Aging

Reports from Banaras Hindu University describe recent advances in aging

Published in Aging and Elder Health Week, January 11th, 2009

"Ayurveda is the oldest system of Medicine in the world, its antiquity going back to the Vedas. It adapts a unique holistic approach to the entire science of life, health and cure," investigators in Varanasi, India report.

"The areas of special consideration in Ayurveda are geriatrics, rejuvenation, nutrition, immunology, genetics and higher consciousness. The Ayurvedic texts describe a set of rejuvenative measures to impart biological sustenance to the bodily tissues. These remedies are called Rasayana which are claimed to act as micronutrients. Some of these Rasayanas are organ and tissue specific. Those specific to brain tissue are called Medhya Rasayana. Such...

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Source: Aging and Elder Health Week (2009-01-11)

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