Migraine Pain Headache and its ayurvedic Treatment

Migraine Pain Headache and its Ayurvedic Treatment

There is nobody in the world who did never have come across a bad headache. Head due to stress, strain, infection, sinusitis and migraine headaches pain are common. Migraine is profusely found problem among the developed group of people.

Migraine is mostly characterized by a bad headache that gets worse with time and lasts for two to three days without any remission. Associated symptoms like flash of light, sense of vomiting, vomiting followed by remission are also observed.

Fasting, late night bed, empty stomach, exposure to sun heat, anger, stress are some of t he trigger factors.

As I have mentioned earlier this is a head ache associated with acid peptic disease, we should go for both the treatment to get control over migraine. There are very good medicines for migraine described in Ayurveda classics. People around the world take benefits of Ayurveda treatment for Migraine, sinusitis and other head aches.

Also Ayurveda treatments like Vamana, Virechana, Nasya, Siro basti, Siro dhara are very much helpful for the treatment of migraine.

Dr A P Nayak

Email: drapnayak@gmail.com

Best Ayurvedic Oil Body Massage

 

 Ayurvedic Oil  Body Massage

 

Winter season is one of the pleasant seasons. People enjoy delicious food, beautiful dress and travelling in the winter season. To keep all the happiness in tact we should take special care of our health in winter season. Because of the coldness, dryness is enhanced. The intracellular fluid that is comprised of water and fat get evaporated giving rise to dryness, crack to the skin and internal neurological disorders.

In the management of intracellular fluid and the neurological competency Ayurveda has programmed different types of treatments, out of which Ayurvedic massage with oil or any fatty substance is the most popular one. Ayurvedic body massage is very much beneficial which I will describe, perhaps in my next post. Today I want to say something about one Ayurvedic oil massage called Pizhichi. 



This is a massage performed by four therapists taking at least two liters of oil  for the purpose. The warm oil fulfils both the purpose of massage and sudation (Sweating). It is to be noted that massage should always be followed by a steam bath. In pizhichil there is no need of steam bath as the swedana karma (sudation) is done by the warmth of the oil.

This treatment is highly beneficial and being practiced for the treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Spondylitis, Sciatica, PIVD, MND(Motor Neuron Disease), Parkinson's disease etc.

Written by: Dr A P Nayak.

Email: drapnayak@gmail.com

Hi Everybody. Wish you all a belated Happy 2015.

This is your favourite Astang Ayurveda after a long gap. 

Hope you all are well. Wish you all a good health.

Regards.

Why we Should take Ayurvedic Body Massage

What is Ayurvedic Body massage?

Ayurveda body massage is not far different from any other massage around the world. It is different by its concept. Ayurvedic massage is otherwise called Abhyangam or Avyangam in Sanskrit. Abhyanga means to move over the body that is to massage over the body. It can be both preventive and curative practice. Abhyanga is a part of “Dina charya” that is daily habit like passing urine and stool, brushing teeth etc. Massage can be practiced over anybody from childhood to old age. For a complete abhyanga, the massage zones include-

—  Head

—  Palms

—  Plantar area

—  Ears. 

 

The massage should always be performed in mode of Anulomana i.e. in the direction of the hair i.e. from head to toe.

Ayurveda body massage does have its own clinical value. It is not a mechanical friction in between the palms of the masseur and the skin of the recipient.  It is a psychosomatic link in between the two. This is a way of psychological connection in between the therapist and the guest.

Written by Dr A P Nayak.

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Email: drapnayak@gmail.com

 

Knee Pain

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Who suffer from knee pain?

Almost every body from all walk of life. Home maker, Traffic police, Teacher, Dancer, labourer, rich person who does not work, obesed person, thin person, male, female! Everybody.

Why?

Due to over work, trauma, degeneration, over weight, weak tendons and ligaments, mal nutrition, hypocalcemia (Low calcium).

Generally what happens?

1. There is a lubricant like liquid in between the intra articular space of the knee joint. It prevents degeneration and works like a shock absorber. Due to aging process as a normal physiology that gets degenerated causing a failure to the smooth movement inside the knee joint. It also maintains a hydraulic pressure inside the knee joint and maintains a gap in between the two heads of the Femur (Bone of upper leg) and the Tibia (Bone of lower leg). Due to degeneration the gap is reduced giving rise to a head on collision or friction among the two long bones. Also, the degeneration takes place due to over work or a trauma.

