Specially for children)
10) Rata Kalka -Cough, Blood Purification (Specially for children)
11) Dasamoola Arishtaya - Vata diseases
12) Draksha Arishtaya - Phlegm diseases
13) Pipplyadyasawaya - Phlegm diseases, Cough an Appetizer
14) Nimbarishtaya - Blood purification, Skin diseases
15) Yogaraja Guggulu - Arthritis and Pain.

Ayurveda has never been considered as a business. It was, always reckoned as a service to mankind, by healing hands, directed by a penetrative intelligence but nurtured by a warm heart.

Ayurved has effective cure of Chikun Gunia:
Dr. Mansuri. [2006-10-09 09:29:57 Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad]

Ayurvedic treatment effectively cures Chikun Gunia fever and it does not have side effects, says Dr. Sameer Mansuri, a city based Ayurvedic and Unani medicine practitioner.

Chikun Gunia is called Sandhijwara in Ayurved and its cure is panchathiktha Kashayam. Suggesting preventive measures he says that domestic preparations like ginger chutney karivepaku chutney or kothimeera chutney are very effective. Also ragi gruel (ganji) has to be taken either with milk or butter milk.

Things to remember Bharat Savur

Forgetfulness is mainly due to a disorganised and scattered mind that cannot focus or concentrate.

REMEMBER... to relax

We take our forgetfulness far too lightly. "Oh, I always forget my umbrella wherever I go," we grin. "I keep misplacing my keys. It's Freudian," we joke. "I've lost four mobile phones," we rue. Forgetfulness is due to nothing but a disorganised and scattered mind that cannot focus or concentrate.

The simple truth is: If you are interested in something, you will pay attention and remember. Not being interested weakens the mind and scales down your all-rounder skills. For example, if you do your job mechanically and uninterestedly, you waste your mind and life. There is nothing memorable in your drudgery. So, gradually, you train your mind to forget. Interest comes when you pay attention.

Rise to shine: Get out of bed in the morning as soon as you wake up. Don't laze, linger or loll. In training your body to be active, you train your mind to be alert.

If you give in to sloth, the mind roams restlessly into random thoughts and dissipates its energy. Reading something inspiring focuses the mind and fires it with a higher energy.

Act on goodness: Act as soon as possible on every good, positive thought. Not doing this makes the mind inactive. Every time you act on a good thought, you become more co-ordinated in thought and action, and your mind gets an enormous boost.

Relax to receive: Know that sleeping is not necessarily relaxation. You can wake up tired. But when you consciously and wakefully relax, you let go many negative things and preoccupations, and bring your mind to a beautiful, undisturbed and receptive state, expanding and enhancing its retentive quality.

Chant to relax: Sit straight-backed on a chair, head slightly raised, and neck slightly stretched. Chant `Om' deeply from your stomach along with a mantra for 30 minutes daily and you'll emerge a new person. Even during chanting, the mind will wander, reminding you of some task to be done, some insult endured. But after chanting, these thoughts won't agitate you, as you get a mastery over your emotions, which truly relaxes the mind.

Count to concentrate: Every day, the mind is bombarded with words, images and forms. This continuous inflow agitates and confuses it. You try to sit and concentrate; but you get off your chair, walk around, and drink a glass of water. You still cannot focus. To keep your mind from fidgeting, count 1 to 200 under your breath. You will experience interruptions like `I have to pick up fruits, the contract hasn't arrived,' etc; let them go.

Don't get into them. They disrupt your concentration. Force your mind to continue counting. As you become more proficient, count backwards from 100 to 1. The mind sharpens sooner than you expect.

Be stable to be able: Forgetfulness occurs due to an unstable, erratic lifestyle. The mind needs the disciplined infrastructure of a routine to function from. Pen down a broad routine, follow it and add smaller tasks. It's like the artist who adds small but significant details to his canvas to give it more depth and beauty.

Oxygenate the brain: Pencil in exercise-time. Walking, cycling and swimming are ideal. The strong movements of the legs improve oxygenated blood circulation to the brain. Research shows that brain cells starved of oxygen lower the level of intellect, reasoning and memory. A brisk 15-minute walk reduces neuromuscular tension. A relaxed brain retains information better and recalls things when you need them.

Banish alcohol and fats: It's important to know that excess alcohol `glues' red blood cells and clogs capillaries to cut off oxygen supply to the brain. Fats narrow the brain's blood vessels, stop oxygen from reaching the cells to cause not just memory-loss but life-threatening strokes as well.

