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Liver Tonic
If liver is healthy then the body is healthy because liver is the manager of the body. Everything that we do affects our liver. if we sleep late in the nights , it affects the liver because it is in the night that liver's cells night shift work of producing many important pharmaceutical medicines that is need to heal the body. All the medicines that we produce externally through chemicals are produced with more potency by liver.
Liver's Busman's Holiday: This is why for any diseases we are asked to take bed rest. Liver is engaged in so many activities that , only at resting period it gets time to produce so many healing and repairing pharmaceuticals needed for the health of the body. Road repairing workers are busy in the night to mend pot-holes in the major city highway , because the traffic is less at night. Liver is like a busman that even when the body rest, it keeps working tirelessly keeping the body healthy.
In the day time liver is totally busy in processing the food we eat and supply the body's demand for doing all work. All the junk food we eat, is an overload for the liver. Imagine liver is the chief servant maid of a palace, who has to monitor all the activities of the house, especially the kitchen. If you use too many dishes , the maid ends up the whole day cleaning them. She then hardly finds time to other chores of the palace. So only in the night , liver finds time to produce many detoxifying and healing pharmaceuticals for the body.
Early to bed and sleeping in dark (no bed room lights) is vital for liver's night shift workers. This is an important life style that can keep body free from many diseases. You should complete 7 to eight hours sleep before the first sunrays fall on your Earth's spot. Ideal time for bed is before 10 PM.
Uni5 Treatment for Uterus Fibriod and Fatty liver
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Here are some means to keep the liver healthy and help its work.
Water Therapy : We generally recommend doing Water Therapy to cleanse the intestines and liver so that the root cause of many diseases are healed. Drink 1.5 liters of water first in the morning, using mild amount of different types of healing herbs like ginger, cumin seeds, mint leaves, cardamom, coriander seeds, Sarsparilla root powder, hibiscus flowers etc). Each day one herb , but very small amounts. Two or three fresh leaves or one teaspoon of dried leaves.
Hot water: Drinking hot water one hour before and after food is a good way to cleanse liver. Drink one tea-cup of really hot water, (drink like drinking hot tea). The hot water will remove mucus from the intestine and also improve digestion. You can add ginger if you need. No sugar in this hot ginger water. Do not drink cold drinks, juices and soft drinks. Cold will destroy the digestive juices and so will add up to weakening liver function.
Gut bacteria and liver team work. Liver needs many nutrients to keep the body healthy. These nutrients comes from not only from the food we eat, but also the food that is processed by the Gut bacteria in our intestines and amazingly their number is more than the number of human cells in our body. God bacteria processes the food and supply components that are helpful for the liver and other parts of the body. Whereas bad bacteria processes food that are harmful for the body. Therefore our health depends on the ratio of the good vs bad bacteria. So rememebr to feed the good bacteria and not the bad one's. So eating whole foods support good abcteria work and junk food feeds bad bacteria.
Chewing your food well is healthy for the body: Tamil Indian proverb "norunga thindral nooru vayathu" which means if you chew your food well, then you live for hundred years. When we chew the saliva mixes well with food and that well chewed food feeds the good bacteria. This is why we always recomend awareful eating (yogic eating).
Eat fermented rice and or fermented barley for more effective results.
Earth Therapy: Fiber-rich foods are tonic of liver. It gives less work for liver. It supplies nutrients and so makes the liver less tiresome. We recommend using fiberrich whole grains like brown rice (remember to soak in water and cook), whole rye flakes (33% fiber compared to 20% fiber in oats), whole wheat flakes (28%), barley flakes (26%). Millets like Ragi rich in fiber. In all ancient traditions, people ate different types of grains and millets many of the readers might be unaware of the names. These millets give different nourishment that help prevent many diseases like cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer etc. millet, kodo-millet.
Hepatoprotective activity of Haridradi ghrita on carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage in rats.
Energy Metabolism in the Liver
Breakfast
Use seven different whole grains for seven days. One can use in the form of pan-cakes (Dosai) or steamed cakes (Idli's), or porridge (oozhu) or cracked-uppuma type (See recipes in Sakthi kitchen).
1. Corn cracked-steamed (uppuma) or pan cake.
2. Barley flakes or pan cake.
3. AmaranthUppuma.
4. Rye flakes or pan cake.
5. Quinoa flakes or Uppuma.
6. Finger Millet pan cake or porridge.
7. Buckwheat uppuma or pan cake.
Asian Type
1. Fox Millet pan cake or porridge.
2. Barley flakes or pan cake
3. Buckwheat uppuma or pan cake.
4. Little Millet pan cake or porridge.
5. Italian Millet uppuma or pan cake.
6. Banyard Millet porridge or pan cake.
7. Amaranth uppuma or pan cake.
No refined cereal drinks like Horlicks, Boost, complain should be used. These products are malted sugars and immediately increase blood glucose levels. Instead fruit juices fresh can be used.
