Thousands of Americans are living with pain in their joints, suffering with Arthritis. It doesn't have to be this way. Western medicine offers little beyond narcotic pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs. However there is a very effective alternative to this plan of treatment.
Many find permanent relief with modalities offered from Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the worlds oldest continuously practiced form of medicine in the world, originating in India.
Here are three tips to get you started with Ayurveda, and get you on the road to pain free living.
1). Determine your "dosha". In Ayurveda, each person is treated according to their own individual constitution, or body/mind type, called your "dosha. Determine your dosha with an Ayurvedic practitoner, or with a book on Ayurveda, there are many available. Once you know your dosha you can then determine which type of arthritis you have. There are two types in Ayurveda and the treatment methods are based on this. Vata-type arthritis has different symptoms and treatments than Pitta-type arthritis.
Western medicine doesn't address this fact and thus, your treatment plan is very likely not the right one. This is why so many people continue to take more and more drugs bit still live with pain every day.
2) Follow a dosha pacifying diet. Vata types may have too much dryness in their body and should follow a lubricating, vata pacifying diet to restore balance and healing. Pitta types may have too much heat in their body and should follow a cooling, pitta pacifying routine. These will help to bring the opposites qualities of the disease into your body, restoring harmony, putting you in the best place for the body to self heal.
3). Add Ayurveda LIfestyle Tips to your Routine. In Addition to implementing a dosha pacifying diet, you may add other treatments to your daily routine. Yoga, therapeutic essential oils, abhyanga ,( an ayurveda self massage done with a dosha specific oil), breathwork, and herbal therapies create a synergisitc effect in the body helping to remove accumulated toxins, (ama), from your body and joints.
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