Ayurveda, the healing tradition of ancient India, has used herbal medicine for centuries to promote eye health. It matches herbs and other treatments with your dosha, or bodily constitution: vata (made up of air and space elements), pitta (fire and water), or kapha (water and earth). (To discover your dosha, take the “What’s Your Dosha?” … Read more
Ayurveda, India’s ancient healing system, teaches that our body has an “inner intelligence” that predisposes us to be healthy. In our deepest core, ayurveda says, we instinctively act in accordance with nature’s cycles and rhythms, keeping our bodies perfectly balanced and free of disease. To understand how nature affects us as individuals, we need to … Read more
By Nancy Lonsdorf, MD The six-taste ticket to good health You may know the three primary colors, the eight notes in a musical scale, and the nine planets circling our sun, but can you list the six fundamental tastes in food? According to ayurveda, the healing tradition from ancient India, eating all six tastes can … Read more