ayurvedic remedies for constipation

[Guest guest]

I have a client who has great fiber & water intake but still has

constipation also my 2.5 yr old daughter is bothered by this.

Thanks

Linda Welch

[Guest guest]

Fire, fiber, fat, and fluid are the 4 f''s of elimination. Low fire

creates ama and slows elimination. Whole grains in grain form, not

flours, important. High stress activates adrenals and impairs retention

of fluids. High vata dries colon and slows elimination. Additionally,

atonia from high vata or chronic mis-use of stimulants and colonics may

obtain. Further, structural/spinal/neural aspects may be causative. In

the adult tumors may obstruct and obesity may cause bowel deformation.

Treat vata with basti, diet, lifestyle, nervines, abdominal hot water

packs/castor oil packs. Too many possibilities to pin point a diagnosis

and treatment.

 

Mike

 

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:10:54 -0000 " Linda M. Welch "

<lindawelch writes:

> I have a client who has great fiber & water intake but still has

> constipation also my 2.5 yr old daughter is bothered by this.

> Thanks

> Linda Welch

>

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Michael, and Linda;

Michael, so great to see you here! Please give the members an intro to

your background with Dr. Lad and practice in FLorida?

 

Yes, and as we are probably talking about Linda's client being

ppostpartum? The fat issue is particularly important. AFter

childbirth we do a particular oleation for this kayakalpa window. The

body needs EXTRA fats in abundance, much restructureing, moving

around, hormonal, alkalyzing, lubrications, delivery of nutrients, and

removeal of wastes are all facilitated from intercellular to

macroscopic channels. Ghee (clarified butter) in particular at this

time, and the small (1/3 cup) sesame oil basti (like an enema but

gentler, usually smaller amount is needed and usually herbalized in

this case with the herb Bala, if you can obtain it; otherwise just use

warm organic sesame oil - not the roasted kind).

 

> Fire, fiber, fat, and fluid are the 4 f''s of elimination.

Postpartum we need as we know, extra fluids. Have her take them warm

only for 2 days and see what that does also. Fennel in a weak tea

with fenugreek (1 tsp per quart) is good way to hydrate - keep in

thermous so she is not up/down or neglecting the process). And

postpartum digestive fire is VERY low, tends to get " blown out " after

birth. Fiber, keep it moist and cooked at this time, and go easy on

the rougher grains and whole grains at this time, favoring fresh sweet

fruits, extra moist cooked basmati rice instead of brown, no toast -

an unleavened chapati is better, and ample well cooked veggies. The

fiber rule is also shifted - in this way - during this time due to

very tender innards from all the changes.

Ysha

[Guest guest]

Hi Ysha,

 

Here's a blurb from my website www.ayurveda-florida.com

 

Michael Dick, MA is an Ayurvedic educator and Consultant . He earned a BA

in Psychology and a MA in economics. In the 1980's he began to learn

about Ayurveda through the works of Deepak Chopra and took a self-pulse

course from Dr. Raju in Fairfield, Iowa. Dr. Chopra, acting as president

of Maharishi International Institute of Vedic Science (MIIVS), invited

him to participate in a two-year master's level curriculum in Ayurveda in

1991, Cambridge, Mass., which he completed in 1993. While in this area

he trained and worked at the Lancaster Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center,

under the guidance of Deepak Chopra, MD., Jay Glaser, MD, and John

Douillard, DC, giving panchakarma treatments and lecturing and teaching

Ayurvedic principles of health to hundreds of guests. He continued

academic studies for the next 7 years with Dr. Vasant Lad, BAMS, MASc.,

at The Ayurvedic Institute, Albuquerque, NM, completing the Ayurvedic

Studies Program (ASP) and several iterations of Gurukula. Other studies

include Jyotisha / palmistry (Vedic astrology) with Hart deFouw and

principles of Vedic Ecology (Sthapatyaveda or Vastu Shastra) with

Sashikala Ananth, and cranial therapy.

