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August 2010

  • Natural remedies for eye care

    Eyes are one of the most precious, yet largely ignored parts of our body. We do not think of taking care of our eyes until some eye ailment surfaces. What we do not realize is that eyes are constantly exposed to the environment around us and therefore need more care. Here are some helpful herbal tips for time to time eye care to maintain that twinkle forever.

  • Ayurvastra: The naturally healing garments

    Kerela, the hub of rejuvenation therapies, Ayurveda and naturopathy; is fast becoming famous for another healer - the Ayurvastras. The Ayurvastras are garments known to possess healing capabilities and are part of one of Kerala’s healing therapies fast carving a niche for themselves world over.

  • Commonwealth Games athletes to get Kerala Arurveda massage treatment

    With the intention of treating all international as well as national players to the world famous therapeutic Ayurvedic Kerala massage, the government has hired a team of 150 masseurs to cater to around 8000 sportspersons during the Commonwealth Games. 

  • Madras HC allows Unani and Ayurveda docs to conduct surgery

    In a path breaking decision coming from the Madras High Court, the registered practitioners in siddha, Ayurveda, homeopathy and unani will now be eligible for practising surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology, ENT, ophthalmology, etc. the court has also instructed legal action against any such practitioners to be “dropped forthwith”.

  • India to have 700 new spas

    Spa treatments have emerged as the ideal ways of treating physical and mental stress. It is fast emerging as the means where many stressed and lethargic looking professionals in the corporate and other businesses get fresh lease of life. As per the statistics, it is expected that around 700 new spas are likely to be opened over the next four years time.

  • Hottest Trend 2010: Mood-enhancing makeup

    Are you out of mood? Do you really feel insipid after laborious and tormenting day? Never mind, as the mood-enhancing make-up is really on the go, and all the more it is real. You just don’t need to go for any chocolate top excite your mood. Apply mood enhancing lipstick, and there you are with a lovely smile and heart filled energy.

  • Flu medicine patient: India wins dispute against China

    There was a tough fight between the communist China and democratic India over acquiring the patent for influenza medicine, which is prepared with the help of ‘Pudina’ (mint) and 'Kalamegha' (andrographis).

  • Emami, Uttarakhand govt sign MoU for 'ayush gram'

    Kolkata-based Emami group, which manufactures many Ayurvedic based cosmetics, has entered into MoU with the Uttarakhand government, which will materialize the pioneering facility named ‘ayush gram’ at Bhawali sanatorium located in the scenic locales of Kumaon.

  • India slams Lancet on superbug

    The superbug story fabricated by the hospitals and physicians in Britain came under direct lashing from Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare when it sternly opposed to the claims made that drug-resistant superbug which causes multiple organ failure has its origin in India.

  • Drugs & Cosmetics Act amendment on anvil to accommodate Sowa-Rigpa

    The Central government is thinking seriously to modify the regulations delineated under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, with the primary aim to include Sowa-Rigpa class of medicines within the act. It is important to note there that once the act is amended, the class of medicines will receive legal recognition, and all the more, medicines will come to be formulated under the pattern similar to other Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drugs.