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Improve Your Digestion With Yog

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Indigestion is a common problem these days. We hear people often complaining about digestion related problems. The food does not get digested easily and the body becomes weaker and weaker. The person also suffers from various other diseases. They complain of discomfort frequently especially on eating oily and fried food. They drink lot of water and it has also been noticed that excessive intake of tea, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco affects the digestion process. Similarly, sour food, pickles affect the digestive system and the person feels angry, jealous, fear at the time of eating food.

If you have poor appetite, sour belches, and heaviness in head, giddiness, swelling in stomach, fast heartbeats, and excessive saliva formation then it is indication for poor digestive system.

Nature cure
* Take mint chutney or ginger marmalade before meals.

* Eat raw coconut kernel, drink coconut water, chapatti made with whole-wheat flour, old rice and raw papaya vegetable.

* Take sufficient amount of ripe fruits, green vegetables, dry fruits, and milk.

* Avoid fear; anxiety, and sorrow, worries etc. do not eat anything if you feel heaviness in stomach.

* Go for morning and evening walks.

* Take hip bath and pour water on the back for three minutes.

* Keep fast and take enema in the morning. Take orange, sweet grapes or pomegranate juice (100 gm).

* Add juice of half lemon in hot water and drink regularly.

Yogic cure
* Yog is ideal for this problem. Regular practice overcomes digestion related problems and cures it permanently.

* Practice Kunjal for one week with salted water and without salt for two to three months with hot water.

* Practice shankh prakshalan once for benefit. Eat kichdi for two to three days after this practice. Add cumin seeds, black pepper and black salt in diluted curd or thick curd and eat for two weeks. Drink pomegranate or wood apple juice.

* After gaining strength practice yogasanas regularly.

* Katichakrasana strengthens the digestive system

* Janushirasana is also beneficial for the patients; it increases digestive fire, contracts the stomach muscles and improves the overall health. It also strengthens the muscles of back and hip.

* Ardhamatysendrasana overcomes stomach diseases and strengthens the intestines. It is beneficial to control sugar level and overcome backache. It helps in proper blood circulation in the nerves of back and hip.




The food does not get digested easily and the body becomes weaker and weaker. The person also suffers from various other diseases. They complain of discomfort frequently especially on eating oily and fried food. They drink lot of water and it has also been noticed that excessive intake of tea, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco affects the digestion process. Similarly, sour food, pickles affect the digestive system and the person feels angry, jealous, fear at the time of eating food.

* Vajrasana should be practiced for overcoming playfulness of the mind. It is the only asana that can be practiced after meals. It overcomes gastric trouble, acidity and helps in proper digestion. It increases appetite and food is digested properly.

* Bhujangasana overcomes all the stomach diseases. It increases appetite and strengthens the spine. It also gives relief in case of backache.

* Makarasana should be practiced to improve the stomach condition. It overcomes asthma and lung disorders, knee pain, improves appetite and makes the spine flexible.

* Practice of Pavanmuktasana removes excessive gas from stomach, overcomes acidity and helps in digestion. It reduces extra fat on stomach, cures gynecological problems in women and is also beneficial in case of heart disease and gout.

* Regular practice of the above-mentioned asana is beneficial and later other asanas can also be added.

* Pranayam: Cures digestion related problems completely. Practice yogasana but pranayam is compulsory.

* Agnisar should be practiced regularly- it improves digestion and overcomes gastric trouble, constipation, sour belches, and ulcers and other stomach related problems. It improves appetite, reduces sugar level, and cures urinary problems. It relieves burning sensation while passing urine, and stops excessive urination. Kapalbhati pranayam should also be practiced, as it is the best asana for stomach. It overcomes all the diseases related to digestive system and strengthens the weak intestines. It is the best pranayam and improves the health of the body.

* Uddiyan bandh is also beneficial to overcome stomach related problems, improves appetite and arouses the prana and purifies manipur chakra.

Diet and regimen
* Diet control is the best way to overcome this problem, keep fast for a few days and drink hot water with lemon juice depending on the season and drink apple juice twice or thrice daily.

