Diabetes mellitus (Madhumeha) — In our body pancreas gland beta cells are responsible for the secretion of the hormone insulin, which is extremely essential for utilization of the carbohydrates in body. If insulin is absent carbohydrates accumulate in the bloodstream in the form of glucose which collects in urine. Ayurveda is the oldest therapy which describes remedies for diabetes. In …

Depression — Depression is a state of the mind, body and thoughts which together work towards negativity. It is not a disease but an illness wherein a person is not able to do normal things. Due to the depressed state of mind, a person can find the daily chores to be very taxing and is unable to do them. In …

Defective Vision — Defective vision is the inability to see clearly. Defective vision may be of two types – myopia or short-sightedness. It refers to a condition when a person is unable to see far-off objects clearly. The other is hyperopia or long sightedness which is a situation when a person cannot focus and thus cannot see closer things properly. …

Dark Skin — While some people have dark skin from the time they are born, there are others who have it because of hyper pigmentation and various other reasons. Dark skin has higher quantity of skin pigment melanin, as compared to a fair skin. The increased quantity of melanin also makes the skin look blemished and patchy. The most common …

Dandruff — Dandruff is a condition wherein skin flakes come out of the scalp. These collect amidst the hair and sometimes settle on shoulders, face, eyebrows and clothes. There are basically two types of dandruff – dry dandruff and waxy dandruff. Dry dandruff causes itchiness. In this case the small flakes are loosely scattered in the hair as compared to …

Cough — Coughing is a means by which the body throws out or gets rid of substances that are irritating the air passages in their way. Cough can be classified into two types – productive cough, which produces phlegm from the lungs and the other is nonproductive cough, which is dry and doesn’t produce any phlegm from the lungs. Cough …

Corns — Corns are conical skin patches with its tip pointing into the foot. There are basically two types of corns – hard corns which are formed on the top of the toes or on the outsides of the little toes and soft corns, which are formed between the toes. Some of the causes of corns are wearing tight shoes, …

Constipation (Ayurvedic Name – Vibandh) — Constipation according to modern medicinal science is defined as infrequent passage of hard stool, patient’s complain of straining, a sensation of incomplete evacuation, abdominal discomfort etc. According to Ayurveda in our body there are thirteen types of motions or processes by which body excrete useless particles from itself. If we try to stop them …

Constipation — Constipation is a problem of the digestive system. It gives rise to occasional bowel movement, incomplete evacuation of bowel, decrease in the volume or weight of the bowel. Not only is constipation a problem in itself, it is also the cause of many problems which occur due to it as toxins find their way into the bloodstream throughout …

Conjunctivitis — A highly contagious disease, conjunctivitis is the swollenness or inflammation caused in the conjunctiva, a thin membrane which coats the front of the eyes. Also called ‘pink eye’ and ‘eye flu’, it is a condition when a person has sore eyes. Conjunctivitis is infectious and easily be transferable from one person to the other through direct contact. Symptoms …