SWEET CRAVINGS

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Sweet food is comforting. Anxiety, past trauma, and other insecurities can make you hungry, and contribute to emotional eating. Emotional...

HOT FLASHES

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Hot flashes are generally a sign of Vata pushing Pitta in Ayurveda, or deficient yin heat in Chinese Medicine. This means that over-exertion or other factors have dried up fluids or nutrients. The circulation becomes stimulated to overcompensate for...

HEMORRHOIDS (PILES, ARSHA SHOOLA)

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Hemorrhoids are engorged veins in rectum occurring in 25-50% of the population. During evacuation these veins swell to provide extra padding to protect the colon and the anal sphincter. These veins remain 15-20% swollen between bowel movements....

EATING AFTER 8PM

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Eating late at night provokes Kapha. When a person goes to bed with undigested food in the stomach, the food tends to stagnate both in the intestines and the blood, leading to weight gain. Sumo wrestlers in Japan gain weight by eating late at night. If...

DIFFICULTY CONCENTRATING

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Kapha dosha often has a cloudy, heavy, or dull mind due to poor metabolism and circulation. Vata often has difficulty concentrating when too scattered. The nervous system may be irritated by toxicity. Fat and oils calm the nervous system for Vata.

COLD EXTREMITIES

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Cold extremities can imply a blood deficiency such as anemia, poor circulation from dehydration or congestion, a low metabolism, low blood sugar levels, insufficient clothing or fat, or stress. A chronic infection such as candida can rob the body of...

MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY (MCS)

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Introduction Do people think of you as being hypersensitive and reactive - to food, chemicals, emotions, or situations that don't go your way? Food and chemical sensitivity can impact your life satisfaction in many difficult ways....

TIRED IN MORNING

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Do you wake up groggy in the mornings? Morning grogginess, also known as sleep inertia, is a common feeling of disorientation, drowsiness, and impaired cognitive function that can occur after waking up. It typically lasts for...

HIGH CHOLESTEROL (MEDORASA VRDDHI)

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Cholesterol functions to repair irritated and inflamed tissues. High cholesterol is often a kapha response to high inflammation. It also strengthens the cell wall....

DIABETES (ADULT ONSET TYPE II) (PRAMEHA)

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Diabetes Type I, is a generally a Pitta disorder where the immune system attacks and destroys insulin producing cells of the pancreas. Diabetes type II, from insulin resistance, is generally a Kapha disorder. Diabetics tend to develop thick, doughy...

SHORTNESS OF BREATH (DYSPNEA)

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Sudden onset of shortness of breath is a medical emergency and could indicate: A clot in the lungs (pulmonary embolism) Aspiration of a foreign body Heart attack Shortness of breath, even when mild,...

FOUL ODOROUS STOOL

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The body doesn't make foul odors. Odorous stool implies food is rotting and fermenting in the gut. Poop starts to rot when it sits too long in the gut (constipation). When you cannot absorb the nutrients from your food (malabsorption, Vata), the...

IRREGULAR SLEEP SCHEDULE

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An irregular sleep schedule aggravates the liver and creates emotional instability. Although the mind loves freedom, the body loves stability. Regular mealtimes and bed schedule is the foundation of a healthy routine. There are many causes of poor...

SHADOW UNDER EYES

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Shadows under the eyes imply Vata type ama in the colon or gall bladder stagnation.

TIRED IN AFTERNOON

SAVE SYMPTOM

Feeling tired in the afternoon is often due to adrenal exhaustion. 3pm is naturally a Vata time where the body is fatigued from the long day.

GASTRITIS

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Are You So Hungry It Hurts? You Might Have Gastritis. Hunger doesn't always come from a big appetite. Sometimes, it's a side-effect of inflammation. I once had a client that was 100 lbs overweight because she was always...

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Itchy skin may be secondary to dryness (Vata pushing Pitta). Skin may be itchy due to cyst formation (Pitta/Kapha type). Skin may feel itchy when sweating, or when heat (Pitta) is trapped in the body. When wounds are healing, the skin is...

STRONG HUNGER

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Both physical and emotional imbalances can masquerade as feelings of strong hunger, so there is no easy answer in Ayurveda. The most common causes for an excess appetite include a thick kapha blood, fiery pitta-type metabolism, malabsorption, and...

WHEAT

SAVE SYMPTOM

Wheat is generally difficult to digest, very heavy, gums up the digestive tract, and causes mucus.

EASILY COLD

SAVE SYMPTOM

Kapha people become cold when metabolism is low or circulation is poor (Kapha). Vata people are cold when the skin is too dry, there is a lack of adequate fat tissue in the skin, or blood sugar levels are low. Pitta people feel cold when they radiate...

