As an Ayurvedic physician with extensive background in both Western and Eastern medicine, I'm often asked about the benefits of a plant-based diet. In this special post, I share my thoughts on how Ayurveda and plant-based living can work together in constructing a powerful, personalized approach to health and wellness.

The Buddha's Medicine is a practice where we take a different approach to healing - one that addresses the root causes of illness rather managing symptoms alone. And you can be sure that our philosophy extends to our stance on pharmaceuticals and prescriptions.

In our shared modern world, healthcare can often feel impersonal and algorithmic. We dislike that as much as you do.

Meditation is a remarkably powerful tool for supporting and maintaining health and well-being. Notably, the time-tested practice of meditation aligns not only with Ayurvedic principles of care, but also has strong support behind it from contemporary scientific research.

Ayurveda offers a sustainable, long-term approaches to achieving and maintaining a healthy metabolism and body size by bringing the body and mind into coordinated balance.

In our modern world, digestive intolerances and food sensitivities have become increasingly common. As an Ayurvedic Physician, I frequently encounter patients struggling with these issues.

There is great potential in the integration of Ayurveda with modern medicine. By combining the strengths of both systems, genuine comprehensive care is possible - care that addresses the root causes of disease and promotes long-term health and wellness.

In the Ayurvedic tradition, behavioral health is considered central and paramount to overall well-being.

The integration of Ayurveda and modern medicine presents a uniquely comprehensive and effective approach to healthcare. By combining the strengths of both systems, we can provide hyper-personalized, fully holistic care that addresses the body, mind, and spirit, leading to improved health outcomes and enhanced well-being for our patients.

The most regularly used Sanskrit term for this is dinacharya (pronounced “din-acharyaa”) - literally, something like “daily conduct” or “daily movement.” The term refers to wholesome habits for daily living that support health. Dinacharya works by bringing balance in simple ways where there might be imbalance, but even more importantly, via prevention.

Integrative medicine is at the foundation of medical practice at The Buddha’s Medicine. We combine lifestyle medicine, evidence-based mind/body practices, hands-on manual medicine techniques, supplemental therapies, and custom traditional herbal care with the advancements of modern allopathic understanding.

The rise of chronic lifestyle and environmental disease - and frankly, the complexity of human health - call for a more integrative approach, in my view: an approach that blends the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda with the scientific rigor of key allopathic tools.

I get asked a lot what I think about dosha questionnaires - inventories of questions that are supposed to shed light on a person’s Ayurvedic constitution.

Dravya Guna is core to Ayurvedic medical treatment. Without understanding the qualities of the medicinal substances available, it is not possible to provide optimal, effective, truly individualized care.

What we eat, how much we sleep, how we stay active, the ways we practice hygiene, and so much more must be flexible and change with the time of day, the phase of the moon, and the season.

Our bodies are made of food, and all food (or at least, all food worth eating) inherently has a shelf-life to it. The Ayurvedic perspective on this topic is essentially as follows: the shelf-life of food impacts the shelf-life of our bodies. This relates to excessive tamas: the quality of inertia and stagnation.

There’s also the practical, training and experience-related side of The Buddha’s Medicine’s history. From a training and experience standpoint, what’s my deal? What do all those letters after my name mean, anyway?

The day that I knew I wanted to pursue a life’s work in medicine was September 11, 2001, the hardest day of my life.

The Situation with Hydration - Part 3

Hydration: Yes, It’s STILL THAT Important

Hydration: Yes, It’s THAT Important

The importance of sleep in establishing salubrity (health).

Treating spring and other seasonal allergies with Ayurveda.