After this elimination, the diet automatically becomes memory-friendly. However, Ayurveda helps us fine-tune further. If you have blinding flashes of anger, cut down spicy food. If you are prone to dullness, take more spices. Eliminate dry foods — biscuits, wafers, and breads. Have grounding foods — moist hot rice, dal, and soup. Cultivate a loving, stable home environment.

Ayurvedics recommend brahmi, a bitter-sweet herb as a mental tonic and memory booster. Recommended dosage: 500 mg to 1 gram twice a day. Rich in minerals, it relaxes the nervous system and stimulates the cerebro-vascular system.

Essentially, happy, interested and active people want to remember; depressed, indifferent and inactive people want to forget. It's a choice.

(The writer is co-author of the book, Fitness for Life.)

Ayurveda herb holds hope for heart patients
Kounteya Sinha
[ 28 Sep, 2006 0230hrs IST TIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

NEW DELHI: Ayurveda's wonder herb Ashwagandha has been found to prevent heart attack in rats.

In a series of pre-clinical animal studies conducted by AIIMS, researchers have for the first time demonstrated how Ashwagandha (withania somnifera) strengthens heart muscles, protecting it from an attack and significantly increasing its power of endurance and survival.

The herb extract has shown signs that it can stall Necrosis — accidental death of cells and living tissues caused during a heart attack.

It also stalls the harmful release of chemicals by cells that die by Necrosis causing damage to other cells.

The team, led by D S Arya, associate professor of pharmacology at AIIMS, is now planning to undertake human trials on 100 subjects — those who have suffered a heart attack once, those who are prone because they have hypertension and diabetes and those who have suffered stroke several times — to see if Ashwagandha extract provides them protection.

Therapy with Ashwagandha, also known as winter cherry, has been advocated for centuries by most of India's ancient systems of medicine, against illnesses like arthritic inflammation, insomnia, respiratory disorders, asthma, coughs and nervous disorders.

But the AIIMS study has, for the first time, revealed the herb's heart protective properties. According to researcher Shirish Ojha, rats were fed three doses of Ashwagandha extract for four weeks.

On the 29th and 30th day of the study, the rats were injected with two doses of a chemical called Isoproterenol (ISP) which induced heart failure.

Tests then revealed that the rats which were fed Ashwagandha extract survived longer. Subsequent blood tests and examination of their heart muscles under a microscope found that the rats that had received Ashwagandha prior to ISP injections had their heart muscles intact compared to rats that did not receive Ashwagandha extract.

The rats also displayed lower levels of inflammation. Arya told TOI: "Recently, we found how Tulsi protected heart against coronary diseases. Now, Ashwagandha looks even more potent. A year-long human trial, being planned, will show how effective it is on humans."

Common Culinary Spice Has “Roots” in Ayurveda:
Beverly Hills, Calif. (PRWEB) September 25, 2006 -- Many of today’s herbal remedies are far from household names: Arctic Root, Bladder Wrack, and Cat’s Claw. However, there is one herb with health and beauty benefits that is as close to you as your pantry: Turmeric. Derived by grinding the yellow, ginger-like roots from a small plant, native to India, into a powder or paste, Turmeric has a history of healing that dates back 5,000 – 7,000 years ago to the Vedic Texts that outline the practice of Ayurveda (the science of longevity). Here is a quick lesson on the healing, balancing and beautifying properties of this time-honored spice.

Sacred Turmeric and the Asian Culture
The Turmeric plant is sacred to the Himalayan Monks and plays an important role in their herbal rituals. In many Asian cultures, brides and grooms are anointed with Turmeric on their wedding day in order to balance their mind, body and spirit and prepare them for their new roles as husband and wife. In addition, mixing Turmeric with lime creates the distinctive red forehead mark of spiritual followers – the kumkuma. Turmeric is also added to the water used daily in the ritual ablution of the Deities and mixed with unpolished rice as an important offering during puja (prayer).

Turmeric and the Fight against Cancer and Other Diseases
Ayurvedic doctors have long used Turmeric as a medicine for treating diabetes, wounds/bruises, skin rashes, arthritis, bronchitis and liver problems. Today, Western medicine is discovering that this powerful spice also can help the body battle cancer. Recently, researchers at Detroit’s Henry Ford Health System found that the active ingredient in Turmeric, curcumin, can boost the cancer-fighting power of treatment with a naturally occurring molecule called TRAIL, which helps combat cancer cells. Other studies have found Turmeric to be as effective as hydrocortisone in treating cases of arthritis and acute inflammation – without side effects. Turmeric also has important antibacterial properties and is effective in killing Salmonella and E. Coli bacteria.