* Take juice of raw vegetable with honey. Raw vegetable juice improves digestion and increases appetite.

* Start eating chapatti, salad, vegetable, curd, fruit, milk, and vegetable juice, soup after fasting period. Increase the food intake, as you get relieved from this problem.

* Eat slightly less than hunger. Drink hot water if you feel thirsty at the time of eating food. Drink lemon water half an hour before meals to reduce hunger and improve digestion.

* Sleep turning to the left hand side after meals. It will be helpful in digesting food.

* Eat two and half hours before going to bed at night and keep a cold bandage on stomach, cover it with shawl and remove it after two hours or in the morning.

Medicines
* Grate one to three gram ginger pieces and add a pinch of rock salt. Take it one hour before meals once daily for eight days. It overcomes digestion problem, clears the stomach and increases appetite.

* Take three-gram coriander powder and three-gram dry ginger powder with 100 gm hot water.

* Grind equal quantities of cinnamon, dry ginger and red cardamom. Take two gram before meals.

* Roast small Harad in clarified butter and grind it with black salt. Take little quantities with water twice daily.

* Mix a little bit of black salt in two spoons of onion juice and drink in the morning.

* Mix half spoon each of radish juice and lemon juice, a pinch of rock salt, four black pepper seeds, two pinches of Ajowan churna and take after meals.

* Grind three black pepper seeds, three cloves and 30 neem buds, add a little bit of sugar and take twice daily for a fortnight.

* Add a little bit of sugar in papaya juice and drink.

* Mix a little bit of lemon juice in spoonful ginger juice and drink.

* Add a little bit of black salt in half-cup pineapple juice and drink.

* Drink juice of ripe wood apple for 20 days for relief.

Source : Yog Sandesh

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Yog Gives Natural Glow To Your Skin

The skin is one of the five sensory organs, which has the quality of touch. The person is able to find out hot and cold temperature with the help of touch. It also purifies the blood. Skin is the third part to purify blood.

Millions of glands of skin purify the blood and the impurities go out of the body in the form of sweat and dirt through the skin pores.

Working throughout the day, hectic schedule and mental work causes wear and tear of the body. This tiredness mixes with the blood. The skin glands purify the blood at that place and activate it. Therefore skin should always be active and disease free. Accumulation of dirt or obstruction in sweat production leads to skin ailments. It also obstructs blood circulation in that area. It can also lead to joint pain, knee pain, gout, and kidney and lung diseases. Keeping the skin healthy and clean can prevent various diseases.

Nature therapy
Keep the stomach clean and take bath everyday. Rub the whole body for five to seven minutes before taking bath and then take bath with fresh water. Rub the body with towel while taking bath this removes dirt and dead skin and cleans the skin.

Take bath with lukewarm water during winters. At first pour water on the head, this activates the skin.

Wear loose and comfortable clothes during summers. Sit under sun for sometime after taking bath during cold season.

Use soaps as less as possible, use it once or twice a week. Use body packs made with gram flour and myrobalan, ritha and shikakai powder for hair. Alternately you can also use a paste of gram flour and multani mati for taking bath. Mix it nicely and apply on body, let it dry and then take bath. It prevents itching, dryness, boils, eruption, eczema and other skin diseases.

Do not apply powder on skin after taking bath during summers as it blocks the skin pores and prevents purification of blood. It is not beneficial for maintaining good and healthy skin.

Wear cotton clothes in all seasons. Nylon and other synthetic fiber is harmful for the skin and do not absorb sweat. The undergarments should be especially made of cotton or hosiery material, avoid nylon and synthetic material for undergarments.

Some people suffer from itching and irritation with woolen clothes in winter season. In this case wear woolen clothes over cotton shirt or kurta.

Use cotton and thin fabric during summer season. Loose clothes are always comfortable.

Boil neem leaves and take bath with that water at least twice a week.

