Maharishi Ayur-Veda Research Articles

The 21st Century Students Stress Reliever a Study of Student Perceptions: Gandharva Veda Music

Maharishi Ayur-Veda is a centuries-old authentic health care scheme, brought to light by Maharishi Mahes Yogi based on the ancient Vedic tradition, additionally it is a completely holistic healthcare system. In this study paper we will learn and know more about what is Gandharva Veda Music, and how it help to reduce the students stress level, and how it is generally impact. This research are conducted to know how is students perceptions in using Gandharva Veda music as a study music or sleeping music as stress reliever. Which lead to a questions, “How students feels about Gandharva Vedic Music as a stress reliever”. By that, some questionnaire will share and there will be some questions that will show how they feels and how it helps them in releasing stress. The sampling that chosen is Quota sampling. The population of this research are 10 students from High school to University, from the age of 16years above which known that they are facing examinations (for 12th grade class of high school) and studying while working university students. The data tools collection used is questionnaire which shared by social media. There was 11 questions which are shows Anxiety/Stress level (questions number 1-6) and how they think about the Gandharva Vedic Music ( questions number 7-11). This questionnaire will be share to 10 people who are students. This research shows that 70% from the subject feels anxious, and 70% of the subject are unsure that they are performed well in class. also it is shows that Gandharva Veda music at least helps to reduce the subject stress levels, feel relax with the help of Gandharva Vedic music and shows that Gandharva Veda music at least helps to reduce the subject stress levels It is known that these day students get anxious and stress easily, with a lot of caused. However they are still force their self to deal with the situations with exhausted feeling. Gandharva Vedic music which known as the music therapy giving the vibration of happiness and help them to reduce their stress level. In the need of this aspect of stress and anxiety disorder this kind of research should be expand in the future and hopefully it could help not only them but all students all over the world

Maharishi Ayurveda and historical newspaper articles: A statistical analysis of latent factors

For more than a hundred years, Western news media intermittently reported on the unique properties and practices of Ayurveda, the science of health and long life from ancient India. However, in the last 40 years there has been a significant explosion of reporting on Ayurveda, and this has been in large part due to the efforts of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Beginning in the late 1970s, Maharishi, along with eminent Ayurvedic physicians Dr Brihaspati Dev Triguna, Dr V. M. Dwivedi, and Dr Balraj Maharishi, began a program to restore the full dignity of Ayurveda by revitalising its foundations in Veda and the Vedic Literature and expanding its range to include the fundamental role of consciousness in health on the one hand and its application to collective health and the environment on the other. This program of revitalisation, called Maharishi Ayurveda, has been reported in newspapers but the contents of these historical articles have never been documented. The present study statistically analyses the dates, locations and sources of quotations in newspaper articles, identifies 29 key topics, and uses exploratory factor analysis to uncover four unobservable themes embedded within them. The outcome of these analyses is a comprehensive exploration of the historical public record of Maharishi Ayurveda between 1982 and 2013.

Standardization of Cardimap tablet using multiple markers

Cardimap tablet is a polyherbal formulation manufactured by Maharishi Ayurveda and used as an antihypertensive. The Ayurvedic formulation contains Rauwolfia serpentina, Nardostachys jatamansi, Convolvulus pluricaulis, Bacopa monnieri, Piper longum, and hence contains five markers, namely, reserpine, lupeol, scopoletine, bacoside A and piperine. This paper reports the standardization of Cardimap tablet according to World Health Organization (WHO) guideline and also by high-performance thin-layer chromatography method for the presence of the markers reserpine, lupeol, scopoletine, bacoside A and piperine. Both marketed and lab preparation complied all parameters according to WHO guideline and each marker compound showed a linear relationship in the concentration range 1‒2 µg per spot for reserpine, 2.5‒4.5 µg per spot for scopoletine, 10–50 µg per spot for piperine, 12–24 µg per spot for bacoside A and 1‒5 µg per spot lupeol. The proposed method was found to be precise, specific, and accurate, with a recovery of 98‒102%, and hence can be used for the routine analysis of this formulation.