Common Culinary Spice Has “Roots” in Ayurveda:

Beverly Hills, Calif. (PRWEB) September 25, 2006 -- Many of today’s herbal remedies are far from household names: Arctic Root, Bladder Wrack, and Cat’s Claw. However, there is one herb with health and beauty benefits that is as close to you as your pantry: Turmeric. Derived by grinding the yellow, ginger-like roots from a small plant, native to India, into a powder or paste, Turmeric has a history of healing that dates back 5,000 – 7,000 years ago to the Vedic Texts that outline the practice of Ayurveda (the science of longevity). Here is a quick lesson on the healing, balancing and beautifying properties of this time-honored spice.

Sacred Turmeric and the Asian Culture
The Turmeric plant is sacred to the Himalayan Monks and plays an important role in their herbal rituals. In many Asian cultures, brides and grooms are anointed with Turmeric on their wedding day in order to balance their mind, body and spirit and prepare them for their new roles as husband and wife. In addition, mixing Turmeric with lime creates the distinctive red forehead mark of spiritual followers – the kumkuma. Turmeric is also added to the water used daily in the ritual ablution of the Deities and mixed with unpolished rice as an important offering during puja (prayer).

Turmeric and the Fight against Cancer and Other Diseases
Ayurvedic doctors have long used Turmeric as a medicine for treating diabetes, wounds/bruises, skin rashes, arthritis, bronchitis and liver problems. Today, Western medicine is discovering that this powerful spice also can help the body battle cancer. Recently, researchers at Detroit’s Henry Ford Health System found that the active ingredient in Turmeric, curcumin, can boost the cancer-fighting power of treatment with a naturally occurring molecule called TRAIL, which helps combat cancer cells. Other studies have found Turmeric to be as effective as hydrocortisone in treating cases of arthritis and acute inflammation – without side effects. Turmeric also has important antibacterial properties and is effective in killing Salmonella and E. Coli bacteria.

5 Truths About AyurvedaPosted on September 18, 2006

by Lindsay Fox






#1 Ayurvedic medicine is less effective.
Truth: It is true that this method of treatment calls for more patience and endurance. The effectiveness can be cited by this example.

Whenever there is a tear in a cloth or a hole in a pitcher, we intend to rectify it using the similar material that it is made of. Similarly any fault in human body also calls to be corrected by use of natural resources, as much as possible.

#2 Ayurvedic medicines are slow in showing results.

Truth: The irony lies with the delay from patient’s side. Most patients visiting holistic practitioners take their time in trying other systems of medicine so as to derive a faster result. This not only delays the effect of medicine, it also hampers the working of the drug. This is because the patient has either tried much more complicated and powerful combination of drugs, the effect of which needs to be neutralized first. Or in the mean time, his malady has substantially become deep rooted and taken chronic form. It may at times show to work slowly, but as the fable goes slow and steady wins the race.

# 3 Ayurvedic medicine has side effects.

Truth: Any side effect from medicine, of any therapy, may result from the misuse of drug, either in processing or in prescribing. As far as side effect or after effect is concerned, I believe time tested medicines are safer provided the former two factors are precise. The safety of Ayurvedic medicine and mode of treatment may be advocated in 3 pints.

1. In Ayurveda the very first principle in treating a disease is to do away with the basic cause, and also to see that no new ailment emerges as a consequence. A disease is eradicated from its roots.

2. Ayurveda insists that medicine be centered at the patient, than on the disease. The mind, body and soul are considered a tripod and medicine is prescribed for overall health augmentation.

3. Since Ayourvda deals with preparations mainly from herbs and natural resources, it is a harmless therapy with least or no side effects.

#4 Ayurvedic medicines are for older patients.

Truth: There is no known limitation in this form of treatment. It is equally suited to all age groups. Ayurveda could be considered a boon for children when their body system is yet tender and in process of immunity building. The natural products do not interfere with their body resistance and at the same time tends to be more safe and comforting.

#5 Ayurvedic medicines are just an alternative.

