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Hi Janel;

Looks to me like Dr. Bhate is having much fun blowing minds. Some of

us will do some of the clean up (as you are also, no negativity

intended, Dear Doc).

 

Allergy or not, that is another subject how allergies come about, both

to unnatural allopathics and to foods. Several culinary items do help

reduce allergic reaction in different ways, coconut oil being among

them in it's own way. Fats in general help neutralize many toxins,

each has other unique virtues also. Yes, coconut oil is more

preventive and supportive rather than directly curative for many

things, but also curative, in much gentler and sometimes over time

use; very minimal possible side effects (watch as recommended another

post, to balance the cooling influence of coconut - it is getting to

be cold weather here)...

 

For immediate reversal of bacteria count, for instance, essential oils

(found in maybe 95% or more reduced amount dehydrated in your culinary

oregano, thyme, moutain savory, clove, cinnamon and other dried herbs)

will be very strongly helpful if you do well with the heating and

drying influences of these particular essential oils. This too can be

balanced with cooling ones. How to use and some other choice factors

some are more anti pitta, anti vata, antibacterial, antiviral,

antifungal etc. please tune in tomorrow evenings free call as announced.

 

You will find good essential oils many many times more powerful and

for results and safety than thumping the thymus gland, and still much

cheaper than a doctors' visit and medicines. But without looking to

the bigger picture, cause level, it is no fun to have to do again and

again the same medicine, safe and natural without unwanted side

effects or not. There is not just one lifestyle, dietary, herb or oil

to name to answer your question, as Dr. Bhate also shows. Big picture

needs to be looked at.

 

But where to start? In a pinch, use what you have and see how it

helps, maybe mild needs respond to teas, with food, mixed powdered in

honey is usually better, while resourcing your other tools. Common

ayurvedic remedy for mothers for colds includes things like honey

paste of trikatu which is something like what you probably have,

clove/ginger/pepper or maybe turmeric/pinch cardamom for gentler or

more pitta system, after meals to enhance the ability to burn both

fuel (food) and toxins, and reduce mucous. If the cough is dry, as

example of ayurvedic principles, we favor things like fresh

(sweeter/moist) not dried ginger, licorice or slippery elm which

lubricates and loosens more gently, so on.

 

Re dried vs fresh - As David Crowe so well explains, more abundant use

of the many not just for taste fresh culinary herbs is a very healthy

practice in our foods - they have much higher concentration than the

dried, plus other nutrients such as various glycosugars.

 

But understanding the properties is greater power to choose wisely,

this is why I love Ayurveda so much. It gives good framework to

understand our daily life and resources so amazingly. It also means

less likelihood you will try something discussed on here and find it

won't work because your application was out of context of the big

picture. And when that isn't enough, then it is time to consult a

trained vaidya (ayurvedic doc). One time after not following the

Master Cleanse fast for 8 days correctly (left out key element

distasteful to me, the salt water), my doshas became imbalanced all of

them in different directions. It took skill to sort it out beyond my

understanding for sure.

 

With rash I include cilantro in abundance and pomegranite now is the

season, to help reduce the pitta and toxin excess which is aspect of

rashes. Sometimes I'll also pull out the Ylang Ylang oil as it gives

considerable comfort topically. With animals, adding an essential oil

will ensure not all the coconut oil gets licked off due to strong

taste, also!

 

Forgive, I forgot what your daughter is taking the coconut oil for.

Remember appropriate balances. If she is the one recently delivered,

and is of higher temper/passion, this is good. But with cold weather

and extended postpartum conditions likely, include cooked warming

foods and spices enough. As red meat eater it will be good for her I

expect. It has been helpful for some to include ENOUGH GOOD FATS in

their diet, in order to LOOSE WEIGHT - 2-3 Tbs daily reported on a

Mercola website article! That is another discussion also.

 

Definitely, read whatever resource on Ayurveda you have, many books

give a beginning framework at least. I do not know this particular

one you mentioned. All these words, what ayurveda calls the 20

" gunas " are basic to everyone's experience day in and day out and have

much to do with choices for balance. Dry, oily, warm, cool, slippery,

hard etc. It makes very common sense once you understand what we are

all made of, inside and out, and that the entire environment similarly

has these qualities. It is about learning how to dance with it more

intimately, or as Saraswati Buhrman calls Ayurveda, knowledge of how

to surf the everchanging waves of life successfully!

 

Blessings;

Ysha

 

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