Effects of the Dietary Supplement MAK4 on Oxidative Stress Parameters: A “Three-Cases” Report

Background: Maharishi Amrit Kalash-4 (MAK-4) is an herbal formulation comprised of several herbs. This preparation is part of a natural health care system known as Maharishi Ayur-Veda and belongs to a series of herbal mixtures collectively known as Rasayanas, which are recognized for their beneficial effect on human health. This investigation evaluated in blood samples of 3 human volunteers, the effects of MAK-4 on parameters of oxidative stress and antioxidant defenses. Methods: The day of the experiment: 3 subjects were put on the following diets: Diet 1: 300 gr boiled vegetables (zucchine and potatoes) and 100 gr of wheat bread (control); Diet 2: 300 gr raw vegetables (lattuge, carrots, cavoliflowers) and 100 gr of wheat bread; Diet 3: diet 1 plus 500 gr of oranges; Diet 4: diet 1 plus MAK-4 (30 gr/day). Short term treatments: The same subjects have been on the four different diets on alternative days. Meals were at 12 am and 6:30 pm. MAK-4 (10 gr each intake) was assumed three times a day at 9 am, 12 am and 6:30 pm (total 30 gr). Blood was withdrawn three times a day, at 9 am (T = 0), just before the first intake of MAK-4 (first), at 7 pm (second) and at 9 am, the following day (third). Long term treatments: subjects were on a free personal diet for 60 days (control). For the following 60 days the subjects were on the same diet plus 20 gr of MAK-4/day. MAK-4 (10 gr) was assumed twice a day, at 9 am and at 6 pm for 60 days. Blood was withdrawn at the beginning of the study (T = 0) and after 60 days, at the same day time (9 am). Results: In the short term study MAK-4 increased two endogenous parameters of antioxidant defenses: Oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and total thiols. Peak induction was observed at 9 hours after the assumption of the first intake. Up-regulation of ORAC was similar to that obtained with 500 grs of oranges although with MAK-4 the ORCA value remained sensibly higher than the control at 24 hours. Thiols maximally increased with MAK-4 at 9 hours, but returned to basal levels at 24 hours. Exogenous intake of ascorbic acid contained in MAK-4 showed a maximal level at 9 hours, although generally lower than that assumed with 500 gr of oranges. At 24 the ascorbic acid from MAK-4 was at the same level of that assumed with oranges. The same parameters measured in blood of the subject on Diet 2 showed a slight increase at 9 hours, although it was significant only for ascorbic acid. In the long term study the MAK-4-supplemented diet caused a decrease in a parameter of oxidative load (hydroperoxides) and an upregulation of ORAC, thiols and ascorbic acid. The same subjects did not show the same variations when they were on the basal diet alone. Conclusions: Our results show that a MAK-supplemented diet decreases oxidative stress parameters and increases antioxidant defenses in both short and long term treatments.

Treatment of fibromyalgia at the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre in Norway II—a 24-month follow-up pilot study

Treatments offered at the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre in Norway are based on Maharishi Vedic Medicine (MVM). MVM is a consciousness-based revival by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program of the ancient Ayurvedic medicine tradition in India. To extend from 6 to 24 months, a pilot study of the effects of the treatment program at the Health Centre on fibromyalgia. Retesting 2 years after a clinical trial. In this intention to treat study, 31 women with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia received an individually tailored program of (1) physiological purification therapy (Maharishi Panchakarma) and (2) Ayurvedic recommendations regarding daily routine and diet including a novel approach to food intolerance. Five subjects chose to learn TM for stress reduction, pain management and personal development. All were recommended Ayurvedic herbal products for follow-up treatment. A modified Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) that included seven dimensions. Scores at 24 months follow-up were compared with pre-treatment scores. At 24-months follow-up, there were significant reductions (26% to 44%) in six of the seven fibromyalgia dimensions: impairment of working ability, pain, tiredness, morning tiredness, stiffness and anxiety. The 7th, depression, decreased 32% (borderline significant). At 24 months, the four subjects who continued practising TM, had almost no symptoms and significantly lower FIQ change scores (-92% to 97%) than the non-meditators on all outcomes. This pilot study suggests that the treatments and health promotion programs offered at the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Centre in Norway lead to long-term reductions in symptoms of fibromyalgia, which is considered a treatment-resistant condition, and further studies are warranted.

Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms (review)

