Ayurvedic Panchakarma treatment for a week can reduce heart disease risk, says study
One week of Panchakarma programme — an Ayurvedic-based well being programme that features a vegetarian diet, meditation, yoga and massages — can lead to measurable decreases in a set of blood-based metabolites associated with inflammation, cholesterol regulation and cardiovascular disease risk, the results of a clinical trial have shown. “It More...
Traditional treatments in a modern world: Making the case for scientifically testing AYUSH medicines – Firstpost
Since the beginning of this year, the current government has consistently been pushing the promotion and use of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy medicines. They are commonly known as AYUSH More...
Traditional Indian diet cuts Alzheimer’s risk: study
Washington: Consuming traditional diets of countries such as India, Japan and Nigeria – which have lower meat content than the Western diet – may significantly reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, More...
Indian ‘oldest man ever’ says yoga, celibacy key to age
Kolkata: Looking remarkably unlined for his claimed 120 years, an Indian monk who says he is the oldest man to have ever lived puts his longevity down to no sex or spices, and daily yoga. Hindu monk Swami Sivananda More...
87-year-old woman says yoga helped her rid of hunchback | Fox News
When Anna Pesce was visiting her children in Wagener, SC, in November 2014, the then-85-year-old Orangeburg, NY, native almost collapsed trying to climb a set of stairs. “I had this horrible pain shooting up More...
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University to teach Science through Vedas
What if you got to know that some of the technological advancements and medical advancements were actually invented thousands of years ago, Sound strange! But, yes. According to Indian texts, many of advanced discoveries More...
Yoga Lowers Stress—And Waist Size: Study | TIME
A small study shows regular yoga can improve stress and mood Practicing yoga regularly may help relieve stress, suggests a small study of women. In the recent report, published in the journal Journal of Psychophysiology, More...
British Columbia -led study of Tibetan monks suggests meditation can improve long-term brain activity – CBC News
British Columbian scientists who recently trekked into Tibet to study the impact of meditation on monks have returned with research that suggests the practice can increase long-term brain function. University More...
‘Yagya’ helps protect environment, brings rain, says BJP MP Virendra Singh in Lok Sabha | Zee News
New Delhi: ‘Yagya’ helps protect the environment and increases the possibility of rains, according to BJP member Virendra Singh. Making these remarks in the Lok Sabha, he argued that ‘Yagya’ More...
Harvard Goes To The Himalayas – Monks With ‘Superhuman’ Abilities Show Scientists What We Can All Do – Collective Evolution
It’s fascinating to consider just how many ancient teachings tell us that humans have the capacity to gain extraordinary powers through various techniques. Some of these techniques, known as siddhis in the More...