Our Specialties

• PSORIASIS
• DIABETES
• OBESITY
• HYPERTENSION
• FIBROMYALGIA
• IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
• DEPRESSION
• STRESS
• REJUVENATION
• RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
• OSTEOARTHRITIS
• MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME

PSORIASIS

Psoriasis in ayurveda is compared with kushta i.e. kitiba kushta.

Causes according to Ayurveda

• Opposite food stuff's that is fish with milk, egg's with mild etc;
• Very slimy food
• To control the urges of vomiting, urine, faeces
• Perform heavy exercise immediately after meals
• Continuous consumption of cold chilled water when person has fear or when he works near hot substances
• Eating half cooked food
• Eating food continuously before previous food gets digested
• Excessive consumption of fermented foods
• Sleeping in afternoon
• Familial history or hereditary

PRODROMAL SYMPTOM'S

According to yoga rattriakar

• There is excessive dryness or stickness to body, i.e. Excessive sweat or no sweat at all.
• Discoloration to skin
• Excessive heat
• Pricking pain
• Irregular skin
• Tiredness even on vesting
• Dry wounds etc.

TREATMENT

1. Shodhan Chikitsa (panchakarma treatment)

It is said to be the best diagnosis for kitiba kushta. Very good results of Panchakarma's have been seen practically.

Panchakarma treatments commonly done are

• Vaman-vomiting
• Virechen-Purgation(monthly)
• Rakta Mokshana-Blood letting (every 6th month's)
• Nasya-medicated drop's in nose (every 7th day)

DIABETES MELLITUS

Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous group of diseases which all leads to an elevation of the level of glucose in blood, often called hyperglycemia and also loss of glucose in the urine.

It has 3 basic characteristics

1. Polyurea, inability to reabsorb water

2. Polyphazia, excessive eating desire

3. Polydipsia, excessive thirst

Diabetes mellitus is caused mainly by reduced rate of insulin production by the insulin producing beta cells of the islets of langerhans

Two types

Juvenile diabetes-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

Maturity- onset diabetes-non-insulin dependent mellitus

Causes of diabetes mellitus

Hereditary

Obesity

People who develop diabetes especially type II, frequently also have high blood pressure, people of middle or old age are more likely to develop diabetes than younger people, and women are more likely to have diabetes than men.

AYURVEDIC ASPECT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

We see many symptoms like pain, heavy feeling in joints and bone rites like pain, along with symptom like bad appetite, along with these where the viciated Aama moves it shows or presents in form of severe pain, catch feeling. Restricted movements, Decreased sensation.

CAUSES

Person having

• Low appetite
• No physical exercise
• Abnormal combination of food items.
• Very oily items
• or rather exercise suddenly after meals.

Rheumatiod Arthritis is inflamatory disease of many joints manifested due to systemic causes.

PATHOGENESIS

The causes are divided in 2 parts

1. Excess excretion or extra exercises that leads to abnormal increase in Vata dosha.

2. Regular Abnormal and oily food items which leads to production of Aama.

The above causes lead to production of viciated Vatadosh and Aams

This gets collected and starts moving through the blood vessels and spreads all over the body.

The viciated dosha and Aama gets collected in the specific sites of body parts which are more prone to it like the joints, head, chest..

As accumulates in chest complains like weakness, heaviness, in chest etc. symptoms are seen.

Feeling of heaviness for the whole body.

Abnormal circulation of Aama and Vata all over the body.

Sequency stiffness and pain in sites of joints.

Aamavata

Chronic condition

Deformity in joints along with swelling and severe pain

PREMONITORY SIGNS

• High fever(On and off or resistent)
• Feeling of heaviness in body.
• Restricted movements.
• Swollen joints (bigger joints)

SYMPTOMS

• Joint pain
• Stiffness in body.
• Low appetite
• Excessive thirst
• Laziness.
• Heaviness in body.
• Indigestion
• Swelling-Inflammation

These are symptoms in the very early phase of Aamavata.The same symptoms turn more severe in late phases of Aamavata.Along with these, swelling and severe pain is seen in joints of hands, legs, ankle. wrist, knee, thighs due to that symptoms like loss of sensation, hot skin touch, reddish inflamed discoloration is noticed due to which conditions like restricted movements, painful movements, loss of movements is seen.

