by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Aug 9, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
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 illnesses while at the same time prescribe...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Jun 16, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living
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 with 7 being considered neutral. Anything...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Jun 9, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living
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 disease by taking into account all aspects of...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | Jun 2, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living, Treating Diseases
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. This in turn leads to difficulty driving and...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | May 19, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living, Nutrition
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 digestive tract if either the food is too heavy...
by Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum | May 11, 2023 | Ayurveda Blog, Healthy Living
Did you ever notice that as soon as you are diagnosed with a disease the discussion immediately jumps to the treatment which could be a medication, a surgery, or both? While it is important to begin treatment as soon as possible, the more important thing to be done,...