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The information contained in these articles is presented for educational purposes only and is not intended to replace qualified medical treatment. These articles are designed to be used by Ayurvedic practitioners. If you are a lay person, please consult an Ayurvedic practitioner before attempting to implement what you read here. Each person is unique and contra-indications may be present. These articles are by Alakananda Devi (Alakananda Ma), M.B., B.S. (Lond.).
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Food, Diet and Digestion 
- Almond Home Remedies: An Ayurvedic Super-food
- Apple: An Ayurvedic View
- Arsenic in your rice?
- Banana--A Sacred Ayurvedic Fruit
- Carrots: An Ayurvedic View
- Cooling Cucumber in Ayurveda
- Dahi: An Ayurvedic View Of Yoghurt
- Digestive enzymes, should I take them?
- Draksha: An Ayurvedic Perspective On Grapes
- Garnishes to beautify your meals
- Honey, nectar of the goddess
- Kefir, the original heath drink
- Lavana: An Ayurvedic View Of Salt
- Life-Giving Water: An Ayurvedic View
- Mango: Gift Of The Sun-God
- Mango Home Remedies
- Making Merry: Alcohol and Ayurveda
- Making Merry 2: Is Alcohol Safe?
- Meat and Ayurveda
- Milk: An Ayurvedic Sacred Food
- Milk, the sacred elixir
- Olive oil: Myths, Mysteries and facts
- Pear, the fruit of immortality: An Ayurvedic View
- Peppermint Home Remedies
- Pomegranate: An Ayurvedic Pharmacy in its own right
- Resistant Starch and Ayurveda
- Rose Home Remedies and Recipes
- Sesame Home Remedies
- Takram: The Ayurvedic Health Drink
- The Six Tastes in your meal
Self Care Year-Round
- Know your Ayurvedic Constitution
- Using your Ayurvedic Constitution
- Recognizing Imbalances: Daily Self-check
- Out of Balance: How did I get here?
- Regaining Balance
- Maintaining Balance: Steps to optimal health
- Environmental Toxins: Protect yourself
- Heart attack prevention
- Memory: Boost your Brain Power
- Nature Therapy
- Opening to New Challenges
- Pain: Dangers of OTC painkillers
- Radiation:Protect Yourself
- Stroke: Be stroke aware
- Tobacco Chewing Alternatives
- Vegatarian Diet: Six Good Reasons
Self Care: Seasonal
Spring
- Early Spring Self Care
- Spring Self Care
- Welcome Spring with the bitter taste
- Benefits of panchakarma
- Preparing for your spring cleanse
Summmer
- Ayurvedic oils for summer
- Home remedies for sun exposure
- Home remedies for sunburn
- Managing a dual constitution
- Summer beverages for cooling
Fall
- Ayurvedic Self Care for Fall
- Fall tips for Vata, pitta and Kapha
- Happy September with Ayurveda
- Self care for seasonal colds and flus
- Transitioning from Summer to Fall in the Era of Climate Change
Winter
New Year
Self Care: Women
Self Care: Sexual
- Harnessing Male Sexual Energy
- Harnessing Male Sexual Energy (part 2)
- Vajiakarana: Men's Sexual Rejuvenation
- Women's Sexual Wellbeing Resources
- Women's Sexual Rejuvenation
Self Care: Infant and Child Care
Home Remedies
- Ayurvedic Flu Season Survival Kit
- Bites and stings home remedies
- Hemorrhoid Home Remedies
- Pinkeye home remedies
- Power in Your Spice Cabinet 1: Cumin
- Power in Your Spice Cabinet 2: Coriander
- Power in Your Spice Cabinet 3: Fennel
- Power in Your Spice Cabinet 4: Fenugreek
- Power in Your Spice Cabinet 5: Cardamom
- Power in Your Spice Cabinet 6: Nutmeg
- Power in Your Spice Cabinet 7: Clove
- Power in Your Spice Cabinet 8: Saffron
- Power in Your Spice Cabinet 9: Cinnamon
- Summer Saviour: Aloe Home Remedies
Ayurveda Articles
- Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders
- Ayurveda and Optimal Blood Sugar Levels
- Arthritis (sandhivat): An overview
- Ayurvedic Approaches to Acid Indigestion (Amlapitta)
- Ayurvedic Approaches to Heart Disease
- Ayurvedic Approaches to Intestinal Parasites
- Ayurvedic Management of Insomnia
- Ayurvedic Support for Menopause
- Ayurvedic Perspectives on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Celiac Sprue Part One
- Celiac Sprue Part Two - Case Histories
- Colds and Coughs: Pranavahasrotas
- Convelescence: Nourishing Rasa
- Cultural Issues in Bringing Ayurveda to the West
- Dehydration Ambu Vaha Srotas
- Female Infertility
- Foot Pain (Padashula)
- Gall Bladder Health for Ayurvedic Practitioners
- Hair Loss
- Herbs for Immunity
- Home Pharmacy for Pitta
- Influenza
- Iron Nutrition: Raktavahasrotas
- Lipids & heart Disease Risk: Raktavahasrotas
- Male Fertility
- Memory: Prevention and Management of Age-related Cognitive Decline
- Meda Roga Obesity
- Nourishing Male Sexual Energy Part 1: Shukral Foods and Recipes
- Nourishing Male Sexual Energy Part 2: Shukral Herbs
- Osteoporosis (Asthi Kshaya)
- Pandemic Influenza: An Ayurvedic Perspective
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Pranavahasrotas: Rhinitis, asthma, Lung Cancer
- Pulse Reading
- Rakta Shodhan—Blood Cleansing
- Rejuvenating Vata
- Remedies for Allergy Season
- Rotator Cuff Injuries in Your Ayurvedic Practice
- Remedies for Menstrual and Premenstrual Problems
- Skin Diseases of Adolescence
- Supporting Sthanyavaha srota: A guide to breast health
- Supporting the Adrenals
- Supporting Sthanyavahasrotas
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Veterinary Ayurveda: case histories of five cats
- Virility
- Weight Loss
- Yoga for the Mind
Ayurvedic Herb Profiles
- Ambuvahasrotas: Water carrying channels
- Ashwagandha
- Chitrak
- Dog Rose
- Gotu Kola Brahmi
- Grindelia: An Ayurvedic View
- Kumari: Aloe Vera
- Lavender: An Ayurvedic View
- Methi: Fenugreek
- Ponderosa Pine
- Punarnava: The Renewer
- Shilajit: Destroyer of Weakness
- Sumac: An Ayurvedic View
- Usnea: An Ayurvedic View
- Wonders of Pippali
Ayurvedic Specific Condition Reviews
- Ayurvedic Approaches to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Affective Mood Disorder
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Breast Cancer
- Broncial Asthma
- Caffeine and Your Ayurveda Practice
- Causes and Management of Female Infertility
- Chronic Fatigue
- Chronic Fatigue: A Case Study
- Eating Disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Kapha Toxins: Candidiasis
- Managing Depression in the Situation of Brahmi Allergy: A Case History
- Pinasa—Chronic Sinusitis
- Prostate Cancer
- Silent Bladder Infections
- Sinus Infections
- Skin Inflammation
- The White Powder: Ayurvedic Strategies for Sugar Addiction
- Thyroid Disorders
- Tinnitus
- Vata Digestion: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Working with Alcoholics
- Working with Marijuana Smokers
- Working with Smokers