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SVASTHA INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDA CONFERENCE
Saturday 31st of March - 1st April 2007



Main Theme:
Ayurveda Research around the World: Towards Evidence Based Integrated Health Care

About the conference

The first Ayurvedic conference in the UK will be held over two days from the 31st March 2007 at Imperial College London. Our aim will be to bring together over 350 delegates covering every area of Ayurvedic practice from the education and research sector. Delegates include academics and researchers from all over Europe, Japan and USA as well as curriculum teachers and students. The conference will include interactive workshops, lectures, product awareness, and practical demonstrations. The conference proceedings will begin with a dinner followed by an evening of music on Friday 30th March.





About the exhibition

The conference includes an exhibition hall where all catering and refreshments will take place to ensure high exposure of exhibitors. Representatives from UK universities and colleges will include decision makers, budget holders and policy holders. This event is an opportunity to make links with all the key players in the further and higher Ayurvedic sector.





Organising Committee

President

Dr. Mauroof Athique (Director, The College of Ayurveda UK).


Chairman

Dr. Palitha Serasinghe (The College of Ayurveda -UK)


Members

Dr. V.N.Joshi (The College of Ayurveda – UK)
Dr. Celia Bell (Middlesex University – UK)
Dr. Sathyamoorthy (Ayurvedic Medical Association - UK)
Dr. Donn Brennan (Ayurvedic Practitioners Association)
Dr. Arti Ghattora
Miss. Renee Mann (Event Producer)
Miss. Sunayana Dey (Coordinating Secretary)


International Supporting Committee


Dr. G.Marda (India)
Dr. Sayakkara Jayawardhana (Sri Lanka)
Dr. Jayasiri Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Mr. Mark Rosenberg (Germany)
Mr. Kiran Vyas (France)

Dr William Celentano (USA)

booking details:

http://www.svastha.co.uk

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My son is 16 now, but was diagnosed at 4 years old with ADHD. Which has now been changed to Bi-polar disorder. He is currently living in a home in Santa Rosa, with other kids with similar problems. He is taking Lamictal, Neurontin, and Melotonin. I have been doing research on other ways to help him. He will need to take his medication also, as I really don't want to stop that but maybe in the future when he becomes an adult I can help him by becoming more informed of both Mental Illness and herbal remedies. I watched a program on cable TV on Ayurved Science and was very impressed with it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. FYI - He has attempted suicide in the past and gets very very depressed at cycles.

Hello,
I am practicing Ayurveda and Panchkarma Treatments since 20 years now. I
strongly believe that ayurveda will help to yr son in ADHD and Bi-Polar
disorder.
Pl. plan to visit us in India for his ayurveda treatment.
Best wishes,

Dr. Prerak Shah
Ayurveda Counselor and Panchkarma Therapist
Silver Spring, Behind Xavier's Ladies Hostel,
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009, Gujarat, INDIA.
Phone / Fax : 0091-79-26446025
Mobile : 0091-98242 43567
E-mail : info@ayulink.com, prerakayu@hotmail.com
Website : www.ayulink.com

Dear Dr Shah

Can you say a bit more about the Ayurvedic approach to Bipolar
disorder and how the treatment would go? I'm not asking for trade
secrets just generalities?


Chris Morgan

Dear Mr. Morgan,
Regarding ADHD and Bipolar disorder, after personal counseling and prakriti
determination, I would suggest for several panchkarma treatments like
Abhyang, Svedana, Basti, Nasya, Shirodhara with specific medicines -
medicated oils (according to condition and dosha)
Thanks for yr comments.

Hello to every one

I had upload the one article as below at
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ayurved/files/
Ayurveda: a historical perspective and principles of the traditional healthcare
system in India.
Altern Ther Health Med. 2001 Mar;7(2):36-42.

[I wasn't so impressed by the above article - the historical research seems to reinforce some of the myths about Ayurveda, with its mention of organ transplant and talk of IMO improbbably ancient origins. Moderator]

I think this article will help to Sherri to understand the some beckground of
the ayurved and the term use in the ayurved.

