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Joint pain- Ayurvedic Treatment

Joint pain has become a very common ailment in the modern age because of modern and restless lifestyle and nutrient-less fast food, lack of proper exercise and the polluting environment. If you are lucky enough, you might be one of the hundreds who has no joint pain at all. Thousands of people visit doctors with the complaint of joint pain, and in return they get a bagful of medicines and massage oil, which tear apart their money wallet and after prolonged use of the medications even stomach gets torn down because of side effects of high power medicines without any help to joint pain.

Although you might be frustrated with the magnet like disease, joint pain, there are several ways we can avoid it or root it out altogether. The most important part is regular exercise(sensible exercise and not reckless exercise, yoga is best).

Let us talk about one of the most ancient medication system Ayurveda for Joint Pain treatment.

As per Ayurveda, the root cause of joint pain is ama. It comes into picture when there is a digestion problem, lack of interest to have food. This is known as Agnimandya in Ayurveda. When appetite loss happens, Ama gets formed and absorbed by body system which leads to joint pain.If this happens for a longer time ama accumulates in joints and lead to arthritis. Ayurveda says if appetite loss is treated early arthritis can be prevented.

If you are already suffering from arthritis, it is advisable to take proper Ayurveda drugs to digest it by body system. Panchakarma is one of the most effective treatment in Ayurveda to root out Ama in joints.If you take care of your digestive system from the beginning, there will be minimal chances of joint pain. Never avoid taking food when you are hungry. Do not take anything which will hinder your appetite like cold drinks or fast food. Warm water mixed with Soonth, Pippali is known to be helpful in retaining the digestive power. Avoid constipation by taking digestible food.

If you are overweight, you might need to reduce your weight. You should remember that your joints were meant to bear your body weight which brings it most strain. Do not start a dieting spree. Painkillers like Aspirin etc. give relief for a short time and creating the highway for the worst paint in future, avoid them.

One of the reasons behind joint pain is Vata Dosha. Ayurveda says massage with Mahanarayana oil in and around affected part is helpful. Apply hot water and steam along with the oil massage. Nirgundi leaves boiled with Castor oil is helpful in controlling joint pain.

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Cataract – Ayurvedic Treatment

Opacification of the lens or its capsule sufficient to interfere with the vision of the eye is called cataract. In Ayurveda, this disease is called Timira or Linga Nasha. Aggravated Vayu is considered to be responsible for the manifestation of this disease. One of the properties of Vayu is to make things dry up. When the unctuousness and softness of the lens and its capsule are lost, it becomes opaque, and the rays of light coming from the object are unable to pass through this. When the rays do not pass through this, the retina becomes incapable of accepting them. Thereby, the perception of vision is impaired. In the first stage of the cataract the whole lens or the capsule may not be affected, and thus, there will be only partial impairment of vision. The object may appear disrupted or dull.

Treatment

The aggravated Vayu has to be corrected first. Ghee is one of the important articles which correct Vayu. Triphala provides nourishment and strengthens the nerves and other tissues of the eyeball. Maha Triphala Ghrita consisting of ghee with Triphala, among others is popularly used for the treatment of this condition. If the cataract is fully matured, then it is difficult to correct it. This medicine, therefore, acts very well only in the first stage of the development of this condition. This medicated ghee is given to the patient in a dose of two teaspoonfuls, twice daily, about one hour before taking food mixed with a cup of warm milk.

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Hysteria-Ayurvedic Treatment

Hysteria is a common form of the emotional reaction in which a patient tends to act out of his/her mental control in a dramatic way. Brain behaves in such a way to attract others to gain sympathy.Many times Hysteria starts with events like meeting an accident, separation from beloved one and so on. In these cases, the patient feels much worse than that what it is and start behaving in a dramatic way.

In Ayurveda, this is known as Unmada. Studies say women outnumber than men in this disease. This disease doesnot even spare children.

The symptoms of hysteria are connected with neurotic or emotional factors. However, physically the patient may suffer from hyper-acidity or heart burn, indigestion, or even an ulcer. They may affect the intestines resulting either in acute form of constipation, or severe diarrhea, depending upon the responses to emotionally charged situation. It may take the form of colitis with the severe ulceration of the intestinal valve. No organ of the body is immune to the psycho-somatic symptoms or diseases and they may manifest themselves in the form of an allergy, skin eruption or other types of organic and physical illness.
Treatment
Sarpagandha, brahmi, vacha and Shankhapushpi are the drugs of choice for the treatment of this disease. They correct both the body and the mind of the individual. All these drugs are made into a powder and mixed in equal quantities. The patient should take it in a dose of one gram, three times a day, mixed with a cup of milk. These patients usually suffer from sleeplessness or disturbed sleep which is corrected by these medicines. Use of ashvagandha gives considerable relief to these patients. A preparation of this drug is known as Ashvagandharishta. Six teaspoonfuls of this liquid medicine is given to the patients after food, twice daily, mixed with equal quantity of water.