SLOW, HEAVY DIGESTION (GASTROPARESIS, MANDA AGNI)

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Do You Have the Sluggish Digestion Blues? Friends don't let friends eat Twinkies(tm). My neighbor's kids, astounded by my 15 year Twinkie fast, somehow convinced me to eat one. Against my better Ayurvedic judgment, I indulged in this former...

FAT ON THIGHS

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Fat appears wherever circulation is stagnant. The circulatory system is responsible for carrying dietary fats out of the body and it is often stored in those areas where circulation is slow-moving or sluggish. When excess fat appears on the thighs,...

WATER RETENTION

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Water retention could imply poor circulation or low kidney function. Poor circulation may be due to thick, sweet Kapha blood, a heart condition, low metabolism, or other factors.

FREQUENT URINATION (POLYURIA, MEHA)

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Frequent urination causes significant loss of electrolytes and dehydration. Dehydration creates digestive problems and constipation. The quantity of urine is related to many factors including diabetes and diuretic foods and pharmaceuticals. When there...

DRY MOUTH / TONGUE (XEROSTOMIA)

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Xerostomia, or dry mouth is a subjective feeling that the mouth is too dry. The terms comes from the Greek: Xeros = dry and stoma = mouth. This condition is commonly called pasty mouth or cotton mouth and effects 20% of the population. Lips may stick...

LESS THAN 1 ELIMINATION A DAY

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Stagnant stool sitting in the digestive tract may begin to putrefy, releasing irritating toxins. Moving the bowels flushes the toxicity. Mild or intermittent constipation can cause a buildup of toxins, making you anxious or emotionally unstable....

VAGINAL DRYNESS

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Vaginal dryness may be a result of chronic dehydration due to high Pitta or Vata, low thyroid, anxiety, or PTSD.

LIVER SORE

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Normally, you cannot feel your liver. However, when the liver is inflamed, you may notice soreness in the area. A liver abcess, such as Amebic liver abcess, can cause dull pain on right side of the body just above the abdomen and behind the right rib...

FATTY LIVER (NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) )

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Fatty Liver is a condition characterized by a buildup of fat (triglycerides) in the

LARGE PORTIONS

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You've probably heard the infamous phrase "your eyes are bigger than your stomach" and for those who struggle with large portions, this often rings true. There are diverse reasons for indulging in large portions, such as emotional eating, an attempt...

DRY EYES

SAVE SYMPTOM

Dry eyes can be a sign of dehydration or irritation. Sours taste generally flushes the eyes and skin (for example: lime).

INDIGESTION / UPSET STOMACH (DYSPEPSIA, AGNIMANDYA)

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Indigestion is often the first warning sign of imbalance. The diet should be modified to avoid foods that are difficult to digest and that cause digestive upset. See

CONFUSION / CLOUDY MIND

SAVE SYMPTOM

Confusion & cloudy thoughts are related to excess sweet taste in Kapha individuals. Sweet or rich blood becomes thick and difficult to circulate, congesting the lungs and heart area. The lack of good circulation creates a subjective feeling of...

ANAL ITCHING

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Anal itching implies irritation or inflammation near the anus. This is often due to candida, pinworms, or hemorrhoids, but may indicate other parasites as well. Candida & Parasites Sweet foods may aggravate candida symptoms...

ASTHMA (SVASA)

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Asthma is chronic inflammation of the lungs characterized by easily triggered spasms of the bronchial tubes. These spasms, inflammation of bronchial tubes, and mucus induce wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Asthma is...

IRREGULAR MEAL TIMES

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Irregular meal times create unstable blood sugar levels which can lead to binging on junk foods. Skipping meals aggravates Vata as well. If occaisonally you must eat off schedule, choose easy to digest, nourishing foods. For example, an almond milk,...

H PYLORI INFECTION

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Do You Have the #1 Gut Infection in the World? Flip a coin and that's the likelihood you are infected right now. Over 50% of the world's population battles this gutsy bug[1] , making it one of...

BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER, CABBAGE

SAVE SYMPTOM

Broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are cruciferous vegetables. They are all difficult to digest in a person with a dry or cold digestive tract.

SEASONAL ALLERGIES / HAY FEVER (ALLERGIC RHINITIS / RHINOSINUSITIS)

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Even though flowers release pollen all summer long, many people are more sensitive to pollen in the springtime. The body releases winter fats in the springtime, making the blood rich and sweet. When the blood is rich, any single grain of pollen...

NERVOUS STOMACH / BUTTERFLIES

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Introduction When you experience a "nervous stomach," a looming sense of uneasiness overwhelms your abdomen, right to the pit of your gut. You get that familiar "uh-oh" feeling, even in situations where the threat is minimal, or...