See recipes in sakthi kitchen.
Traditional and ayurvedic foods of Indian https://uni5.coorigin
Cooking oil should be only moderate amounts of unrefined sesame oil/olive oil or any other unrefined oils.
Cleansing:
Very important is to cleanse the liver and intestines with Castor oil and Gallnut (cleansing) before starting the Pancha Bhoota and you can alternatively do the cleanse every two months (one time castor oil , next time gall-nut cleansing). If you have liver failure , then wait for few months till your liver function tests are normal.
Liver -Tonic Chutneys:
Every day eat the following chutneys. One per day. seven days seven chutneys and then repeat them again. All leaves should be raw and not heat sauted. But you can add coconut, red pepper, or black sesame seeds or split peas dal and salt to make it tasty.
1. Coriander leaves chutney
2. Phyllanthus Niruri leaves chutney
3. Bringraj leaves chutney
4. Curry leaves chutney
5. Coriander leaves chutney
6. Mintleaves chutney
7. Moringa leaves chutney or use Aloe Veraleaves.
Click here to see some model Chutney Recipes that you can modify to make the above chutneys.You can eat this chutney with pasta, bread or with rice.
If you feel the chutney is bitter, then you can make it thick and make it as a small moth-ball size and swallow it with water. Make them small balls so that you do not choke yourself.
If you cannot afford fresh leaves, then get dried leaves and boil in water and drink the decoction with or without honey or Palm Sugar or unrefined or Brown-sugar or jaggery.
One Juice a day for seven days a week:
Drink these fresh juices, one a day and repeat the seven every week. It is easy. Just cut and put in blender with little water and dates if needed , blend and drink. Dates increases Iron.
1. Beet root and apple or carrot
2. pumpkin juice
3. Pine-apple juice (Swallow or eat one teaspoon of turmeric powder immediately before or after drinking this juice).
4. Aloe Vera juice with carrot or plain (freshly made from plant and not bottled or canned).
5. papaya juice
6. Pine-apple juice (Swallow or eat one teaspoon of turmeric powder immediately before or after drinking this juice).
7. Pomegrante juice.
No bottled or canned. it should be made fresh and not filter it. Clear juices are free from fiber and so drink all juices with the pulp.
Triphala Powder - Strengthen Liver: Everyday night take one teaspoon of Triphala powder in 50 ml of hot water. (Please Click here to find the link to buy this herb).
Fire Therapy: Less walking causes poor stool (bowel) movements and that also contributes to constipation. Avoid being sedentary (more hours of sitting before computers or resting). Walk twice in the morning and evening.
Yoga is very good especially Surya Namaskar given in fire section. Ithelps in good lymphatic circulation.
Air therapy: Taking a long breath and relaxes every now and then reduces stress in the body. Doing Pranayama 5 minutes morning and evening is also good.
Space Therapy: Similarly relaxation of the mind reduces stress.
Liver role in body https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ap/chapter/the-liver/
The Potential Role of Citrus limon Powder as a Natural Feed Supplement to Boost the Productive Performance, Antioxidant Status, and Blood Biochemistry of Growing Rabbits - good for liver
Comprehensive review of hepatotoxicity associated with traditional Indian Ayurvedic herbs https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7522561/
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Excellent DVD on truth liver functioning. Though the dvd is on diabetes, gives lot of information how refined foods causes stress to liver.
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Over Weight
Being over weight is a very common problem. Everyone wants to be slim and healthy. There are many methods to lose weight which may be effective , but they may have some undesirable effects. Those approaches may be expensive, cumbersome, involve dietary restrictions, or involve medications that may have serious side effects.
Is there any magic to cut down weight without changing diet, doing no exercise and taking no pills? Yes! The answer is through Pancha Bhoota Water therapy.
This is not fiction. Many have lost weight between 5 to 10 pounds in a week with water therapy without any change in diet or doing exercise. However, eating a light dinner and doing water therapy in the morning will have dramatic effects. Eat heavy breakfast and lunch, but for dinner drink fruit juices (with soymilk is delicious) or have a light meal. This would help to lose 10 to 40 pounds (depending on the individual). To lose more weight (50 pounds and more) change in dietary habits is recommended.
