September 16, 2026

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News and Articles on Ayurveda, Yoga, Kundalini and other Indian way of health and medicines.

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Bharat Biotech Launches New Cost-Effective Rotavirus Vaccine ‘ROTAVAC 5D’

An official press release from Bharat Biotech said that the vaccine named ‘ROTAVAC 5D’ has been evaluated in clinical trials in India and other countries. It is safe, effective and affordable, besides being cross-protective against a variety of rotavirus strains. The study results showed clear evidence of protection across different rotavirus strains and continued efficacy in the second year of life. Currently, over 25 countries have granted patents for it.

By Kautilya / December 4, 2019
Health Video Yoga

Yoga for Health | Asthma

Yoga can help increase breath and body awareness, slow your respiratory rate, and promote calm and relieve stress — all of which are beneficial for people who have asthma

By Kautilya / December 1, 2019
Health

India Plans Midwifery Cadre to Reduce Maternal Mortality

This commitment, which is part of the targets set under Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), was reiterated recently by the top government officials who represented the country in the recently concluded International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Nairobi, Kenya.

By Kautilya / November 30, 2019
Ayurveda Food and Frolic Health

The Link Between Food and 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.

By Kautilya / November 27, 2019
Health Video Yoga

Yoga for Health | Post Pregnancy

After giving birth, your body may feel delicate and in need of some self love. You might think yoga is the best way to do this…and you wouldn’t be wrong! Many women start their yoga practice right away and then find that it feels very different. Even though you are not pregnant anymore, your body needs a modified practice.

By Kautilya / November 24, 2019
Food and Frolic Health

Decoding the Indian Culinary Art of Pickles

Pickles are mentioned in various texts from ancient and medieval India, as well as in the accounts of travellers to the region. According to historian Jyotsna K Kamat’s Social Life in Medieval Karnataka (1980), the 14th century Kannada treatise, Nala Champu, mentions “pickles of green and raw bilva (bellavatta) or bel, ambate, chellakai, green mango, green pepper, raw ginger, raw cardamom and myrobalan were in vogue,” addding that, “Ibn Batuta, who had observed the popularity of pickles throughout India, explains the method of its preservation.”

By Kautilya / November 24, 2019
Health

A ‘Make in India’ Innovation for Neuropathic Pain

Ahmedabad based La Renon Healthcare developed a proprietary technology by the name of MPFAITECH and was able to address the aforesaid concerns with the endogenous amide exogenous supplementation and became the first company in the world to show to synergistic action of the amide with a natural FAAH inhibitor. They launched their product under the name PALMIGES in 2018 and at present have more than 40,000 Indian patients on the innovative product.

By Kautilya / November 19, 2019