Ayurveda

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How Arab Medicine Found a New Home in Medieval India

Deborah Schlein 11/10/2016

It is clear that the early Arab medicine described...

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Did CSIR’s Anti-Diabetic Drug Deserve Modi’s Praise?

K.S. Jayaraman 04/10/2016

Scientists are questioning CSIR's BGR-34, promoted through commercial advertisements...

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If We’re Going to Search for Sanjeevani, This is How to Do It

Vasudevan Mukunth 29/07/2016

We have to ensure that Uttarakhand's new project stays...

Remedies at a homeopathic pharmacy in Varanasi, India. Credit: Jorge Royan/Wikimedia Commons

The Safety, Efficacy and Business of Publicly Funded Ayurveda

Prashant Reddy 15/07/2016

When an ayurvedic drug has been 'approved' by the...

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Centre Approves Ayurvedic Drug – But Its Science is Missing

Manasi Gandhi 06/07/2016

An ayurvedic anti-diabetic concoction has been developed by CSIR...

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Baba Ramdev’s Newspaper Ads Go Against the Grain of Sound Science

Pushpa M. Bhargava 14/05/2016

He deserves credit for popularising yoga as an effective...

Remedies at a homeopathic pharmacy in Varanasi, India. Credit: Jorge Royan/Wikimedia Commons

An Upvote for Ayurveda From the Swiss Government – Alongside Homeopathy

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/05/2015

Ayurveda practitioners without a medical degree can obtain a...