The Buddha’s Medicine Blog
Through our blog, we aim to provide a sanctuary of knowledge, inspiration, and practical guidance on … and natural healing. We’re passionate wellness enthusiasts, dedicated to bringing you valuable insights, ancient wisdom, and modern approaches to help you align with the healing power within and discover the path to a harmonious & fulfilling life. Explore the profound & timeless wisdom of holistic living, and unlock the secrets of well-being & inner peace within you.
Treating Causes, Not Symptoms: Our Pharmaceutical-Free Practice
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.
Ayurvedic Medicine for Every Individual
In our shared modern world, healthcare can often feel impersonal and algorithmic. We dislike that as much as you do.
Dhyana: The Benefits of Meditation
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.
Ayurvedic Insights on Weight Management
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.
The Ayurvedic Perspective on Digestive Intolerances and Food Sensitivities
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.
Integrating Ayurveda and Modern Medicine - Part 4
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.
Integrating Ayurveda and Modern Medicine - Part 3
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.
Integrating Ayurveda and Modern Medicine - Part 2
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.
Integrating Ayurveda and Modern Medicine - Part 1
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.
The Lifespan of Food and Its Impact on Health
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.
An Unconventional Journey to Doctorhood
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?
Healing Hearts: How Loss Inspired My Career in Medicine
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.