Back to the centre: What we can learn from the coronavirus with Ayurveda
It's Thursday, 10 December and I'm reading the following headline: „Despite partial lockdown: new coronavirus infections peak again“. After a good 5 weeks of massive contact restrictions, the Federal Republic of Germany is on its way to a full lockdown for the second time in its history. Despite the approaching vaccine approval, the coronavirus will continue to affect us well into 2021 [...].
Crisis as an opportunity: the coronavirus pandemic from an Ayurvedic perspective
I've just come from the weekly market and the atmosphere is bizarre. People are waiting in long queues in front of the stalls, more than two metres separate them from the person in front, and there is an eerie silence. A virus is keeping Germany and the world on tenterhooks. The number of new infections is rising exponentially, one breaking news story follows another, public life is drastically [...]
Food supplements in Ayurveda
Some call them herbal pills, others spice powders, healing schnapps or medicines. No matter what name we want to assign to Ayurvedic products, one thing is certain: no health system in the world has a variety of herbal products and formulations comparable to Ayurveda. The science behind these products is called „Dravyagunavijnana“, which translates as the „science of substances and their properties“. The basis [...]
Ayurvedic treatment of thyroid diseases
Small organ - great importance: The thyroid gland influences the metabolism and functional state of almost all organs and its health is therefore of paramount relevance from an Ayurvedic perspective. Hardly any other organ reacts so sensitively to stress and, conversely, affects the psyche as quickly as the thyroid gland in the event of illness. This places a considerable burden on those affected and [...]