Acne

Acne is the result of high pitta moving under the skin and breaking out in pimples. Ayurveda recommends several natural ap­proaches that, taken together, can effectively control acne.

Hair Care Secrets

In Ayurveda, hair (along with nails) is considered to be a by-product of bone formation. The dhatu or tissue responsible for building bones (asthi) also gives rise to toe hair.

Anger and Hostility

Anger and hostility are signs of aggravated pitta in the nervous system. Pitta is necessary for right understanding and judgment, but when it gets disturbed or out of balance, it creates misunderstanding and wrong judg­ment, leading to anger and hostility.

Gum Disease

Gum disease includes receding gums, bleeding gums, gingivitis, and swollen gums.ss

Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence is primarily a vata disorder, caused by weakness of the muscles of the bladder, especially the bladder sphincter.

Teeth and Gums-Ayurvedic Care

According to Ayurveda, teeth are a by product of bone. Cavities in the teeth, and reced­ing gums, are signs of aggravation of vata in the skeletal system.

Addictions

Why are people addicted? In the majority of cases , people who are addicted start out simply seeking more pleasure and joy in their life.

Hangover

Drinking too much alcohol may become toxic to the stomach and liver, which triggers pitta and can eventually lead to serious illness.

Allergies

Allergies are a doshic reaction to a specific allergen, such as pollen, dust, chem­icals on a rug, ragweed, or 'any strong chemical smell.

Headaches

Headaches are a very complex phenomenon. Ayurveda speaks a great deal about the etio­logical factors behind headaches and the many ways headaches manifest.

Anemia

Anaemia is a condition where the amount of blood in the body is less than normal. Its chief symptom is paleness of skin, a wan face, disinclination towards work of any kind, loss of appetite and a general lack of well-being.

Hearing Loss

In older people, prana vata tends to get debilitated, leading to what is known as conductive or nerve deafness The person doesn't hear properly because the nerves become weak.

Angina

Angina (chest pain), is a condition created by kapha dosha. Accumulated kapha blocks the flow of prana vata into the coronary artery, so that the heart muscles do not receive sufficient blood and oxygen supply.

These conditions are usually quite easy to control with the following natural Ayurvedic home remedies.

Anxiety

Anxiety, which often is associated witn insomnia and feelings of fear, is due primarily to aggravation of vata dosha in the nero vous system.

Hemorrhoids

There are two basic kinds of hemorrhoids, associated with vata and pitta imbalances

Appetite, Low

Poor appetite is a condition of low jatharagni (digestive fire). Low agni may be due to slow metabolism, or slow metabolism caused by low agni; each affects the other.

Herpes

Herpes labialis comes through the oral contact of kissing, or drinking from the same cup or glass.

Arthritis

Ayurveda distinguishes three categories 01 arthritis, corresponding to vata, pitta, and kapha. To treat this condition properly, it is vital to carefully diagnose which type you have.

Hiccups

Hiccups are caused by ischemia, or lack of blood supply to the diaphragm.

Asthma and Wheezing

Bronchial asthma is characterized by sudden attacks of short, gasping breaths accompanied by wheezing. If the attack is not stopped, the person may have increasing difficulty breathing.

Hypertension

A healthy heart pumps the blood through the veins and arteries with a certain optimum amount of pressure.

Athlete's Foot

People with kapha-pitta constitutions, who sweat a lot, are most prone to get athlete's foot. This is an itchy, inflammatory condi­tion between the toes, often accompanied by sweating on the soles of the feet.

Hypoglycemia

If you are late to eat at your regular mealtime and you feel light-headed or dizzy while standing up, or experience palpitations, tremor, nausea, drowsiness, sweating, nervousness, or mental confusion, all these indicate hypoglycemia.

Backache

Backache is uncommonly common these days. It has become an occupational hazard in many different kinds of work. People may pull or strain their back muscles while living a heavy load or while sitting at a desk in front of a computer.

Importence

Impotence, which is a man's inability to have or to maintain an erection, may have several causes.

Indigestion

If your food intake is large in quantity and heavy, very liquid, or quite dense in quality, these properties are antagonistic to the properties of gastric fire and can inhibit the normal function of the agni, leading to indigestion.

Insomnia

Insomnia is an uncommonly common disorder in the modern world, caused primarily by an increase of vata dosha in the mind or nervous system.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

According to us, Irritable bowel syndrome is due to vata pushing pitta into the colon. To help correct the situation, combine the following herbs.

Jet Lag

Jet lag is essentially a condition of excess vata in the body. Traveling on a jet at a tremendous speed induces a light, mobile, and spacy quality in the system, which aggravates vata.

