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Different Types of Ayurvedic Ghee You Should Know About
Spend any time in an Ayurvedic kitchen, or indeed in my clinic, and you will notice that ghee is never spoken of as just another cooking fat. It is treated with a quiet sort of reverence that few other ingredients receive, and rightly so. In Ayurveda, ghee is food, medicine and a steady workhorse all at once. Knowing its different forms helps you use it far more sensibly than simply spooning it over your rice and leaving it at that. This article sets out what Ayurvedic ghee actually is, the main types you are likely to encounter, and how each has traditionally been used. Wherever a Sanskrit term appears, I have explained it in plain English alongside, so nothing gets lost along the way. TL;DR – Ayurvedic Ghee, Types & Uses Ghee Is More Than Cooking Fat: Ayurveda views ghee, or Ghrita, as food, nourishment, and a carrier for herbs that may support deeper tissue delivery. Regular and Medicated Ghee Are Different: Cow ghee is used in daily cooking, while medicated ghritas like Brahmi
FSSAI crackdown on energy drink brands; issues notices to 6 firms
The six brands are -- Red Bull Energy Drink, Pepsico's Adrenaline Rush Energy Drink, Reliance Consumer Products' 'Campa Energy Drink- Gold Boost', Sting Energy Drink, Hell Energy and Coca-Cola-backed Monster Energy.
Dementia campaigns should employ personalised approaches to drive behaviour changes: Study
The analysis of population-level interventions -- focussed on communicating dementia-specific risk reduction and prevention messaging -- found that while large-scale health awareness campaigns can reach wide audiences, they often lead to only small improvements in knowledge and limited changes in behaviour.
NITI Aayog suggests strategic roadmap to make Ayurveda global
The Aayog, in a report titled 'Strategic Roadmap for Making Ayurveda Global', further said that the government should establish a world federation for Ayurveda and yoga. It also recommended that the government should formulate an ayurvedic pharmacopoeia-export edition.
Genetic differences affecting infant's activity also associated with ADHD, study
The findings open up new avenues for understanding how a child's early activity levels are shaped by biology and could help scientists better understand the relationship between movement, brain development and learning.
Study links obesity to distinct molecular process driving invasive breast cancer
Researchers, including those from the University of Oklahoma Health Campus, US, said that rather than simply showing an increased activation of classical invasive pathways, tumours from obese patients exhibited a distinct stress-adaptive phenotype.
Nadda reviews dengue preparedness in Delhi
Chairing a meeting on dengue preparedness here, Nadda reviewed the epidemiological situation, preparedness of hospitals, municipal bodies and the Delhi government, besides surveillance systems, clinical management protocols and vector control measures.
India Must Shift to HPV DNA-Based Screening to Eliminate Cervical Cancer: Dr Neerja Bhatla
Vaccination alone will not eliminate cervical cancer, warns Padma Shri awardee Dr Neerja Bhatla, calling for a nationwide transition to organised HPV DNA-based screening, stronger governance, validated diagnostics and accountable implementation.
Medical teachers flag decline in standards, seek govt action
In a press release on Tuesday, MP-PMTA, a registered body representing government and autonomous medical teachers highlighted unplanned expansion of medical colleges without required infrastructure, faculty, or clinical workload — producing poorly trained doctors and risking public health.
National Doctors’ Day: Who Heals India's Healers?
Behind the white coats and the calm bedside manner is a workforce quietly burning out, navigating crushing workloads, emotional trauma, and a system that has rarely paused to ask if they're alright. This year’s National Doctors' Day poses exactly that question, with the theme "Behind the Mask: Who Heals the Healers?"
Kerala Health Minister Assures Major Infrastructure Boost for Government Medical College Hospitals
The Kerala government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening healthcare services by upgrading facilities in government medical college hospitals. Planned measures include expanding infrastructure, increasing bed capacity, recruiting additional staff, and improving patient care to meet the growing demand for quality healthcare.
Google's Gemma 4 powers new Aarogya Setu 2.0 app
The National Health Authority (NHA) has integrated Google's Gemma 4 and Medical Data Toolkit into the Aarogya Setu 2.0 app, enabling users to process unstructured medical reports into comprehensive profiles of their individual health histories and health journeys.
Google AI leveraged by national health authority's new Aarogya Setu 2.0 app
The collaboration forms part of Google's partnership with the NHA to strengthen India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) for healthcare. Google said it has also open-sourced the Medical Data Toolkit, allowing developers and healthcare organisations to use it free of cost to digitise and standardise legacy medical records while supporting compliance with India's health interoperability standards.
Centre rolls out Aarogya Setu 2.0 to store personal health record
The upgraded application, aligned with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), provides a single digital gateway for citizens to access a range of healthcare services, including creation of Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) IDs, management of health records and digital registration at hospitals through the "Scan & Share" feature.
Nadda launches Unified Health Interface for seamless healthcare access
The ministry said the Unified Health Interface is built on four key principles -- interoperability, fair discoverability, verification and open protocols. It said every verified healthcare provider, irrespective of size, location or platform, will have an equal opportunity to be discovered by citizens using any UHI-compatible application.
What Are the Different Kinds of Ayurvedic Oils?
Introduction Ayurvedic oils have been used for centuries as part of daily self-care, preventive wellness, and therapeutic support. They are traditionally prepared with herbs, flowers, roots, minerals, and natural base oils such as sesame oil, coconut oil, mustard oil, or other medicated oils. Different Ayurvedic oils are used for different needs, including skin nourishment, hair care, body massage, relaxation, joint comfort, muscle stiffness, scalp health, dryness, stress relief, and post-workout recovery. In Ayurveda, oils are not only used for beauty or grooming; many medicated oils are prepared for therapeutic conditions as well as preventive health care. Medicated Ayurvedic oils are traditionally used in a wide range of concerns, from skin conditions such as acne, psoriasis, and urticaria to joint health and muscle pain, stiffness, fatigue, and hair health. The choice of oil depends on the person’s prakriti, dosha imbalance, body condition, season, and the purpose of use. TL;DR –
Centre to launch framework to reduce maternal and infant mortality by 2030
The ministry said the strategic framework offers evidence-based interventions tailored to the needs of States and districts and adopts a life-cycle approach which integrates interventions across the continuum of care, including pre-pregnancy care, antenatal care, intrapartum care and postnatal care.
JP Nadda to unveil healthcare programme for children up to three years
Under the programme, newborns will receive up to nine home visits during the first 42 days of life, while at-risk children will receive up to eight home visits till the age of 36 months, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Government widens fight on anaemia, adds low birth weight babies
Union health minister JP Nadda will release the operational guidelines for the revamped Anaemia Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan Monday during the 16th meeting of Central Council of Health and Family Welfare. The revised programme replaces the existing Anaemia Mukt Bharat framework with a broader, technology-enabled approach aimed at improving prevention, early detection, treatment and follow-up.