Truth: Ayurvedic system of medicine is incorrectly quoted as an alternate therapy as this has always been the most ancient and complete system of medicine. It’s been existing before the birth of other medical therapies. The word Ayurveda is itself derived from ‘Ayush’ which means life and ‘Veda’ which means science. There fore, Ayurveda is the complete science of life. It is a treasure to provide every individual a life full of health, vigor and vitality.

THE ROOT REMEDY

Ayurveda is fast becoming a lifestyle option worldwide. Little wonder, it’s poised for a quantum leap today with India waking up to the potential and benefits of this ancient system of medicine

Posted online: Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 0019 hours IST

Mend your mane

Hair loss can be treated with hypnosis, suggests recent research.
While hypnotherapy attributes hair loss to psychological reasons, Ayurveda holds our modern lifestyle and diet responsible for it. One of the chief causes of hair loss is increased pitta, due to excessive intake of tea, coffee, alcohol, fried, spicy and oily foods, meats and too much of smoking. The primary step of the treatment thus is to balance pitta by regulating your diet.

Ayurveda’s Triphala Emerging as Cancer Fighter
One of the commonest and cheapest of Indian ayurvedic medical formulations - Triphala - is now emerging as one of the most potent anticancer agents.

This is the conclusion of scientists from a number of prominent research institutions in India as well as abroad,

Special ayurvedic herbal medicine for HIV infected children
Express News Service

Pune, August 8: The Rashtriya Shikshan Mandal (RSM) and the Ayurved Rasshala (AR) will be preparing a special ayurvedic herbal medicine that will be standardised and tested to increase the CD4 count levels of 50-odd HIV infected children of Manavya Sanstha, at Bhugaon.

Ayurveda Courses and Training
There is a four-and-a-half-year degree course in Ayurveda -’Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery’ (BAMS). For admission to the degree course, one must have Biology, Physics, and Chemistry at the Plus 2 level.
Listed below are 10 Universities, which offer ‘BAMS’ in India. Admission to this degree course is through admission test and interview.
n Amravati University - Maharashtra
n Baba Farid University of Health Science - Punjab
n Benaras Hindu University - Varanasi, U P
n Berhampur University - Ganjam, Orissa
n Calcutta University - Kolkata
n University of Delhi - Delhi
n Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar University - Agra, UP.
n Gauhati University - Gauhati
n Gujarat Ayurveda University - Jamnagar, Gujarat
You can take the one-and-a-half-year diploma course in Ayurveda from Gujarat Ayurveda University, University of Pune and from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.
You will have to contact the universities directly for further details before selecting an institute.
If you have any queries, you can email them to Kallol Dutta at: dkallol@sify.com

Ayurveda: A panacea for chronic ailments
Hindustan Times - India
Ayurveda is an ancient Indian medical science, which specialises in treating chronic diseases. It also aims to maintain a healthy body, mind and spirit. ...

Breastfeeding Prevents Diabetes in Mothers
The most interesting and convincing finding in this study was the reduced risk of acquiring diabetes attributed to the length and intensity of breastfeeding. Each year of exclusive breastfeeding was associated with a greater diabetes risk reduction than a similar duration of breastfeeding if babies received supplementary formula as well...

Degree course in Ayurveda
Kolkata, June 28 (PTI): In view of the growing demand for traditional Indian medicine, a four-year degree course in Ayurveda would be offered by the prestigious Jadavpur University (JU) for the first time in eastern India.

The course, which would be the second of its kind in the country after Gujarat, would be offered by the Bengal Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (BIPS) in joint venture with West Bengal Health Department under a public-private-partnership formula.

Announcing this Prof Biswanath Sa, Head of the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology, JU, said that the university would provide the academic direction for the degree couse in B.Pharm (Ayurveda) and the state government the infrastructure support at the premises of the State Pharmacopoeial Laboratory and Pharmacy of India Medicine at Kalyani in Nadia district.

He said that the Kalyani campus besides having a drug testing laboratory has modern and sophisticated equipment, an ayurvedic medicine-manufacturing centre as well as a medicinal plant garden.

Speaking on the occasion the CEO of BIPS, Subir Pal said that the institute would train graduates in the preparation of ayurvedic drugs.

In the first year, 60 students would be selected through the joint entrance examination for the new course. The course is being offered in view of the growing demand for Indian herbal medicine all over the world.

India currently exports Rs 450 crore of herbal drugs which has the potential of growing to Rs 3000 crore within a short span of time, Pal said.


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Do You Have Diabetes And Not Even Know It?

