Website: www.jaim.in “All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to fi nd that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.” This quote by a British writer is very true of Vaidyachudamani Madhav Vasudev Kolhatkar, because his vision for Ayurveda and...

Prameha (Diabetes) which has been a global problem is well described in the ancient Indian classics life the Vedas and the Ayurvedic works which ensued the Vedic period. In the present work, the authors have tried to focus the narrations on pramehas in Vedic literature with special reference to the "Kauchika Soothra" of Atharva Veda. A new hypothesis comparing the actions of pittatejas which is...

Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Neurodegenerative disease in perspective 1.2. Searching for symptoms in traditional medicine 1.3. Approaches to scientific investigation 1.4. Plants as a source of useful therapeutic agents in neurodegenerative diseases 2. Plants and their constituents from Ayurvedic medicine 2.1 Withania somnifera 2.2. Bacopa monniera 2.3. Centella asiatica 2.4. Mucuna pruriens 3. ...

SODHANA, which literally means purification, is a procedure necessary for every drug before taking it for adding in any compound or subjecting it for further processes like Bhasmikarana (incineration) etc. Purified drug in the lines of modern science is different from, that of Ayurveda as the former is cent percent the main drug only and latter may contain other particles also. Present paper gi...

Today India is poised for a transformational revolution. Among many other priorities, the new Government is expected to focus on rediscovery of the contemporary relevance of our cultural identity, indigenous capabilities and aspirations of our people. Thus, during 2014-19 South Asian health sciences like Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Sowarigpa are likely to receive a big boost. For India, ...

The Ayu has its four components namely :- Body, Mind, Sense and Consciousness. Thus wo can say that Ayurveda means "A systematic complete valid knowlodge of life science including tho gross and Astral form of Body." The whole object of Ayurveda and Yoga Centre round the knowledge of correlation among the four components and establishing a harmony among them forever".

Dosha Dhatu Sammurchana is the basis of all pathogenisis. The state of Agni also should be considered in the pathogenisis. This will explain the disease at the cellular level in the parlances of Ayurveda. In cancer, enormous research is going on to understand the molecular and cellular level of Carcinogenisis, to formulate a cure for this disease. In Ayurveda with the help of various explanatio...

Rumoozul Atibba, a rare Urdu book compiled by Hakim Fairozuddin is in two Volumes. It is published by Darul Kutub Rafiqul Atibba, printed in "Rifah-e-Aam press in 1913 at Lahore which contains short biographies of Ayurvedic and Unani physicians. It has been compiled to disclose the tested formulae hidden in the minds of eminent scholars of Ayurveda and Unani with their life sketches. The select...

'Yasada Bhasma (A compound metallic preparation) a well known Ayurvedic compound medicine studied spectrscopically and found persisting Zinc lines in the analysis'

The changes in the body with aging are various. They can be avoided by judicious use of the knowledge of Aha Vihara and Carya described in the Ayurvedic texts alongwith certain yogic practices with are minutely discussed here.