ith the shifting of belief from chemically synthesized medicinal drugs associated with adverse side effects, to traditionally used safe medicinal herbs, there is a massive attempt in this field for identifying potent plants as a remedy against various ailments..Ajuga bracteosa, a low perennial herb is one such plant, known to have numerous medicinal properties against various ailments such as a...

The period of eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is considered as modern period. During this period India passed from medieval to modern age. This period witnessed a remarkable beginning of intellectual activities in India. A number of books on Ayurveda were written. Many British officials and physicians studied the Indian medicine and published their works. A new branch of history of Avur ve ...

The term YoniVyapada includes majority of gynaecological disorders in ayurveda. Twenty yoni-Vyapadas form various texts of Ayurveda ma be classified into four categories –(1) inflammatory diseases (Shothaj Yoni Rogas), (ii) Dysfunctional uterine diseases, (iii) sterility ad habitual abortions, (iv) Anatomical defects. The basic causes for Yoni Ragas are considered as Mithya Ahara, Vihara and ac...

Sir, In his article “Beyond reverse pharmacology: Mechanism based screening of Ayurvedic drugs,” Dr. R. D. Lele, the eminent teacher of modern medicine and scholar of Ayurveda, urges us to include advances in biomedical sciences for screening of Ayurvedic drugs.[1,2] However, as he has not cited any of the original articles and references on Reverse Pharmacology (RP),[3-7] it seems that the exp...

Ayurveda, the traditional Indian medicine (TIM) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) remain the most ancient yet living traditions. There has been increased global interest in traditional medicine. Efforts to monitor and regulate herbal drugs and traditional medicine are underway. China has been successful in promoting its therapies with more research and science-based approach, while Ayurved...

INTRODUCTION AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF CANCER Ayurveda is a Science of life. We know that Cancer is one of the most dreaded disease of 20 century and spreading further with continuance and increasing incidence in 21 century. Classical Ayurvedic have several references to cancer. Some terms used to describe the condition are general while others are much more specific. According to Ayurveda, there ar...

Ayurveda is a science of life, therefore it is the science, by the knowledge of which life may be prolonged. It is human nature to aspire for longevity and this desire is found practically among all the peoples of the world. Accordingly if longevity is desired, there must be a system of rejuvenation for one who keeps on remaining young. Rasayana therapy has been described for this person in Ayu...

In June 1984, I was part of a group of western-trained medical doctors from six countries who began a 15-month course in Ayurveda. In February 1985 as part of our course, we were invited to join a group of Vaidyas in Brasilia, Brazil, for a two-week conference on the indigenous health traditions of South America. It was here that I first came into contact with Balaraj Maharishi, one of the grea...