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HTML clipboard Importance of Food in Ayurveda Food is the vital breath of living beings that's why people rush to the food. Complexion, cheerfulness, good voice, life, imagination, happiness, contentment, corpulence, strength, intellect – all these are dependent on food. As it is well known that "prevention is better than cure", it's always advisable to have healthy diet in order to prevent the affliction of diseases. Ayurveda also has the same principle which says "Nidana parivarjana meva chikitsam" meaning avoiding the causative factors of the diseases is the first step to treatment. Many common health problems can be prevented through a nutritious diet. Only medicine will not help in curing the disease. It is necessary to give wholesome and hygienic diet in a planned way to aid in enhancing cure. Nutritional indu...

HTML clipboard As massage is an integral part of antenatal and postnatal care, we will see in detail about prenatal and postnatal massages. MAS SAGE POSITION AND PRECAUTIONS The pregnant woman needs to be positioned very comfortable, taking care not to put pressure on abdomen and chest. Some massage techniques such as deep tissue massage is not good. Special care must be taken while massaging abdomen. Just gentle application of oil is more than good for abdomen.   COMMON OILS THAT ARE USED For a healthy woman the following oils are advised. Oils are changed according to health conditions and prakriti (constitution). 1. On the body, Oils that are cooling, that which promotes strength and mitigates vata is to be used. Eg.Dhanwantara oil.            ...

HTML clipboard Massage in pregnancy is safe if done with utmost care and due caution. In some cases, massage in first trimester is not recommended. Overall, leaving a few rare conditions, massage during pregnancy is safe. Post natal massages are also beneficial for after pains and regaining strength. Prenatal and postnatal massages ensure the following health benefits. 1. Pregnancy massage has both physical and mental benefits. They help to relax both body and mind of the pregnant woman. 2. Body massage helps relaxation and strengthening of muscles, joints and bones. Massage eases the prenatal and postnatal pain experienced by the woman. Having regular massage tones up the body and makes it ready to bear all the pains and strains. 3. Breast massage helps avoid stretch marks and keeps up the breast tone. 4. Calf mas...

Anaemia is a condition in which the number of red blood corpuscles or their oxygen carrying capacity is insufficient to meet physiological need of body which vary by age, sex, altitude, smoking and pregnancy status. Iron deficiency is thought to be the most common cause of anemia globally, although other condition such as folate, vitamin B12 deficiency, chronic inflammation, parasitic infection and inherited disorders can all cause anaemia. Anaemia is not a disease, it is a symptom which denotes manifestation of some disease or malfunction somewhere in body. Symptoms referable to anaemia are tiredness, breathlessness, pale skin. ANAEMIA in ayurveda is known as PANDU ROGA. In Sanskrit pandu word means pale or swetapeet varna. So the disease in which, due to rakta alpata whole body becomes pale (skin, nails, eyes) is cal...

HTML clipboard Amavata is  correlated with modern diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is a condition involving multiple joints of the body. In modern medicin e It is considered as an autoimmune disease giving rise to deformities of joints in extreme conditions.It comes as attacks of shifting or pricking type of pain , stiffness particularly in morning hours, person may feel comfortable for many days and has sudden active phase of the disease. As per modern medicine, there is symptomatic cure available for this condition. Ayurveda has remedies for cure and  preventing the  further progression of the disease.There are effective and safe herbs  as well as  therapies available in Ayurveda for this conditions. The Ama or toxins present in the body, which are responsible for  causing the  disease ...

HTML clipboard Are anxiety, depression and irritability becoming regular phenomena prior to your periods? Do you require postponing your studies, meetings, tasks, and weekend's plan for the sake of those painful 2-3 days? Our mothers and grandmothers never experienced such worries. Then why we experience a burden before and during the menses, so much so that it feels like an atrocity to our kind. When you allow your busy brains to think on this, you will find an answer; we are losing our natural physiological balance and uniqueness which nature has gifted to us. Let’s see what Ayurveda says on Womens’ beauty and health. A woman’s beauty and health lies in regularity and purity of menstrual cycle. The signs of pure menstruation are: It should be regular and commence within 28-30 days of time. It ...

In the US, $300 billion are spent annually on an average on stress related problems; nearly half of the health insurance claims are for stress related disorders. In the UK 6.7 million working hours are lost annually due to stress related problems and around 60% of absenteeism at the work place is due to stress. More than 100,000 persons commit suicide in India every year due to stress and the number is growing at alarming rate. Stress has become the intrinsic part of the jobs in certain professions. Stress is a physiological and psychological imbalance. It arises due to the demands on a person and that person’s inability to meet these demands. Stress is the body’s way of reacting to any situation and it can have serious repercussions on individual’s life. Ayurveda can help in many ways to get rid of the stress and its consequences. But most serious problem is that people do ...