AROGYAVARDHINI-enhancer of health.
Arogyavardini in Sanskrit means “Enhancer of Arogya” ie enhancer of health.
Arogyavardhini promotes digestive fire (Pitta), clears body channels for the nutrients to reach to the tissues, balances fats in the body and removes toxins by improving the digestive system. It also acts as tonic to Liver, Heart, Rectum, Kidneys, Uterus and Intestines & is useful in inflammatory conditions of Intestines, Chronic fevers, Jaundice and for Water retention.
Composition: It contains these basic ingredients:Loh(Iron)Bhasma,Tamra(copper)bhasma,Abhrak Bhasma,Haritaki,Amla,Bahera,Shilajit,Guggul,Neem,Chitrak Mool,Gandhak.
Uses:It is mainly used to treat Liver disorders like jaundice,hepatitis, Liver enlargement either as monotheraphy or in conjunction with other herbs like punarnava.It is also used in treatment of chronic Fever, Ascitis, Leprosy and chronic renal diseases and also in reducing the inflammation of Spleen, Bladder, Kidney, Uterus, Intestines, Heart etc. It is also used for weight management in combination with chandraprabha vati and decoctions like dashmool kada. This particular combination has shown some really good results.
Since the name specifies about enhancing the health, it can be used as general tonic by people of all age groups.
Ayurveda and its different formulations!!!
eg:chandanasava, kumariasava, kanakasava, lohasava, arjunarishta, ashokarishta, dashmoolarishta, ashwagandharishta etc.
eg:anu taila, mahanarayan taila, brahmi taila, ksheerbala taila, bringaraj taila etc.
eg: abhrak bhasma, kanta bhasma, loha bhasma, swarna bhasma, mukta bhasma etc.
eg: chandraprabha vati, bhallataka vati, agnitundi vati, chitrakadi vati etc.
eg: anandbhairav rasa, bruhatvata chintamani rasa, lakshmivilas rasa, laghumalini vasant, etc.
eg: triphala churna, sitopaladi churna, lavan bhaskar churna, sudarshana churna etc.
*ARKAS: Arka is a liquid preperation obtained by the process of distillation of certain liquids or of drugs soaked in water. it is slightly turbid in nature and has the colour and smell of the predominant drug used for the process.
eg:ajamodarka, karpooradyarka.
eg:ashwagandha lehya, amruta bhallataka lehya, chawan prash, agastya haritaki lehya etc.
Home Remedies For Varicose Veins
DEFINITION: Varicose veins are enlarged veins that are swollen and raised above the surface of the skin. They can be dark purple or blue, and look twisted and bulging. Varicose veins are commonly found on the backs of the calves or on the inside of the leg.
Tips for coping up with Varicose veins:
* Do not wear tight clothes since they restrict flow of blood.
* At least once a day elevate your legs above the heart level for 20-30 minutes.
* If you at work are sitting on a desk all day, make sure you take breaks to walk around. Similarly if your work involves standing for long time,then take break to walk around or sit for some time.
* Do a daily routine of exercise like Walking, swimming,bicycling etc to promote good circulation. It is also very important to maintain a healthy weight.
* Elevate your feet at all moment at home while watching TV or sitting down to read.
* Avoid standing or sitting for long periods of time, crossing your legs, lifting heavy weights and putting any unnecessary pressure on your legs.
* Eat a balanced diet that includes plenty of fish and fresh fruits and vegetables. The diet should also be low in fat and carbohydrates.The diet has to be high in fiber to prevent constipation and keep the bowels clean. Avoid as much as possible sugar, ice cream, fried foods, peanuts, junk foods, cheeses, tobacco, salt, alcohol, animal protein, and processed and refined foods.
Home remedies for combating Varicose veins:
1)Wearing compression stockings for Varicose Veins is often the first line of treatment at home.
2)Fill a tub with cold water and simulate walking in the tub.This will help improve blood circulation in the legs.
3)After bathing apply Castor oil over the affected varicose veins and massage gently from top to bottom.
