Gas Trouble - Some Simple Home Remedies

Gas trouble though sounds simple, is one of the most irritating problems in our daily routine. It all the more affects us:
- if there is a frequent passing of gas.
- if there is sudden pain in stomach, on and off (commonly known as colicky pain).
- if there is aching or stiffness in arms, neck, calf muscles, and back - this pain is not continuous and usually gets releaved with slight massage.

If the pain is acute and not chronic, you can solve it from your spice jar itself. Jeera and Ajamoda [Ajwain in Hindi] are the two simple ways to get rid of these problems.

In case of body aches or colicky pain arising due to gas trouble, you can use the decoction of jeera along with a cube of butter. This gives an immediate relief as the gas is released as a burp or flatus.

In case of flatulence, colicky pain, and unsatisfied bowel movements a decotion prepared from two tablespoons of ajamoda, one tablespoon of anise seeds, with little sugar for taste, will help.

if the problem is chronic a detail examination is to be done, and can go for some ayurvedic preparations like Asthachurna, Trikatukadi Churna, Triphala Churna, Vyoshadi Churna, Jeerakadhyrista, and Bhunimbhadi Kwatha. Precaution: All these medicines should be taken under the supervision of an ayurvedic physician.

Ayurvedic Coolant - Khus Khus Grass

Khus Khus Grass is a dense shrub, easily available in the market or at ayurvedic medical stores as ushira. It has a very cooling effect, and slightly sweetish in taste. The khus khus grass is used in two forms - infusion and powder.

Khus Khus Grass as infusion is used in the treatment for the following medical conditions:
- fever
- inflammation
- irritability of stomach
- heavy menstrual bleeding
- menopausal syndrome
- urinary tract infection
- and for someone who complains excess heat within the body

Khus Khus Grass is used externally in the powder form for:
- burning sensation of feet in diabetes
- hot flushes in conditions like hypothyroidism
- acne (used along with raktha chandana).

Khus Khus Grass is also an important ingredient of some of the ayurvedic preparations like
Ushirasava, Shathavari Guda, Lavangadi Churna, Nasika Churna, Arvindasava, etc. But all these medicines should be taken by the prescription of an ayurvedic physician.

Yoga Clothing

While practicing yoga, we need to be very careful in selecting the right clothing. Some key points to remember when you pick your dress:

• Always wear a dress that makes you comfortable.
• The clothing should be preferably cotton and stretchable; it should not restrict hand and leg movements imminent in various postures.
• The dress should be loose, to provide some breathing space for chest movements.
• Shirts or tops should preferably have round neck - not too tight or closed at the neck,  and the length should be to the waist only.
• The pants preferably leggings, or any sports trousers with small ankle circumference should be convenient for inverted postures.
• Inner garments should neither be too tight nor loose.

Know Your Body Constitution

Ayurveda not only offers curative medicine but also talks about preventive measures. By understanding our body constitution, we can accordingly change or modify our lifestyle, food habits, thus build a behaviour to live healthily and happily. Knowing our body constitution also helps to know the condition of the disease,and also helps to prescribe the medicine and diet for the disease.

 

According to ayurveda, our body is made up of 3 basic components called Vata, Pittha, Kapha. Each of us have all these three components with a predominence of one or the other.

 

Kapha-Dominant Individuals

• oiliness of skin
• shining and well defined organs
• pleasing appearance, tenderness and clarity of complexion
• increase in the quantity of semen, desire for sex act and number of procreation
• firmness in discussion making, compactness and stability of the body
• plumpness and roundness of all organs,
• slow in action, intake of food and movement
• slowness in initiating actions, getting irritated morbid manifestations
• non slippery and stable gait with the entire sole of the feet pressing against the earth
• lack of intensity in hunger, thirst, heat and perspiration
• firmness and compaction in joints
• happiness in the look and face; happiness and softness of complexion and voice.
• more liking sweet and salty food.

Pittha-Dominant Individuals

• intolerance for hot things, having reddish complexion, tender and clear body with port-wine marks, freckles, black moles, excessive hunger and thirst;
• quick formation of wrinkles, early greying of hair and baldness, some soft, brown hair on face, head and other parts of body.
• very powerful (strong physical strength),strong digestive power ,intake of food and drink in large quantity, cannot tolerate excess emotional stress.
• looseness and softness of joints and muscles, voiding of  more sweat, urine, feacal matter(bowels)
• some kind of putrid smell of their sweat, mouth, and sometime body also.
• less desire towards sexual desire, insufficiency of semen and procreation.
• taste wise more liking towards spicy and sour food

Vata-Dominant Individuals

• excess dryness of  the body,lean and short body structure,more prone for fracture of bones,dark complexion,obstructed and hoarse voice,less sleep.
• body weight usually under weight,fast and unstable body movements,walking,eating habbit(spilling around the plate while eating).
• unstable movements of joints ,eyes,eye brows,jaws,lips,tongue,head,shoulder,hands and legs.
• excessive ,fast with jumbling not very clear talking nature,visible and many veins and tendons in their hands legs and body.
• quick in intiating actions,gets irritated quickly,more prone for disease,quick in affliction with fear,quick in likes and dislikes,quick in understanding and forgetting things.
• intolerance for cold things,often getting afflicted with cold,shivering and stiffness.
• roughness of hair of head,face and other parts of body,dry and rough nails,teeth,hands and feet.
• crackling sound in joints when they move,cracks in hands and feet.

