Ayurveda says ‘no tomatoes’, right? Well, it doesn’t actually. Here are the facts. There is nothing written about tomatoes in Ayurvedic literature Tomatoes, solanum lycopersicum, came to India with the Portuguese several hundred years ago but Indians didn’t really use Read more…
Everyone is talking about fasting. There is so much (sometimes conflicting) information out there about fasting, what does Ayurveda have to say about it? And how can fasting be personalised to our individual constitutions? Find all the answers to these Read more…
Self-sabotage shows up a lot in my Ayurvedic consultations. “I know what to do, I just don’t do it”. This is often followed up with some self-criticism about failing to have self-discipline. I see this pattern in myself too, in Read more…
Thankfully the menopause is getting a lot of airtime now, and so it should. It has been a source of shame and misunderstanding for too long. How do we view the menopause in Ayurveda? Menopause essentials Let’s first recap the Read more…
Fire up your digestion and help joint pain with this wonderfully warming ginger tea.
I’m feeling these symptoms, what do they mean? Do I have a dosha imbalance? Or do I feel pretty balanced? Each dosha has its qualities so the simplest way to gauge a dosha imbalance is to see which of these Read more…
Our bodies want to stay alive. We have many amazing ways to self-regulate bodily processes to remain stable and continue to live. Much of this goes on without our awareness; tiny adjustments occurring on a minute-by-minute basis. But what happens Read more…
Some things are easy to digest and some things are difficult. And then there are some which are very difficult (abhishyandi). Knowledge of these makes a huge difference to how well you digest, absorb and assimilate nutrients and thus how Read more…
Chronic inflammation, skin diseases, digestive and liver disorders, arthritis, long term poisoning[1]. Stubborn conditions for which there is often no conventional cure. For these, Ayurveda offers the highly effective virechana (medicated purging) and its speedier relative, the quick purge. Medicated Read more…
Kichari, rice-mung stew (or porridge), is wonderfully light on digestion yet tasty and satisfying. It is often given to people who are ill or recovering from illness, like an Ayurvedic ‘chicken-soup’. If you’d like a follow along video to make Read more…