Ayurveda by Dr Oshin Chouhan

त्यजे दार्तां भिषग भूपैरद्विष्टं  तेषां द्विषं द्विषम | हीनोपकरणम् व्यग्रंविधेयं गतायुषं | चण्डं शोकतुरं भीरुं कृतघ्नं वैद्यमानिनं |                                                           अ .हृ .सू .1/34 I read this today and wanted to share it with you all. This is an excerpt from one of  the Ayurvedic texts Ashtang hridayam which clearly and bluntly instructs the vaidyas to not extend their medical help to people who have ill feelings for the king or the vaidya, to enemies, to men who can't arrange for their medical expenses, to people who have an unsteady and shaky state of mind, to folks who don't follow the orders of the vaidya , to a person who is on the verge of death, to men who are arrogant, grief- stricken, timid, ungrateful and most importantly   to the populace which considers themselves as doctors ...

"Top ayurvedic remedies for hair fall" or "10 best Ayurvedic tips for weight loss"...sounds familiar..isn't it? Google keywords like 'w eight loss' or 'skin glow' and these web pages will pop on your screen. But are these tips which claim to be 'Ayurvedic' are really so? The folks in India are particularly inclined to stuff which they perceive to be natural and there is a common misconception that everything natural is 'Ayurvedic'. As an Ayurvedic student writing this and supposedly an Ayurvedic student reading this, I want to make it very clear that  'not all the natural remedies are Ayurvedic' For example, 'application of aloe vera gel on your face is a remedy for pimples' .Here, although aloe vera gel is a plant extract and is natural, still has nothing to do with Ayurveda. So, I am stating in this place remedies and things which are stated as 'Ayurvedic' all over the net and are a...