Yoga Poses For the PolyCystic Ovarian Disease [PCOS]

PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) or the Polycystic Ovarian Disease can be dealt with effectively by practising Yoga regularly. Yoga poses and practices for PCOS vary according to the cause of the medical condition. First of, talk to your yoga teacher and/or ayurvedic doctor about the problem, and trace out the cause of your problem.

For all PCOS, in general ample of physical activity is advised. With this overall approach below are some oof the specific yoga poses.

If the PCOS is due to Hypothyroidism, alog with neck excercises and relaxation, poses such as SetuBandhasana, Mastyendrasana, Sarvangasana, Jalandara Bandha are prescribed.

If the PCOS is associated with the family history of Diabetes, with or without insulin resistence (IR) condition, then abdominal excercise and relaxation are prescribed along with yoga poses like Vakrasana, Ardha Mastyendrasana, Paschimothasana, and Uddyana Bandha.

If the PCOS is due to Stress, then relaxation procedures, inverted postures, counselling, chanting, meditation, etc. are very useful.

If PCOS is due to Obesity which is usually associated with hypothyroidism, then exercises meant to treat hypothroidism and all vigorous exercises including yoga postures Suryanamaskar, and meditation are prescribed.

In the above sections I have tried to give you a glimpse of various yoga postures prescribed for various PCOS conditions. It is always preferred that you consult your ayurvedic physician to confirm your PCOS type and then proceed with learning the prescribed yoga postures to address your condition. You should in no time be able to treat your condition. 

Yoga Everyday

Doing exercises daily for just an hour too needs lots of efforts in terms of persistent motivation from one's own self as well as our loved ones. One of the best ways to create regularity, and continuous commitment to doing exercises every day is form a group friends who can join you everyday at practising yoga. ,it fun motivating and it happens regularly also.

Group Yoga generates a positive energy within the group, bringing in sense of sharing, learning from others' experiences. Group Yoga is fun, highly motivating, and helps build a drive to practice yoga regularly. Some studies indicate that group yoga helps women the best.

Group practice of yoga is highly motivating which keeps the cycle of yoga in a constant, regular movement. No matter what advanced yoga positions are learnt, no matter how great your yoga teacher is, unless you practice it regularly, yoga is of no use to you or your body.

Yoga should become a routine of one's lifestyle, just as we brush our teeth, and shower. Remember Yoga is an internal body cleansing that makes you feel brisk throughout the day. Hence, Regularity and Awareness for Yoga are a must with a Willingness to practice.

Without Yoga too life is okay, but With Yoga life becomes transcends to being Very Good.

Living a Life and Liking to Live are Two Different Things.

 

 

Water Therapy for Internal Body Cleansing

In our day-to-day busy life we find some time to clean our surroundings be it our home, room, desk, etc. Have any of you thought how necessary it is to clean your body, to rejuvenate it, and keep it young and healthy forever? Let me share a few easy body cleansing procedures, that can be done at home at your leisure time, and maintain a good health.

There are two main types of procedures: one to cleanse through upper tract, Vamana Dhouthi, the other, to cleanse the lower tract, Laghushanka Prakshalana. 
The aim of these procedures is
- to boost up the stamina

- to cleanse the inner tracts

- to remove tardiness of organs

- to develop an inner awareness

- for the desensitization of the body cells

Vamana Dhouthi

PROCEDURE TIME
45mins to 60mins
REQUIREMENTS

- 2 litres of warm water
- pinch of salt
- a glass or a tumbler
- a big container.
PROCEDURE

- drink about one and half litres of luke warm saline water as quickly as you can until you feel like vomiting it out.

- churn the stomach by twisting exercise.

- stand with feet apart at shoulder width and bend the trunk forward forming an angle of 80 degree to the ground.

- now with the help of middle three fingers of the right hand, tickle the back of the throat to vomit out all the water.

- repeat the process of tickling the throat until no more water comes out; which means that all water has been vomited.

Vamana Dhouthi

POST-PROCEDURE  CARE

- relax completely, by lying down on your back for about 15-20 mins

- take a bland breakfast after half an hour of procedure

- for breakfast you can have indian khichidi (rice + moong dal) with or without salt, and a teaspoon of ghee

- avoid tea, coffee, milk, fruits, or anything raw.

- after 2-3 hrs of procedure take your regular food

BENEFITS
- good for flatulence (gas trouble), indigestion
- cleanses the stomach of all its contents, promotes proper functioning of the stomach and prevents hyper-acidity.
- good for asthma and bronchitis.
LIMITATIONS

- cannot be performed in case of severe abdomen pain, or abdominal surgery
- tonsillitis
- hypertension, ischemic heart disease
- cannot be performed during menstruation

Laghushanka Prakshalana

PROCEDURE TIME
- 60-90 mins
PROCEDURE

- Warm 2-3 litres of drinking water and add lime and little salt
- Start sipping the water like hot cup of tea
- After every 4 glasses (1glass = 200ml) of water do the below exercises 10 times each,and again start drinking water.
- Stop the procedure after 12-14 glass of water according to your capacity.

EXERCISES
- Tadasana
- Tiryak Tadasana
- Waist Twisting Exercise
- Tiryak Bhujangasana
- Lumbar Stretches

BENEFITS
- reduces weight
- regulates your lipid function. 
- helps control those with increased cholesterol levels
- helps those with type 2 diabetes
- very useful in constipation

LIMITATIONS AND POST-PROCEDURE CARE
Same as vamana dhouthi.

A Clean Body is the Base for A Relaxed Mind.