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Our skilled Ayurvedic Practitioners in San Diego use a subjective rather than objective technique to determine your current dosha, the dosha you were born with as well as your current imbalance. They suggest Ayurveda Therapies, Ayurveda Nutrition and Diet for Health, Wellness and Preventive measures.
Our team and partners of Ayurvedic practitioners or M'D's offer integrative medicine. Some are based in and around San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Monterrey, Escondido. An Ayurveda Practitioner may analyze you by palpating the muscles or the affected part. Ayurvedic therapists us percussion, check your tongue, nadi, urine, faeces, sweat, and overall physical appearance. (Shape of forehead, sheen of skin is dry or oily. For example Pitta tend to have oily skin and eruptions or reddishness at times. They are sensitive to sun and it may show on their face>
To give you an example, Vata body types may or may not have smaller eyes compared to Kaphas – whose eyes are BIG and round. Pitta Prakrati body types may have medium sized but sharp eyes. They dont miss much. According to some texts in Ayurveda, Above average size of the eyes that protrude out may be thyroid issue. Off white or creamish yellow eyes may signal a liver problem. A small iris sometimes indicates weak joints. A white ring around the iris may mean that you are fond of indulging in sweets or salt.
If your lips are small, dry or rough, you may have vata issue. Do drink a lot of water for it indicates thirst. Whitish lips sometimes indicate anemia. Pink inflammatory patches along the sides of the lips sometimes indicates Pitta imbalance. According to Ayurveda Physicians, check for worms if you have pale brown spots on the lips. If you have yellow eyes and lips, it may be sign of Jaundice. Get your heart checked if you have bluish lips.
According to ayurveda, in a living body all the ailments and sufferings are due to the disharmony and disequilibrium of the doshas. Hence the ayurvedic therapies’ main aim is to treat disorders, prevent disease and rebalance the body doshas, dhatus, malas and mind gunas. Apart form the above said activities the ayurvedic therapies eliminate toxins from the body, increase immunity and soothe the senses thereby enhancing general physical and mental well-being.
In ayurveda the therapies are directed to eliminate the disease completely, permanently. To understand the ayurvedic therapies completely step by step understanding of the following is necessary:
* Balancing the dosha
* Increasing the power of digestion
* Maintaining proper elimination of wastes
* Enhancing immunity
* Developing a spiritual temperament.
* Balancing diet
* Methods to increase the weight and strength of weak patients
* Reduce obesity
* Exercise
* Meditation
* Internal cleansing
* Use of gems
* Herbal pastes and compresses
* Sweating
* Massage
* Herbal medications
Ayurveda Yoga San Diego focuses on treatment plan that is tailored to each person’s constitution. Practitioners expect patients to be active participants because many Ayurvedic treatments require changes in diet, lifestyle, and habits. The patient’s dosha balance. Ayurvedic practitioners first determine the patient’s primary dosha and the balance among the three doshas by:
* Asking about diet, behavior, lifestyle practices, recent illnesses (including reasons and symptoms), and resilience (ability to recover quickly from illness or setbacks)