Diet
Fasting is advisable at least once a week in order to keep the skin disease free, healthy and beautiful. Fruit diet and fruit juice remove impurities from blood and alkalinity. This helps in maintaining the skin at its normal condition. Patients of chronic skin ailments should do fasting on plain water once a week. They should start solid diet once the impurities go out, they should eat chapattis made with whole-wheat flour with green vegetables. Coarse meal and vegetables are also beneficial.

Vitamin A and C are beneficial for the skin. Take food that is rich in these vitamins.

Carrot juice, myrobalan juice, orange, pineapple, papaya, mango, lemon, cucumber, cabbage, spinach, other green vegetables and salad are beneficial. Take sprouts, whole-wheat pulses, chapattis, curd, and cottage cheese for diet.

Eat food only when you are hungry and eat slightly less than required. Sour chutneys, pickles, sweet and sour sauce and fried things are harmful for the skin. In some skin diseases citrus fruits are prohibited.

Yogic cure
Yog increase the health of the skin and makes it active. First and foremost try to clear the stomach everyday, try to improve the condition of lungs, liver, kidneys and heart and this is possible only with Yog practice.

Practice Sutraneti and Jalneti everyday. This opens the nose and purifies the blood. Learn these two yogic activities under the guidance of an expert Yog teacher and then do it on own.

Practice yogasana in the morning in open air to keep the skin healthy.



Paschimottasana activates the digestive organs and digestion process.

It improves appetite and removes foul air and faecal matter. It is also helpful in destroying stomach worms, improves the functioning of liver, spleen and intestines.

It cures kidney diseases. It improves the blood circulation and the body becomes healthy. It gives natural glow to the face, strengthens the body, and brings in liveliness. This asana is also beneficial in overcoming gout, backache, spinal problem, knee pain, thigh pain and calf muscle pain. It makes the spine flexible. It strengthens the nerves of spine and back. It is also very beneficial for the skin and improves its quality.



Ardhamatysendrasana should be practiced for overcoming diabetes and backache. It improves the health of internal organs and helps in proper blood circulation around the nerves and veins spreading around the spine. It removes stomach problems and makes the skin glowing, shining and soft.

Sputa Vajrasana helps in overcoming constipation as regular practice contracts and expands the lower abdomen, and thereby activates the large intestine. It removes constipation, navel imbalance and improves kidney functioning. This has positive impact on the health of the skin.

Shalabhasana overcomes all the problems arising in the lower part of the spine, backache, sciatica etc.

Pavanmuktasana helps in removing the foreign particles from the body. It has a positive affect on the body, it is beneficial in stomach diseases, windy complaints, gynecological problems, mild, painful and obstructed menstruation, and uterus related problems. It is also beneficial for the patients of acidity, heart disease, gout and backache. It reduces extra fat from stomach, the abovementioned diseases are removed and the skin becomes healthy and gets natural glow.

Uttanapadasana overcomes the stomach disorders and makes the body active and fresh. It sheds extra kilos from the stomach, strengthens the intestines and improves the digestive system. It improves appetite and removes gastric trouble. It is also helpful in curing chronic constipation; stomach disorders and makes the skin healthy. It maintains the navel balance and functions properly.


Bhujangasana
should be practiced to overcomespine and chest problems and attain proper development. It overcomes the spinal tension and makes it flexible.

Regular practice of this asana keeps the waist thin and expands the chest. It also strengthens the tonsils and throat glands. It overcomes goiter and other throat diseases. It actives the nervous system, strengthens the endocrine system and is beneficial in curing migraine. This asana improves the kidney functioning, strengthens the stomach nerves, and overcomes fatigue, constipation, and increases digestive fire, cures gastric problem. This asana also strengthens the stomach muscles and intestines, lungs. It is beneficial in overcoming night pollution and early ejaculation, it maintains the beauty in women and prevents ageing. When these problems are cured, the skin glows naturally and shines. Yoga and pranayam should be practiced regularly; it activates the skin glands and maintains their good health. Practice Shitali pranayam during summers and Bhastrika and Nadi shodhan during winters. Antarik Kumbhak is also beneficial along with Kapalbhati.

Source : YOG SANDESH

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