DR.INDERJEET KAUR

EVERY THING ABOUT SHILAJIT                                                                                                   Conqueror of Mountains & Destroyer of Weakness Shilajit is a Sanskrit word meaning “Conqueror of mountains and destroyer of weakness” and ‘Winner of rock’. Its other names are Silajit and Silaras in Sanskrit, Shilajita Mumiyo, Mineral pitch, Asphalt, Jew's pitch, Mineral wax or Ozokerite in English. Shilajit also spelt as Shilajeet or Salajeet is a blackish-brown exudation of v...

DETAILED PROCEDURE OF ASSIMILATION OF FOOD IN BODY : MODERN VIEW  AS ALL AS IN AYURVEDA  Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules so that they can be absorbed into the watery blood plasma. The human gastrointestinal tract is around 9 meters long and is divided into Upper and lower human gastrointestinal tract. Food digestion physiology varies between individuals and upon other factors such as the characteristics of the food and size of the meal.  The process of digestion normally takes between 24 and 72 hours but it takes days for the nutrients to nourish body at cellular level. There are three phases of digestions   At CEPHALIC LEVEL, in upper GI TRACT and in lower GI TRACT 1.The first is the MECHANICAL DIGESTION of food with help of saliva .... 2. CHEMICAL DIGESTION or bio assimilation of food.... The first process consists of Physical breakdown of food or medicine that is oral masticat...

HOW THE MEDICINES ARE ABSORBED IN BODY AND HOW THEY ACT ... Pharmacology is the scientific field that studies how the body reacts to medicines and how medicines affect the body and pharmacokinetics which deal with understanding the entire cycle of a medicine's life inside the body. Any Substances can enter the body through various means. Drugs can be smoked, snorted, inhaled, injected, swallowed as pills or capsules, or applied through trans dermal means (applied to the skin). Some substances can be eaten or drink, such as syrups and asava. Regardless of how a substance enters the body, it is carried through the bloodstream to various organs, including the brain. The method, by which a drug is administered, along with other factors, determines the speed of onset of effects.                                    ...