Dr. Kahekashan Awatif Khanam
Experience: | 1 year |
Education: | Rajiv Gandhi University Of Health Sciences |
Academic degree: | Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery |
Area of specialization: | I am mostly focused on helping people get back to their baseline—not just physically, but like overall balance kind of thing. My work’s based on classic Ayurvedic principles—dosha analysis, herbal meds, body detox (Panchakarma if it’s really needed), and lifestyle fixes that aren’t super hard to stick with. I really believe you can’t separate body stuff from mental patterns or diet—like all of it’s tangled. Every plan I make is totally individualised, no one-size crap. Whether it’s gut issues, stress-based flareups or chronic joint probs, I try to get to the root before adding meds. Sometimes things take time to shift... sometimes they don’t. But I usually see clearer results when people commit to slow change vs shortcuts. Spirit-wise? I think healing's deeper than just symptoms going away. I guess that’s why I stay with Ayurveda—it makes space for that inner recalibration we don’t talk about enough. |
Achievements: | I am done with a short-term certified course in obesity management—not like a big flashy degree or anything, but it really shaped the way I see metabolic issues now. It gave me solid grip on Ayurvedic weight loss protocols, insulin resistance kinda stuff, how digestion links to fat storage... and like, what actually *works* for diff body types. That training kinda changed how I treat lifestyle conditions too—made me slow down, rethink basics, dig deeper. Def one of the things that stuck. |
I am an Ayurvedic physician who kinda took the long way round in practice, but I feel that helped. I started off in the surgical dept., worked for a full year under a general surgeon—ya, in an allopathic setup—mostly assisting with diabetic wounds, dressing changes, debridement and post-op wound healing. That phase really taught me patience... and precision too. I wasn’t just watching, I was doing the stuff daily. Lot of tissue work, infection management, gauging healing speed—it all stayed with me even as I moved into Ayurveda fully. Now I run OPD-based practice in Mumbai. My major focus right now is musculoskeletal n autoimmune things—Amavata, Sandhivata—basically arthritis spectrum. I see a lot of cervical spondylysis, sciatica, frozen shoulder, you name it. I use internal meds + local therapies, mostly oil applications, kati basti, snehan–swedana combos. In few cases we do deeper detox (panchakarma types), but I keep it minimal unless needed. Pain relief is big, yes, but I’m more interested in building back lost mobility. Kidney stones is another area I take up often—non-surgical management only. Not everyone knows this but a lot of small-medium calculi *can* pass with the right formulations + diet corrections. It takes close monitoring, like a lot of it, but many patients avoid surgery when they stick to the plan. I always go case by case though, I don’t generalize stone care. Also yeah, I’m a certified nutritionist too, which kind of bridges the gap for me. I don’t believe Ayurveda and food can be handled separate. What they eat during vata aggravation or post-shodhana affects outcomes way more than people think. I like working on chronic cases, especially the ones who’ve seen too many doctors and still feel stuck. My treatment plans aren’t flashy, but I do adjust every small detail for each person. That’s where I think it works—the tuning, not the intensity.
