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Gujarat CM Narendra Modi inaugurates country’s first private Yoga University in Ahmedabad

May 24, 2013
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Yoga University in Ahmedabad. The Lakulish Yoga University claims to be the first ever private sector self-financed institution which has provisions for a degree course …

Ayurveda goes online!

May 17, 2013
A  group of ayurveda experts have launched a medical treatment package in cyberspace. 'NaturWell', which guarantees overall wellness to subscribers of the year-long programme being rolled out through homilies (spiritual …

Ayurveda becoming a popular choice to cure eye diseases

May 12, 2013
The world's first ayurvedic ophthalmic hospital says that more and more people are turning to the ancient Indian system of medicine to resolve eye problems. Doctors at the Sreedhareeyam Ayurvedic Eye Hospital and Research Centre …

Kerala to boost ayurveda during the monsoons

May 7, 2013
Kerala is set to popularise ayurveda therapies among tourists during the monsoon, which arrives in the last week of May, an official said on Tuesday. Popular therapies like 'age halt programme' combine ayurvedic treatment and …

Alternative therapies like Ayurveda and Homeopathy to be covered under mediclaim

May 6, 2013
The IRDA (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority) has recently issued a notification to insurance companies that they should cover treatment by the Indian System of Medicine under their health insurance policies. As …

Kerala physicians keeping ayurveda alive

May 5, 2013
At age 74, ayurvedic physician Alathiyoor Narayanan Nambi still sees several patients daily, carrying forward a tradition his family has pursued for hundreds of years. Even the medicines he prescribes, made out of traditional …

Kerala Ayurveda has a competitor in Sri Lanka

April 28, 2013
According to a leading industry expert, Sri Lanka is steadily emerging as a major competitor to Kerala's ayurvedic system of medicine. But officials are quick to point out that as long as Kerala sticks to its pristine form of …

Combine Allopathic and holistic healthcare: Delhi health Minister

April 21, 2013
 Delhi Health and Family Minister A.K. Walia called upon medical professionals to work in close association with one another as well as with environmental specialists to achieve the goal of holistic health. ‘The health …

India to take AYUSH abroad

April 11, 2013
 As part of an initiative to promote traditional Indian systems of medicine abroad, the health ministry has signed agreements and set up research facilities to collaborate with international universities, an official said. The …

Ayurveda goes digital in Kerala!

April 10, 2013
Ayurveda  took the digital route to reach the global audience, with Kerala Tourism launching two e-books on the Indian healing system. The e-books on Ayurveda are the award-winning coffee table books, ‘Panchakarma: Ayurveda's …

Leech therapy makes a comeback in modern India

March 28, 2013
A few years ago when Hollywood actress Demi Moore said she let leeches suck her blood as part of a therapy to look fresh and young it made headlines. This ancient medical therapy of using leeches for clinical bloodletting to …

Could herbal medicines cause kidney failure?

March 20, 2013
While India is known world over for its alternative healing therapies right from Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy, Siddha Vaidya and Homeopathy, the news that these ‘natural remedies’  may be causing more harm than good is quite …

Ayurveda docs want say in Kerala healthcare policy

March 8, 2013
The Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI) Thursday expressed its displeasure at the poor representation of its members in the committee of the Kerala government which formulates health policy in the state. The committee …

Delhi to host a conference on alternative healing methods from India and Asia

February 8, 2013
Indian and South East Asian nations are planning to promote their traditional systems of medicines in New Delhi over the next few days. The conference is set to be held in the capital on the 12th and 13th of February. ‘The …