The 5th World Ayurveda Congress 2012 & Arogya Expo is slated to be held from 7 – 10 December 2012 at Bhopal (Lal Parade Ground), Madhya Pradesh, brought together by the Government of Madhya Pradesh and the World Ayurveda Foundation.
Cataract , said to have been derived from the Latin cataracta – waterfall, serving to explain the on rushing cloudy whiteness in vision, is exactly what it states, though metaphorically.
Glaucoma could be called the silent destroyer of vision, as the progressive degeneration that sets in the eye, resulting in total loss of vision, if left untreated.
As myopia progresses, near vision gets gradually affected – the most visible sign is the affected ones holding their books, news papers or for that matter any object extremely close to the eyes to see clearly.
Itoozhi Ayurveda Foundation’s Oushadha Kanji project for school children provides the traditional Ayurveda monsoon diet free for a week.
Ayurveda insists on rejuvenation and preventive therapy during the Karkkidakam month (mostly between July 16th- August 16th). The therapy includes a special diet and special treatments duly prescribed in the Ayurvedic treatises which purifies the system.
Itoozhi Ayurveda found itself in the company of luminaries from the world of Ayurveda medicine in the first week of April 2012
The Steering Committee’s report on AYUSH (ayurveda, unani, siddha and homeopathy) has suggested that a separate drug controller general for ayurveda, siddha and unani drugs should be created.
Sonia Arora, an assistant professor at Kean University in New Jersey, is delving into understanding the curative properties of the neem tree in fighting the virus that causes AIDS.
More and more Germans above the age of 50 are reportedly preferring the ancient Indian system of medicine to stay healthy and reduce stress.