| Thousands of Americans are living with pain in their | | | | arthritis. |
| joints, suffering with Arthritis. It doesn't have to be | | | | Western medicine doesn't address this fact and thus, |
| this way. Western medicine offers little beyond | | | | your treatment plan is very likely not the right one. |
| narcotic pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs. | | | | This is why so many people continue to take more |
| However there is a very effective alternative to this | | | | and more drugs bit still live with pain every day. |
| plan of treatment. | | | | 2) Follow a dosha pacifying diet. Vata types may |
| Many find permanent relief with modalities offered | | | | have too much dryness in their body and should |
| from Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the worlds oldest | | | | follow a lubricating, vata pacifying diet to restore |
| continuously practiced form of medicine in the world, | | | | balance and healing. Pitta types may have too much |
| originating in India. | | | | heat in their body and should follow a cooling, pitta |
| Here are three tips to get you started with | | | | pacifying routine. These will help to bring the |
| Ayurveda, and get you on the road to pain free | | | | opposites qualities of the disease into your body, |
| living. | | | | restoring harmony, putting you in the best place for |
| 1). Determine your "dosha". In Ayurveda, each person | | | | the body to self heal. |
| is treated according to their own individual | | | | 3). Add Ayurveda LIfestyle Tips to your Routine. In |
| constitution, or body/mind type, called your "dosha. | | | | Addition to implementing a dosha pacifying diet, you |
| Determine your dosha with an Ayurvedic practitoner, | | | | may add other treatments to your daily routine. |
| or with a book on Ayurveda, there are many | | | | Yoga, therapeutic essential oils, abhyanga ,( an |
| available. Once you know your dosha you can then | | | | ayurveda self massage done with a dosha specific |
| determine which type of arthritis you have. There | | | | oil), breathwork, and herbal therapies create a |
| are two types in Ayurveda and the treatment | | | | synergisitc effect in the body helping to remove |
| methods are based on this. Vata-type arthritis has | | | | accumulated toxins, (ama), from your body and |
| different symptoms and treatments than Pitta-type | | | | joints. |