by Tirtha Acharya | Oct 11, 2026 | panchakarma
Virechana Panchakarma is Ayurveda’s classical purge. It clears excess Pitta and built-up toxins from the body through the bowels. One Ayurveda hospital in Belgaum, India, recorded 714 Virechana procedures in 2014 alone, so the therapy is routine in clinical...
by Tirtha Acharya | Oct 9, 2026 | therapy
The CDC counted 28.9 million US adults with diagnosed sinusitis in 2018, about 11.6 percent of all adults. Most manage it with sprays, steam, and the occasional antibiotic. Nasya therapy takes a different route, placing a few drops of warm medicated oil into each...
by Tirtha Acharya | Oct 7, 2026 | yoga
Yoga Nidra benefits read almost too good to be true until you look at where the claims actually come from. Researcher Erica Sharpe at SUNY Canton put adults through a single 30-minute session and watched 89 percent of them fall asleep before it ended, while...
by Tirtha Acharya | Oct 5, 2026 | Ayurveda
Nepal’s government just declared 2027 “Wellness Tourism Year,” a deliberate push to pull international visitors away from the usual trekking itinerary and toward Ayurveda and yoga instead, according to Nepal Tourism Board data reported by...
by Tirtha Acharya | Oct 2, 2026 | Ayurveda
A government pharmacy in Kathmandu has been preparing Ayurvedic medicine since the Malla Dynasty, nearly 400 years ago. It’s still operating today, still regulated by the state, still producing the same category of herbal formulas it always has. That single fact...
