Health care for globe trotters

50% of people, who travel, suffer a travel - related illness. All travelers should be well prepared for travel and be prepared to protect themselves from travel related illness. In this issue various aspects of travel related illness have been discussed with related protective measures. According to ayurveda traveling causes vitiation of vata dosha. Vata dosha regulates all the activities of body like digestion, respiration, excretion, transmission of nerve impulses ,reflexes, body movements ...
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Preventing Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy through Ayurveda

Definition: Benign prostatic hypertrophy is swelling of Prostate gland. The prostate is a walnut sized gland that is only present in men. It is located just below the bladder and top of the penis. This gland surrounds the urethra ( the tube through which urine flows from the bladder and out through the penis ). It is a very astonishing fact to know that the condition BPH has been explained in ayurveda long back. The anatomical position of prostate gland, symptoms of BPH and its remedies are ...
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Ayurveda remedies for Erectile dysfunction

Definition of Erectile dysfunction Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability of a man to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for his sexual needs or the needs of his partner. Erectile dysfunction is sometimes called as "impotence". The term "erectile dysfunction" can mean the inability to achieve erection, an inconsistent ability to do so, or the ability to achieve only brief erections. Ayurveda defines Erectile dysfunction or ED as follows. Sankalpapravano nityam priyaam vashyaamapi ...
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Ayurveda approach to Genital Herpes

Dosha theory which help in diagnosis of the diseases According to ayurveda three doshas or three energetic forces control the activities of the body. These doshas are 1. Vata 2. Pitta 3. Kapha VATA: The Vata dosha is the most important of the three doshas. It has been said in ayurveda classic books that " pitta , Kapha and all other body tissues are considered lame without assistance of VATA ." Vata dominates the lower part of the body, which is below umbilicus. The movements of body ...
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Uncover The Pros and Cons Of Fad Dieting

When was the last time you were tempted to try that fad diet you have found in the latest magazine that promises the world with fantastic fat losses and without doing a thing. What was it again; just take a couple of fat burning pills follow the diet and then bang! A brand new you in a couple of weeks. The sad fact is they do not work, they just provide more suffering in your efforts to lose weight, and the only thing that you are losing is your hard earned money. Firstly lets look at the ...
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Eight Simple Ways To Perfect Health

Health is a very important factor that man should consider to enjoy life. It is being taught in schools, yet often neglected by the younger generation of the human society. As man starts to age, he starts to be healthy conscious and even starts to search for the fountain of youth. To keep man healthy, he searches for so many complicated ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Yet there are simple ways that are right before our very eyes that most of us simply ignore. There are eight simple ways ...
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Bowel Toxaemia and Skin Health

Bowel toxaemia is caused by improper bowel functions; the most common reasons for this are normally caused by an unhealthy lifestyle, a deficient diet and ignoring the natural urge to defecate. Harmful bacteria replace the beneficial bacteria that are in the bowel due to a deficient diet and not evacuating the bowel properly. This in time leads to bowel toxaemia. Intestinal obstruction and a certain type of diet result in bowel toxaemia, bacteria in the lumen produce various toxic chemicals. ...
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How Caffeine Can Affect Your Health

In a regular cup of coffee there are about 170 mg of caffeine and in decaffeinated coffee there are about 30/40 mg of caffeine. On the stock market, Coffee is a 90 billion dollar industry but what is significant is that just in North America 85%+ drink 3 to 5 cups of coffee per day. A huge number of people are at risk for many of the issues surrounding coffee consumption. Top Ten Reasons why you should consider switching to a "Healthy Coffee" Cardiovascular Problems Caffeine increases your ...
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Coping with stress and turning back the hands of time.

Stress comes in many forms, workplace stress, family stress, grief over loss of a loved one, etc... Some can be avoided, but as we know, many cannot. Some people handle stress better than others, and some even thrive onit.Regardless, stress takes its toll. Stress has been proven to rid your body of many essential vitamins and minerals. Particularly vitamins C, E, and B. This leads to lethargy, lower focussed mental activities (clinically stress causes more erratic brain activity and a reduction ...
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Homeostasis

HOMEOSTASIS: THE KEY TO NATURAL HEALTH Body fluids in balance [Neutral pH] When all minerals, hormones, pH and other elements that make up our body's internal chemistry are in perfect balance, the body is said to be in Homeostasis. It is then able to work efficiently. When we cannot maintain homeostasis, i. e. our body fluids are either too acidic or too alkaline, we are more exposed to lifestyle-related degenerative diseases. Among the most common of these are cardiovascular disease, ...
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