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Calm down your hyperactive child

Its a tough task to bring up a hyper active child, because of their ever changing mood and activities. It sometimes becomes difficult to keep an eye on the activities of such children. Many times it is frustrating for the parents.
There several ways in alternative medicines which will help the child as well as parents stay calm.Below are few suggestions, to help your child calm down and help you control your frustration.

Physical Exercise: It is very important to make your child do some physical exercise daily. Remember, if it is possible let them do exercise outdoor and not in artificial lighting and environment.Study reveals that, kids staying most of their time inside with artificial light are more restless. Make sure their room get adequate sun light and free air. This will help them to calm down easily. Keep a practice of doing yoga regularly. Believe me this will help you in leading a healthy life and your kid will get inspiration of this to make yoga as a routine.Make whole family follow some yogic exercises.

Color Effect: Dark color like Red are known to increase stress and blood pressure. Reduce or remove dark colors from your kids’ room. Paint walls with light colors like light blue or baby pink. Keep few smiling, playful images on the wall. Train them to use natural light as much as possible.All these will help to reduce stress on your child and in turn, help them to remain calm.

Body Massage: For all age body massage is the best solution for restlessness and children are no exception. Massage your child with a proper oil. You can add little aromatic oil, like lavender. It will help your child calm down quickly. Again, it will help in building a bond between you and your kid reducing your frustration on his/her activities.

Deep Breathing: Deep breathing is a well-known solution to reduce stress immediately. Teach your child to have deep breathing when ever he/she feels restless. You should demonstrate to inspire your child regularly to do so.

Food Selection: Remember, food has everlasting effects of the body as well as the mind.

  1. Try to avoid all kind of spicy, oily and fried food.
  2. Any drinks with caffeine will increase restlessness in your kid. Avoid those!
  3. Fast food is an enemy in case of restlessness, aggression and stress. You should avoid as much as possible.
  4. Reduce sugar in food items. The less, the better.
  5. Lots of water helps in the cleansing of body and there by the mind.
  6. Regular intake of fresh vegetables and fresh fruit will help in calming down.
  7. Fish can be taken, but avoid meat and shellfish.

Medication to make your child calm down may have immediate affect, but remember, any kind of medication can have side effects and hence should be avoided in case of children, when ever possible. Don’t run to a doctor saying “my child is restless stealing my day and night” and introduce his/her tender mind and body  to a word of harmful medicines.

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Mouth Ulcer Prevention and Remedies

Mouth ulcers are annoying sores that develop inside the mouth. Mouth ulcer may be the result of several reasons like stress, eating a lot of spicy food, non-veg food and even due to deficiencies of vitamins like B and C.

Below are few remedies for mouth ulcer.

  1. Avoid drinking tea or coffee if you got mouth ulcer.
  2. Oily food with a lot of spices aggravates the condition of mouth ulcer.
  3. Massaging the affected parts with coconut milk help to sooth the pain.
  4. Eat raw tomatoes. Raw tomatoes help in early recovery from mouth ulcer.
  5. Make a paste of turmeric mixed with little glycerin and apply on the sore. Continue this several times daily for early recovery.
  6. Chew few leaves of tulsi with some water. Repeat this 4/5 times a day.
  7. Applying toothpaste on the sore helps in soothing pain.
  8. Avoid fast food. Have food rich in fiber, calcium, and vitamin c.
  9. Avoid non-vegetarian food completely as this increases acidity thereby encouraging mouth ulcer.
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Lets grow old like growing up, in a healthy way

Growing old is an unavoidable part of life.But the sad part of growing old is it bring many health problems along with it if one is not careful from the beginning. Several health and lifestyle tips can help to grow old with grace and endeavor to stay fit.Below are few points which will help in reduce the side effects of growing old.