Read the testimonials to know the effectiveness of water therapy.
EVERY INDIVIDUAL BODY IS DIFFERENT, HENCE ONE OR MORE STEPS IN PANCHA BHOOTA HEALINGMAY BE NEEDED TO REDUCE WEIGHT.
Please Click here to read the importance of gut bacteria reducing weight.
Eat fermented rice and or fermented barley for more effective results. If you eat for 10 days this fermented rice or barley brings wonderful results in weight loss because they introduce healthy bacteria in the gut which modern science says will influence weight of the body. Click here to read about or gut bacteria and weight gain or loss of body. Use only brown or red rice by soaking in over night , then cooking and then fermenting. Hulled-Barley rice is better then pearl barley to reduce weight.
Dose finding study of Sahaj Vati (comprised of Shilajeet, Haridra, Guggul and Chitrak) in validated animal model of obesity http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/43637
Will water therapy alone help to lose weight?
For some individuals, doing water therapy alone will help to lose weight. One can see that clothes become loose. Some people will only lose a little with just water therapy alone. Apart from doing water therapy eating light dinners would help to reduce weight.
Why are light dinners helpful to lose weight ?
Eating a heavy breakfast and a heavy lunch but a light dinner is good for weight loss. The dinner should be light in every sense, easily digestible, low in calories and foods which are whole. Since we sleep after dinner and do no work, the energy from the food is converted into fat and stored in the body.
Fruits or light vegetable soup are the best option. Don’t immediately replace dinner with fruits. You will feel hungry. Cut first one fourth of your dinner quantity and add one fourth fruits or fruit juices. You can also substitute fiber rich vegetables.
Then after a couple of days decrease dinner load to half and then substitute the rest half with fruits or juices. Then after a couple of days decrease your usual dinner load by three fourth but filling the rest with fruits and juices. In this way you don’t feel hungry but you tame your body. Your body will not know the difference but you will start to lose weight.
Logic in losing weight
More important is to eat heavy lunch consisting of whole grains. Energy in the form of sugar is released slowly in the blood from whole grains and so will be less hungry for dinner. Eating processed food or refined white grains shoots up sugar in blood rapidly and will pump insulin to remove sugar from blood will cause hunger at dinner time. This is the key in weight management.
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Excellent DVD on truth of refined foods. Though it is about diabetes, it gives lot of information about how refined foods increases causes more weight gain in our body.
I don’t still lose weight, what else can I do?
Liver is the organ which balances the metabolism in the body. The fat deposition and everything is controlled by liver. Sometimes if liver is cleansed it will help to lose weight. Hence a castor oil cleanse in recommended once a month or once in two months. This is also good for detoxifying the body. . This will cause weight loss especially tummies go away. See details of this in castor oil cleansing section.
Remember you are not only reducing weight with all these Pancha Bhoota techniques, but also keeping you healthy.
Do I have make changes in diet?
The nature of the fat, carbohydrate and protein that you eat contribute to weight gain. Eating more fiber rich food will change the speed of absorption of fat and sugars. This influences insulin secretion in the body and also mode of fat conversion by liver.
Liver is the manager of the body giving instructions about fat storage in the body. Water therapy cleanses liver every day to some extent and whole foods does the remaining part. So keeping the liver healthy is a way to reduce fat in the body.
Eating natural sugars instead of white sugar also has great influence on body fat. Avoid white sugar instead use brown sugar, jaggery , palm jaggery, dates, raisins etc. These sweet sources supply nutrients, minerals and vitamins in addition to sweetness.
Journal of Food Science (2009), published that Fiber-rich unripe Banana powder contains resistant starch, a type of fiber that may aid in managing weight and type 2 diabetes. “As consumers are unlikely to eat sufficient amounts of vegetables and other fiber-rich foods directly, the supplementation of pasta with unripe banana flour can play an important role in achieving health benefits,”.
Banana flour when added to starchy food like pasta, it lowdered the glycemic index. Low glycemic responses are thought to be favorable to health because of possible prevention of heart disease and metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes and also for over weight.
Look again how our ancestors were highly intelligent in using banana powder to infants, patients and old people. Children are weaned with this banana powder. Traditionally unripe special banana called "Nenthrampazham" (called as cooking bananas in USA, Mexico) was cut into pieces and sun dried and store in a clean bottle. It could be powdered and stored also for convenience. To prepare, pour one teaspoon of ghee to a pan and add two tablespoons of the powder and just briefly fry for 20 seconds. Add water and stir continuously for 5 minutes to cook without forming lumps. Add sugar or palm jaggery for taste. This is an instant natural safe healthy traditional baby food. This is now scientifically proven that Banana powder is good because of its high anti-oxidant power and also rich in nutrients.
