Weight Loss

Causes of Weight Loss

• Lack of physical activity and exercise.
• Excessive intake of fats & carbohydrates.

Diet for Weight Loss

• Take right quantity of vegetables, fruits, cereals and dairy products.
• Diet must contain all the vitamins, minerals and proteins that body uses to grow.
• Take protein or carbohydrates in small portion through bread or rice along with fresh fruits and vegetables in each meal.
• Never overeat and keep your fat content in check.

Remedies for Weight Loss

• Walking is the best remedy or exercise to loose the body weight.
• Regular use of two teaspoon of lime juice with one teaspoon of honey in a glass of water is benfecial for weight loss.
• Some of the spices like black pepper, cinnamon, ginger, etc.are good for loosing weight.

Hair Loss

Causes of Hair Loss

• Using chemicals like dyes, bleaches, straighteners etc for hair care.
• Combing, brushing, shampooing and any major illness can also damage hair roots.
• Most common cause of hair loss is hereditary balding or thinning.
• According to Ayurveda, excessive intake of salty, spicy and oily food may give rise to hair fall.

Symptoms of Hair Loss

• Loosing hairs on plucking lightly.
• Loosing significant amount of hairs while taking bath or combing.

Diet

• Certain foods like carrots, pumpkin, beans, whole grains, nuts etc are good.
• Diet rich in iron and calcium like green and leafy vegetables, dried fruits etc are beneficial.
• Avoid cold drinks and sugary foods and intake of tomatoes, salt and dairy products should be limited.

Remedies for Hair Loss

• Avoid combing or hard brushing & salty water for washing the hairs.
• Using coconut oil or ayurvedic oil for head at least twice or thrice a week is beneficial.
• Use herbal shampoo or soap instead of chemical soaps and shampoos.
• Using some indian herbs and products like Bhringraj, Amla, Baadam & Coconut for hairs are very much beneficial.

Ayurvedic Approach To Stomach Ache

Symptoms of Stomach Ache

• Pain can be of many types depending upon the cause of the pain. It can be very mild and bearable and also it could be very severe.

Causes of Stomach Ache

• Cause of pain in the abdominal region can be appendicitis, stones in the kidney and the gall bladder, gastric or duodenal ulcers.
• Pain in the abdominal region can also be caused due to presence of worms in the digestive tract, constipation, indigestion, wind and distention, gastritis, food poisoning or food allergies, acidity and diarrhea.

Remedies for Stomach Ache

• If pain is due to acidity or gas, drinking plain soda water provides immediate relief.
• Two tea spoons of lemon juice mixed with 50 ml of warm water helps in relieving all kinds of stomach aches.
• Taking one to three grams of ajowaon seeds with warm water relieves stomach ache.

Diet

• Diet should be mainly light and easily digestible.
• Little grains, rice, yogurt or butter milk is good.
• Khichri is also good.
• Vegetable Soups, Fruit Juices and Fruits like grapes, papaya, orange, peaches etc. are good.
• Fried & spicy foods, which contain too much oil, are prohibited.

Ayurvedic Approach To Fever

Symptoms of Fever

• High body temperature, headache, body ache, burning eyes, excess saliva, feeling of heaviness, and nausea.

Causes of Fever

• Any kind of infection in any part of the body. It can be caused due to some external injury, or insect bite or due to some kind of poisoning in the body.

Remedies for Fever

• Mild sweating is beneficial in all kind of fevers. Sweating is done by lying down on the bed covered with a blanket for 15 to 20 minutes. A hot drink before this helps in sweating.
• Putting a paste of sandalwood powder on the forehead of the patient.
• If fever goes higher than 102 degree farenheit, it should be brought down by putting pieces of cloth soaked in cold water on the fore head , hands, arms, and feet. The cloth pieces should be regularly changed after a few minutes.

Diet

• Light diet which can be easily digested is advised for a patient suffering from fever.
• Boiled or steamed vegetables, vegetable soup, fruit & fruit juices are good.
• Khichree, prepared by cooking together one part rice and six parts green pulse beans (mung dal).

Ayurvedic Approach To Diarrhea

Symptoms of Diarrhea

• Passing loose and liquid stools many times during a day is the main symptom of diarrhoea.

Causes of Diarrhea

• Food is not properly digested or absorbed, it passes out in semiliquid or watery form.
• Improper eating habits like eating food, which your system cannot digest.
• Irregular eating habits.
• Psychological factors like horror or terror, grief and nervousness can also cause diarrhoea.

Remedies for Diarrhea

• The helpful home remedy is sugar and salt solution. Mix about one tea spoon of sugar and about one gram common salt in about 200ml water. This should be given whenever the patient wants to drink.
  

Diet

• Take light and easily digestible diet. The principle is to eat less but more frequently if necessary.
• The patient should take some easily digestible preparations like boiled vegetables, khichree and fruits.

Ayurvedic Approach To Common Cold & Cough

Symptoms of Common Cold & Cough

• Running or blocked nose, sneezing, sore throat, headache, cough, congestion, sometimes low fever with body pains.

Causes of Common Cold & Cough

• Exposure to cold or humid conditions or cold air.
• Generally caused at the time of change of the season.

Remedies for Common Cold & Cough

• Body should be kept warm, especially chest, throat, feet and head.
• Sweating is very helpful, for that one can take hot drink and lie down on the bed. Take some warm cover like blanket and let the body sweat for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Take half tea spoon of fresh ginger juice mixed with half tea spoon honey three times a day.
• In case of dry cough, take fresh ginger, peel off the skin & cut it into small pieces and apply some common salt and then chew it.
• Gargling with warm salty water is beneficial in case of sore throat.

Diet

• Take light and warm diet like boiled or steamed vegetables, vegetable soup and non juicy fruits like papaya and apple.
• Spice teas, herbal teas and some other hot drinks are also good.

Ayurvedic Approach To Arthritis & Joint Pain

Symptoms of Arthritis

• Severe pain in the affected joint.
• Movement of the joint becomes extremely painful, specially in cold and windy weather.
• Sometimes, the joint becomes immobile and ultimately lead to deformity of the joint.

Causes of Arthritis

• People who overeat or eat too much sweets, fried foods, meats etc. and have no or very little physical activity can develop this problem.

Remedies for Arthritis

• Body massage with sesame or mustard oil helps to reduce the pain. The joints affected by pain can be massaged for longer time.
• Camphor and cinnamon oils are beneficial for external application.
• Guggul is very helpful for curing arthritis.
• Eating one raw clove of garlic everyday is very beneficial.

Diet for Arthritis

• Foods which are easily digestible and do not make gas can be taken.
• Vegetable juices & soups, fruits like oranges, apples, grapes and papaya can be taken.
• Hot, spicy and fried foods, sweets, gas forming foods should be avoided.

Ayurveda - The Traditional Medicine

Ayurveda is not only a treatment of some diseases but it is a complete of life. According to Ayurveda, life is a combination of sense, mind, body and soul. Thus, Ayurveda is not only limited to body or physical symptoms but gives a comprehensive knowledge about spiritual, mental and social health.
According to Ayurveda, to cure any disease, the person is treated as a whole instead of just treating the physical symptoms. The root cause of the disease has to be removed to give permanent relief from that disease.