Articles on Ayurveda
Insights, remedies, and Ayurvedic wisdom from Dr. Teitelbaum.
The Benefits of Daily Oil Massages (Abhyanga)
Ayurveda is built on many fundamental principles which together can create a long healthy life. One of the hallmarks of Ayurvedic wisdom is the daily oil massage, known as abhyanga. Let’s take a look at the many reasons the...
How to Treat Infertility With Ayurveda
When I was young, nearly everyone on our block had 4, 5, 6 or more children. Infertility was quite rare, happening only occasionally. Fast forward to the 21st century when approximately 1 in 7 couples are affected by...
The Devastating Effects of Taking Birth Control Pills (Based on my Clinical Experience)
Clinical experience counts for something. When you see over 100,000 patients over a 35-year span of a lifetime, many patterns start to emerge where you can see lots of causes and effects, even before research bares them out....
What Happens When Sunlight Hits Our Skin
My teacher and mentor Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra came from a 5,000 year old lineage of Ayurveda whose specialty was Dermatology. They originally came from the island of Madagascar and were known for their “worship” of...
Insomnia – Treatment, Causes and Natural Remedies
Insomnia is defined as being a sleep disorder in which you have trouble either falling and/or staying asleep, and it affects many people at some point or another in their lifetime. While you may resort to the use of sleeping...
How to Properly Supplement and Absorb Calcium
An estimated 43% of American adult men and women take calcium supplements, according to the National Institutes of Health. When someone thinks about their bone health, or maybe they have been told they have the beginnings of...
How to Handle Depression – An Ayurvedic Perspective
Depression affects 1 in 15 adults in any given year. And one in six people will experience depression at some time in their life. Depression can occur at any time, but on average first appears during the late teens to the...
Treating Uterine Fibroids by Identifying the Underlying Causes
Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during the childbearing years. They’re not associated with increased uterine cancer risk and almost never turn into cancer. They range in size from...
Why Vitamin K2 is So Important and How to Get It Naturally
The information I’m about to present to you is extremely important for you to understand. I’ve made lots of videos which are all important in teaching you how to take care of your body, but I would highly recommend you...
Treating Asthma and Allergies
As with many of the diseases we are seeing nowadays, the incidence of both asthma and allergies has increased dramatically over the past 30 years. So we have to look and see what has happened over the past few decades to see...
Magnesium – The Most Important Nutrient in the World
The Chinese call magnesium “The Beautiful Mineral.” It is also known as the “Lamp of Life.” And it’s been called the absolute most important nutrient in the world. In fact, Dr. Mark Sircus, one of the country’s leading...
Guduchi – The Most Divine Herb in Ayurveda
My teacher and mentor Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra had an encyclopedic knowledge of over 700 herbs. In fact, he was sent to America to develop formulas for one of America’s first Ayurvedic herbal companies, Maharishi Ayurvedic...