Category: M

An energy point on the skin that has a door receptor and is connected to the inner pathways of healing.  

A sacred word or phrase of spiritual significance and power that transcends the mind and yields bliss. A word or sound used in meditation to focus attention. A word, phrase, or sound repeated to oneself to focus the mind or reduce stray thoughts during meditation. A word, sound, or phrase that is repeated during concentrative…

One of the seven dhatus or bodily tissues,- the muscle tissue. Produced by rasa and rakta, its main functions are to provide physical strength, coordination, movement, covering, form, and protection. Muscle tissue, giving strength and binding the body together.  

One of the seven dhatus or bodily tissues; the bone marrow and nerve tissue. It is unctuous and soft. Its main function is to oleate the body, to fill up the bone, and to nourish the shukra dhatu. It plays an important role in communication. Nervous tissue and bone marrow, giving nourishment to the nervous…

The “great principle,” intelligence, the cosmic aspect of intellect, also contains the individual intellect, called Buddhi.  

Mistakes, negligence, or miscalculations committed in the process of prescribing and administering a drug to a patient, or in monitoring the effects of a drug. Medication errors can involve the type of drug or its dosage, the prescription, the method of dispensing, or the lack of communication between health professionals. A failure of some kind…

Surface linings of the body, which secrete mucus. Membrane lining passages and cavities communicating with the air. A wet membrane which lines internal passages in the body, e.g. the nose, mouth, stomach and throat, and secretes mucus. Thin sheet of tissue that covers or lines parts of the body; it consists of a layer of…

In homeopathy, the source remedy, which is diluted to make the therapeutic dosages prescribed by homeopathic practitioners. The first stage in the preparation of a homeopathic remedy, made by soaking a plant, animal, or mineral product in a solution of alcohol.  

Involuntary leakage of urine during coughing, laughing, or muscular effort.