4)Eat as many blackberries and cherries as you can. They help to prevent varicose veins, and if you have them they help ease the symptoms. Including ginger, onions, garlic and pineapple in your diet is also beneficial.
5)Apply apple cider vinegar to the varicose veins night and morning.
6)Apply a compress of Marigold herb over the varicose veins.The flowers of this plant can also be applied externally over the varicose ulcers.
7)Alternate hot and cold bath is very helpful and should be taken daily.A hot Epsom salt bath is also very beneficial and should be taken twice in a week.Applying cold pack over the affected part also helps.
Medicinal use of Ginger!!!
Ginger is rich in volatile oils, beta-carotene, essential fatty acids, amino acids, resins, potassium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, selenium, zinc, B-vitamins, vitamins A and C and gingerols (including shogaols, a breakdown product of gingerols and are produced only upon drying and twice as effective and pungent as gingerol.
Beneficial Uses:
For nausea, Ginger is a wonderful and time-honored remedy. The herb is frequently used to settle a queasy stomach, control vomiting and colic, ease morning sickness, motion sickness and seasickness.
Ginger is said to improve digestion and has been known to pep up the appetite, promote saliva production, combat dyspepsia and relieve flatulent colic . It is also thought to be helpful for stomach cramps, alcoholic gastritis and hangover.
The shogaol content in Ginger increases the activity of the digestive tract and is particularly helpful in digesting rich, fatty foods.
Ginger has been used to cleanse the body of toxins through the skin by stimulating and increasing perspiration and has also been useful in breaking fevers. It is slightly diuretic and further cleanses the body by strengthening kidney function and increasing kidney filtration.
Ginger is a natural blood thinner and may help to prevent strokes, heart attacks and hardening of the arteries. The chemical gingerol appears to inhibit an enzyme that causes cells to clot and thereby reduces platelet aggregation and blood “clumping.” Ginger helps to retard the production of cholesterol by the liver and has been known to reverse the increase in triglycerides and LDL cholesterol, thus helping to combat heart attack.
As an effective expectorant, Ginger has been used to rid the body of mucus buildup in the sinuses, throat and lungs. For centuries, the Chinese have used Ginger as a drying herb to eliminate mucus and have used it for colds, diarrhea and coughs. This sweet, pungent, aromatic and warming herb is still considered a fine treatment for congestion, colds, influenza, asthma and chronic bronchitis. It is said to ease cold symptoms, and the shagaol in Ginger is thought to kill cold viruses. Its pain relieving properties have been said to ease the abdominal pain sometimes associated with colds and flu and also to counter the pain of strep throat.
Ginger’s anti-inflammatory properties are said to help arthritis, bursitis and sprains. The herb inhibits the production of immune system components called cytokines, chemicals that create a long-term tendency toward inflammation and also stimulates blood circulation, offering pain relief, increased joint mobility, decreased swelling and morning stiffness.
Further supporting its pain killing and swelling properties, other pain-killing benefits attributed to
Ginger include treatment of migraine headaches, menstrual cramps and the cramping caused by constipation. It is also thought to and relieve both the pain and stop the production of hormones that cause swelling in fibrocystic breasts.
Recent research indicates that Ginger is useful in the treatment of minor burns and skin inflammations
Ginger is considered effective in combating parasitic infection.It has also shown properties of inhibiting growth of bacterias like Salmonella.
Ginger is a warming herb that is thought to strengthen the function of the kidneys, bladder, uterus and liver (increasing bile production). It is also said to help increase blood circulation, including peripheral circulation (hands, feet, etc.).
Contraindications:
People taking blood thinners should avoid Ginger, and the herb should be avoided for two weeks prior to elective surgery. Pregnant women who use Ginger for morning sickness should not take large amounts nor use it for prolonged periods without consulting a physician. Ginger increases bile production and should not be used by people with gallstones or gallbladder disease unless supervised by a doctor.
Medicinal uses of wheatgrass!!!
Wheatgrass which is a natures gift to mankind offers many health benefits and is considered indispensable by many Naturopaths in naturopathy diets.
