Ayurvedic Home cures

In previous article we saw the body type which Dosha resemble with our own body. Ayurveda focuses on how to maintain physical and emotional health. Food and lifestyle routine  are considered as medicine in ayurveda. While reading about the characteristics of each dosha body type we might have also noticed  that our body might have mixed characters from any two doshas.  This  is called dual dosha body type. Tridosh body type is influenced by Vata , Pitta, and Kapha equally.        Now let's talk about the how to maintain our doshas  with the help of proper diet and lifestyle. Vata dosha body type :         This is universal rule that like like increases and opposite  decreases         Quality of Vata Dosha is dry,cold, light , rough, clear, irregular,. So if our vata dosha is imbalanced, we may have to use opposite of these qualities like oily , warm, solid , heavy to digest food.          In balanced state,  characteristics of vata dosha people is sm

Ayurveda is science of life. A yu   mean life and    veda   mean science.           Before we adapt any Ayurvedic routine for our  self  we should know what is the dosha type of our body.   Doshas are structural and functional units of our body responsible for health and disease in the living being. In balance state doshas maintain the body strength growth and function.                  According to Ayurveda our whole galaxy and our body is configured with  five  panch maha bhuta (elements) These are  Akash(ether), Prithvi(Earth), vayu(Air), jala(water), agani(fire). Our  doshas made from these elements . Vata dosha is combination of vayu and akash Pitta dosha is combination of Agani and jala. Kapha dosha is combination jala and prithvi.   This does not mean that the doshas do not possess the remaining elements .They are in sukshama(small) form. Vata Dosha:             Because Akasha and Vayu are responsible for creating movements and sp

One of the other winter pain areas which affects people is Arthritis. People with arthritis experience more pain during winter than other season Arthritis is a disease in which all most all joints pain full. Finger, hand, knees ,elbow ,ribs , jaw and other joint. It is any inflammation of the joint either one or more in our  body.             According to Ayurveda when dushit vata  stuck in joint they become painfull and this condition is known as arthritis.when dushit vata along with aam stuck in joint  and this condition known as Aam vata. I will writing more about vata and Aam later in my other post. It is Auto immune diseases. It is majorly caused due to reduced  flow of blood in any joint due to old age , injuries, bad postures, virudh anapan, mix food , eating  frozen food. Basically it is a lifystyle disorder which may also occur due to eating Junk food, Eating heavy to digest food and  lifting weights beyond our capacity. This disease is more irrit

During our Ayurvedic  training we were taught various recipes with various herbs and  spices and a lot of naturally occurring elements. But one of the most intriguing element I found was garlic. Bieng a food addict i like to experiment with tastes. A ccording to  Ayurveda  Sweet, salt, sour, pungent, bitter and astringent are the six tastes.  Garlic is one of those rare herbs which has five tastes except sour. I thought of sharing a few facts about Garlic also known as the Wonder Herb What is Garlic? There is an interesting story in the ancient Hindu manuscripts about the origin of Garlic. It is said that when Lord Garuda, the giant eagle and personal carrier of Lord Vishnu, ran away after snatching the pot of “nectar – the elixir of life” from the hands of Lord Indra, the king of Heaven, some drops of nectar spilled from the pot and fell in the Himalayan region of the earth. The place where the spilled drops of nectar had fallen, a small plant grew in which all the divin

Taking Care Of your Skin this Winter Why our Skin becomes Dull And Dry in Winter. It was early morning and my brothers  younger kid started complaining about a burning sensation on her cheeks . She was unable to explain why but when I saw I realised it wass due to dry skin. This is a common problem during winter. But why does our skin becomes dry and dull in winter? Winter season is marked  as Hemant Ritu in Ayurveda. In this season vata doshas increase . Increased vata dosha causes  dryness and dehydrationof skin . We have dull dry skin,dry lip allergies and other skin problems. To avoid variation of vata dosha and imbalance  Ayurveda suggests a seasonal routine of particular diet and lifestyle How to Fight Dryness and Dullness of Skin in Winter Increase Intake of Fluids Provide our body plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration. Try to increase intake of water juice, lassi. Seasonal Fruits To have natural glowing skin one sho

Winter Food -Haldi What is Turmeric Turmeric is a plant that has a very long history of medicinal use, dating back nearly 4000 years. In Southeast Asia, turmeric is used not only as a principal spice in food  but also as a par of religious ceremonies. Because Modern medicine has begun to recognize its importance, in the last 25 years, but as ayurveda has long. It is a plant used after boiling and drying it How to Use Turmeric Turmeric is available in powder, tablet  forms. The powder is versatile as it can be used in cooking, as a supplement, or as a paste. To cook with turmeric as a spice. Where is it used Turmeric or Haldi as it is called is used as a spice while cooking food. It is also used with milk to create a smoothie, it can also be used externally over wounds. Besides flavoring food, to purify the blood and skin conditions remedy is probably the most common use of Turmeric in Ayurveda. •The main organs that turmeric treats are the skin, heart, li