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Ayurveda and the Use of Coconut Oil | Applications and Benefits
Coconut oil is an edible oil made from the wick, meat, and milk of the fruit of the Coconut palm tree. It’s a white, solid fat that melts at room te [ ... ]

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 are thought to form the foundation of [ ... ]

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, and it grows naturally in Africa and in India. It’s cultivated for its edible seeds, with Sudan, [ ... ]

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 tr [ ... ]

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

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 [ ... ]