Articles on Ayurveda
Insights, remedies, and Ayurvedic wisdom from Dr. Teitelbaum.
How to Avoid Hair Loss & Promote Hair Growth
I’ve treated many cases of hair loss during my 35 years of practicing Ayurveda. People usually think that it’s mainly men who lose their hair, but I have seen many many women and even children lose their hair as well. If it...
How to Eradicate Candida Albicans Yeast
Candida albicans is a common yeast which actually lives in harmony with us in small amounts in our GI tract, the mouth and the vagina. Our friendly bacteria found in these places prevent it from over-growing, however, if...
How to Effectively Treat Weak Thyroid
I had the greatest fortune to have sat with one of India’s greatest Ayurvedic physicians, Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra. He came from a family lineage dating back 5,000 years and were Raj Vaidyas, the very few selectively picked...
How to Make Home-Made Yogurt
Modern medicine has recently discovered the benefits of a healthy gut micro biome using probiotics and yogurt cultures to keep the gut running smoothly. Many of the modern pharmaceuticals can destroy a large part of our...
Osteoporosis – A Complete Picture
Osteoporosis is a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced. The word osteoporosis literally means “porous bone.” It is a disease where the body either loses too much bone, makes too little bone, or...
Acid Reflux
Acid reflux is very common with over 60 million Americans experiencing heartburn at least once a month and at least 15 million experiencing symptoms every day. Symptoms include burning pain in the chest that might worsen...
Ghee: The Ultimate Superfood
The Charaka Samhita, the foremost Ayurvedic text, states in sutra 27, verse 232, “out of all the oils fit for human consumption, ghee is the best to eat.” Let’s see why this is so. Ghee is clarified butter that has been used...
Treating Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system loses its intelligence and begins to attack the protective covering around the nerves, known as the myelin sheath. Some symptoms could be blurred...
Pulse Diagnosis
The ancient doctors of India made many amazing discoveries, all of which are now being proven by modern research. But I have to say that one of the most important and useful things they developed was pulse diagnosis. This...
Understanding & Treating Autism
My name is Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum. I am a Chiropractor and an Ayurvedic Practitioner and I’ve been in practice for the last 35 years in Southern New Jersey, 15 minutes outside of Philadelphia. I was very fortunate in that I...
Treating Eczema
We’re seeing a huge upsurge of eczema in my very busy Ayurvedic practice, especially among children. Let’s take a look at why the incidence is increasing and why current treatments are not effectively getting to the root of...
A Guide & Understanding to Detoxification
There are four basic things we need to do in order to stay healthy and live to a ripe old age:First, identify imbalances in their early stages and fix them before they progress into a full-blown disease Second, eat healthy...