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Ayurveda and the Five Elements | Pancha Bhoota
In Ayurveda, the Pancha Bhoota (also written as Pancha Bhuta) are a reference to the basic Five Elements, which form the foundation of all cosmic crea [ ... ]

Shiro Dhara | Ayurvedic Oil Pouring Massage
The word Shirodhara consists of two parts: Shiro meaning head, and Dhara meaning flow. Shirodhara is a classical and well-known Ayurvedic procedure wh [ ... ]

Ayurveda | Indian Traditional Medicine and Lifestyle
The word Ayurveda (Sanskrit: आयुर्वेद) is a combination of two other words Ayu and Veda, where Ayu means Life, Span of Life, or Age, a [ ... ]

Sesame Oil and Ayurvedic Abhyanga Massage
Sesame is a flowering plant, also called Benne. It grows naturally in Africa and in India, and cultivated for its edible seeds, with Sudan, Myanmar, a [ ... ]

Garshana | Ayurvedic Dry-Brushing Massage
Garshana, also called dry-brushing or dry-rubbing, is a dry, full-body massage in which one uses special raw silk gloves or dry brushes to apply the t [ ... ]

Ayurvedic Massages and the Use of Herbal Oils
In Ayurveda, herbs and herbal oils know a wide variety of applications, such as cooking, raw consumption, massage, oil pulling, steaming, oil bathing, [ ... ]

Sen Line Theory and Ayurveda
Historically, Thai Traditional Medicine has been heavily influenced by Indian Ayurvedic Medicine. Moreover, the whole of Southeast Asia, including Chi [ ... ]

Kati Abhyanga | Ayurveda Back Massage
Kati Abhyanga is an Indian Ayurveda massage treatment for the back. It’s in fact an Abhyanga Oil Massage which only treats the back, shoulders, neck [ ... ]

Snehana | Ayurvedic Oleation Therapies
Snehana (or Sneha) is a general term for a range of Ayurvedic Oleation therapies, which can be done both internally (Abhyantara Snehana) and externall [ ... ]

Sutika Massage | Postpartum Abhyanga Oil Massage
In India, the postnatal confinement period is called Sutika Kala and it generally takes about six weeks. The mother who has just given birth is named [ ... ]