Bhaswati BhattacharyaWeill Cornell Medical College | Cornell · Dept of Medicine
Bhaswati Bhattacharya
MPH, MD(Doctorate in Medicine), PhD (Pharmacology+Ayurveda-BHU)
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Introduction
Dr. Bhattacharya's bio can be found at www.drbhaswati.com.
Her research foci are physico-chemistry of bhasmas, integrative clinical practice incorporating multiple medical systems, herbal medicine research, research methodology for Ayurveda, public health research for indigenous medical systems, and competency-based Ayurvedic medical practice and education.
Formal trainings include neuroscience (BA-UPenn), pharmacology-neuroscience(MA-Columbia), international public health(MPH-Harvard), a doctorate in medicine (MD-RushUChicago), family med + preventive/community med residency(Columbia), nutrition, and PhD in Ayurveda (BHU). She is a 2013-14 Fulbright scholar and 2018-2021 Fulbright Specialist.
Additional affiliations
April 2014 - July 2017
Position
- PhD Student
Description
- PhD thesis on the efficacy of a composite polyherbal formulation for type 2 diabetes mellitus
July 2013 - March 2014
Position
- senior Fulbright researcher
Description
- Research on ancient concept Ojas and mechanism of Rasa-aushadhis in improving immune function
April 2005 - present
The Graduate Institute www.learn.edu
Position
- Core Faculty
Description
- Teach the Ayurveda module in the Masters program in Holistic Health and Healing
Education
April 2014 - April 2017
September 1994 - May 1998
Rush University, Chicago
Field of study
- Medicine
September 1992 - December 1994
Harvard University School of Public Health/ Kennedy School of Govt/Harvard Medical School
Field of study
- International Public Health
Publications
Publications (48)
Introduction:
We report the successful management of a patient with persistent severe SARS-CoV-2 (covid-19) with poor prognosis, by using ayurvedic dietary guidelines and supporting herbal and herbomineral formulations.
Case presentation:
After two ICU admissions and at the end of conventional care options for Covid-19 infection, this 71-year-ol...
Metabolic risks are a global challenge. These risks are although modifiable by lifestyle, and physical activity to some extent, they are primarily related to dietary consumption. Considering a clear relationship of diet and metabolic risk factors, we hypothesised that an evidence-based, and widely applicable solution may be found in Ayurvedic diete...
Metabolic risks are a global challenge. These risks are although modifiable by lifestyle, and physical activity to some extent, they are primarily related to dietary consumption. Considering a clear relationship of diet and metabolic risk factors, we hypothesised that an evidence-based, and widely applicable solution may be found in Ayurvedic diete...
interview by abhinava Dhanwantari Journal of Ayurveda
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Talapotaka Churna is one of the best classical formulations mentioned for the treatment of Prameha in Vaidya Chintamani. Each of the ingredients has been proven classically and scientifically to be very effective in the management of Prameha and diabetes mellitus, respectively. The view of Acharya Vallabhacharya toward the management of Prameha is...
Introduction: The current demographic definitions for diabetes mellitus have not cited gender nor accounted for the possibility that healthy menstrual cycles may be a protective factor for the development of Type 2/noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. The ancient physician Vallabhacharya posits that the monthly cycle of menstruation rids the blo...
The preparation of rasaushadhis represents one of the great challenges in preserving authentic Ayurvedic knowledge. If society wants to heal difficult diseases, the wisdom in pharmaceutic processes of ancient chemistry developed by the 8th century CE must be better appreciated and brought into the modern pharmacy age. With the increasing demand for...
The value of the five senses, known as the pancha-jnana-indriya, is undervalued today. In an almost religious worship of objectivity and randomized clinical trials, we have forgotten the importance of observation and experiential science, which formed the basis for Ayurvedic medical science. The concept of bio-electronic gadgets is introduced, as t...
The presentation described about efficiency status of Herbo-mineral drugs in Ayurveda
Ayurvedic pharmacy education is a neglected course in the Ayurvedic eco system. Constant apathy by the law maker in drafting a uniform code for the Ayurvedic pharmacy education system is destroying the great potentiality for the course.
Ancient Ayurveda gave us tools to keep our���� eyes healthy through� the toils of the day, emphasizing the prevention of disease through daily maintenance and periodic rituals that strengthen the eyes. The first was washing the eyes with cold water in the early-morning routine, keeping solid and stable the oils and fat that comprise the eyes.
Traditional Ayurveda processes during the making of a formulation account for each and every material and each of its properties in context of the larger environment from which it is taken and to which it belongs. Modern pharmacy, in contrast, focuses on chemical constituents only at the moments of time when processing is measured. A wide variety o...
Modern medicine touts an approach using evidenced-based medicine, implying that other medical systems rely on beliefs, dogma, assumptions, or "unscientific" principles that lack evidence. Observational experience and clinical acumen depend on exploration using the five senses, through which experiential evidence is accumulated. Ayurvedic vaidyas we...
