By Dr Rakesh Ayureshmi, Ayureshmi Ayurveda Wellness Centre, Kollam, Kerala, India The Hidden Medicine You’ve Been Throwing Away What if one of the most powerful, collagen-rich, joint-healing substances was sitting inside your kitchen—and most people throw it away daily? The thin, transparent layer lining every eggshell, known as the egg membrane, is rapidly emerging as one of nature’s most bioactive tissues. Modern science is now validating what traditional healers subtly un

By Dr Rakesh Ayureshmi, Ayureshmi Ayurveda Wellness Centre, Kollam, Kerala, India Are You Eating Right for Your Body Type? Most people think “healthy eating” means counting calories or following the latest diet trend. Ayurveda says otherwise. It teaches that the same food can nourish one person and inflame another, depending on their prakriti—the unique combination of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha doshas. Modern research now echoes this wisdom: personalized nutrition improves metab

By Dr Rakesh Ayureshmi, Ayureshmi Ayurveda Wellness Centre, Kollam, Kerala, India A Sweet Truth We Forgot Every festival season brings a paradox: we pray for well-being, yet overload the body with sugar spikes that fuel inflammation, fatigue, and metabolic stress. Here’s a surprising fact—more than 80% of Indian festive sweets today have 3–5 times the glycemic load of their traditional counterparts. Ayurveda, however, has always offered time-tested sweeteners and formulation

By Dr Rakesh Ayureshmi, Ayureshmi Ayurveda Wellness Centre, Kollam, Kerala, India The Forgotten Life-Saving Knowledge Sitting in Our Bones What if your body carried its own built-in emergency toolkit, waiting to be activated with just the pressure of a fingertip? Ancient Ayurvedic masters believed exactly this. They mapped 107 marma points—vital neurovascular hubs where life-energy (prāṇa), circulation, and neural flow intersect. What is lesser known is that 18 of these marma