As such ghee is used to treat constipation and ulcers in Ayurveda.

Breatharianism is a related concept, in which believers claim food and possibly water are not necessary, and that humans can be sustained solely by prana ( the vital life force in Hinduism ), or, according to some, by the energy in sunlight ( according to Ayurveda, sunlight is one of the main sources of prana ).

According to Ayurveda, consumption of sagu helps to maintain a low body temperature and is easily digested, and thus can be part of the diet for patients.

In Ayurveda, asafoetida is considered to be one of the best spices for balancing the vata dosha.

According to Kenneth Pelletier, " Insofar as Ayurveda constitutes an integrated orientation to healthy physical, mental, and spiritual practices, as it does in the Maharishi Ayur-Ved system, it would seem to be conducive to good health and spiritual well-being.

Maharishi Ayurveda Products International ( MAPI ) of Colorado Springs sells more than 400 products and in 2000, was said to be the largest Ayurvedic company in North America, with reported sales of $ 20 million in 1999.

M. D ( Ayu )( Ayurveda vachaspati ) and other related M. D master degrees has to be done after B. A. M. S, B. U. M. S, B. S. M. S or B. H. M. S in a speciality, and it takes 3 years ( including submission of a thesis ) to complete the course. Ayurveda M. D ( Ayu ) ( Ayurveda vachaspati ) is a Master degree accepted by the C. C. I. M. After completion of M. D ( Ayu )( Ayurveda vachaspati ) can follow higher level PhD programmes.

M. D ( Ayu )( Ayurveda vachaspati ) can be done after B. A. M. S, as a speciality, and it takes 3 years ( including submission of a thesis ) to complete the course. Ayurveda M. D ( Ayu ) ( Ayurveda vachaspati ) is a Master degree accepted by University Grants Commission ( Sri Lanka ), after completion of MPhil can follow PhD level programmes in Sri Lanka.

Ayurveda can be defined as the system of medicine described in the great medical encyclopedias associated with the names Caraka, Suśruta, and Bheḷa, compiled and re-edited over several centuries from about 200 BC to about AD 500 and written in Sanskrit.

For this reason Triguna and tridosha are considered to be related in the traditions of Ayurveda.

* Ayurveda: Being a son of the physicians, Ashwini Kumaras, Nakula was also believed to be an expert in Ayurveda.

In Ayurveda, advocates claim that by taking a pulse examination, humoral imbalances such as the three Doshas-Vata, Pitta, and Kapha-can be diagnosed.

Ayurveda stresses a balance of three elemental energies or humors: Vāyu / vāta ( air & space – " wind "), pitta ( fire & water – " bile ") and kapha ( water & earth – " phlegm ").

In 2008, a lawsuit was filed in the U. S. District Court against Maharishi Vedic Education Development Corporation (" MVED "), Maharishi Ayurveda Foundation and Maharishi Ayurveda Products Ltd. (" MAP Ltd ").

A work known as the Charaka Samhita from circa 600 BC, part of the Hindu Ayurveda (" knowledge of life "), saw ill health as resulting from an imbalance among three kinds of bodily fluids or forces called ( Dosha ).

It is used to relieve acute muscular and rheumatic pains ( when it is called teamsters ' tea ), as a stimulant, and in the cardio tonics in Ayurveda.

His paternal grandfather was a sergeant in the British Army, who looked to Ayurveda for treatment for a heart condition when the condition did not improve with Western medicine.

According to the book Skeptics Dictionary, Chopra's " mind-body claims get even murkier as he tries to connect Ayurveda with quantum physics .” Chopra also participated in the Channel 4 ( UK ) documentary The Enemies of Reason, where, when interviewed by scientist Richard Dawkins, he admitted that the term " quantum theory " was being used as a metaphor and that it has little to do with the actual quantum theory in physics.

Ayurveda teaches that when we are tired, it is not wise to eat food or drink, but to rest.

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Category: Plants used in Ayurveda

In Ayurveda the herb is used to increase pitta ( fire, bile ) dosha and to enhance penetration in small doses.

Amomum is used as a spice and as an ingredient in traditional medicine in systems of the traditional Chinese medicine in China, in Ayurveda in India, Pakistan, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.

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Myrrh is used more frequently in Ayurveda and Unani medicine, which ascribe tonic and rejuvenative properties to the resin.

Myrrh ( daindhava ) is used in many specially processed rasayana formulas in Ayurveda.

It is also used in these areas in Ayurveda and Siddha medicine streams since time immemorial.

Indian medicine ( Ayurveda ) used the twigs of the neem or banyan tree to make toothbrushes and other oral-hygiene-related products for millennia.

Abies webbiana or Talispatra is used in Ayurveda as an antitussive drug.

In Ayurveda, Musk has been considered as a life saving drug and used in various cardiac, mental and neurological disorders.

In Ayurveda ( traditional Indian medicine ) and traditional Chinese medicine, liquorice ( म ु ल े ठ ी, 甘草 ) is commonly used in herbal formulae to " harmonize " the other ingredients in the formula and to carry the formula to the twelve " regular meridians " and to relieve a spasmodic cough.

Ayurveda used a system of inoculation to protect against smallpox.

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Basil is used for their medicinal properties in Ayurveda, the traditional medicinal system of India and Siddha medicine, a traditional Tamil system of medicine.

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In Indian traditional Ayurveda, powdered black pepper has been used to treat dandruff.

In India, Ayurveda medicine has used many herbs such as turmeric possibly as early as 1900 BC.

Many other herbs and minerals used in Ayurveda were later described by ancient Indian herbalists such as Charaka and Sushruta during the 1st millennium BC.

Ayurveda is in Sanskrit, but Sanskrit was not generally used as a mother tongue and hence its medines are mostly taken from Siddha and other local traditions.

Ancient Indian medicine, Ayurveda has recommended its use in food for its medicinal value, much of which is now being researched in the modern day.

A food classification system that categorized any item as saatvic, raajsic or taamsic developed in Ayurveda.

Ayurveda, the 5, 000 year old ancient Indian health science, have mentioned benefits of food for therapautic purpose.