2. Due to relatively overweight ( Even a lesser weight may be a problem for the less toned tendons and ligaments and behave like over weight, so called relatively over weight) the tendons and ligaments around the knee joint come under stress causing pain in the knee joint. In this case the pain aggravates on walking, stepping up/down the stare case, squatting down etc. The patient will finger out points on the knee joint for pain and tenderness.  Also, the inflammation of tendons and ligaments takes place due to over work or a trauma.

What is the solution?

Now a days lots of anti inflammatory, analgecic medicines along with glucosamine are widely prescribed for the osteoarthritis of knee. In my view they are not very good solutions. Also knee replacement is not a popular option due to different limitations.

What we do at Astang Ayurveda?

Normally patients above the age of 45 years come with the problems of osteoarthritis knee. Patients of that age group never appreciate an obesity management program. Also osteoarthritis patients with a lower weight or patients with a trauma on knee joint have nothing to do with obesity management.

According to Ayurveda Tendons and ligaments are the sub tissue of some other prime tissues. If we nourish the tissue qualitatively, then the tendons and the ligaments get nourished functionally without gaining any weight. 

We take the support of specialized Ayurveda pancha karma treatment and give the patient an assured pain less life.

Written by: Dr A P Nayak

Email: drapnayak@gmail.com

Fasting

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we had mentioned about a primary management of any disease by fasting at 

home before visiting a doctor. The focus of the topic was fasting. Today we 

add the 

Benefits of fasting.

Chakradatta describes benefits of 

Langhana (say fasting) in aspect of 

Jwara (fever). 

Also he mentions jwara is the synonym 

of disease. 

All diseases arise from loss of appetite 

and indigestion (Mandagni). He says- 

1. Aama (the partially digested food 

juice i.e. Anna rasa) helps the digestion          www.astangayurveda.com

power (jatharagni) get diminished and create disease by blocking the micro 

channels (specially the Rasabaha srotas).

2. That is why fasting is advised as the first step of treatment.

3. Fasting stabilizes the destabilized dosha (active principles, i.e. Vata, Pitta 

& Kapha) and Agni (digestion power, agni are 13 in number). Also it digests 

the imbalanced and exaggerated dosha.

4. It remits the disease, enhances the appetite, interest in food and lightness 

in body.

How much fasting?

The fasting should not harm the quality or quantity of your life. Conservation 

of strength should be kept in mind. Because strength is the base of good 

health and here objective of fasting is nothing but a remitted good health.

People, to avoid fasting:-

People with neurological disorder, hunger, thirst, dryness in oral cavity, head 

reeling, child, old age, pregnancy, weakness should avoid fasting.

Sign and symptoms of Perfect fasting:

1. Easy excretion of stool, urine and flattus.

2. Lightness in body and heart.

3. Clear eructation.

4. Cleanliness in mouth, sensory pleasure of taste.

5. Lack of letharge and depression.

6. Sweating, interest in food, strong appetite and thirst

7. Pleasure in mind.  

All these signs and symptoms indicate a perfect fasting.

Sign and symptoms of Excessive fasting:

1. Pain in joints, body pain, cough, dryness in mouth, diminished appetite, 

lack of interest in food, thirst.

 

2. Weakness of vision and hearing.

3. Unstable mental state.

4. Eructation.

5. Wasting of body, digestion power and strength. 

Controlled fasting is good. Conservation of digestion power is best. 

Written By Dr Ambika Prasad Nayak

Email: drapnayak@gmail.com

Happy New Year

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Wish you all a Happy New Year. Wish you all a Odia Happy New Year. This first day of the Odia new year is celebrated all over India, especially in Odisha as the Happy Birth Day of Lord Hanuman.

This Super man was born on this first day of the year. 

This is celebrated as the Maha Bishuba Samkranti or  the Pana samkranti. At this point of the calender year the sun revolves around the equatorial line (or Bishuba Rekha) of the earth. 

This auspicious occasion is celebrated with intake of Bael Pana or the juice of Bilwa or Aegle Marmelos.

This juice is prepared with the juice of the inner pulp of Bael or the wood apple. It is mixed with milk, water, curd, ripe banana, jaggery, black pipper, bhanga etc.  it is highly nourishing, a good laxative, stomach friendly and above all very very tasty.

Next time I will come with the properties of Bilwa and the life style in summer season.

Again wish you all a Happy New year.