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Yes, regular bowel movements are important. Best to eliminate first thing in the morning, just after arising from bed.  You can start the morning by drinking warm to hot water with some lime or lemon. Drink 1 full cup, wait, drink another full cup and wait. Water is needed by the colon to expand the fibre and stimulate peristalsis. Sometimes it can take up to 3 cups of water before there is enough water to stimulate the colon to eliminate. Another very useful tool to keep the colon healthy and able to eliminate regularly is the herbal product called Triphala. (3 fruits). Triphala is astringent in quality and reestablishes the intelligence of the lining of the colon.   You can take 1-3 tablets or 2 teaspoonfuls before bed and this will generally give you an excellent bowel movement in the morning.  Do not take more than 4 tablets at bedtime or it will give you nightmares. Another wonderful way to get fibre into the system is a smoothie of Pin...

Bitter gourd/Karela/bitter melon : great detox for the liver after eating heavily. Also the best vegetable for healing the liver and pancreas, making it GREAT for diabetes and lowering blood sugar. It contains polypeptide-p, a plant-based insulin which lowers the blood sugar; it also lowers bad cholesterol. Since it purifies the liver and blood and contains zinc, it is excellent for clearing up acne, eczema and psoriasis. A compound found in bitter melon called "Mamordica Charantia" strengthens the antioxidant activity of enzymes in the liver, helping it to rid the body of accumulated toxins. Bitter gourd is one of the best vegetables for treating obesity as it can break down old fat cells and prevent the formation of new ones! And finally, it reduces the risk of cancer and even prevents cataracts and helps eyesight due to its high levels of beta-carotene and Vitamin A. Whew!   Here are 2 recipes. The first is OK but I found it difficult to eat because it was so bitter. ...

Our medical system is heavily biased toward chemically manipulating our bodies. Everything from pain medications, to antibiotics, to anti-hypertensives is anti anti anti!!!  So how and why do these medications work? As science developed tools to explore the biochemistry of the body it was able to produce chemicals that either mimic or block existing pathways.  So where am I heading?  Only to say that the reason medications work is because of something the body already knows how to do but for some reason its intelligence has been blocked or weakened. There are some medication pharmacologists still don't understand, like Acetaminophen or Tylenol.  However other pain medications like NSAIDS, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, are better understood by the medical community. When the body needs help to balance and heal, the first step is always to examine our life style, diet, and exercise. In addition, we should examine our relationships so that they are life sup...

Digestive issues - especially at the time the season's change. Someone asked me today why her son had vomiting spells, every 3 months. Coincidence?  Probably not. The laws of nature shift from one season to the next every three months, and our physiology has to adapt to those changes.  As we move from autumn to winter our channels shrink and then reopen in the spring. In summer again their is more heat and the body has to adapt again. In those transition times we have to be really careful what and how we eat.  When every anyone asks me about anything to do with digestion I start with the basics - hydration and getting the digestive fires ignited first thing in the morning. You will find the recipes in previous blogs for "smart water" and apples or pears stewed with cloves. The "smart water" contains 4 herbs that support the liver, kidneys, lubricate the channels and also help the herbs to penetrate through the fine cellular channels.  Apples and pears, peale...

https://www.facebook.com/CMSRI.ChildrensMedicalSafetyResearchInstitute/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf This link while take you to a study - children that are vaccinated have 30 times higher amounts of allergic rhinitis.  Also 2.9 times higher odds odds of Eczema, 4.2 higher odds of ADHD and autism. Research by an independent medical research group. Important information for people whose children have allergic rhinitis , eczema, autism, ADHD - by removing some of the toxic substances in a safe and effective way- these ailments can be removed.

Someone recently asked me about mucous and runny noses.  We often see it in little children. Why? The reason being that it is the Kapha time of life. in Ayurved the 3 doshas dominate at different stages of life.  In childhood it is the Kapha dosha (water and earth elements) in mid-life  the Pitta dosha (fire and water) and in late life Vata dosha (air and either). So if we are trouble by phlegm or mucous whether in our nasal passages, sinus, or lungs the first place to look is diet.  Ayurved recognizes 6 tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent.  The first 3 aggravate Kapha and the last 3 pacify Kapha. So if you are eating a lot of sweet salty and sour things, especially in the cold and wet winter months it will increase the Kapha dosha and to create balance the body will want to excrete that through mucous.  Also by eating pungent, bitter and astringent things that will create balance and burn up and pacify Kapha. For example if you a...

In Shaka Vansya Ayurved ( from now on SVA) they divide toxins into 4 categories. 1.AMA - or food that has not been completely digested. 2. AMAVISHA - AMA that has been around for a while and has become hot. 3. GARVISHA - toxic chemicals that are man made. 4. INDRAVAJRABHIJANYA -electric toxicity - EMF and EMR. Today I will be addressing EMF and EMR and why they create problems in your mind/body or our physiology.  Normally we gain life force from our food, water, air we breath and also directly from our environment.  You have probably had the experience or walking through a forest or sitting by the ocean and feeling that lovely enlivening energy.  In SVA we called that PRANA or Life Force. In Chinese Medicine it is called CHI.  This life force or prana is distributed through out the body via channels, thousands of channels that are not visible to the eye.  They are similar to our veins and arteries that carry out blood however they are not physically visible. ...