It consists of many beneficial nutrients some of which are
*Vitamins:A,B,C,E,etc
*Protiens and Amino acids including 9 Essential Amino acids
*Enzymes
*Minerals like Calcium,Iron,Sodium,Potassium,magnesium,zinc,selenium,etc
*Chlorophyll and Dietary Fiber.
Some of its benefits are
*Helps overcome Nutritional defeciency.
*Natural Antioxidant.
*Helps in blood purification and to balance Haemoglobin production.
*helps resolve constipation,acidity.
*Useful in Diabetes,High Blood Pressure and kidney Malfunction,Arthritis,Insomnia, Menstrual problems,Paralysis, Asthma, Etc.
*helps improve immunity.
*Benefits the body cells,glands and important organs like Liver,Lungs,Spleen,etc.
*very effective for weight loss.
Healing power of garlic!!!!
In herbal Medicine, garlic has been traditionally used for asthma, deafness leprosy, bronchial congestion, arteriosclerosis that is hardening of arteries- fevers, worms and liver gall bladder trouble. Garlic is good for the heart, a food for the hair a stimulant to appetite, a strength-giving ,used in Leucoderma, leprosy, piles, worms, Catarrhal disorder, asthma and cough.
In recent times ,experiments have confirmed several ancient beliefs about the healing value of this herb. These experiments have in fact proven much greater power of garlic than known previously. The unpleasant odour in garlic is due to its sulphur content. This mineral is content to a greater degree in its volatile oil, which has remarkable medicinal values.
Chest diseases:
Garlic has proved effective in certain diseases of the chest. It reduces stinking of the breath in pulmonary gangrene. Garlic is also useful in the treatment of tuberculosis.
In Ayurveda a decoction of garlic boiled in milk is considered a wonderful drug for tuberculosis. One gram of garlic , 250ml of milk and a liter of water are boiled together till it reduces to one fourth of the decoction. It should be taken thrice a day .Taken in sufficient quantities ,it is marvelous remedy for pneumonia.
Asthma:
Three cloves of garlic boiled in milk can be used every night with excellent results in asthma. A pod of garlic is peeled ,crushed and boiled in 120ml pure malt vinegar .It is strained after cooling and an equal quantity of honey is mixed and preserve in a clean bottle. One or two teaspoon of this syrup can be taken with fenugreek decoction in the evening and before retiring. This has been found effective in reducing the severity of asthmatic attacks.
Digestive disorders:
Garlic is one of the most important herbs for the digestive systems. , It stimulates peristaltis or movement of the intestines and the secretion of the digestive juices.
High Blood Pressure:
Garlic is one of the most effective remedies for lowering blood pressure ,Pressure and tension are reduced because it has the power to ease the spasm of the small arteries. It also modifies the pulse and modifies the heart rhythm.
Rheumatism:
In Russia garlic is used extensively in the treatment of rheumatism and associated diseases .Even in Britain ,garlic is recommended for Rheumatic afflictions.
Heart attack:
Garlic helps to break up cholesterol in the blood vessels, thereby preventing any hardening of arteries which leads to high blood pressure and heart attack If a patient takes garlic after a heart attack, the cholesterol level comes down .Though the earlier damage may not be repaired ,the chances of new attacks are reduced.
Blood Disorders:
The herb is regarded as a rejuvenator. It has been found to help remove toxins revitalise the blood, stimulate circulation and promote intestinal flora, or colony of bacteria that prevent infection by harmful bacteria.
Skin Disorder:
Garlic has been used successfully for a variety of skin disorders. Pimples disappear without a scar when rubbed with raw garlic several times a day. Even very persistance forms of acne in some adults, have been healed with garlic. Garlic rubbed over ringworm, gives quick relief. The area is burnt by the strong garlic and later the skin peels off and the ring worm is cured.
Other uses:
Garlic has a pronounced aphrodisiac effect. It is a tonic for the loss of sexual power from any causes. It also treats sexual debility and impotency caused by overindulgence in sex and nervous exhaustion from dissipating habit .It is said to be especially useful to old men with nervous tension and falling libido.
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Glycosylated hemoglobin and Diabetes!!!