The pain or similar condition are seen on a shifting pattern on all joints. When the symptoms are seen on one joints the next day may be it could have shifted on another joint leaving the previous joint back to normal. It is due to the momentary circulation and pathology of Aama and Vata dosha.

The pain experienced by a person in Aamavata is very intense and severe and unbearable so it is more compared to the pain given by a scorpion bite.Along with these there, are many other corelated symptoms seen like.

• Less or decreased appetite.
• Excess Salivation
• Anorexia.
• Feeling of heaviness
• Weakness
• Fatigue
• Burning sensation of body.
• Recurrent urination
• Stiffness in chest
• Constipation
• Laziness.

COMPLICATIONS

• Thirst
• Nausea.
• Giddiness
• Stiffness in chest
• Stomachache
• Blotting.

If more chronic conditions could have complications like cardiac problems like enlargement of heart, cardiac muscle stiffness, chest pain, deformed joints, hot,burning joints, cracking sounds in joints along with stiffness and pain.

LINE OF TREATMENT ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA

The main line of treatment deals with management of the Aama.

Hence procedures like

• Langhana(Dietary and digestive changes)
• Sudation
• Bitter and pungent recessive drugs
• Drugs which enhance digestion.

Such remedies are taken into consideration.

In Sudation dry dr0ug sudation is recommended.Oil Massage and sudation helps in clearing the blocaked in the vessels.

• Sudation is mainly done with the help of valuka pottali that is the boulons of sand and herbs.
• Different type of Lepa (locall application of medicinal herbs) in improving the condition.
• Different procedures like the detoxification of the body with the help of procedures like the Virechana (purgativi) and Vamana (emesis)
• Management of same also includes procedures like BASTI ie administration of medicinal combination through the ano-rectal route.
• There are many helpful internal medication in form of tablets or capsules and syrups along with external application of ointments, liniments and gels.
• Along with all this specific diet also plays and important role in Aamavata management. Diet consisting of dry, light, warm or hot easily digestable food items.
• Recommendation of balanced and unbalanced diet.
• Single drug therapy.
• Nutraceutical drugs.

Yoga and pranayama for arthritis

Arthritis is a group of different diseases related with bone joints(articulations)

The most common of them are rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and gouty arthritis. In all of them one or more bone joints are found to be inflammated, associated with pain and stiffness in the adjoining areas of teh joint including muscles.

Rheumatoid arthritis

It is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease of unknown cause. In this disease the body attacks its own tissues, particularly its own cartilage and liningls of joints.

Symptoms

Inflammation of the joint, swelling, pain and loss of function

Osteoarthritis

Common form of joint disease, sparing noaze, race or geographic areas. Millions and millions of people all over the world suffer from the effects of this condition, and 90% of them show radiographic features of osteoarthritis in weight bearing joints by age 40

Characterized by degeneration of cartilage and by the hypertrophy of bone at the joint margins. Inflammation is usually minimal.

To get better results from above disease one should adopt following asanas and pranayama.

Asanas
Gomukhasana
Ardhamatsyendrasana
Vajarasana
Dhanurasana
Bhujangasana
Pavanmuktasana
Pranayama
Bhustoika-3minutes
Nadishodhan-4minutes
Kapalbhati-5minutes

Yoga & Asanas

• Suryanamaskar
• Pavan muktasan
• Uttanpadasan
• Ardha matsyendrasana
• Bhujangasana
• Matsyansana

Breathing exercise

• Bhramari
• Nadishodhan
• Anulom and viloma

• Apprehension
• Fears of impending
• Disaster.
• Irritability.
• Depersonalization

Somatic

• Tremor
• Sweating
• Palpitations
• Chest pain
• Breathlessness
• Headache
• Dizziness
• Diarrhoea
• Frequency of micturation
• Initial insomnia
• Poor concentration

Anxiety may be free floating, resulting in acute anxiety attacks occassionally become chronic. When one or several defence mechanisms are functioning the consequences are well known problems such as phobia, conversion reactions, dissociative states, obsessions and compulsions.

