Alcohol and Ayurveda: When Sura Is Medicine and When It Is Poison
Alcohol and Ayurveda: The Sura Doctrine and What It Actually Says About Drinking The claim that Ayurveda simply condemns alcohol...
September 13, 2026
Arjunarishta: Fermented Heart Tonic Wine and Cardiology Evidence Review
Arjunarishta: Cardiology Evidence for the Classical Heart Ferment Arjunarishta, officially listed in the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India as Pārthādyariṣṭa, is...
September 10, 2026
Ayurvedic Beer Brewing: The Classical Sura Tradition and Its Therapeutic Uses
The first surprise is still real, but the chapter needs to be named correctly: in the Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana...
July 12, 2026
Ayurvedic Fermented Grain Drinks at Home: Therapeutic Preparations Beyond Beer
My grandfather kept three clay pots on a shelf in the back of his kitchen in Pune that were strictly...
June 23, 2026
Fermented Ayurvedic Beverages: Making Sura, Medaka, and Arishta at Home
My grandmother fermented everything. Not because she read about probiotics or the gut microbiome, but because her grandmother had taught...
May 16, 2026
Ayurvedic Smoothie Bowls: 8 Dosha-Specific Recipes for Every Morning
There is a contradiction at the heart of the smoothie bowl craze that most nutrition content refuses to acknowledge: Ayurveda,...
April 14, 2026