Ayurvedic Approaches to Type 2 Diabetes

Both Ayurveda and modern medicine agree that type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a multifaceted disease that  affects many organs, tissues, and channels of the body including the cardiovascular, urinary, nervous and immune systems. In Sanskrit, diabetes is called...

The Three Doshas are Not “Types”

I often get quizzical looks when I start an introductory lecture on Ayurveda with the comment that "the three doshas are not body types." Vata, Pitta and Kapha are certainly foundational to every aspect of Ayurvedic theory and practice and understanding them starts...