Whole grains and lots of vegetables - the best solution
In our personal experience to reduce weight (2007) found that eating every day different whole grains rich in high fiber helps tremendously in reducing weight.
We recommend using fiber rich whole grains like brown rice (remember to soak in water and cook), whole rye flakes (33% fiber compared to 20% fiber in oats), whole wheat flakes (28%), barley flakes (26%). Millets like Ragi rich in fiber. In all ancient traditions, people ate different types of grains and millets many of the readers might be unaware of the names. These millets give different nourishment that help prevent many diseases like cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer etc. millet, kodo-millet.
The best part is in eating more leafy vegetables (less vegies like potato) and fiber rich vegetables and decreasing the rice and wheat part in the diet. Eating different vegetables instead of routine vegetables is the key in reducing weight in a healthy way.
By eating more vegetables and reducing the amount of grains in diet we found amazing results in reducing weight.
"Elacchavanukku Ellu , Koluthavanukku Kollu" is a popular Tamil saying which means that, for a slim person black sesame is good and for an obese horse-gram or brown lentil is good. Brown lentil is rich in fiber and before serving one tablespoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice should be added. Eating every day horse gram or lentils will cut down the weight of the body without causing exhaustion.
This popular ancient saying is now proved by modern science. Read this article which says Obesity: Lentils Better Than White Bread For Dieting.
We found through experience that eating everyday more steamed vegetables as such or in form of soups without adding any artificial flavors or soup powders is a good way to burn extra fat. Try using more black pepper than red or green chili powder. Similarly adding less salt especially at the time of taking food reduces the salt intake and water retention in the body.
Still if I don’t lose weight what should I do?
Next Is doing a juice fasting, once a day in a week. Juice fasting once a week ( week end is better). Avoid solid foods and drink only fresh fruit and vegetable juices. This will burn fat in the body and also supply you good nourishments from these juices. If you feel little sick in the evening, its because of detoxification process then drink half a cup of mild coffee. Click here to see details about juice fasting
Walking is the best exercise to reduce calories
From ancient times walking at least 2 hours is suggested as the most effective way to reduce weight.
2. Do every day Pancha Bhoota Walking (Breath conscious walking). Read Fire therapy page and over-weight for for more information.
3. Do Surya Namaskar everyday. When you do it be aware of the breathing and while you do the bending exercises be aware of the body being light and free. This exercise gives tremendous results.
Air therapy: Taking a long breath and relaxes every now and then reduces stress in the body. Doing Pranayama 5 minutes morning and evening is also good. Feel your testicles get good oxygen circulation.
See here for free video links on best Pranayama - Swami Ramdev.
Mind plays a major role in weight and general health of the body. Cravings can be overcome by practicing some mind exercises.
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1. Yogic Eating
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Piles
Click here to read and have it as a brochure Tamil. According to Ayurveda, constipation leads to many diseases, by stagnating toxins. Constipation for a long time is the cause for piles. It can easily be treated by Pancha bhoota. Since Constipation is caused by many factors we suggest to follow these general recommendations for one month and if you still have problems write to us and we will be able to suggest individualized therapy for you.
Water Therapy : We generally recommend doing Water Therapy to lubricate the colon and wet the stools so that it can pass out easily. Instead of drinking room temperature water you can drink luke warm water (with general flavors like ginger, cumin seeds, mint leaves, cardamom, coriander seeds, sarsparilla root powder, hibiscus flowers etc) in constipating conditions for better results.
Earth Therapy:
Eat fermented rice and or fermented barley for more effective results. If you eat for 10 days this fermented rice or barley constipation will be relieved within few days. This is because the gut bacteria plays a very important part in moving the stools easily in the intestines like the fiber in diet.
A great food medicine for piles:
Yam medicine: Take few yams, clean and cook it well. Cook yellow mung also separately. Mix both and add only salt and if needed black pepper slightly. You can garnish with little oil and little onions (small or pearl better). Eat this for twice a day for 10 days and then more frequently. It cures piles and hemorroids instantly.
Coconut Husk Therapy:
Take coconut husk and add sesame oil to it and allow it to catch fire. Take the ash and then mix with a glass of buttermilk and drink it in empty stomach for 11 days. This information was given to us by few patients who tried and got complete cure of piles and anal fissure. You can burn coconut husk of 11 coconuts and then divide the ash into 11 equal parts and use it.
