Tag: ayurveda
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Silk Route Siblings: Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda’s Intimate Relationship
Categories: Research & ArticlesBy Brian Keenan ND, MAc, BSHs This article was originally published in the Winter 2023 edition of the AIM Newspaper. Read the full paper for free. The medical arts of Chinese medicine* and Ayurveda are often seen as wholly separate disciplines. In many ways this is true, but the similarities quickly begin to outweigh the…
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Ayurveda and Sleep
Categories: Research & ArticlesSleep is a key ingredient for a healthy and joyful life. Good sleep acts as a rejuvenator of the mind and regenerator of the body, enabling us to perform optimally during our waking hours. Even powerful medicine is of hardly any use if this fundamental ingredient of life is missing. Unfortunately, the modern approach to…
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An Ayurveda Diet for Stress Relief & Weight Loss
Categories: Research & ArticlesAyurveda is an ancient healing tradition that views a person’s physical and emotional well-being as being based on the proper balance of vital energies. Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine share this fundamental belief in the importance of balanced energies. As one might imagine, both of these traditions view weight fluctuations in terms of how balanced…
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Weight Control, Ayurveda, TCM and Stress
Categories: Research & ArticlesAncient healing traditions such as Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicine see our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being as being based on the proper balance of vital energies. As one might imagine, both of these similar traditions, fluctuations in weight are believed to occur when the mind, emotions, diet, digestion, metabolism and appetite are out of…