  1. A healthy and regular exercise routine is surely a great way to stay fit till death. It also keeps the body system rejuvenated throughout the life. Do exercise regularly as you take food from the beginning. Spening a Little time everyday day on exercises can provide million dollar health throughout life.
  2. Taking proper food is next step for a better living. Try to avoid all kind of fast food and junk food. Avoid too spicy and masala food. Reduce oil as much as you can. Take a lot of water and green vegetables., this will help your body to remain hydrated.
  3. Sun bath is beneficial for your health. Take the bothe in the early morning to avoid any side effects like UV rays.
  4. Never overeat. Keep in mind that we live here in the world not to eat, rather we eat to live. Over eating will affect your body and digestive system badly in a long run.
  5. Amla is a nice naturally available fruit which contains lot of Vitamin C, which helps in keeping your heart healthy for longer. It also helps your hair to stay young for longer.It is also considered as a helping agent to keep your body system immune to all kind of diseases.Take Amla regularly as diet.
  6. Curd which is made up of milk is considered as an excellent food for the intestine. It also helps in longevity.
  7. Honey is also an excellent source of many vitamins and minerals to keep the body healthy during old age.

These are few tips for a healthier life forever. But never forget that mind is the source of all kind of diseases. The first thing you should do is keep your mind busy and clean. Below are few tips for a healthy lifestyle.

  1. Listen to slow music when you are free. This helps in relaxing the mind and building a positive attitude.
  2. Reading is an excellent way to keep the mind busy and active. Remember Idle mind is Devil’s Workshop. Keep your mind busy as much as possible to keep it away from making it a devil’s workshop.
  3. Start some hobbies. Gardening, painting, drawing are few of the hobbies which will bring happiness and keep you busy.
  4. Spend quality time with spiritual groups like Satsang, religious practices, and meditation.
  5. Spend time with young; this will make you feel young.
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Get rid of body odor

Body odor is a common problem usually in the summer season when skin sweats to reduce body temperature. In sweat, there are various biological ingredients which lead to body odor. Body odor if not treated properly can arise embarrassing situations in social life.

Following are few tips one can follow to get rid of body odor or to minimize the effect of it.

  1. Use a good quality, nice smelling soap with antibacterial properties regularly for bathing. Use a deodorant preferably after the bath and use clean cotton clothes.
  2. A few drops of rose water or tea tree oil in the bathing water add long lasting freshness.
  3. Proper diet has a favorable effect on reducing body odor, as research says that the food type is directly connected to body odor. Avoid processed food and too much of red meat.It is also found that frequent use of garlic, cumin and masala might lead to foul smell.Alcohol and tobacco aggravate body odor problem. Try to avoid these kinds of food.
  4. Drink lot of water so that body remain hydrated. It is also found that less water results in concentrated sweat and thereby increasing body odor. Take a lot of green vegetables and juice.
  5. Applying baking soda on underarms has excellent benefits in absorbing sweat and killing bacteria.
  6. Wheatgrass along with a glass of water in the empty stomach is a proven remedy to reduce body odor.
  7. Apple cider vinegar and white vinegar can be applied on underarms to reduce body odor.
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Its Morning, time to do Exercise and Yoga

When to exercise? Morning or evening? This is a common question of all health conscious people. But it is found that there are many benefits of doing exercise in the morning than doing in the evening or any other time.

Many argue that if you do work out in the morning, you will feel tired and might affect daily work/routine. This is true for first few days. Once you start to continue to exercise in the morning, all such problems go in vein.Regular exercise in the morning will also help to eradicate morning blue problem and keep you fresh all day long.

Other than above reason, there are several other which favor exercise in the morning are discussed below.

As you complete your exercise in the morning, you have one important work less in your daily routine for the rest of the day. So you can spend more time with your job or family. You can enjoy a social evening with your family.

It is scientifically proved that, working out in the morning helps in boosting metabolism and gives additional energy.(Remember this benefit can be realized only if you do it regularly for a longer period)

Science says that morning sun ray can generate Vitamin D in the body. So if you can do your regular exercise under the mild sun ray of early morning, it will be of great help in generating vitamin D in your body naturally. Vitamin D is known for its usefulness in healthy bones.

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Hair Care

Healthy and shiny hair is one of the vital ingredients of beauty. To maintain a beautiful life one has to take care of his/her hair properly.

Hair care industry has become a billion dollar market. Beauty product market is filled with several hair care products and most of which are made up of harmful chemicals, which has adverse affect in long run. But still there are several natural and herbal home remedies available. Which are cheaper or almost freely available. A healthy living and few hair care habits will help you to have a healthy hair for ever.

Below are few points those are helpful in keeping hair healthy during the rainy season.