Eat fermented rice or fermented barley for more effective results.
Take two table spoon of sesame oil. one handful of fresh Eclipta Alba leaves and grind to a paste and fry it lightly in oil. Then add one duck egg and pour over it and cook it just enough (not undercooked or overcooked). Eat this first in empty stomach in the morning. Doing this once or few times will completely remove piles (itching and bleeding stops).
Home remedy ointment for piles: Take one handful of fresh Eclipta Alba leaves and grind to a paste with one table spoon of castor oil and one clove of organic-garlic (elephant garlic better) and fry it lightly in some more castor oil. Apply this ointment copiously on the piles and go to bed. For few weeks this application will shrink the piles.
Touch me not medicine: Prepare a decoction by boiling the roots, stem and leaves (excluding flowers) of the common “Touch-me-not” (Mimosa pudika) thorny climber plant in water. Drink this decoction once a day for 3 consecutive days. Any kind of piles is reported to be cured by this treatment.
Sesame sweets: Bleeding due to piles can be cured by mixing 10 gms. of powdered black Sesamewith 5 gms. of jaggery and eating it daily followed by drinking a little goat’s milk for a few days.
External: Grind together a few leaves of drumstick and Calotropis and apply the paste inside the anus or rectum. Pain due to piles can be cured by this treatment.
Fiber in food: Poor bowel movements could also occur due to less fiber in diet. We recommend using fiber rich whole grains like brown rice (remember to soak in water and cook), whole rye flakes (33% fiber compared to 20% fiber in oats), whole wheat flakes (28%), barley flakes (26%).
Include more vegetables and fruits in your diet. Avoid any kind of meat foods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAB4ByF_nwE
One Juice a day for seven days a week:
Drink these fresh juices, one a day and repeat the seven every week. It is easy. Just cut and put in blender with little water and dates if needed , blend and drink.
1. papaya
2. Aloe Vera juice mixed with orange or carrot juice.
3. pear and dates
4. beet root and apple or carrot
5. papaya
6. Aloe Vera juice mixed with orange or carrot juice.
7. pear and dates
No bottled or canned. it should be made fresh and not filter it. Clear juices are free from fiber and so drink all juices with the pulp.
Triphala Powder - Strengthen Liver: Everyday night take one teaspoon of Triphala powder in 50 ml of hot water. (Please Click here to find the link to buy this herb).
Flax Gun-powder
Take one handful of brown flax seeds and quarter teaspoon of milk-thistle seeds and if needed add one table spoon of corn bran or wheat bran or rice bran and brown-sugar or jaggery (palm sugar better) or succant for sweet taste. Grind them all in a coffee grinder for less than a minute. This is very delicious to eat. You can eat as a tasty healthy snack any time of the day. After half an hour drinking water will dramatically relieve constipation.
Very important is to cleanse the liver and intestines with Castor oil and Gallnut (cleansing)alternatively every two months.
How to shrink the anal skin tag (tab) Hemorrhoids?
There are medications that can shrink it. Along with it doing this powerful Ashwini Mudhra exercise for both men and women will shrink the anal skin tag. Do this for for several weeks to get good benefit.
Fire Therapy: Less walking causes poor stool (bowel) movements and that also contributes to constipation. Avoid being sedantary (more hours of sitting before computers or resting). Walk twice in the morning and evening.
Yoga is very good especially Surya Namaskar given in fire section. It helps in good lymphatic circulation.
Air therapy: Taking a long breath and relaxes every now and then reduces stress in the body. DoingPranayama 5 minutes morning and evening is also good.
Space Therapy: Similarly relaxation of the mind reduces stress.
Other sources
https://earunan.org/2015/10/08/ayurveda-cured-my-anal-fistula/
Role of Aragvadhadi Sutra in the Management of Fistula -in-Ano.
Vanasuranadi Leham
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Hypo Thyroid
Click here to read in Tamil . Click here to have it as a brochure . Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the body lacks sufficient thyroid hormone. Since the main purpose of thyroid hormone is to "run the body's metabolism". Details of the hormone and the cause are given in the links.
We suggest to follow these general recommendations for one month and if you still have problems write to us and we will be able to suggest individualized therapy for you.
Earth Therapy: Effective hypothyroid diets should seek a broad range of natural foods including whole grains, nuts, and seeds.
One Soup /herbal-tea a day for seven days a week:
Prepare these soups or herbal tea fresh and drink for dinner or lunch.
1. One small handful of leaf of Achyranthes aspera. Grind leaves well with water and then make soup. You can add black pepper and sea salt for taste.
