hayfever

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for a good ayurvedic approach to hayfever, check out the late Vaidya

Mana Bajracharya's site

http://ayurvedicbooks.bajracharya.org/index.php

you can download the free pdf file on hayfever, which is very good once

you understand that by "veins" and "venous" he means pitta; "nervous"

is vata; "arterial" and "catarrh" is kapha; and "toxins" are ama

 

essentially, he recognizes the need to dispel catarrh, balance vata and

pitta, and reduce/eliminate exposure/retention of ama in hayfever,

which is just how i see it too

regarding the case history you submitted to the list, i have a few

hopefully helpful comments:

 

1. first off, when addressing a patient suffering from a number of

chronic diseases you may need to provide more supportive rather than

active therapies, at least at the outset - for e.g., in this case,

kapha-reducing dietary changes, with a few supplements such as vitamins

A (50,000 IU), B complex (100-200 mg daily), vitamin C (2-3 g) and zinc

citrate (50 mg), maybe with a mild Tulasi leaf and Ajwain seed tea 2-3

x day - this is to see how they will respond, esp. if the dietary

changes are significant

2. next off, it is always better to NOT directly stimulate a weakened

organ system - here this lady has an acute condition (hayfever)

overlying two chronic lung disorders (asthma and sinusitis) - it is

easy to see that the lungs are not her strong point, and thus treatment

to the lungs should be supportive - in this respect your lung formula

may be too much, too quick - thus you should also direct your attention

to other organ systems, especially the other eliminative organs such as

the liver and bowels, which should help take the toxic burden off the

lungs

3. although hayfever is an immune condition, it represents an

overactive state - the potent immunostimulants such as Osha and perhaps

Echinacea in your immune formula may be too stimulating, which already

stimulates a highly aggravated condition - want i think you want to be

doing is take the wind out and cool the inflammatory response - thus

"immunomodulating" herbs that have a gentle antiinflammatory

(pittahara) and sedating (vatahara) effect should be chosen

4. while catarrhal conditions (e.g. kapha) are the underlying factor in

most forms of hayfever, in many cases there is a prior dysfunction of

the liver, what we might call a liver-deficiency condition, i.e.

pitta-vata) - thus I often will use herbs to correct liver function,

esp. since it is the liver (and the little "livers" in each cell called

the endoplasmic reticulum) that often directs the immune response -

this would appear to be helpful in her case as well

 

todd caldecott

www.toddcaldecott.com

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Cheers this makes a lot of sense. Just another query I am not sure how to

treat her Pancreatis; Her amylase are still high – 152 at last check in January.

Normal is around 92.Is there a link here to the Liver?

Ray

 

 

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