Guest guest Posted July 17, 2007 Report Share Posted July 17, 2007 > Presently (for last fifteen days only) I am taking medicnes as below: > > 1. Mixture of Avipittakkara Churna (100Gms) + Mukta shukti Bhasma > (20Gms)- Two times a day. > > 2. Mixture of Kamadudha-Mukta yukta ras (20 Gms) + Mukta shukti > Bhasma (10Gms) + Moti Pishti (04Gms)-Two Times a day > > 3. Kumaryasava-Two times a day. > > With these medicines I am able to manage without any laxatives and > purgatives, or otherwise I used to take for relief from allied > problems. > > However still I am not able to concentrate on any thing even for > few minutes. If I do vata agravates and not allows me to continue. > > In past I have been advised to take bhahmi. But I could not > tolerate the same. Several times I tried and each time I was forced > to stop as it used to induce not only distention in the belly but > also headache and neck pain. > > Now I am feeling I need to take some rasayana and brahmi inorder to > improve my condition and find fit myself to perform official > assignment which are very essential for apparent reasons. > > My digestion has been very sluggish and I am still not taking > butter milk, ghee including all milk and milk preparations. Many a > foods are not tolerated. I am sticking to light diet including > Rice, sambar, moongdal, dosa, idli and tea. hi mohan on the balance the medication suggests a pitta problem, but from your description your issue sounds more like vata to me also, the dosages seem way large too large to me - i don't think i have EVER recommended a 100 g of any herb or formula at one sitting, let alone with five other formulas...! from my estimation, you seem to be suffering from reactive hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and this is affecting your concentration this is a vata problem mostly caused by the insulin response to eating highly processed " white " foods rice, idli, dosa are all made nowadays with refined grains, and these rapidly digesting carbs don't provide adequate nutrition or balanced blood sugar levels a light diet like this will promote constipation and increase vata one measure is to add lots more leafy green vegetables, preferably steamed or lightly stir-fried, into your diet (twice daily), prepared with a little fat and mild flavors to balance blood sugar and enhance concentration, i would increase your protein/fat content in your diet, particularly in the beginning portion of the day for e.g., 2-3 scrambled eggs in the morning prepared with some greens would probably have significant benefits - your case history suggests that you are not a good candidate for a strict vegetarian approach, esp. since you are not eating any dairy the higher protein content in the morning will have a balancing effect on your blood sugar, and this will promote and enhance mental concentration while herbal medications and bhasmas have their uses, the first approach is to start with diet something to consider - a bowel movement is 80% by volume bacteria when we have constipation, its often a reflection of a diminished bacterial ecology, which isn't helped by purgatives because they work to forcibly remove this bacteria - hence, you become dependent upon laxatives whole grain fibers such as flax or hemp seed, 1 tbsp fresh ground into a coarse powder and stirred into a glass of water and taken twice daily will help provide your bowel with the fibers necessary to promoting a healthy gut ecology - just make sure you drink at least 1 liter of water daily, between meals in addition, we often recommend some form of probiotic, at least initially - these you might find in supplemental form (i.e. acidophilus, bifidus), but can also be had by eating the whey (water) from curd, blue cheese, and naturally fermented unpasteurized pickles and vinegar on a semi-regular basis these are a couple of the recommendations i would likely make if you lived here in canada - if you are india, perhaps someone can help modify the basic intent of my suggestions so they are suitable to you and your specific situation best... Caldecott, Dip. Cl.H, RH(AHG) Ayurvedic practitioner, Clinical Herbalist 203 - 1750 East 10th Ave Vancouver, BC V5N 5K4 CANADA web: http//:www.toddcaldecott.com email: todd tel: 778.896.8894 fax: 415.376.6736 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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