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Tips for Holi hair and skin care

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TIPS FOR HOLI HAIR & SKIN CARE The festival of colours is here. Along with all the Holi fun, it is also important to care for your skin and hair during the celebration. So, before you step out for Holi , here are a few things to keep in mind HAIR CARE Pre Holi Hair care  The colours will make your hair dry and will cause split ends, it’s better to trim your split ends a day before Holi 💇 Take a hair wash a day before Holi to rinse away the accumulated dirt in your scalp, so that the colours don’t stick to them and cause scalp problems.🧖 Oil your hair before you go out to play Holi. Oil acts as a moisturizer and it acts as a barrier preventing the colours to adhere to your scalp resulting in dry hair 💆 Tying up your hair will prevent your hair from direct exposure to harsh colour. Do not do any chemical treatment or heat treatment for your hair before Holi.🙅 Post Holi hair care Yes the first step is to wash your hair, but before that comb your hair to dust...
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WHATS MY PRAKRUTHI?

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KNOW YOUR BODY CONSTITUTION OR PRAKRUTHI Human body is governed by the 3 doshas VATA PITHA & KAPHA. Below is the table of the characteristic features that are exhibited by these doshas. The PRAKRUTHI or nature of the body is determined by the dominated doshas. Body constitution may be dominated by just one single dosha or combination of two or more doshas. When  all the 3 doshas contributing equally to your prakruthi is considered the best. SO WHAT IS YOUR PRAKRUTHI ? COMMENT BELOW. CONTENT VATA PITHA KAPHA Body size thin medium chubby height tall average Average to short HAIR                              appearance dry Less oily oily nature ...
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MENSTRUAL HEALTH IN INDIAN TRADITION

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MENSTRUAL HEALTH IN INDIAN TRADITION In today's world menstrual health is explained on basis of using certain products during menstruation in a hygienic way. With the increase in availability of sanitary napkins or tampons why does women increasing suffer from various menstrual disorder? Even with many NGOs clamming poor menstrual hygiene in India Indian women suffers less from menstrual disorders and rural Indian women suffer less comparatively than urban Indian women.  The answer lies in the roots of Indian tradition which derives the explanation from Ayurveda. The tridoshas  VATA , PITTA & KAPHA governs all the activities of the body and so is the menstrual cycle so rules and regulations are laid according to the predominant doshas in each phase of the cycle. The 1st to 5th day of the cycle is governed by VATA that pushes the menstrual blood out of the body. T he week following the flow is governed by KAPHA which helps in building up the endometrium ...
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FACTS AND MYTHS ABOUT AYURVEDA

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Every machine  comes with a manual,Ayurveda is the manual for a machine what  we know as human body. This manual has been there for ages and in due course of time a lots of myths and doubts have risen among our midst.  This post is to clear some of them and suggest the facts. GENERAL MYTHS Many types of ayurveda There is only one type of ayurveda that's been practiced differently  Panchakarma is just oil massage NO pancha karma is five types of treatments like Vamana (induced vomiting) Virechana( induced loose motion) Anuvasana vasti( enema with preparation containing oils ghee etc) Niruha vasti( enema with kashya preparations) Nasyam(pouring medications through nose) These treatments are advised in  various diseases to detoxify the body.  Oil massage or abhyangam is done before doing these panchakarma therapies  or for relaxation or in case of some  minor diseases. Is it safe? Once you know what panchakarma is the n...
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INSOMNIA/ SLEEPLESSNESS

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Insomnia is "DIFFICULTY IN INITIATING OR MAINTAINING SLEEP", it is a symptom not a stand alone disease. TYPES OF INSOMNIA Short term insomnia :(one to three weeks) jet lag shift work stress illness or hospitalization withdrawal from drugs, alcohol or smoking Long term insomnia :(symptoms lasting more than 3 weeks) Psychological                                           anxiety depression Physical heart disease acid reflux asthma sleep apnea brain tumor, stroke, injury to brain, menopause pregnency frequent intake of alcohol, tea or coffee Problems caused by insomnia poor concentration and focus difficulty with memory irritable fatigue AYURVEDIC VEIW Ayurveda considers sleep as one of the 3 pillars of the body.  A person of kapha prakriti (body constitution) sleeps more,pitta prakriti and vata prakriti sleeps comparatively...
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OBESITY TREATMENT THROUGH AYURVEDA

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What is obesity? The recent concern of the medical world is the growing case of obesity among the world population. A 2014 survey states that there are 600 million obese adult and 42 million obese children under 5 years . Obesity is a medical condition of excess of body fat accumulation leading to ill health. An obese person needs to put forth more energy than a thin person even to do normal work. Obesity was considered as a symbol of prosperity in the medieval ages as it was seen only among the rich families.       The scale that is used to determine obesity is the BMI calculator but it was found by European.The body structures of European are much different from the Asians, Africans and Native Americans. Asians generally have a plump figure where as Africans and Native Americans have well built strong bony structures so their bone weight is more. Therefore the BMI used by Europeans cannot be applied to everyone . GENERAL CAUSES OF OBESITY ...
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