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
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 Grain Drinks in Ayurveda: Sura, Maireya, and the Therapeutic Use of Fermented Beverages
When I first encountered Ayurveda’s discussions of fermented beverages, the most striking feature was not a single recipe but the...
June 5, 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