Tulsi (holy basil, ocimum tenuiflorum, or ocimum sanctum) is one of the most divine herbs in Ayurveda. According to the ancient text, Bhava Prakash, it stimulates digestion (dipani) and helps kill harmful bacteria (bhutaghni). It is also very good...

Brahmi is an ancient plant described by the Ayurvedic texts that is now extinct. For the past many centuries, Vaidya Mishra's family lineage of Ayurvedic practitioners has been using the combination of aindri (bacopa monnieri) and mandukaparni (gotu...

While the original, ancient brahmi, has been extinct for centuries, the combination of aindri (bacopa monnieri) and mandukaparni (gotu kola) is able to recreate almost the same results as the original brahmi. These two plants are sometimes even...

 Vaidya’s Lalita’s Skin Care Line has been women’s best friend for more than 10 years. His recent Navratna Celestial Radiance Cream was a celebrated addition. But now you have even more choices to address the very specific...

Cleaning our tongues daily for optimal oral health is probably one of Ayurveda’s most evident contributions to modern lifestyle. Tongue cleaners, also called tongue scrapers, are now available in all materials (plastic, steel, or other metals)...

The name, ashoka, begins with the sound, "a." In Sanskrit, this sound represents the unlimited field of energy and intelligence in nature, the field of consciousness, which is found pervading every molecule of the universe. In the same way, the...

The Sanskrit word, trupti - तृप्ति- means contentment, fulfillment. It is a state of blissful being in which we feel physically, emotionally, and mentally satiated, a state in which we experience no lack of anything. Experiencing trupti is the ideal...

Do you have trouble unwinding in the evening after a full day? When we don't unwind before we go to bed, we may often find ourselves lying there awake. We think we've been unwinding by watching TV in the evening, but our lack of sleep tells us...