Articles on Ayurveda
Insights, remedies, and Ayurvedic wisdom from Dr. Teitelbaum.
Preventing Full-Blown Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease where both the brain cell connections and the brain cells themselves degenerate and die, eventually destroying memory and other important brain functions. Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading...
The Potent Health Benefits of Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA)
What if I told you there was a an antioxidant that was both water soluble (such as Vitamin C) and fat soluble (such as Vitamin E)? What if I told you there was a compound that has been shown to reduce the harmful side...
Goat Milk’s Amazing Health Benefits
As many of you may know, Ayurvedic practitioners are big fans of animal milk. Cow’s milk is extremely nourishing and I always make sure our patients know how to seek out the best type of milk and how to take it in the...
Factors that can Cause Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s Disease results from certain brain cells dying. These nerve cells are located in a part of the brain known as the Substantia Nigra. And these cells are responsible for makingdopamine, a brain chemical that helps to control...
Fibromyalgia – Understand the Underlying Imbalances
One thing I can tell you having treated just about any disease you can think of over the past 35 years is that 1) the name of the disease doesn’t tell you much regarding how it should be treated, 2) the underlying causes are...
Breaking Down Calcifications with Kulthi Lentils
While we may need calcium to nourish our bones and teeth, to help our blood clot, to nourish our nerves so they can send messages, and to help our muscles contract, we definitely don’t want it to accumulate in our bodily...
How to Avoid a Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Infection
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) occurs when there is an increase in the bacteria population in the small intestine. Let’s examine for a minute what this actually means. Once you swallow the food and it’s done...
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...