Reviewed by: Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms Martha Ann Selby Dagmar Wujastyk and Frederick M. Smith, eds. Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms. New York: State University of New York Press, 2008. xiii + 349 pp. Ill. $89.50 (cloth, 978-0-7914-7489-1), $29.95 (paperbound, 978-0-7914- 7490-7). Based on the papers presented at a 2004 public conference held at the Dharam Hinduja Institute of Indic Research at the University of Cambridge, this superb collection offers its readers far more than the run-of-the-mill proceedings volume. In their excellent introduction, the editors state that the goal of the book is to present “an account of recent developments in the long history of Ayurveda . . . in the face of three major challenges: (1) British colonialism and the dominance of allopathic medicine, (2) the pressures of modernization, and (3) Ayurveda’s diaspora into the world beyond the boundaries of South Asia” (p. 1). The editors offer a concise portrait of the history of Ayurveda (pp. 4 –6), noting the shift from traditional transmission from teacher to student to Ayurveda’s ultimate “biomedicalization” (p. 8), a result of professionalization and the creation of state-sanctioned Ayurvedic colleges in India. Wujastyk and Smith usefully identify four paradigms of global Ayurveda: (1) New Age Ayurveda, (2) Ayurveda as mind-body medicine, (3) Maharishi Ayurveda (or MAV), and (4) traditional Ayurveda in an urban world (p. 11), providing us with a keen sense of the global Ayurvedic marketplace. What emerge over the course of this book are sometimes harrowing tales of paranoia, insistence on secrecy, eclectic nuttiness, and self-legitimizing efforts by individuals and institutions that go wildly awry. The editors have more than exceeded their goal. They [End Page 306] describe just how the findings presented in this book “can help us assess recent developments in one of the world’s most ancient and continuously practiced medical systems as it seeks a place in the modern world” (p. 23). In the sixteen articles that follow, all of them well written and of a consistently high quality, a veritable narrative emerges, relating a sad, epic tale of a classical system compelled to continually reinvent itself in the face of the history of capricious and competing market forces. Mike Saks details the conflict between allopathy and “alternative therapies,” noting that one culture’s “orthodox” medicine is seen as another’s “alternative” medicine, which gives rise to interesting oscillations in viewpoint between the poles of East and West. Medical historian Dominik Wujastyk writes on control, regulation, and the creation of policy during India’s colonial period, focusing not on “the evolution of government acts but [on] the discussions that preceded them, in which policy was formed prior to legislation” (p. 44). Richard Weiss’s essay is on the self-articulation of Tamil Siddha medicine as a system separate from Ayurveda. Weiss sees Siddha as an expression of twentieth-century Tamil revivalism, with its utopian notions of Tamil as the origin of all languages, all cultures, all medicines—as the ultimate primogenitor of all world systems. Rachel Berger’s article is on medical writing and the making of class. Berger charts the phenomenon of “professionalization” from home-based, traditional learning to earning a degree in a state-sanctioned institution, emphasizing the importance of certification. Robert E. Svoboda then offers his own unusual perspective as “the first Westerner to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India” (p. 337). In many ways, this essay serves as the heart of the volume and is written in a very personal and evocative voice. Writing in a poetic vein, Svoboda notes that “some of the rough edges of contemporary Ayurveda have been rubbed off as it has tumbled in the drum of the world,” but, as he also notes, its political edges have become sharper (p. 122). Svoboda brings up issues of community divisiveness in the diaspora, noting that fractures along religious, caste, and linguistic lines do not exist in, for example, Chinese diasporic communities, due to which acupuncture and other Chinese medical practices have enjoyed greater success and much wider acceptance in mainstream Euro-American societies. Writing on...

MAK-4 and -5 supplemented diet inhibits liver carcinogenesis in mice

BackgroundMaharishi Amrit Kalash (MAK) is an herbal formulation composed of two herbal mixtures, MAK-4 and MAK-5. These preparations are part of a natural health care system from India, known as Maharishi Ayur-Veda. MAK-4 and MAK-5 are each composed of different herbs and are said to have maximum benefit when used in combination. This investigation evaluated the cancer inhibiting effects of MAK-4 and MAK-5, in vitro and in vivo.MethodsIn vitro assays: Aqueous extracts of MAK-4 and MAK-5 were tested for effects on ras induced cell transformation in the Rat 6 cell line assessed by focus formation assay. In vivo assays: Urethane-treated mice were put on a standard pellet diet or a diet supplemented with MAK-4, MAK-5 or both. At 36 weeks, livers were examined for tumors, sera for oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), and liver homogenates for enzyme activities of glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and NAD(P)H: quinone reductase (QR). Liver fragments of MAK-fed mice were analyzed for connexin (cx) protein expression.ResultsMAK-5 and a combination of MAK-5 plus MAK-4, inhibited ras-induced cell transformation. In MAK-4, MAK-5 and MAK4+5-treated mice we observed a 35%, 27% and 46% reduction in the development of urethane-induced liver nodules respectively. MAK-4 and MAK4+5-treated mice had a significantly higher ORAC value (P < 0.05) compared to controls (200.2 ± 33.7 and 191.6 ± 32.2 vs. 152.2 ± 15.7 ORAC units, respectively). The urethane-treated MAK-4, MAK-5 and MAK4+5-fed mice had significantly higher activities of liver cytosolic enzymes compared to the urethane-treated controls and to untreated mice: GPX(0.23 ± 0.08, 0.21 ± 0.05, 0.25 ± 0.04, 0.20 ± 0.05, 0.21 ± 0.03 U/mg protein, respectively), GST (2.0 ± 0.4, 2.0 ± 0.6, 2.1 ± 0.3, 1.7 ± 0.2, 1.7 ± 0.2 U/mg protein, respectively) and QR (0.13 ± 0.02, 0.12 ± 0.06, 0.15 ± 0.03, 0.1 ± 0.04, 0.11 ± 0.03 U/mg protein, respectively). Livers of MAK-treated mice showed a time-dependent increased expression of cx32.ConclusionOur results show that a MAK-supplemented diet inhibits liver carcinogenesis in urethane-treated mice. The prevention of excessive oxidative damage and the up-regulation of connexin expression are two of the possible effects of these products.

