Always cold

[Guest guest]

Hello! I've been enjoying this group and can't wait to learn more about

Ayurveda. My first exposure to it was from Deepak Chopra. I just ordered

several books, x-mas presents for myself! I have been using ginger, but

was wondering if anyone could recommend warming herbs. I am a kapha/vata

combo and constantly cold. My body temp NEVER actually reaches 98.6 and

my psoriasis gets worse in cold weather. Is there a good herbal blend?

Should I be eating more cooked foods? I tend to eat salads and cold tuna

fish or cold salmon for weight loss/ anti-candida diet, but I crave hot,

cooked foods, especially anything with gravy. Things like stews,

casseroles, etc.

 

This New England weather is the pits...

Marcie : )

 

" I kept looking for a logic that would explain life. It never occurred

to me that instead love is the vital synthesis."

~ Jane Roberts (author of the Seth books)

[Guest guest]

Mr / Ms ISE777, etc......

Who has made the diagnosis that you are Kapha / Vata ?

You are perhaps Tridoshik, if you have Psoriasis, that is presuming your initial

diagnosis is correct., as Pitta disordes lead to skin diseases. You may have

Pitta / Kapha disorder( growths / secretions), Pitta / Vata disorder of skin (

depending on the amount of secretion, or lack of it) or you may be tri-doshik.

Durgesh Mankikar,MD

[Guest guest]

Marcie it sounds like you live in the wrong place ;-)

You definitely need to "warm up" your diet by eating warm soupy broths,

with lots of culinary spices, steamed and baked vegetables but nothing

raw or fried. Btw candida is a symptom of ama, and so you should

implement an "amapachana" regimen, by using dipanapachana herbs like

ginger, pippali, and barberry (to help 'eat and cook' the ama), along

with immune boosters like echinacea and pau d'arco

 

regular exercise, steam baths etc, can all be helpful

 

avoid all sugar, dairy, flour and fruit at this point, strictly, for at

least a month and a half, and then slowly introduce fruit back into

your diet

 

i would also get your thyroid checked, looking at both TSH (thyroid

stimulating hormone) as well as free T3 for the

most accurate testing

 

if your thyroid is out of whack then the above herbs will still bet

helpful, but would kick in some seaweeds (10-15 g daily), vitamin B

complex, copper, zinc, magnesium, fat soluble vitamins (AEDK)

 

its probably a good idea to avoid soy, beans, and cruciferous

vegetables that downregulate thyroid function

 

for the skin take the omega 3 fatty acids (= to 1000 mg EPA and DHA

daily)

 

there may be skin specific remedies as well, but I would expect your

condition to gradually improve by looking at these factors.

 

 

 

best... Todd

[Guest guest]

For cold try Anu Thailam nasal drops which contains goats milk n other

effective ingredients .Available in any ayurvedic centre.