Roga
Part 2 Vata aggravates either due to depletion of Dhatus or due to obstruction. Aggravation of Vata causes 80 diseases. They include paralysis, joint pain, back pain, sciatica etc. Signs and symptoms of Vata diseases are pain, numbness, shooting pain, tremor,...
The Inherent Healing Force
. . . continued from last issue Lewis Thomas, a prominent researcher of our times, has proposed this idea in his book Lives of a Cell. From his perspective there appears to be no logical reason that microorganisms would exist merely to cause disease and death, for...
World Breastfeeding Week 2024: Bridging the Gap for Better Support
RDI Update Link: World Breastfeeding Week 2024: Bridging the Gap for Better Support
The Inherent Healing Force
In medical history in Western civilization several different philosophical views about the nature and origin of health and illness can be detected. One philosophy is symbolized by the goddess Hygeia. The Hygeian school, dominated by Hippocrates, advocates that health...
Roga
Part 1 The word Roga or disease in Ayurveda comes from the Sanskirt word Ruk. Ruk means pain or suffering. Roga is present both in the mind and body. In Ayurveda whenever a Roga occurs it affects the Doshas. These Doshas are Vata, Pitta and Kapha. They are found all...
The Power that Makes a Human Being, by Swami Rama
Part 2 Prana makes up the pranic sheath that connects the body to the mind. Thus, the body mind relationship comes from prana, not from the kundalini. Likewise, the power to move does not come from the kundalini. Prana is described as flowing like a current through a...
New Release: Samyama the Power of Self-Transformation, by Swami Rama
Samyama the Power of Self-Transformation is the third and final volume of Yoga the Sacred Science, a series based on Swami Rama’s comments on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and other aspects of yoga science and philosophy. Samyama represents the culmination of the sacred...
RDI Update Link: Virtual Immersion – Transforming Maternal and Child Health
RDI Update Link: Virtual Immersion: Transforming Maternal and Child Health
Nidana
Nidana in Ayurveda deals with details of causes, signs, symptoms and cure of raga (disease). It gives a complete understanding of the raga. It is the beginning point of roga diagnosis. Some authors say that anything which causes a change in the doshas is the nidana of...
Theory of the Chronic Miasms
Tertiary Stage of RA continued: Though medical science has no explanation for the cause of the increased susceptibility to infection in RA, we know it to be one aspect of deep miasmatic infection, in this case predominantly the sycotic miasm and the immunosuppression...