Merry Christmas From Energy Science Nutrition
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Dr Bill Dean and the Energy Science of Ayurveda
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Varicose veins: 5 Energy Science Treatments
I think we have all seen the distended leg veins called varicose veins and today I'd like to give an energy science view of this condition contrasting it with our familiar matter science medical model
According to the matter science discipline normal veins have valves that keep blood moving forward toward the heart With varicose veins, the valves do not function properly and a standing column of blood stagnates and does not blood to move as it normally should This standing column of blood over time begins distending the vein and over time with the influence of gravity causes the superficial tortuous under the skin as seen in our accompanying photo
Stagnation of Blood at the Skin Level
There are some observations we can make from our photo that can be helpful in understanding varicosity from an energy science view The coloration of the skin is not normal - there is a reddish and bluish cast to the skin This is an important observation because from an energy science view the skin is where the problem lies, not in the veins as the matter science discipline implies
Varicosities in the lower extremities begin as reduced flow of blood in the skin resulting in stagnation of venous blood flow sometimes resulting in spider veins that are often injected by vascular clinics As reduced blood flow in the lower extremity continues it creates an excessive load on the veins carrying blood back to the heart and they begin to distend, become tortuous, and result in swelling and heaviness
Why is this difference in etiology important? If the disease is a result of sludging of blood in the skin it opens up the therapeutic option of using medicinal oils to the skin to reduce the impaired blood flow and thereby reverse the process
Stagnation is a Kapha problem and since Kapha is predominantly represented on the left hand side of the body varicosities are often worse on the left Although not appreciated in our picture skin hair is often lost particularly in fair skinned people since this is a disease again of the skin Lastly due to reduced oxygen tensions in the stagnated blood fungal nails may occur due to the inability to bring healing nutrients to the nail beds and bone of the toes
5 Energy Science Ways of Reversing Lower Extremity Varicosity
1 Use of medicated oils on the lower extremities can be effective in reversing the Kapha inertia of skin flow that is the origin of the problem Mahanaryan(reduces all energy patterns) and Mahaganesha(Kapha pacifying) are suggested In advanced cases Pitta also joins Vata and Kapha so Mahanaryan is beneficial This is not a short term commitment but over years of work using these oils will reverse the problem
2 Compression stockings can be obtained online in various levels of tension provided This very valuable in compressing the skin and moving blood along back to the heart There are a number of online companies that provide an inventory of stockings that can fit your needs
3 Elevation early on in therapy while sleeping can bring a reduction in chronic edema of the lower extremities that brings on the symptom of heaviness Sleeping while elevating the feet with 2 pillows can be an effective long term therapy
4 Yoga asana practice can be valuable since there may very well be a component of inhibited flow in and around the hip joint Flow of energy can become very turbulent around joints (tarsal-metatarsal, ankle, knee and hip) in varicose situations and yoga can help induce better energy flow around these joints
5 Marma therapy can be done to points around the ankle since the foot is the most congested initially It's beyond the scope of this blog to discuss these 4 marma points but using Jasmine to Gulpha(behind the medial and lateral malleoli) is very beneficial
So there you have it Of course it goes without saying that nutrition is important A Pitta Kapha pacifying nutritional format is important since most people with varicosities have PK energy makeups or at least predisposed to Kapha imbalance
Until next time and Happy Holidays To Health as a Skill Love DrBill
Conservative mgmt
do it for a long time VV for 20 years take 3years to reverse Consistency is the key
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Antiinflammatory Ayurvedic Nutrition Reduces Risk of Chronic Dis-ease
Chronic disease is related to inflammation
So it stands to reason that the treatment for such a chronic disease would be antiinflammatory There are a wide host of natural occurring antiinflammatories For example, tumeric is a commonly used antiinflammatory which when used with black pepper is potentiated even further
Now the well respected National Institutes of Health(NIH) published a year ago(October of 2011) a review article on antiinflammatory therapies using the energy science Ayurvedic formulary This article essentially says what I have been advocating for the last 5 years: that we need to marry the matter science discipline of the West(so called matter science healing) with the energy sciences such as Ayurveda and the traditional Oriental Medicine(TOM) An East meets West in healing traditions
Importance of the Study
This may not seem like a big deal to a casual observer but as an interested clinician involved in the treatment of such chronic diseases as IC this type of article is landmark The event metaphorically states that even a conservative government agency such as the NIH is willing to review, endorse, and support the use of natural therapies of the energy science of Ayurveda, recognizing them as not only safe but efficacious
In the health arena it is very normal and expected that the consumer with a painful bladder is timid about trying "new therapies" that can potentially help them because nobody in the medical establishment has condoned their value Further the allopathic(matter science clinicians) tradition are reticent to support the use of such therapies since they are not "tried and true" and supported by evidence based medical(EBM)review
Because of this there is a tendency in the current matter science medical profession to stonewall articles that speak to the use of natural remedies to help with medical conditions because they are not consistent with the status quo and EBM
The AIF Nutritional Format
But what about just regular food? Hippocrates, said to be the father of Western medicine, wrote that "Food is medicine and medicine is food" We have been so ingrained traditionally to believe that food is just something we put in our mouths and it takes care of our appetites that it doesn't really have a medicinal effect to help a painful bladder
But let's rethink this If you take in 3T of salt you know that there will direct and distinct physiologic consequences You'll pee more, require lots of water, maybe get acid indigestion, have tight feeling skin, have excess hot sensation in the body All because you took in some food in this case salt
The energy science perspective is that foods can be inflammatory and that's why they lead to symptoms of pain So a well delineated energy science nutritional format can be AIF with no grey areas It won't lead you astray Coupled with the incompatible food combination list which is basically a group of foods that when joined together produce inflammation you have a way of using nutrition in a AIF way
If you go to foodsheal.com you'll find nutritional formats that you can use based on your energetic makeup Find this out by taking the questionnaire at the same site
There are 3 things you can do to reduce nutritional inflammation right now:
1 Eat according to your mindbody energy makeup
2 Avoid incompatable food combinations(this is at the website above)
3 Liberal use of AIF herbs: cumin, coriander, fennel seeds, mint, cardamom, neem leaves, and rosewater
Until next week To Health as a Skill Love DrBill
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