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 Hashimoto's thyroiditis
It has an exotic name, was discovered over 100 years ago by a Japanese pathologist and is one of the most common causes of hypothyroidism in adults: in Hashimoto's thyroiditis, the body's own defence system produces antibodies against thyroid proteins for unknown reasons and causes chronic inflammation. More than 10% of the German population are affected, women about [...]
The Ayurveda medicine cabinet: help for self-help
Wait and see and drink tea. Most people prefer to stay at home when they are acutely ill. Many only visit a doctor's surgery when severe symptoms persist for several days or the course of the illness worsens. Until then, they help themselves - unfortunately not always successfully. Ayurveda offers a variety of [...]