Sugar in the bloodstream can become attached to the hemoglobin (the part of the cell that carries oxygen) in red blood cells. This process is called glycosylation.Once the sugar is attached, it stays there for the life of the red blood cell, which is about 120 days. The higher the level of blood sugar, the more sugar attaches to red blood cells. The hemoglobin A1c test measures the amount of sugar sticking to the hemoglobin in the red blood cells. Results are given in percentages.
Lowering the hemoglobin A1c number can delay or prevent the development of serious eye, kidney, and nerve disease in people with diabetes.A study also showed that lowering hemoglobin A1c levels by any amount improves a person’s chances of staying healthy.
Detoxifying your Kidneys
The two Kidneys are part of the urinary system, the endocrine system and are two of the most important internal organs in the body. They are responsible for filtering the blood, regulating the urinary system and producing hormones. kidneys work extra hard to ensure our continued well-being. Every day, 2o percent of the blood pumped by the heart passes through our kidneys for cleansing purposes. Each of these kidney is composed of about a million tinier units called “nephrons”. Inside these nephrons, a tiny blood vessel (”glomerulus”) is intertwined with a tiny urine-collecting tube (tubule). As blood passes through these nephrons, a complex interaction occurs between the glomerulus and the tubule which results in the elimination of wastes in the blood. These waste materials then enter the urinary tract and end up being excreted in the urine.Besides this, the kidneys also perform the following functions:
* Regulation of the composition of the blood.
* Maintenance of the ideal concentrations of vital substances and ions in the blood.
* Sustaining the proper volume of water in the body.
* Eliminating toxic wastes from the body.
* Maintaining the acid-base concentration of the blood.
* Normalizing blood pressure.
* Promoting the production of red blood cells.
* Maintaining the ideal sodium,potassium,calcium level in the body.
To avoid developing kidney troubles, it is therefore necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle.One may start by considering the following tips:
. Maintain a healthy blood pressure
. Limit intake of foods which dramatically increase the blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Maintain alkaline pH of blood.
. Have sufficient quantity of water to prevent dehydration.
. Avoid adding too much salt to the diet.
. Minimize stress.
. Have a regular exercise routine.
. Limit medications to those prescribed by your family physician.
Kidney Detoxification program:
Kidney detoxification program includes Water fasting which involves taking in large quantities of water for a specified period of time without food. Juicing (or juice fasting) is also an excellent way to cleanse and detoxify the kidneys. It is less severe than water fasting since it provides the body with the nutrients, minerals, enzymes and energy needed to support the various metabolic processes during the fast.Herbal detoxification plan for kidneys involves use of kidney beneficial herbs like Punarnava,Gokshura,Uva Ursi(Bearberry), ginger root,fresh parsley,wheatgrass powder,varun,dandelion root,burdock root, Rakt Chandan,palaash,kaasni,etc.During this entire detoxification program,it is very important to maintain an alkaline pH of our entire body system.
Dawn phenomenon and Diabetes!!!!!
In diabetics,blood sugar levels are usually very high when they first wake up in the morning-this is known as dawn phenomenon.So Should you skip breakfast to bring your bloodsugar down?The answer in short is Absolutely NOT.First the reason that your blood sugar levels are so high first thing in the morning is because as morning approaches your body starts releasing energizing hormones to gear you up for the day. These antagonize the action of insulin and stimulate the liver to produce more glucose,even if the glucose level in the blood is already abnormally high.Will eating make it rise even higher? The answer is probably yes, but because breakfast is the most important meal of the day for weightloss and nutritional benefits we must find alternative measures to fight against this phenomenon known as the dawn phenomenon.
Here are a few tips you can try:
1. If you are currently taking any anti-diabetic pills, you can try taking one more tablet before you go to bed.
2.Start checking you blood sugar levels earlier in the morning,at around 6:30-7:003.Try eating a little less food in the evening or maybe even try a little exercise before you go to bed.
3.If you are currently taking insulin you may need an early morning dose with food to keep your rising blood sugar levels under control.Remember if you are currently taking insulin, you need to make sure that you or your doctor monitors your changes - at least until you have your eating, exercise and stress management on the right path.
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