Implementation of the Transcendental Meditation Program and Maharishi Ayur-Veda to Prevent Alcohol and Drug Abuse Among Juveniles at Risk

The purpose of the proposed treatment program is to provide a holistic, natural approach to prevent alcohol and drug abuse among high-risk preadolescent and adolescent children by reducing psychological distress and physiological imbalance, and by enhancing protective resources through an individual and family program. To achieve this goal, juveniles referred for alcohol and drug abuse treatment and also their families participate in a special treatment implementing the Transcendental Meditation program and aspects of a natural system of health care known as Maharishi Ayur-Veda. A large body of scientific research has demonstrated that this program reduces anxiety, depression, and hostility; increases psychophysiological balance resistance to stress; promotes more harmonious relations; and most importantly, naturally reduces dependence on alcohol, drugs, and other substances. The key components of the treatment program are the following: twice-daily use of the Transcendental Meditation technique; twice-da...

The Family Practitioner and the Treatment of Alcoholism Through Maharishi Ayur-Veda:

The Family Practitioner and the Treatment of Alcoholism Through Maharishi Ayur-Veda:

The Application of Maharishi Ayur-Veda to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment

The Application of Maharishi Ayur-Veda to Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment

Introducing the Maharishi Ayur-Veda into Clinical Practice

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Clinical Applications of Maharishi Ayur-Veda in Chemical Dependency Disorders

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Unproven methods in cancer treatment

The nature-based and nontoxic image makes application of unproven methods in oncology attractive in contrast to application of a mechanized scientific medicine. The application frequency of these treatments ranges from 10% to greater than 60%. Increasingly, the promoters try to create a scientific impression through a pseudologic cancer theory, a harmless diagnostic test, and a holistic treatment of every cancer. Of the big variety of unproven methods, which are summarized in 11 groups in this review, the following are discussed: anthroposophic and other mistletoe preparations; homeopathy; Maharishi Ayur-Veda; unproven anticancer diets; orthomolecular medicine, including ascorbic acid; and methods supposedly stimulating unspecific and specific defense mechanisms. In conclusion, physicians should beware of and have knowledge of currently used unproven cancer treatments for epidemiologic, social, economic, and scientific reasons.

Inhibition of human low-density lipoprotein oxidation in vitro by Maharishi Ayur-Veda herbal mixtures

In this study, we examined the effect of the Maharishi Ayur-Veda herbal mixtures (MAHMs) Maharishi Amrit Kalash-4 and -5 (M-4 and M-5), MA-631, and Maharishi Coffee Substitute (MCS) on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation and compared the potency of these mixtures to ascorbic acid, α-tocopherol, and probucol. LDL was incubated in 95% air and 5% CO 2, with or without 3 μM Cu +2, in the presence or absence of MAHMs, for 6 or 24 h. In a separate experiment, LDL was incubated as above except MAHMs were added at 0, 1.5, and 3.5 h after incubation started to assess their effect on initiation and propagation of LDL oxidation. Our results demonstrate that MAHMs caused concentration-dependent inhibition of LDL oxidation as assessed by thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and electrophoretic mobility. The MAHM showed more antioxidant potency in preventing LDL oxidation than ascorbic acid, α-tocopherol, or probucol. Also, MAHMs inhibited both initiation and propagation of cupric ion-catalyzed LDL oxidation. These results suggest the importance of further research on these herbal mixtures in the investigation of atherosclerosis and free radical-induced injury.

A model for extraction of both lipid and water soluble toxins using a procedure from Maharishi Ayurveda.

