Ayurveda

Discoloration of Lips — Discoloration of the lips is a condition when the color of the lips changes from the usual red or pink to dark shades. It can affect both men and women and is not bounded by age either. Some of the causes of discoloration of lips include smoking, chewing of tobacco, chemotherapy, excessive fluoride use or use …

Diarrhoea (Aatisaar) — In Ayurveda diarrhoea is known as aatisaar. According to Ayurveda diarrhoea is caused by all tri �dosha �s vat (air), pitta (fire), kapha (phlegm). The disease is divided into six parts according to accumulation of doshas. Vataj (Due to accumulation of air) Pittaj (Due to accumulation of fire) Kaphaj (Due to accumulation of phlegm) Raktaj (Due to blood) …

Diarrhea — Commonly known as loose motions, diarrhea is the frequent passage of unformed watery loose stools. Diarrhea can be a mild one, acute or chronic. People of any age can be struck with diarrhea. It is a condition where the water is either not absorbed properly or there is excess of water secreted by the organs. The most common …

Diabetes mellitus (Madhumeha) — In our body pancreas gland beta cells are responsible for the secretion of the hormone insulin, which is extremely essential for utilization of the carbohydrates in body. If insulin is absent carbohydrates accumulate in the bloodstream in the form of glucose which collects in urine. Ayurveda is the oldest therapy which describes remedies for diabetes. In …

Depression — Depression is a state of the mind, body and thoughts which together work towards negativity. It is not a disease but an illness wherein a person is not able to do normal things. Due to the depressed state of mind, a person can find the daily chores to be very taxing and is unable to do them. In …

Defective Vision — Defective vision is the inability to see clearly. Defective vision may be of two types – myopia or short-sightedness. It refers to a condition when a person is unable to see far-off objects clearly. The other is hyperopia or long sightedness which is a situation when a person cannot focus and thus cannot see closer things properly. …

Dark Skin — While some people have dark skin from the time they are born, there are others who have it because of hyper pigmentation and various other reasons. Dark skin has higher quantity of skin pigment melanin, as compared to a fair skin. The increased quantity of melanin also makes the skin look blemished and patchy. The most common …

Dandruff — Dandruff is a condition wherein skin flakes come out of the scalp. These collect amidst the hair and sometimes settle on shoulders, face, eyebrows and clothes. There are basically two types of dandruff – dry dandruff and waxy dandruff. Dry dandruff causes itchiness. In this case the small flakes are loosely scattered in the hair as compared to …

Cough — Coughing is a means by which the body throws out or gets rid of substances that are irritating the air passages in their way. Cough can be classified into two types – productive cough, which produces phlegm from the lungs and the other is nonproductive cough, which is dry and doesn’t produce any phlegm from the lungs. Cough …

Corns — Corns are conical skin patches with its tip pointing into the foot. There are basically two types of corns – hard corns which are formed on the top of the toes or on the outsides of the little toes and soft corns, which are formed between the toes. Some of the causes of corns are wearing tight shoes, …