Here you find our articles about Herbal Medicine applications around the world, typically part of a multitude of traditional medicine practices.
The word Ayurveda (Sanskrit: आयुर्वेद) is a combination of two other words Ayu and Veda, where Ayu means Life, Span of Life, or Age, and Veda means Science or Knowledge. Usually, Ayurveda is translated as [ Read more … ]
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, and India being the largest producers. It’s also one of [ Read more … ]
In Ayurveda, herbs and herbal oils know a wide variety of applications, such as cooking, raw consumption, massage, oil pulling, steaming, oil bathing, colonic flushing, and nasal treatments, to name some popular uses. In Ayurvedic [ Read more … ]
An abundant blood circulation through the prostate is generally considered essential for an optimum supply of nutrients, effective lymphatic drainage, and proper prostate function. Notably in traditional medicine systems hot herbal compress massages are used [ Read more … ]
Sowa Rigpa is the Traditional Medicine system of Tibet, which has kept much of its authenticity. The practices spread to Bhutan, Nepal, Ladakh, Sikkim, and Mongolia. It also includes elements of ancient Indian, Chinese, and [ Read more … ]
Snehana (or Sneha) is a general term for a range of Ayurvedic Oleation therapies, which can be done both internally (Abhyantara Snehana) and externally (Bahya Snehana). Snehanas can be applied stand-alone, but they are also [ Read more … ]
Pizhichil (also called Kaya Seka, Kayaseka, Sarvanga Dhara, or Sarvangadhara) is an Ayurvedic therapy that originates in the Kerala region of India. It’s applied by dipping a linen cloth into warm, medicated herbal oil and [ Read more … ]
Herbal compress treatments and therapies have been used for millennia across civilizations and cultures, and within most traditional medicine systems. Applied hot or cold, their application was/is based on ancient (and often region-specific) knowledge of [ Read more … ]
Tibetan Lum is a form of medicinal bathing, part of Sowa Rigpa Traditional Tibetan Medicine. According to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage organization, Lum bathing stands for “the traditional knowledge and practices of bathing in [ Read more … ]
One of the risks of self-medication with herbal medicines and herbal supplements is that they have not all been thoroughly tested. Some herbs or combination of herbs can actually be very harmful i.e. toxic. Before [ Read more … ]