Kidney Problems

Congestion, high pitta, or crystal urea in the kidney, as well as kidney stones, can all cre­ate tightness and pain in the lower back area.

Kidney Stones

There are different types of kidney stones, corresponding to vata, pitta, and kapha dosha.

Low Libido

Libido is the desire for pleasure and satisfaction. According to Ayurveda, this desire derives from shukra dhatu, the male reproductive tissue, and artava dhatu, the female repro­ductive tissue.

Memory Problems

Memory problems are often the result of an inadequate supply of nutrients to the brain. Also, as age advances, memory frequently becomes poorer.

Breasts Sore

Breast Sore may be associated with some emotional factor, such as grief or sadness Here are several suggestions for effective self-treatment.

Menopause Problems

Menopause is a natural phenomenon. The body stops producing female hormones, and menstruation ceases.

Brittle Nails

The nails of our fingers and toes are con­sidered in Ayurveda to be a by-product of bone formation . Proper nutrition for building strong bones is thus essential if you want to have healthy nails.

Menstrual  Difficulties

According to Ayurvedic theory, painful or difficult menstruation can be divided into three types: vata, pitta, and kapha.

Burns

Many people believe the best thing you can do for a burn is to put something fatty or greasy on it, such as butter. But this is not true.

Migraine

migraine headaches can result from a vata, pitta, or kapha imbalance, they most frequently occur when systemic pitta moves into the cardiovascular system, circulates, and affects the blood vessels around the brain.

Bursitis

Bursitis is an inflammation of the bursae, the little fluid sacs around the shoulder, knee, and other parts of the body.

Morning Sickness

Early in pregnancy, morning sickness and vomiting in the early morning, immediately or soon after waking up is quite common.

Canker Sores

Canker sores are generally traumatic, that is, they are due to a cut or bruise in the mouth.

Muscle Cramps and Spasms

While running, walking, riding a bicycle, standing up for a long time, doing yoga stretches incorrectly, or even sleeping, a person can get muscle cramps.

Cataracts

Cataracts are a kapha disorder. Molecules of kapha accumulate in the lens of the eye and affect its translucence and transparency  making it increasingly opaque.

Nasal Crust

Some individuals, when their systemic kapha dosha becomes high (perhaps due to eating too many kapha increasing foods), become sensitive to pollen, dust, ragweed, cat hair, dog hair, and other allergens, as well as to cold temperatures.

Cellulite

Cellulite is more a sociological problem than a health problem! Subcutaneous fat that accumulates under the skin and causes little dimples on the skin surface, cellulite is certainly not a disease.

Nausea and Vomiting

Nausea and vomiting have numerous possible causes, including excess acid secretion, toxins in the liver, pregnancy, and worms in the colon, food poisoning, and flu.

Cholesterol

High cholesterol means increased lipids (fats) in the blood. It is essentially a meta­bolic disorder.

Nightmares

Nightmares are quite common in children up to the age of 12 but are more rarely found in adults. The main causes of nightmares in adults are fears, anxieties, worries, and other psychological stresses, andeating too much food too late at night.

Colds and Flu

Individuals often get colds and flu during the winter and spring seasons. The symptoms are all too familiar runny nose, cough, con­gestion, headache, an achy body, and some­times fever.

Nosebleed

Nosebleed has many possible origins. Trauma to the nose, extreme dryness of the nasal passage so that the nasal mucous mem­branes crack and bleed, allergies, rhinitis, a nasal polyp, or high blood pressure may all cause nosebleed.

Colitis

Colitis is caused when vata pushes pitta into the colon and inflammation occurs. The basic line of treatment is to pacify pitta.

Obesity

Obesity is a condition in which an individual is significantly overweight, and an excessive amount of body fat has accumulated under the chin and on the breasts, belly, buttocks, and/or thighs.

Conjunctivitis

This is a pitta condition involving inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eyes, whicn makes the eyes red and photophobic (highly sensitive to light), with discharge and a burning sensation.

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a thinning and increasing porosity of the bone due to increased vata. Bones are normally porous, but because of increasing vata-a normal occurrence as a person grows older-the porosity increases.

Constipation

Constipation is a vata condition expressing such vata qualities as dryness and hardness.

Overeating

Because of hard work, especially physical labor, some people need to eat a large amount of food to replenish the body In such individuals, overeating may occasionally occur.

Constipation During Pregnancy

The best remedy for constipation during pregnancy is the herb sat isabgol (psyllium husks). Take 1 teaspoon with a glass of warm milk.

Premature Ejaculation

For the man who repeatedly ejaculates pre­maturely, sex can become a nightmare.

Dandruff

Dandruff can sometimes be caused by a fungal infection or other skin disease, in most cases it is produced when the scalp doesn't receive a sufficient supply of blood.

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