2. Boil quarter gram of Withania somnifera root extract also called aswagandha or amukiram . Powder it well, boil it well and drink one tea cup any time of the day.
Ashwagandha has also been shown to increase production of thyroid hormones T4 and T3
3. Grind handful of mustard leaves (kadugu) well with water and then make soup. You can add black pepper and sea salt for taste.
4. Boil quarter gram of Withania somnifera root extract also called aswagandha or amukiram . Powder it well, boil it well and drink one tea cup any time of the day.
5. One small handful of leaf of Achyranthes aspera. Grind leaves well with water and then make soup. You can add black pepper and sea salt for taste.
6. Sida cordifolia – Grind leaves well with water and then make soup. You can add black pepper and sea salt for taste.
7. Boil quarter gram of Withania somnifera root extract also called aswagandha or amukiram . Powder it well, boil it well and drink one tea cup any time of the day.
Guggulu (Commiphora mukul) potentially ameliorates hypothyroidism
One Juice a day for seven days a week:
Drink these fresh juices, one a day and repeat the seven every week. It is easy. Just cut and put in blender with little water and dates if needed, blend and drink.
1. Aloe Vera juice freshly prepared from the plant. You can mix with carrot juice also and drink it.
2. Coconut milk Do not use canned or bottled. Use fresh. Use one tenth of a coconut add water and blend it and drink. You may sweeten with dates if you want too. Be aware you do not have high cholesterol and triglycerides.
3. Ripe papaya juice.
4. Coconut milk Do not use canned or bottled. Use fresh.
5. Aloe Vera juice
6. Coconut milk Do not use canned or bottled. Use fresh.
7. Coconut milk Do not use canned or bottled. Use fresh.
Try using all organically grown foods for best results.
Before bed time:
Triphala Powder - Strengthen Liver: Everyday night take one teaspoon of Triphala powder in 50 ml of hot water. (Please Click here to find the link to buy this herb).
Here is about Flax and thyroid very good.
Water Therapy : We generally recommend doing Water Therapy to cleanse your body and reduce weight to some extent. Instead of drinking plain room temperature water you can drink luke warm water (with general flavors like mint leaves, cardamom, ashwagandha, guggul hibiscus flowers etc for better results.
Fire Therapy: Walk twice in the morning and evening. Do Pancha Bhoota walking to relax your mind. The mental irritations and frustrations lead to these health problems and therefore it is good to relax the mind from those negative tendencies. Always be aware of the throat region while observing your breath during walking.
Pancha Bhoota Walking with breath awareness is very good to relax the mind.
Yoga is very good especially Surya Namaskar given in fire section. It helps in good lymphatic circulation. The throat stretching step in this exercise is highly beneficial to bring back normal levels of thyroid. Be aware of the throat region and the thyroid gland while doing this. Feel good blood circulation and lymphatic circulation while stretching the throat region. The more you stretch the better the blood and lymph circulation to the throat region.
Sun-Therapy: Not being exposed to sun light is one reason for increasing thyroid problem especially in women who are very cosmetic conscious. Fearing getting dark complexion leads women to be exposed less to sunlight which leads to Vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is not just for bones as initially thought. Now researchers see connection in every aspect of health from cancers to thyroid function. This article on Vitamin D Deficiency and Thyroid Disease support the view.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28318814
We recommend to expose yourself for 15 to 30 minutes in the sun light in the morning (less UV rays in the morning sunlight). You can do walking or Sun Meditation also.
Women wearing flowers in hair is a way of aroma therapy that has an effect on thyroid.
Air therapy: Taking a long breath and relaxes every now and then reduces stress in the body. Doing Pranayama 5 minutes morning and evening is also good.
See here for free video links on best Pranayama - Swami Ramdev.
Space Therapy: Similarly relaxation of the mind reduces stress.
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Ayurveda and Thyroid from a research study
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Ayurveda and Thyroid from a research study
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Triglycerides and LDL and HDL
What are triglycerides? Click here to read in Tamil . Click here to get it as a Brochure .
Triglycerides are a type of fat found in your blood. They are a major source of energy and the most common type of fat in your body. When you eat, your body uses the calories it needs for quick energy. Any extra calories are turned into triglycerides and stored in fat cells to be used later. The excess calories are stored as fat regardless of what kind of food you eat—fat, carbohydrate, or protein. If you regularly eat more calories than you burn, you may have high triglycerides.