One-third of U.S. adults -- that's 73 million people -- have diabetes or its precursor, impaired fasting glucose, according to research.

A breakdown of the numbers shows that 19 million Americans have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and one-third of them do not know they have the disease.

Another 26 percent of Americans have impaired fasting glucose, a form of pre-diabetes in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Along with an increased risk of diabetes, impaired fasting glucose raises a person's risk of heart disease.

Based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in the nation rose from 5.1 percent from 1988-1994, to 6.5 percent from 1999-2002. When the 2.8 percent of undiagnosed cases is added in, the researchers said that a full 9.3 percent of the population has diabetes.

The researchers pointed out that type 2 diabetes is often preventable by following a healthy diet and exercising.

What are the precautions you should take to keep yourself away from Diabetes?
Ayurveda has provided right answer to this.
In fact this is the theam of our Best seller e-book "Ayurvedic Cure of Diabetes"

young children should be exposed to the ayurvedic philosophy

Personally.I believe that Ayurveda and meditation should be taught in our
public schools as a general course like math or grammar. If you start our
children young, like maybe 5th grade by the time they graduate high school
it would be commonsense like proper hygiene. I believe that preventive
medicine is the only way to stop suffering in this world. Preventive
medicine is the golden ring in Ayurveda and it doesn't take a genius to
understand it. It is nothing more then commonsense once you see it, smell
it, taste it, hear it and feel it. You don't need a dentist to tell you to
brush your teeth if you want to keep them, and you don't need a doctor to
tell you how to be healthy. Can you imagine growing up knowing your Prakruti
and what Vata, Pitta and Kapha are? Suppose your parents feed, and raised
you to support your Prakruti. If the whole world lived this way we would
live a much better life's. People would be happier, more productive and
generally more supportive of our fellow human beings.

As soon as you start saying that you need a license to tell your children
how to be healthy you open the door for commercialism and greed, and you
take the natural order out of equation. Ayurveda was born from nature and
should remain as such. You don't need massive schooling to understand your
personal nature; a little guidance and meditation on you true nature and you
will know more then any doctor could ever tell you. I believe it is the
responsibility of every Ayurvedic physician to teach their clients how to be
their own independent body mind and soul caretakers ..

Noel Gilbert
Counselor
Body, Mind & Soul
LifeStyle Counselor
Ayurveda - Herbalism
Nutrition - Medical Astrology

Indian And Chinese Doctors Join Together To Prove The Efficacy Of Herbal Drugs

India moots more regulations on Ayurveda and Yoga
Geneva, May 29 (UNI) - With Ayurveda and Yoga going global in a big way, the Indian government is enforcing more effective regulations on Indian systems of medicine to meet the domestic and international standards.

From January one next year, all the manufacturers of Ayurveda and Unani medicines should display a true list of all ingredients used in each and every drug, AYUSH Secretary Vijay Singh, who was here in connection with the 5-day-long World Health Assembly, organised by the WHO, told UNI.

''Regulation, safety and information are our first priority so that Indian systems of medicine could thrive at its purest form.

There must be a level of regulation and safety norms which are accepted by the modern medicine,'' he said.

Mr Singh said the Indian systems of medicine remained unregulated all these years. However, regulation is taking place now.

With a view to sustaining the increasing popularity of Yoga among the foreigners, Indian governemnt is ready with a set of rules to accredit yoga centres as an effective step to weed out bogus centres.

''The accreditation system will be in place soon. We are working on it, AYUSH director Sangeeta Goyal said, pointing out that the states have been asked to put in place a regulatory system of their own.

The effort is to make the international standards applicable to the domestic market as well, she said.

As part of the World Health Assembly, Department on Ayurveda, Unani, Yoga and Naturopathy, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) has organised an exposition on Indian Medicine to attract global attention to the Indian systems of medicine in the context of alternative systems of medicine becoming popular in the developed countries.

Mr Singh said the government proposed several measures to address the issue of bogusness in Yoga and Naturopathy.

He said the AYUSH was now concentrating on spreading the scientific basis of Ayurveda so that the claims regarding cure were validated.

In this context, he referred to the ban on certain ayurvedic drugs imposed by countries like Singapore, Canada, Denmark, Ireland in view of the use of heavy metals like mercury in excess of the limit.

Future Of Ayurvedic Drug Industries

... Ayurveda can survive without the Ayurvedic industry, but Ayurvedic industry cannot survive without Ayurveda. Therefore, it is upto ...