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    • Ayurvedic Treatment for Cellulite

      Cellulite is the lumps and bumps of fat resembling cottage cheese commonly found on a woman's stomach, thighs or buttocks. These lumps are actually collections of fat that are pushing against the connective tissue under the skin, causing the surface of the skin to dimple or pucker, and giving it an unattractive appearance.

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    • The Ayurvedic Treatment for Warts

      Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine that treats the root cause of the disease and not just the symptoms. With Ayurvedic methods of herbal wart removal, you will have less chance of having scars where the wart had been.

      There are six different classifications of warts based on shape and location:

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    • Triphala Side Effects

      As Western medicine becomes more complicated and less accessible to the average consumer, people are turning to older forms of healing. Triphala is a staple of Ayurvedic medicine which has been practiced in India and the Middle East for centuries. It has a wide range of healing properties, and almost no side effects. more »

    • Ayurvedic Remedies for Acne

      According to the principles of Ayurvedic medicine, a surface health condition stems from an underlying root problem. A condition such as acne, which is known as yauvan pidika, or "the eruptions of youth" may be only a symptom of a poor diet or toxins that lie buried deep in the colon, liver or kidneys. Eliminating these toxins... more »

    • Natural Herbal Detox Tea

      In 1992, the Environmental Protection Agency randomly tested 7,000 Americans for chemicals in their systems. Approximately 71 percent of these had traces of common wood preservative. In light of this study, many doctors who work with chronically fatigued patients say that chemical exposure may contribute to lowered vitality. One of... more »

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    Ayurveda (Devanāgarī: आयुर्वेद, the science of life) is a system of traditional medicine native to the Indian SubcontinentChopra75>Chopra, page 75 and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine.AYUSH/> In Sanskrit, the word Ayurveda Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita, a New Translation and Commentary, Chapter 1-6. Penguin Books, 1969, p 262 (v 7) consists of the words , meaning life, and , meaning related to knowledge or science.Chopra75/> Evolving throughout its history, Ayurveda remains an influential system of medicine in South Asia.In Sharma & Bodeker 2008 and Chopra 2003 The earliest literature of Ayurveda appeared during the Vedic period in India.AYUSH> The Sushruta Samhita and the Charaka Samhita were influential works on traditional medicine during this era.AYUSH/> Ayurvedic practitioners also identified a number of medicinal preparations and surgical procedures for curing various ailments and diseases.Dwivedi&Dwivedi07/>

    As per Indian heritage and science, "Ayurveda" is an Upaveda or annexure to the four main vedas (knowledge systems). The famous treaties of Ayurveda are Charaka Samhita by Sage Charaka, which details the prevention and treatment of disease, and Sushruta Samhita of Sage Sushruta, which deals with Ayurvedic surgical procedures. In the Ayurvedic system, the prevention of all types of disease has a prominent place in treatment, including restructuring a patients lifestyle to align with the course of nature and the four seasons to guarantee complete wellness.

    Ayurveda is considered to be a form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) within the western world, where several of its methods, such as the use of herbs, massage, and Yoga as exercise or alternative medicine, are applied on their own as a form of CAM treatment.nccam1> However, such alternative therapy approaches are not unique to Ayurveda because they are also available under the systems of Unani medicine, Greek medicine read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda

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