August 31, 2010 in Yoga and Exercise
What is stress?
Stress is any kind of pressure that effect a person in his daily life. This effect may be healthy or unhealthy depending on his reactions on the stress factors. As per this definition there are three factors which make up the stress. The first is the causative factors also called stressor, second is the individual make up of the person affected, and third is the reaction of the individual [...]
August 19, 2010 in Yoga and Exercise
KAPALBHATI – This cleansing process is related to respiratory system. It also affects all the parts of the respiratory system (From nose to Alveoli).
Technique of Kapalbhati
Any meditative posture can be adopted for the practice of Kapalbhati. Padmasana is the best preferred because the triangular base formed gives more stability and also it enables to maintain the erect posture of the spine. [...]
Urbanisation and civilised society has lead to the growth of digestion related disease. Most common of them is Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS. Many a times, it is difficult to detect this disease and we fall in the trap of wrong treatment. In this disease, although the food gets digested but the intestines are unable to absorb the elements present in the digested food i.e. vitamins, glucose, calcium, [...]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is also called as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), CFIDS – Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome, PVFS – Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome etc.
What is the etiology for ME?
Nobody knows the causes of CFS, but scientists are investigating whether it is related to virus, stress, food substances (or) allergy, toxicity, nutritional deficiency, psychological dysfunction.
Some [...]
August 12, 2010 in Therapies
No one likes to be sick. But, why does one fall sick? There are so many reasons for ailments like wrong life style, unbalanced diet, consumption of harmful products, lack of exercises, etc. So, it is certain that a human body is engulfed by some ailments (or) the other. This process has started since the beginning of the human civilisation. Since ancient times, various methods have been used to treat [...]
Cancer : What is it and how it occurs?
Cancer is an uncontrolled growth of the cells in the body. The cells in the body have the prefixed span of life. Normally, as the cell ages, it undergoes a process of programmed cell death, called as apoptosis, which is controlled by the genetic material (DNA) present in the nucleus of each cell. The genes which can produce cancer (oncogenes) are also present [...]
August 10, 2010 in Therapies
Now a days, man is affected by various physical and mental ailments. Whenever we fall sick, we rush to a doctor and gulp down different medicines in trying to get relief and continue to have food. We are taught to eat at regular times whether we are hungry or not so we stuff ourselves. This leads to auto intoxication and polluted blood stream which are the root causes of all our major physical troubles. [...]
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a gradual and progressive condition that happens when the kidneys do not take out waste products for at least three months in a row.
Causes of CKD
The most common causes of CKD are high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease. Chronic kidney disease can also be caused by infections or urinary blockages.