Nanorobots are tiny devices programmed by man for a particular function. Similarly, bhasmas are programmed by man to work with particular precision. Through the processes of mardana and bhavana, herbs with affinities to specific parts of the body with specific known actions are added to a metal as its therapeutic properties are released. Since anci...
Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health. If there is not the strength of knowledge, nobody would care two-pence for your ringing of the bell.'1 ery few people can say that they know no one with any chronic disease. The karma and comfort of modern life has created societ...
Everyone knows Ojas, yet few know Ojas. Ojas is that state of well-being in which the body-mind reflects true strength through resilience and vitality that keeps it healthy and supple and prevents decay and degeneration of the body. There is a connection between the mind and the body that develops self-esteem, knowledge of self, and an inner power,...
How do we resolve conflicts between allopathic thinking and the system of medicine that is Ayurveda?
How do we find bridges between allopathic thinking and Ayurveda? Using a Fulbright grant as a gateway to enter the silos of knowledge, and then exit and share is one of the best ways to bring knowledge across borders.
Urticaria, like most skin rashes that are a result of the inflammatory system gone awry, is considered primarily a pitta disorder in Ayurveda. Some vata imbalance also occurs, due to spread to the edges of the body, and kapha disturbance from buildup of immune components in local areas around the hives. In Sanskrit, urticaria is known as sheeta pit...
The validity of herbometallic bhasmas described in Ayurveda is nowhere acknowledged by biomedical science. To unravel the knowledge of bhasmas, an algorithm integrating ayurveda- and science-based experiments needs to connect the basic science of rasa shastra, the study of herbometallic medicines in ayurveda, to clinical data.
An Ayurvedic View of Elements of Sustainable Integration
Alternative medicines are popular because of the dark reality of medical orthodoxy and the system it has created. Patients are not happy with the way medicine is being doled out, from the choices they don’t get, to the informed consents papers they are forced to sign, to the costs they don’t know until the bill comes, to the audacious self-aggrandi...
In Asia most of the countries are in developing stage where a high proportion of women are employed in agriculture. The official statistics do not always reveal fully the actual status and role of women in agriculture but such data provides adequate insight for economic analysis and policy decision in agricultural planning, food security allevation...
This module provides guidelines and resources for providing medical students with elective options to study CAM in greater depth through immersion in settings where indigenous and non-allopathic healing practices are utilized. Acknowledging that many medical schools have strong international health programs and that many students regularly explore...
This module provides suggested activities and resources for students interested in moving beyond didactic and experiential work in CAM. As part of the integrative medicine field study course, AMSA suggests four independent and self-directed exercises to complement the existing curricula: CAM research, literature searches, community service, and men...
The scientific conference of the AHMA, the predecessor of Integrative Medicine was held in May 2002 in Toronto Canada. The brilliant physicians who created the annual conference sought to present data and evidence that Integrating of many medical systems is a superior way to practice medicine. The conference was titled "The Science and Spirit of Go...
Objectives: The authors reviewed the health conditions that are particularly relevant to women of South Asian origin including anemia, osteoporosis, and reproductive health, and report on methods to improve their knowledge, access, and utilization of health care services.
Key Findings: Physicians in the United States have noticed a greater number o...
Interest in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) has grown significantly in the United States. In response, numerous medical and nursing schools are now offering CAM courses. Considering the significant overlap of many CAM and public health objectives, it seems prudent for Schools of Public Health to also consider inclusion of this content...
The implications of biodiversity loss for the global environment have been widely discussed, but only recently has attention been paid to its direct and serious effects on human health. Biodiversity loss affects the spread of human diseases, causes a loss of medical models, diminishes the supplies of raw materials for drug discovery and biotechnolo...
A fluorescent staining technique, the B-body test, is utilized to ascertain the proportion of male and female spermatozoa in separated semen. This test is also used to monitor progress of Thermal Convection Counterstreaming Sedimentation and Forced Convection Galvanization processes for separating heavier electropositive (female) and lighter electr...
Using particle free semen extender and applying a low temperature thermal convection laminar flow to bring the sperm cells in vertical orientation and allowing them to act through the center of buoyancy, a bimodal distribution was achieved. Laser scanner for observing sedimentation pattern and F-body technique for identification of male sperm were...
Questions
Questions (3)
In Ayurveda, many conditions predispose a person to dropping sugar in urine, known as madhumeha. I am looking for the conditions/diseases/co-morbidities/drug SEs in which sugar becomes high in the blood.
I am working on a thesis using a polyherbal formulation of several herbs and looking for merits and demerits of large vs. small particle size, 80 sieve, 120 sieve, fine, coarse, very fine.... Can someone point me to some reading, esp if it is in Bhaisajya Kalpana and Ayurvedic pharmaceutic? I think pharmacies that make powders must have examined this issue, but can't find anything...
What are clinical correlations/research for it that can be measured?
