Authentic Ayurveda Medicines and Practices from the Land of Ayurveda
Ayurveda is a traditional system of medicine that originated over three thousand years ago in the South Asian region. It offers extensive insights about food and health based on certain unique conceptual and theoretical positions. Health is defined as a state of equilibrium (of body and brain) with one’s self and it is linked to the environment.
New Delhi-All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Western Sydney University, Australia at New Delhi. The MoU will promote the collaboration in research and developing guidelines for integrating Ayurveda principles with modern medicine.
Mr. Rachit Jain, head of consumables category, global selling, Amazon India, said that the biggest category on Amazon.com is herbal and beauty segment. He added, “It offers a big opportunity for ayurvedic product manufacturers. B2C e commerce is the best way for ayurvedic manufacturers to establish presence.”
Scientists at the UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) subjected triphala to detailed chemical characterization and found abundance of polyphenols. They also tested its action on molecules involved in development of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease to study its mechanism of action, according to findings published in journal RSC Advances.
The fourth Ayurveda Day is set to be organised on October 25 at National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA) in Jaipur, Rajasthan, the Centre said on Wednesday.
Kusmanda is also mentioned in the Nilamata Purana (sixth-eighth centuries BC) as being a common part of diet in ancient Kashmir (Kasmira). The Pancharatra text, Ishwara Samhita (eight-ninth centuries), refers to the use of kusmanda in offerings or bhog. The text describes ash gourd cooked in hot ghee with powdered peppers and cumin. This is one of the first bhog recipes of ash gourd, a pointer to its significance in the rise of Vaishnava belief, which took precedence over Shakta and Shaiva beliefs and formed the core of Brahminical Hinduism.
The move is in line with the government’s digital India motto. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too had last week at a Yoga Awards ceremony emphasised on the need to create a homogenous system by setting up ‘AYUSH Grid’ on the lines of one nation, one tax and one nation, one mobility card.
An incarnation of Shiva, Virabhadra was created to destroy Daksha, the son of Brahma. According to legend, Daksha opposed the marriage of Shiva to his daughter Sati and cut her off from the family. The story varies depending on the Hindu tradition, but Sati eventually killed herself. In his grief, Shiva created Virabhadra to exact revenge.
A collaborative study from DAILAB@IIT Delhi and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan has been published in the Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research (JECCR).
According to a paper published by Columbia University’s Inving Medical Centre, “The roots of cosmetic and reconstructive procedures go back more than 2,500 years.”