Environmental toxicity from xenobiotic compounds is a major health concern today. This paper presents a hypothetical model for the removal of toxins from the physiology employing procedures of Maharishi Ayurveda, a comprehensive system of natural medicine, which is undergoing renewal. This model combines the use of principles similar to those which are found in lipid extraction, dialysis and bulk flow. A means of testing the hypothesis is also presented.

Closing the Chapter on Maharishi Ayur-Veda

To the Editor. —With regard to the report on Maharishi Ayur-Veda in your October 2, 1991, issue, 1 it seems to me that the indignation expressed was disingenuous. The original article on Maharishi Ayur-Veda published in the May 22/29, 1991, issue 2 clearly referred to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the TM program. One of its authors was described as president of the organization that trains physicians in Maharishi Ayur-Veda. And, in the October 11, 1990, letter submitted to JAMA's editors with the original article, the authors disclosed that they were consultants to a Maharishi Ayur-Veda organization. 3 In light of this, JAMA's editors must have known before May about such a connection. Therefore, JAMA's October attack, predicated as it was on alleged deception, seems to me to have been unjustified. I think your readers should know that our organization has always been straightforward in presenting Maharishi Ayur-Veda to the public.

Closing the chapter on Maharishi Ayur-Veda

To the Editor. —With regard to the report on Maharishi Ayur-Veda in your October 2, 1991, issue, 1 it seems to me that the indignation expressed was disingenuous. The original article on Maharishi Ayur-Veda published in the May 22/29, 1991, issue 2 clearly referred to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the TM program. One of its authors was described as president of the organization that trains physicians in Maharishi Ayur-Veda. And, in the October 11, 1990, letter submitted to JAMA's editors with the original article, the authors disclosed that they were consultants to a Maharishi Ayur-Veda organization. 3 In light of this, JAMA's editors must have known before May about such a connection. Therefore, JAMA's October attack, predicated as it was on alleged deception, seems to me to have been unjustified. I think your readers should know that our organization has always been straightforward in presenting Maharishi Ayur-Veda to the public.

Closing the Chapter on Maharishi Ayur-Veda-Reply

In Reply. —It is disappointing that Dr Chopra expresses no regrets for having misinformed JAMA concerning his conflicts of interest. Chopra prefers to level charges of prejudice and fear mongering rather than to explain why he claimed that he had no affiliation with the marketers of the products he wrote about—products that continue to be sold from his Lancaster headquarters. These are the undisputed facts that JAMA learned of too late to stop the publication of Chopra's article: Maharishi Ayur-Veda is a registered trademark for a line of TM products and services. Dr Chopra had been the sole stockholder, president, treasurer, and clerk of the company that sells Maharishi Ayur-Veda products. This marketing company and Chopra's American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine have the same phone number. He is the medical director of the premiere Maharishi Ayur-Veda center. Chopra collects many thousands of dollars in honoraria and fees for lecturing and

Closing the Chapter on Maharishi Ayur-Veda

To the Editor. —When I read the Letter from New Delhi by Sharma et al 1 I surmised that JAMA had been duped into printing a seeming endorsement of a dubious healing cult, Transcendental Meditation (TM), and its recent front, Maharishi Ayur-Veda. JAMA is to be commended for exposing the chicanery and deceptions involved in the appearance of that letter. 2 For many years I have studied and written about various totalist groups, some of which are health quackery cults. I have followed the development of the TM group from its early stages as a nonprofessional psychotherapy to the various front groups it now has spawned. I have interviewed and provided psychotherapy for dozens of former TM members who have suffered major psychological disorders (severe dissociative disorders, posttraumatic stress disorders, panic disorders, etc) which appear to have evolved out of the practices they were taught to follow. 3-5 I want

Closing the Chapter on Maharishi Ayur-Veda

To the Editor. —I was distressed to see that in an article in JAMA , 1 critical of Maharishi Ayur-Veda, one of your associate editors has, in essence, called me a liar. Regarding a letter I wrote to JAMA in 1989, 2 he identifies me as such an author under the heading Publications Misled and states that I gave the Rees Family Medical Clinic as [my] affiliation. He then writes that I turn out to be the medical director of the Maharishi Ayur-Veda Medical Center.... However, in correspondence with JAMA , he used Rees Family Medical Clinic stationery.... as if I were trying to conceal my relationship with the Maharishi Ayur-Veda Medical Center (even though my letter, regarding TM, made no mention of Maharishi Ayur-Veda). The first two statements are false; the third, though true, is misleading; the entire context is defamatory, the assertion Publications Misled is incorrect and intolerable. The facts