  1. Always keep an umbrella with you when ever you are going outside of your home, so that you will be able to use it during unexpected rain.As it is known that rain water might negatively impact your hair health if not dried quickly, resulting in more dandruff like scalp problem.
  2. If you forgot to take an umbrella and your hair got wet due to rain water, wash your hair with a mild shampoo and apply a good quality conditioner on your head to avoid any infection on your scalp, which lead to hair loss.
  3. If you got oily hair, take one mug full of water and squeeze a lemon in it. Rinse your hair with lemon water, after washing your hair with a mild shampoo.
  4. Wash your hair regularly for a healthy hair which lasts for ever. Never let your hair be dirty for a longer time.
  5. Don’t comb your hair when it is wet.
  6. In rainy season avoid excess oil on hair.
  7. This is a good practice to go for hot oil massage once in a week. This will help to maintain healthy hair on your head.
  8. Don’t keep your hair wet for a longer time. Dry it out using a dry towel.
  9. The combination of paste of neem leaves and lemon juice is an excellent Ayurvedic and herbal medicine for dandruff. Apply the above-said paste on your scalp and rinse your hair after few minutes.
  10. Add few drops of lemon juice in multani mitti and apply the paste on your hair.Wash it after few minutes. You will find a noticeable difference. It helps in making your hair shiny and beautiful with out any side effects.
  11. In the rainy season, it is advisable to keep short hair if possible. Because maintaining short hair is far easier than long hair.
  12. Try to avoid all kind of hair spray. Use only tested mild shampoo and conditioner.
  13. Don’t use any chemical on your hair as a  short cut route to get beautiful hair. This may result in severe hair loss along with other negative consequences.
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Stop hair loss and balding: Ayurvedic treatment

Hair loss is a common problem faced by many. Baldness in men is at least accepted in the society, but it is not the same for women. Just like any other part of our body, hair is also considered to be part of our body. So taking care of them has always been significant.

Nowadays increasing workloads have resulted in stress and anxiety, which are some of the common causes of hair loss. Some of the causes can be linked to hormones. In men, the sexual hormone testosterone is converted to Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which is responsible for hair loss or pattern baldness. The same hormone in women called androgen when in excess causes hair loss. This hormonal imbalance in women appears during and after pregnancy and around menopause.

Baldness can be avoided if you follow these guidelines;

There are many herbs available which help to reduce hair fall. Some of these are:

1.    Saw Palmetto
2.    Stinging Nettle
3.    Green Tea (Camellia Sinensis)
4.    Pygeum (Pygeum africanum): Africa
5.    Dong Quai: Chinese
6.    He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum): Chinese
7.    Channelled Wrack (Pelvetia Canaliculata Extract)
8.    Ginseng: Chinese

Saw Palmetto, Stinging Nettle, Pygeum, Dong Quai curbs production of DHT. Green tea and Ginseng inhibit production of 5-alpha reductase which converts testosterone to DHT. Channelled Wrack contains isoflavones which have anti-oxidant properties like vitamin E. used to promote hair regrowth. This and Dong Quai are prescribed for hair loss cure for women.

•    Diet: Vitamins A, B, E are essential in your diet for healthy hair. Vitamin A acts as an anti-oxidant and helps in the production of sebum in scalp. Vitamin E stimulates blood circulation which helps to keep hair follicles productive, but excess may harm your hair. Vitamin B also helps in blood circulation. Eating a small amount of white sesame seeds regularly adds calcium and magnesium to the body which assist in strengthening hair follicles.

•    Massage: Massaging the scalp thrice a week improves blood circulation. Rubbing vigorously activates the sebaceous glands. Massaging with the aid of oil helps to nourish and strengthen the roots. Coconut, almond, and sesame oil can be used for massages. Bhringraj (Eclipta Elba) oil, Amala oil, and Arnica oil are also very useful. Ayurvedic preparation Bhringraj (Eclipta Elba), Amala, corals, iron and black sesame seeds are very useful, and even stops the graying of hair.
•    Washing: Washing hair with Amala (Embilica Officinalis) and Shikakai (Acacia Concinna) nourishes them.

•    Ayurvedic tips: “pitta dosha” in the body can cause hair fall. It is caused by excessive intake of alcohol, tea, coffee, meat and due to spicy, oily, sour, acidic foods. Some of the ayurvedic remedies for hair loss:

1.    Apply coconut oil with lime juice daily.
2.    Drink lettuce and spinach juice. It can also be mixed with alfalfa.
3.    Wash hair with paste of fried black beans and fenugreek 2-3 times a week,
4.    Make the paste of licorice in milk or paste of lemon and black pepper and apply on bald patches for hair growth.

•    Yoga and meditation: It also helps to improve blood circulation and relieve stress. Yoga poses like headstand, standing forward bend and shoulder stand helps.

Ayurveda is a sure-fire way to get rid of hair loss and balding.