Category Archives: Knowledge
Knowledge from the systems of Ayurvedic Medicine, Tibetan Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture and Western Herbalists
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Atopic dermatitis
Posted on January 14, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Atopic dermatitis, Liver, Pitta, Pungent, Rakta Dhatu, SourAtopic dermatitis is a chronic, pruritic, relapsing skin disorder that is thought to have an immunologic basis, often with a personal or family history of atopic conditions such as asthma or hayfever. The etiology however is not established, and has been linked to a number of factors including nutrient deficiencies and dietary allergens. (Berkow 1992; [...]
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Arterial Disease
Posted on January 14, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Arterial Disease, Heart, Kapha, Rakta DhatuArterial Disease Arterial disease accounts for the vast majority of patients that suffer from cardiovascular disease, and may be accompanied by diseases of the veins and heart. The primary arterial disease is atherosclerosis, a progressive disease of large and medium large arteries that is marked by the formation of plaques or atherosclerotic lesions in [...]
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Amenorrhea
Posted on January 14, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Amenorrhea, Artava Dhatu, Rakta Dhatu, Uterus, Vagina, VataAmenorrhea Amenorrhea refers to the absence of menstruation and is of two types: primary amenorrhea, in which menstruation has not begun by late puberty, even if other signs of physical maturation are present; and secondary amenorrhea, which is the cessation of menstruation for more than 3 cycles in a post-pubescent woman. There are many possible [...]
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
Posted on January 13, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Alzheimer's disease (AD), Brain, Heart, Majja Dhatu, Meditation - Stress Management, Rajas, VataAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is a degenerative condition of the brain that destroys memory, disrupts personality and accelerates death. The disease was first described in 1907 by Dr. Alios Alzheimer, who had a 51-year-old female patient suffering from a severe form of dementia. Upon autopsy, he noticed the deposition “of a peculiar substance in the [...]
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Alcoholic Liver Disease
Posted on January 13, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Alcoholic Liver Disease, Liver, Pitta, Rakta DhatuAlcoholic Liver Disease Alcohol consumption has a long history in human civilization, dating back to the early neolithic, with references to the problem of alcoholism noted in the ancient medical texts of India and other cultures. At one time it was thought that alcoholic liver disease (ALD) was solely related to the nutritional deficiencies [...]
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Adrenocortical insufficiency
Posted on January 13, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Adrenocortical insufficiency, Ojas, VataAdrenocortical insufficiency relates to the deficient production of the adrenocortical hormones. It can result from stress, injury or destruction of the adrenal gland, pituitary or hypothalamic dysfunction, or the chronic usage of corticosteroids. Adrenocortical insufficiency is really only recognized as an overt disease in pathology, but herbalists recognize a subclinical form that affects people under [...]
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Allergy
Posted on January 13, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Agni, Allergy, AmaChronic allergy is a hypersensitivity caused by exposure to an allergen resulting in a marked increase in immune system reactivity upon subsequent exposure. A patient once told me that since she arrived on US soil, it seemed to her everyone in America had chronic allergy problems, while no one did in her home country of [...]
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Iron Deficiency Anemia
Posted on January 13, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Anemia, Rakta Dhatu, VataIRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA The term anemia refers to a decrease in the numbers of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin (Hb) content caused by a limited number of mechanisms that can function independently or occur synergistically. The term anemia is often used incorrectly as a diagnosis, but like hypertension, is really a symptom of an [...]
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Ama – Toxins – Undigested Food
Posted on January 12, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Agni, Ama, Cooking Herbs, Diets, Digestion - Agni, Food, KaphaAma: raw, uncooked; toxins; a toxic substance that impairs bodily or mental functions and can be physical, as in undigested food, or mental, as in any incomplete thought, experience or emotion; ama always arises from physical or mental indigestion. It is considered the root cause of many diseases. A general term for toxins within the [...]
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Ahara Rasa
Posted on January 12, 2012 by Bay Area Ayurvedic Doctors, Acupuncturists, Medical Doctors in Digestion - Agni, Glossary of Ayurveda, Rasa DhatuAhara Rasa: Nutritive juice that is the end product of digested food, formed about 12 hours after eating; the nutritional precursor of all bodily tissues; asthayi (unstable, unprocessed) form of rasa dhatu.
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