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Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha – Triphala

Triphala is a combination of the dried fruits of Terminalia chebula, Terminalia belerica, and Emblica officinalis in equal proportions. These are popularly known in India as harad, behada and amla. Ayurveda practitioners claim Triphala is useful as an internal cleansing, detoxifying formula, and as a herbal laxative . In a study titled ‘Potential of traditional [...]

Artemisia vulgaris – Uses

Mugwort contains thujone, which is toxic in large amounts or under prolonged intake. Thujone is also present in ”Thuja plicata” (western red cedar), from which the name is derived. Pregnant women, in particular, should avoid consuming large amounts of mugwort. The species has a number of recorded historic uses in food, herbal medicine, and as [...]

Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital – Speciality Clinics

Ayurvedic Clinic for Macular Degeneration= Ayurvedic Clinic for Diabetic Retinopathy = Ayurvedic Clinic for Glaucoma = Ayurvedic Clinic for Retinitis Pigmentosa= Ayurvedic Clinic for Degenerative Myopia= Adapted from the Wikipedia article Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Rheumatoid arthritis – Treatment

There is no known cure for rheumatoid arthritis, but many different types of treatment can alleviate symptoms and/or modify the disease process. Recommendations of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), published in 2008, followed a trend in supporting earlier, more aggressive treatment of RA, and reflected heightened expectations of treatment effectiveness, including remission or substantial [...]

Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha – Research programs

The Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha broadly runs research programs in areas such as Clinical, Drug, Family Welfare, Literary, Nutraceutical, Ayurvedic Cosmetics and Bio-medical Instrumentation of Panchakarma, through its 33 nationwide research Institutes, Centres and Units. These research programs have been further classified as Clinical Research including Health Care Research, Drug Research [...]

Avicenna – ”The Canon of Medicine”

About 100 treatises were ascribed to Ibn Sina. Some of them are tracts of a few pages, others are works extending through several volumes. The best-known amongst them, and that to which Ibn Sina owed his European reputation, is his 14-volume ”The Canon of Medicine”, which was a standard medical text in Europe and the [...]

Azadirachta indica – Uses

In India, the tree is variously known as “Sacred Tree,” “Heal All,” “Nature’s Drugstore,” “Village Pharmacy” and “Panacea for all diseases.” Products made from neem tree have been used in India for over two millennia for their medicinal properties: Neem products have been observed to be anthelmintic, antifungal, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antiviral, contraceptive and sedative.[http://www.infinityfoundation.com/mandala/t_es/t_es_agraw_neem.htm] Neem [...]

David Winston – Teaching

Over the last three decades David Winston has lectured widely in classes and conferences including the American Herbalists Guild Conference, Medicines from the Earth, The Southwest Conference of Botanical Medicine, the International Herb Symposium, United Plant Savers, the Green Nations’ Gathering, the Natural Products Expo, the Blue Ridge School, and the New York Open Center [...]

History of alternative medicine – History of alternative medicine in Eastern cultures

Middle East Medicine in the Middle East has more than 5,000 years of history, beginning with the ancient Near East through to the medieval Islamic period. The medical traditions that originated from the Middle East include: Mesopotamian medicine Ancient Egyptian medicine Ancient Iranian Medicine Medieval Islamic medicine Unani Indian subcontinent Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine has [...]

Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital – Sources

*http://www.mathaonline.com/ophthalmologyinayurveda *http://salakyatvm.com/ *http://www.ccimindia.org/ *http://indianmedicine.nic.in/ Category:Hospitals in Kerala Category:Hospital networks Category:Ayurvedic organisations Category:Organizations based in Kerala Category:Alternative medicine organisations Category:Hospitals established in 2003 Category:Alternative medicine Category:Healthcare in IndiaAdapted from the Wikipedia article Matha Ayurveda Eye Hospital, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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