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Āyurveda (pronounced, EYE-yur-veda) is a 5,000 year old system of natural medicine, originating in the Indus Valley in India. It's a complete medical system, with eight branches including surgery, family medicine, pediatrics, rejuvenation and healthy aging, mental illness and more. A holistic form of medicine, it treats all aspects of a human being: body, mind, emotions and spirit. The word Āyurveda is made up of two sanskrit roots: ayuh: LIFE and veda: SCIENCE--literally th

For those of us with more fire in our constitution, (pitta ) and those in perimenopause, and menopause, the shift into late Spring and Summer heat can be challenging. Symptoms like hot flashes heavy periods acidity, nausea or "sour" stomach loose stools and diarrhea skin rashes irritability headaches can start to show up. If you have a predominance of pitta in your constitution, or you're a woman in mid life, you've probably experienced some of these symptoms, especially when