Foods rich in fructose rapidly increase triglycerides: Sweets corn syrups are rich in fructose and they rapidly increase triglycerides. Decrease their consumption to reduce triglycerides level. Though triglycerides are fatty acids, in our human body sugars and converted to triglyceride fat when we dont spend the energy in the sugar. The best is to eat fiber rich grains and exercise regularly to spend the calories which otherwise will be converted to triglycerides.
In normal amounts, triglycerides are important to good health. When triglyceride levels are high, it is not clear whether these high levels directly increase your risk for heart disease. But high triglycerides are often part of a group of conditions called metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is the combination of increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess weight, low HDL ("good") cholesterol, and high triglycerides. This syndrome does increase your risk for heart disease as well as for diabetes and stroke.
Triglycerides are measured as part of a blood test that measures your cholesterol. Normal triglyceride levels are below 150. Levels above 200 are high.
What causes high triglycerides?
Obesity, poorly controlled diabetes, underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism), kidney disease, and regularly eating more calories than you burn can cause high triglycerides.
Certain medicines may also increase triglycerides. These include tamoxifen, steroids, beta-blockers, some diuretics, estrogen, and birth control pills. Drinking a lot of alcohol may also cause high triglycerides.
Certain types of high cholesterol and high triglycerides run in families.
What are the symptoms?
High triglycerides do not usually cause symptoms. People who have a family history (genetic cause) of very high triglycerides may have visible fatty deposits under the skin called xanthomas.
In rare cases, people who have very high triglycerides may develop inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis). This can cause sudden, severe abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and fever.
How can I lower my high triglycerides?
You may be able to lower your triglycerides by eating fewer calories and increasing your activity. Reducing fats in your diet and not drinking alcohol may also help.
Elevated triglycerides are rising in the population in recent times due to bad life style and food habits. The LDL and HDL ratio can be brought to healthy levels mainly by walking or exercises. One may eat healthy food, but if do not exercise, the LDL levels go higher.
Normal Blood Clinical values:
Cholesterol - less than 200 mg/dl
Fasting triglycerides is less than 150 mg/dL.
- Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL)
Carries cholesterol in the plasma. LDL has been associated with heart disease and is sometimes referred to as "bad cholesterol".Normal values: less than 130
Borderline: 130 - 159
High Risk: greater than 160 - High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL)
Also known as the "good cholesterol". Higher levels of HDL have been shown to decrease the risk of heart disease.Normal values:
- Male - 44
- Female - 55
In Pancha Bhoota we suggest to cleanse the liver and change to whole food eating habits, walking and relaxing, through which healthy reduction in LDL can be noticed. We suggest to do these changes for a few months, get triglycerides levels checked and get back to us to inform us about your experience. If you do not see substantial changes then please write to us for an individualized treatment for you.
Water Therapy : We generally recommend doing Water Therapy to cleanse the intestines and liver so that the root cause of arthritis is removed. Drink 1.5 liters of water first in the morning, using mild amount of flavors like ginger, cumin seeds, mint leaves, cardamom, coriander seeds, Sarsparillaroot powder, hibiscus flowers etc) for better results.
Doing water therapy with three flowers of Cassia auriculata (Tamil and Malayalam- Aavaaram-poo) every day for 41 days and then general water therapy after that is good for reducing triglycerides and LDL.
Eat fermented rice and or fermented barley for more effective results.
Earth Therapy: Fiber-rich foods absorb fats not only in foods , but also make the bile to be secreted more to the stomach, causes changes in fat levels in the body. We recommend using fiberrich whole grains like brown rice (remember to soak in water and cook), whole rye flakes (33% fiber compared to 20% fiber in oats), whole wheat flakes (28%), barley flakes (26%). Millets like Ragi rich in fiber. In all ancient traditions, people ate different types of grains and millets many of the readers might be unaware of the names. These millets give different nourishment that help prevent many diseases like cardiovascular, diabetes, cancer etc. millet, kodo-millet.
It is generally thought that just by reducing fat intake one could lower fats. There are many interesting studies that experimental animals when fed with zero fat still had high fat levels when given refined foods. So it is the refined foods that are converted into fats. Our suggestion is to eat more of different types of grains instead of eating only rice and wheat. Just by changing grains one could see the difference in the fat metabolism.
We have several patients who had levels of cholesterol and triglyceride changes by switching over to different types of grains.
Breakfast
Use seven different whole grains for seven days. One can use in the form of pan-cakes (Dosai) or steamed cakes (Idli's), or porridge (oozhu) or cracked-uppuma type (See recipes in Sakthi kitchen).