Yoga and pranayama

Asanas

• Sarvangasana
• Matsyasana
• Padmasana
• Bhujangasana
• Shalbhasana

Pranayama

• Anulom-vilom
• Ujjayi
• Nadishodhan
• Bhastrika

MYOSITIS OSSIFICAN'S(FIBROMYALGIA)

Myositis Ossifican's can be compared with Mansa Gat-Vata.

Mansa Gat-Vata.

It is one of the vitiated vata disorder's where Mansa is the one of basic body tissue or compared to flesh or muscles and vata is one of the forces of Ayurveda responsible for the functioning of movements, co-ordinates sensory or neural function's.

CAUSES

• Excessive exercise
• Old age
• Eating foodstuff's which elevate vata dosha
• Doing work, which is heavier than expected
• Fatigue
• Consumption of excessive dry, light foods, tastes which are bitter, pungent, astringent
• Fall from height, trauma etc.

CLINICAL FEATURES

• There is heaviness of body.
• Extreme pain to the body similar to those after having a fierce fight
• Tiredness and fatigure
• Movements done with excessive pain

TREAMENTS

• Oleation
• Sweating(steaming)
• Give mild panchakarma's
• Good healthy diet.(Sweet, sour, hot and pungent food).

Menopausal syndrome

Menopause happens. It’s a natural transition, says ayurveda, and like all transitions, menopause has to be managed to minimize discomfort.

Another factor leading to menopausal imbalances is the accumulation of digestive impurities (ama) in the physiology. Ama blocks the channels that transport nutrition to the cells and remove waste from the body, and thus contributes to menopausal problems.

A third factor is the misuse or overuse of the mind, body, emotions, or senses much ongoing stress or pressure, or is doing work that is too “heavy” for her body, or is under tremendous emotional stress.

Joints System

Vata related joint problem
When vata, which is the aspect of vata that governs the circulation and nerve impulses, is aggravated, the first type of joint problem can occur. The person’s circulation, metabolism, and ability to absorb food are weakened; as a result, the bone tissue does not receive enough nourishment and eventually starts to degenerate. The imbalance in vata and the weakened circulation, metabolism and absorption create a drying effect on Kapha, governs lubrication of the joints. When this happens, the joints are not lubricated properly and this creates the discomfort, cracking sound, and diminished flexibility.

Ama-related joint problem
This second type of joint problem is really a problem of ama (digestive toxins) in the joints, and is characterized by a heavy, stiff feeling. Sometimes about of cold, humid weather can trigger these symptoms. That is the first stage. If nothing is done to dissolve the ama and it sits in the joints for a long time, eventually the ama converts to Amavisha, an even more toxic form of ama that is more irritating and reactive in nature. Amavisha causes the joint to become inflamed, swollen, and painful. In this kind of environment, ama also mixes with the natural lubricating fluids in the joint governed by it. Kapha, forming an extremely sticky, toxic substance restricts mobility and disturbs circulation in the joint. If the same stay in the joints unattended to for a long time, eventually the structure of the joints and the bone itself becomes damaged. Once these morphological changes happen to the joint and bone, it becomes extremely difficult to correct.

Immunity System

Ways to boost natural Immunity
There is a theory of immunity in ayurveda caked the beej-bhumi theory, which means “seed and land”. In this case, the body is analogous to the land, and infection or “bugs” are like seeds. If the body is filled with ama and lacking in ojas, the infection will find it to be fertile ground for spreading, just as land that is fertile will sprout many seeds. If digestion is strong, and ojas rather than ama predominates in the body, then the seeds of infection will not be able to take hold, just as seeds will not take root in land that is infertile.

Everyone is more susceptible to respiratory problems when the seasons are changing, such as in the fall and early spring. This is because the body functions differently in each season, and in the transition between the hot and cold seasons the agni, or digestive fire, can start to fluctuate dramatically. If you do not adjust your diet and routine and follow the ayurvedic guidelines for the seasonal transitions, you can build up ama. Once the body is fertile for disease, it is easy for a cold or flu to sprout, as in the seed and land theory mentioned earlier.

That is why respiratory illnesses and allergies abound in the fall and early spring. In the early spring, there is an added factor, because ama accumulated during the winter starts to melt, flooding the micro-channels and overloading the immune system. The body’s immune system is weakened, and becomes a fertile ground for bacteria and allergens.