Jan 31, 2026 | Ayurvedic Treatments for Common Health Concerns, Practitioner Resources & Education
In Āyurveda, picchu refers to a soft cotton or gauze wick suppository saturated with sneha and placed locally to deliver unctuous, soothing, and reparative action directly to depleted, irritated, or sensitive tissues. The application of yoni picchu is described within...
Jan 30, 2026 | Herbal Medicine, Practitioner Resources & Education
Medicinal Mushrooms in an Ayurvedic Context Medicinal mushrooms occupy a distinctive place in the history of traditional medicine. While classical Ayurveda did not develop a detailed mycology, Chinese medicine cultivated a refined understanding of mushrooms as...
Aug 7, 2025 | Vedic Astrology
From the Vedic cosmological view, everything in the entire universe is inextricably connected. In this way, the influential pull of the planets and their situation within the zodiac are not seen as separate from oneself. Rather, they are both reflecting a greater...
Jul 29, 2025 | Ayurvedic Treatments for Common Health Concerns
Understanding Prameha and Kapha Dosha In Āyurveda, type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of several diseases categorized under the term prameha, and it is primarily related to an imbalance of kapha doṣa. Kapha is made up of the earth and water elements, and so it is the...
Jul 28, 2025 | Panchakarma, Traditional Ayurvedic Therapies
Nasya karma is one of the five traditional treatments or cleansing actions employed during the process of pañcakarma, āyurveda’s detoxification and rejuvenation program, where medicinal substances including herbally infused oils, freshly extracted juices (swarasa), or...
