Hikka-Shwasa (Hiccups and Dyspnea): Ayurvedic Diagnosis and Treatment Protocols
Hiccups that continue for more than forty-eight hours are classified in modern medicine as persistent hiccups and warrant medical assessment....
May 27, 2026
Nidana Panchaka: The Five Diagnostic Factors That Reveal a Disease’s Root Cause
A patient came to my clinic three years ago with what he described as “just a bad back.” He had...
May 26, 2026
Unmada (Psychosis) in Ayurvedic Texts: Historical Classification and Modern Clinical Parallels
Reading the descriptions of unmada in the Charaka Samhita can produce a sense of clinical recognition. The text records disturbed...
May 24, 2026
Shodhana vs Shamana: When to Purify and When to Pacify in Ayurvedic Treatment
A 45-year-old woman arrived at an Ayurvedic clinic complaining of chronic fatigue, skin rashes, and digestive bloating that had persisted...
May 23, 2026
Hemiplegic Migraine in Ayurveda: Beyond Ardhavabhedaka — Complex Cases and Vascular Vata
Hemiplegic migraine is a rare form of migraine with aura in which attacks include fully reversible motor weakness together with...
May 22, 2026
Ayurvedic Stroke Recovery Protocol: Pakshaghata Rehabilitation with Panchakarma
The stroke had happened on a Tuesday morning. By Friday, when his daughter first brought him to my clinic, he...
May 21, 2026
Panchatikta Ghrita: The Multi-Herb Medicated Ghee That Treats Skin, Joints, and Blood
Panchatikta Ghrita is a classical medicated ghee, but claims about dramatic responses in psoriatic arthritis, fixed reductions in C-reactive protein,...
May 20, 2026
Neuralgia (Vata Vyadhi of Nerves): Ayurvedic Treatment for Trigeminal and Intercostal Pain
Trigeminal neuralgia causes recurrent attacks of severe facial pain in one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. The pain...
May 19, 2026
Pitta-Vata Mixed Constitution: Managing the Intense, Anxious Body-Mind Type
The Pitta-Vata patient is among the most challenging and most rewarding to treat in clinical Ayurveda. They arrive precisely on...
May 18, 2026
Agnikarma for Chronic Pain: When Thermal Cauterization Outperforms Injection Therapy
Agnikarma is an Ayurvedic para-surgical procedure in which a trained clinician applies therapeutic cautery to a selected site. It has...
May 17, 2026