29.06.19 - How do I stay in balance? The damp and cold spring has done honour to Kapha dosha. Cold, damp and heavy are the most important qualities of Kapha. Then, very suddenly, it has...

06.06.19 - Do you know someone who has Alzheimer's dementia? This disease brings people to a frightening, pitiful state. While at the beginning they were largely physically fit, their...

23.05.19 - Change always has to do with (temporary) chaos. An old order dissolves, a new order must first emerge. In the time in between, things come to light that burden the order. This...

23.05.19 - "What I used to be able to do, I simply can't do now! I don't sleep restfully, find it difficult to fall asleep or sleep through the night, suffer from hot flashes, am often...

03.05.19 - 5.     where do I eat? The places where we spend time have a great influence on our well-being. From the Maharishi Sthapatya Veda, the traditional teaching...

01.05.19 - Ashwagandha (winter cherry) is, next to the three-fruit remedy Triphala, probably the most widely used Ayurvedic medicinal plant. Both the Latin name "Withania somnifera" and...

25.04.19 - Many people today are not aware of the importance of regular stool elimination. However, the best diet is of no use if the waste produced during digestion is not properly...

18.04.19 - "I eat much healthier now! I have reduced my meat consumption and eat fruit every day!" is the typical statement of someone who notices that something is wrong with their diet...

08.03.19 - A few years ago hardly anyone talked about vitamin D, nowadays it is on everyone's lips. The health value of vitamin D is undisputed. Bone health, a strong immune system, good...

01.03.19 - Tulsi, the Indian basil, is one of the most popular Ayurvedic medicinal plants. There is hardly a house in India without this plant, which is revered as sacred, in front of the...

21.02.19 - February is, as almost every year, the month with the most febrile infections. The flu wave is rolling! Few people are aware that fever itself is not an illness, but only a...

06.02.19 - The use of hormonal contraception, which began its triumphant march across the world with the invention of the pill in the early 1960s, is still recommended by gynaecologists...

01.02.19 - The resin of the desert shrub myrrh is used in Ayurvedic medicine to improve resistance. The myrrh bush has the ability to withstand the most extreme weather conditions:...

15.01.19 - "Since I have been meditating regularly, everything in life is easier for me. I sleep better, I am more concentrated at work and even my athletic performance is better" says Mr....

15.01.19 - Guduchi (Tinospora Cordifolia) is a tropical climbing plant that is used in many ways in Ayurveda. According to the doctrine of signatures, the heart-shaped leaves of Guduchi...