1. Corn cracked-steamed (uppuma) or pan cake.
2. Barley flakes or pan cake.
3. Amaranth Uppuma.
4. Rye flakes or pan cake.
5. Quinoa flakes or Uppuma.
6. Finger Millet pan cake or porridge.
7. Buckwheat uppuma or pan cake.
Asian Type
1. Fox Millet pan cake or porridge.
2. Barley flakes or pan cake
3. Buckwheat uppuma or pan cake.
4. Little Millet pan cake or porridge.
5. Italian Millet uppuma or pan cake.
6. Banyard Millet porridge or pan cake.
7. Amaranth uppuma or pan cake.
No refined cereal drinks like Horlicks, Boost, complain should be used. These products are malted sugars and immeidately increase blood glucose levels. Instead fruit juices fresh can be used.
See recipes in sakthi kitchen.
Cooking oil should be only unrefined sesame oil/olive oil or any other unrefined oils.
One way to reduce the increased levels of triglycerides is given below.
The bark of rose apple tree, rose apple seeds, turmeric, Indian gooseberries, nannari, i root, bark of marutham pattai (arjuna terminalea), aavarai (causia auriculata), coriander seeds, all these are collected in equal quantity by weight. They are powdered together and stored in a bottle. Mix 60 gm of this powder in 1 litre water and boil. Reduce it to 250 ml. Half of this kashayam (decoction) is taken morning and evening on empty stomach. This helps reduce triglyceride levels to a large extent.
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Sakthi cholesterol mix. We suggest the patients to make a natural cholesterol medicine.
Use organically produced for best results.
Ingredients:
One part of organic fenugreek seed powder (click here to know about Fenugreek).
Half part organic Turmeric powder (click here to know about Turmeric)
Preparation :You can take take one tea-cup as one part for fenugreek, half cup for turmeric root powder. Mix and keep in a dry container. You can put in a small container while travelling.
Consume one teaspoonl of the above Sakthi cholesterol mix, three times a day after food. The powder can be put in the mouth and drink water to swallow it down. You can drink water to allow to swallow quick and avoid the slight bitter taste.
Cleansing:
Very important is to cleanse the liver and intestines with Castor oil and Gallnut (cleansing) before starting the Pancha Bhoota and you can alternatively do the cleanse every two months (one time castor oil , next time gall-nut cleansing).
Liver -Tonic Chutneys:
Every day eat the following chutneys. One per day. seven days seven chutneys and then repeat them again. All leaves should be raw and not heat sauted. But you can add coconut, red pepper, or black sesame seeds or
split peas dal and salt to make it tasty.
1. Coriander leaves chutney
2. Phyllanthus Niruri leaves chutney
3. Bringraj leaves chutney
4. Curry leaves chutney
5. Coriander leaves chutney
6. Mint leaves chutney
7. Moringa leaves chutney or use Aloe Vera leaves.
Click here to see some model Chutney Recipes that you can modify to make the above chutneys.You can eat this chutney with pasta, bread or with rice.
If you feel the chutney is bitter, then you can make it thick and make it as a small marble and swallow it with water. Make them small balls so that you do not choke yourself.
One Juice a day for seven days a week:
Drink these fresh juices, one a day and repeat the seven every week. It is
easy. Just cut and put in blender with little water and dates if needed ,
blend and drink. Dates increases Iron.
1. Apple or Pear Juice
2. pumpkin juice
3. Pine-apple juice (Swallow or eat one teaspoon of turmeric powder immediately before or after drinking this juice).
4. Aloe vera juice with carrot or plain.
5. papaya juice
6. Pine-apple juice (Swallow or eat one teaspoon of turmeric powder immediately before or after drinking this juice).
7. Pomegrante juice.
No bottled or canned. it should be made fresh and not filter it. Clear juices are free from fiber and so drink all juices with the pulp.
Triphala Powder - Strengthen Liver: Everyday night take one teaspoon of Triphala powder in 50 ml of hot water. (Please Click here to find the link to buy this herb).
Fire Therapy: Less walking causes poor stool (bowel) movements and that also contributes to constipation. Avoid being sedentary (more hours of sitting before computers or resting). Walk twice in the morning and evening.
Yoga is very good especially Surya Namaskar given in fire section. It
helps in good lymphatic circulation.
Walking is the most important to bring down LDL levels. Do Pancha Bhoota walking with breath awareness.
Air therapy: Taking a long breath and relaxes every now and then reduces stress in the body. DoingPranayama 5 minutes morning and evening is also good.
Space Therapy: Similarly relaxation of the mind reduces stress.
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