Ayurveda, in plain language.
Short, sourced articles on digestion, sleep, anxiety, women's health and seasonal routine — each with the dosha pattern, foods, daily routine and the classical herbs (with cautions).
What Ayurveda is, the body clock, the seven dhātus and reading the tongue.
What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda — āyus (life) and veda (knowledge) — is the world's oldest continuously practised system of medicine, rooted in the Vedic culture of the Indian subcontinent.
Read article →Ayurveda FoundationsThe Ayurveda Body Clock
Ayurveda maps every 24 hours onto two cycles of Kapha–Pitta–Vāta. Aligning sleep, meals and work with this clock is the single most powerful daily practice.
Read article →Ayurveda FoundationsThe Seven Dhātus
Ayurveda describes seven body tissues (sapta-dhātu) formed in strict sequence from food. The quality of each one depends on the strength of the one before it.
Read article →Ayurveda FoundationsThe Tongue and Its Different Tastes
In Ayurveda the tongue is both a map of the body and the gateway of the six tastes. Reading it daily and including all six tastes at meals is foundational.
Read article →Agni, bloating, constipation and the daily care of the gut.
Ayurveda for Digestion
Digestion (agni) is the cornerstone of Ayurvedic medicine — when it weakens, āma (undigested residue) becomes the root of most disease.
Read article →Ayurveda for DigestionAyurveda for Bloating
Bloating is almost always a sign of low agni and trapped Vāta in the colon — gentle warmth, spice and rhythm clear it faster than restriction.
Read article →Ayurveda for DigestionAyurveda for Constipation
Chronic constipation is a Vāta imbalance — dry, cold and irregular. Warmth, oil and rhythm move it more reliably than any laxative.
Read article →Insomnia, broken sleep and the classical evening routine.
Ayurveda for Sleep
Good sleep is built in the evening, not in bed. Ayurveda treats it as a daily practice of warmth, oil and quiet.
Read article →Ayurveda for SleepAyurveda for Insomnia
Insomnia (anidrā) in Ayurveda is almost always Vāta or Pitta-driven. Read the pattern, then choose the herb.
Read article →Cycle, perimenopause, hot flushes and reproductive vitality.
Ayurveda for Women's Health
Ayurveda treats women's health through the cycle — the same body needs different food, rest and herbs at different phases of the month and life.
Read article →Ayurveda for Women's HealthAyurveda for Perimenopause
Perimenopause is the Vāta years — drying, accelerating, sleep-disturbing. Oil, warmth and rasayana herbs are the antidotes.
Read article →Ayurveda for Women's HealthAyurveda for Hot Flushes
Hot flushes are usually a Pitta-led pattern, sometimes with Vāta instability. The Ayurvedic aim is to cool excess heat, calm the nervous system, support digestion and rebuild daily rhythm — adjusted for your dosha, age, climate and region.
Read article →Vāta-Pitta nervous patterns and the medhya rasayana herbs.
Ayurveda for Anxiety
Anxiety is almost always a Vāta nervous system pattern — cold, dry, fast. Warmth, oil and rhythm are medicine.
Read article →Ayurveda for Anxiety & StressAyurveda for Anxiety & Stress
Chronic stress depletes ojas — the deep tissue of resilience. Ayurveda rebuilds it slowly with rhythm, oil and rasayana.
Read article →Plain-language guides to Vāta, Pitta and Kapha in everyday life.
A Plain Guide to Vāta
Vāta is air and ether — movement, breath, nervous system. Light, dry, cold, mobile. Warmth, oil and rhythm are the antidotes.
Read article →Dosha GuidesTridosha — Vata, Pitta, Kapha Explained
Classical Āyurveda describes life as governed by three biological humours — Vāta, Pitta and Kapha — formed from the five great elements (pañca‑mahābhūta).
Read article →Ṛtucaryā — eating and living with the changing seasons.