Articles on Ayurveda
Insights, remedies, and Ayurvedic wisdom from Dr. Teitelbaum.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is characterized by profound tiredness, even after you get a good night’s sleep. Modern medicine states that the cause is unknown and as a result there are not that many medications on the market to...
Are Your Medicine’s Side Effects Causing More Problems than the Disease
Sooner or later everyone of us will have our lives saved by modern medicine, perhaps even more than once. And over the past several decades more and more diagnostic tests have become available to us which are invaluable for...
Vaidya R. K. Mishra – A True Visionary & Pioneer of Ayurveda Who Stood in a League of His Own
I was extremely fortunate that in the early years of my Ayurvedic practice I had the great privilege of doing an extended 20-year internship with Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra. He was one of India’s brightest Ayurvedic physicians,...
How Ayurveda Helps You Overcome Food Addiction and Sugar Cravings
Many people I see tell me they have a food addiction, or they may crave sweets. They try to discipline themselves to eat less food or to avoid sweets, but sooner or later they end up breaking their diet and binging on the...
Is Your Body Too Acidic? A Deep Dive into the Vital Factors for Maintaining an Alkaline pH
Acids are solutions and liquids that are below a pH of 7.0 and anything above a pH of 7.0 is considered alkaline. It’s important to keep the body’s fluids, such as saliva, urine and blood, on the alkaline side. The normal pH...
Why You Should be Eating More Lauki Squash
Lauki squash comes under many different names, such as doodhi, bottle gourd, long squash and many others. It is a light green squash — you need to peel it and chop the squash into one-inch cubes before cooking it. My teacher...
How to Use Ashwagandha Correctly
Ashwagandha is one of the most widely used herbs in all of Ayurveda since it is one of the best herbs to help you deal with stress, which is rampant nowadays. However, the ancient doctors said that since they couldn’t...
Why Almonds are So Good for Your Health
Edgar Cayce, considered to be America’s greatest 20th century psychic, gave more than 14,000 psychic readings while in hypnotic trances. He was considered the father of Western holistic medicine since he could diagnose...
Achieving Alkaline pH: Why Your Diet is Only Half the Battle
The term “pH” stands for “the potential of hydrogen,” which is the measure of the hydrogen ion in solution affecting the acidity vs. the alkalinity of the body’s tissues and fluids. The pH is measured on a scale from 0 to 14...
The Pitfalls of an Allopathic Approach to Ayurveda
I am fortunate in that most patients understand that Ayurveda is practiced differently than allopathic medicine and they use it in the way it was intended: as a holistic health care system which both prevents and treats...
Cataracts: Ayurveda’s Timeless Insight Confirmed by Modern Research
A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eyes that develops with aging and slowly over time causes symptoms such as blurry vision, halos around lights, trouble looking at bright lights and difficulty seeing at night....
Ojas: The Elixir of Life
One of the goals in Ayurveda is to prevent the patient from forming ama from the food, but instead helping them to produce Ojas. Ama is the residue of partially digested food which can happen as food moves through your...