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Ayurvedic
Treatment For Following Diseases
Allergies
is hereditary in some people.Allergies occur when a hypersensitive
immune system reacts to a common or unusual substance. One
can also develop an allergy at any time in his or her life.
Any substance, whatever its origin, is a possible allergen.
Foods, chemicals in foods, medicines, and environmental factors,
dust, animal hair, and chemical toxins, can all cause allergic
reactions almost anywhere in the body.
Ayurveda
sees ama (toxins) and low resistance is the primary causes
of most allergies. Ama can settle at the digestive level or
in the various tissues, with different symptoms at each level.
Ama toxicity aggravates blood and Pitta, or it can aggravate
Kapha, with different symptoms.
HAY FEVER
Most
of us are familiar with the symptoms of hay fever, or seasonal
allergies, whether we have them ourselves or know someone
else who does have- runny nose, sneezing, itching eyes, scratchy
throat, and itching, swelling, or hives on the skin. Often,
people seem to have a cold. With more severe reactions, one
might suffer from asthma and other breathing difficulties,
aches and pain, gastrointestinal reactions or rapid or irregular
heartbeat.
Seasonal
allergies can occur anytime, but they occur most often during
spring and early summer, when plants and trees are flowering
and producing pollens, the most common allergens. Seasonal
allergies are also fairly common in the fall - many people
are sensitive to the molds produced by decaying leaves and
other plants. Animal feathers, hairs and dust cause similar
symptoms.Ayurveda
sees hay fever as a Kapha-Pitta disorder; however, people
with a Vata constitution suffer most from it, because it is
also due to immune disorder and hypersensitivity of the nervous
system:
Symptoms & Dosha predominance
Vata aggravation often produces headache, insomnia, and anxiety.
Pitta
aggravation produces yellow nasal discharge, feverish feeling,
burning eyes, and skin rashes.
Kapha
aggravation produces whitish sputum and heaviness and dullness
in the body. If the sinuses are congested, there may be a
dull headache around the region of sinuses.
General
Treatment
[A]
Home Therapies
In
all cases, nasal medication is recommended for controlling
and preventing seasonal allergies. Use medicated sesame oil
made with licorice, agaru (aquilaria agallocha), bilva (aegle
marmalos), kantakari (solanum xanthocarpum), lotus, and nutgrass.
Then put one drop in each nostril at bedtime. Use this for
4 weeks.
Medicated
oil specialy prepared for Nasya ' Amrut Bindu' is very effective.
[B]
Herbs
For
Vata & Kapha - Take trikatu (dry ginger, black pepper
and long pepper powder in equal amount) 20 mgm.+ basil 250
mgm. + 10 mgm. cloves, camphor, and coriander each. It is
advisable to take this mixture 3 times a day with warm water.
Start before hay fever season. & take the mixture till
the season is over.
[C]
Diet
Avoid
heavy foods, cold drinks, and dairy products (including cheese
and yogurt), that increase Kapha and decrease digestive fire.
Also, follow diets that rebalance your own pattern of doshic
imbalance.
Vata treatment
Home
Therapies
Follow
the " Unit increase/unit decrease "Rasayana treatment
described in the section on asthma.
Pitta
Treatment
During
an attack with Pitta aggravation, take a tea made with licorice,
cardamom, and santalum album. For making tea - take equal
proportion of dried herbs + 4 times water. Boil it. Reduce
till 1/4th.
For
Pitta pacification, bitter herbs & blood cleansing herbs
like dandelion, barberry or echinacea should be taken. Take
any of these herbs in dose of 1 to 3 gms. a day for 2 weeks.
Home
Therapies
Inhale
medicated vapor made with water, basil leaves (holy basil,
if possible), and eucalyptus oil.
Do
nasya (nasal medication) with coconut oil 2 times a day. Put
2 –3 drops of oil in the nose at bedtime.
Kapha
Treatment
[a]
Herbs
Take
50 mg. of camphor and cloves and 1 gram of basil twice daily
for 2 months.
[b]
Prepared Medicines
To
ease Kapha aggravation, take 2 tablets of guduchi, three times
daily with a tea made from basil, cloves, and camphor for
2 weeks.
[c]
From the Ayurvedic Physician
An
Ayurvedic physician would recommend medicated therapeutic
vomiting to balance Kapha and prevent the recurrence of seasonal
allergies.
[d]
Yoga and Breath Therapy
It
is common for hay fever to start with symptoms that are similar
to colds and sinus problems. To prevent symptoms such as runny
nose, sneezing and congestion, practice nasal cleansing with
water (jala neti) regularly to purify the entire upper respiratory
tract and prevent recurrence of allergic attacks. Use a special
pot with a spout - a neti pot - available for this purpose,
and make nasal cleansing a regular part of your daily hygiene.
Deep
breathing or regular practice of anuloma viloma pranayama
can also prevent attack.When
hay fever allergies are chronic, practice (Kapalabhati) regularly
to increase the patient's stamina.
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