I have also collected the some other article perticular for mental disease. I
will upload it in file section and email you again.

Psychiatric training and therapies in Ayurved.
Am J Chin Med. 1985;13(1-4):13-22.


Ayurveda and mental illness.
Comp Stud Soc Hist. 1970;12:292-6.


Nosology and therapy of mental illness in Ayurveda.
Comp Med East West. 1979 Fall;6(3):209-28.

Personality types in Ayurveda.
Am J Chin Med. 1983;11(1-4):25-34.


regards
Dharmesh Patel

I am a 37 years old male suffering from TYPE II ADULT ONSET DISTAL
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (MIYOSHI'S TYPE) , a progressively crippling genetic
disorder (mutative)with no alleviating , arresting or curative treatment or medicine . I am confined to a wheelchair now . Is their any possibility in ayurvedic sphere?

Dear Friend,
I am happy to get yr mail. I am practicing ayurveda and Panchkarma in
several cases of Muscular Dystrophy, but to be frankly - I am not having
much results.

There are very rare improvements in 15 days of panchkarma treatments.

Dr. Prerak Shah
Ayurveda Counselor and Panchkarma Therapist
Silver Spring, Behind Xavier's Ladies Hostel,
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009, Gujarat, INDIA.
Phone / Fax : 0091-79-26446025
Mobile : 0091-98242 43567
E-mail : info@ayulink.com, prerakayu@hotmail.com
Website : www.ayulink.com

My 5 year old is diagnosed with enlarged tonsils and adenoids. Surgery for removal of these glands is recommended - but I wish to try alternate medicine, food habits change, plus lifestyle changes to improve his condition and possibly avoid surgery.

Dear Friend,
Here I am prescribing you a home remedy, which I am using personally. Also
number of my young patients have benefited by this remedy.
1) Take 100 grams of Turmeric (Curcuma) powder, add 50 grams of grinded
sugar. Mix well and keep it in a glass bottle.
Take this powder 5 grams two to three times a day. chew it and do not take
any water / food after it for 1 hour. Take 1 t.s.f powder at bed time and
let it be applied on the throat inside for whole night, without taking any
water, milk or food after wards..
2) For gargling - take 50 grams Turmeric powder + 25 grams rock-salt
(sindhav). Mix well and keep it in a bottle.
Take 1 - 2 t.s.f powder in glass of luke warm water, Gargle with this
water - twice a day.
3) Tab. Septilin or Sy. Septilin - 2 tab./ tsf 3 times a day.

With best regards,
Dr. Prerak Shah
Ayurveda Counselor and Panchkarma Therapist
Silver Spring, Behind Xavier's Ladies Hostel,
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380009, Gujarat, INDIA.
Phone / Fax : 0091-79-26446025
Mobile : 0091-98242 43567
E-mail : info@ayulink.com, prerakayu@hotmail.com
Website : www.ayulink.com

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Medicine of the Gods is the first of a series that aims to introduce the physical and metaphysical concepts of Ayurveda to a non-specialist audience. Medical ideas underpin a great deal of Eastern thought especially Tantrism, alchemy, yoga and the science of love. The book is not intended as a series of health tips or as a textbook for the clinical practice of medicine, which in the Ayurveda tradition requires at least seven years intensive training. The book is aimed at students and lovers of South Asian culture, perhaps also anthropologists and others with a need for a straightforward introduction to the core principles of another scientific tradition.

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This book contains virtually everything you could want to know about the Hindu system of Ayurvedic medicine, which began on or about the sixth century BCE and is still thriving today. The history, correspondences or "humours', and other intriguing aspects of this intricate system are described in easy-to-understand language for those unfamiliar with Ayurveda. There is also a catalogue of ailments and how Ayurveda views each of them, and illness in general. I found this fascinating reading, both as a western herbal practitioner, and as a reader fascinated by how other cultures view the world and what goes wrong within it. Highly recommended!
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