Fans of traditional remedies to cleanse, heal, and detoxify the body with unrefined, all-natural ingredients passed down from ancient eastern traditions will enjoy this refreshing ayurvedic beverage.

Om Prakash, the head of the department, said the drink - called "gau jal", or "cow water" - in Sanskrit was undergoing laboratory tests and would be ( Read more... )

Interesting followup to last year's post about ayurvedic medicine - traditional herbal medicine used in India for thousands of years. There was a recent study in JAMA which determined that one fifth (20%) of ayurvedic herbs purchased from internet sources contained not just detectable levels of lead, mercury, or arsenic - they contained heavy ( Read more... )

A while ago I complained about the treatment of "medical" marijuana within every cannabis dispensary I've ever seen or heard of. I have no problem with herbal medicines, but if you're actually serious about treating an herb as a medicine it's insufficient to just smoke a bowl and call it a day. For the last few thousand years "medication" has ( Read more... )