 

In 2000 Michael was selected to teach the re-formatted ASP I at The

Ayurvedic Institute, as well as, Ayurvedic Lifestyle the following year

for ASP students. For advanced students he designed and taught numerous

courses including: Ancient Texts--about the classical literature of

Ayurveda, Ayurvedic Herbology I, II, The Gunas (20 attributes), Ayurvedic

Pulse Assessment, and he assisted students in a clinical skills

development course. During this time he also presented at numerous

seminars at The Ayurvedic Institute including various topics in herbology

and pulse. He was a teacher of Ayurvedic Herbology at The North American

College of Botanical Medicine for several years and also taught at The

East-West Institute of Alternative Medicine in Cambridge, Mass. In 1998

Michael spent a few months in India studying informally with numerous

vaidyas.

 

Michael has been an Ayurvedic Consultant, counseling the healthy and ill

in the Ayurvedic approach to healthy living practices. He has seen

several thousand clients around the US and India and presents seminars

and gives talks on various topics. Now located in the West Palm Beach

area he has founded the Dhanvantari Ayurveda Center and Ayurveda

Education Programs. The mission * for the Dhanvantari Ayurveda Center is

to spread the spiritually-oriented health message of Ayurveda. Presently

located in Palm Beach Gardens, our facilities are in a start-up mode,

hopefully to become a full-fledged clinic in the near future. Services

presently emphasize diet, lifestyle, and food supplement guidance; as

there are many healing modalities within the Ayurvedic treatment

spectrum, such as yoga asanas, pranayama, meditation, sense therapy,

astrology, and so on, these may be utilized, too. Ayurveda Education

Programs' mission is to provide an academic approach to those interested

to study Ayurveda. It conducts seminars and gives talks and classes on

various Ayurvedic topics around the US.

 

Mike

 

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:40:45 -0000 " Martha Oakes "

<martha writes:

> Dear Michael, and Linda;

> Michael, so great to see you here! Please give the members an intro

> to

> your background with Dr. Lad and practice in FLorida?

>

> Yes, and as we are probably talking about Linda's client being

> ppostpartum? The fat issue is particularly important. AFter

> childbirth we do a particular oleation for this kayakalpa window.

> The

> body needs EXTRA fats in abundance, much restructureing, moving

> around, hormonal, alkalyzing, lubrications, delivery of nutrients,

> and

> removeal of wastes are all facilitated from intercellular to

> macroscopic channels. Ghee (clarified butter) in particular at

> this

> time, and the small (1/3 cup) sesame oil basti (like an enema but

> gentler, usually smaller amount is needed and usually herbalized in

> this case with the herb Bala, if you can obtain it; otherwise just

> use

> warm organic sesame oil - not the roasted kind).

>

> > Fire, fiber, fat, and fluid are the 4 f''s of elimination.

> Postpartum we need as we know, extra fluids. Have her take them

> warm

> only for 2 days and see what that does also. Fennel in a weak tea

> with fenugreek (1 tsp per quart) is good way to hydrate - keep in

> thermous so she is not up/down or neglecting the process). And

> postpartum digestive fire is VERY low, tends to get " blown out "

> after

> birth. Fiber, keep it moist and cooked at this time, and go easy

> on

> the rougher grains and whole grains at this time, favoring fresh

> sweet

> fruits, extra moist cooked basmati rice instead of brown, no toast

> -

> an unleavened chapati is better, and ample well cooked veggies.

> The

> fiber rule is also shifted - in this way - during this time due to

> very tender innards from all the changes.

> Ysha

>

 

[Guest guest]

LInda, are the comments so far being helpful? I've noticed many

little ones are not getting enough fats, and eating too much

drying/bulk in their foods. They tend to crave butter by the

spoonsful given the chance ... Not necessarily a bad thing.Also, we

jumped right in with theory w/o asking what stage is your client?

Hopefully both are improved?

Ysha

 

I have a client who has great fiber & water intake but still has

> constipation also my 2.5 yr old daughter is bothered by this.