Ayurveda Health Newsletter
Issue 29 - July 2007
E-newsletter of Maharishi Ayurveda Product
- Quotation - Freedom from Disease
- Seasonal Advice for August from an Ayurvedic doctor
- Prize Draw - last month's winner
- Global Good News - major health improvements around the world
- Special Offers - Regular customers, First time buyers, Therapeutic aroma oils, Gandharva Veda CDs
- Featured Product - Neem Oil to repel mosquitoes (and nits)
- Topics – Women’s health, Prostate health
Recipes - cooling summer drink and Khichri for a lighter evening meal - Questions and Answers - Interrupted sleep
1. Quotation - Freedom from disease
We have completely new knowledge about human potential. Both the quality of our health and the extent of our fulfilment - as individuals and as nations - seems now just a matter of choice.
Hari Sharma, MD - eminent researcher into the cause of ageing and disease, and author of Freedom From Disease; The Answer To Cancer; Contemporary Ayurveda and Awakening Nature's Healing Intelligence.
2. Seasonal Advice
In mid-late August we are heading towards the maximum accumulation of Pitta, so we are still well embedded in the Pitta season and that is the main dosha for most people to take care of.
Pitta accumulates in the body throughout the summer so going towards the end of the pitta season is a good time to really make a big effort to get rid of that excess Pitta.” More
3. Prize draw – June’s Winner
June’s Prize Draw winner for new newsletter subscribers is Laurance Sevagamy from France who wins a £10 Maharishi Ayurveda Products voucher. Congratulations Laurence, and thank you for subscribing.
4. Global Good News
As well as the UK’s introduction of no smoking in public places on July 1st, last month’s positive health news included: No trans fats in New York restaurants; Cinnamon helps blood sugar stay down; a Total Heart Health programme; China supports Green farming; GM-Free labeling introduced in Moscow; African twig offers oral hygiene; Ayurveda in Beijing Olympics; Ireland aims for GM-Free.
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5. Special Offers
Regular customers; First time buyers; Therapeutic Aroma Blends; Gandharva Veda CDs (offers now closed)
For Special Offers, or to place your first order - Call 01695 51015 or buy online
6. Featured Product – Neem Oil to repel mosquitoes
To repel mosquitoes, mix 1 part Neem Oil with 50 parts Coconut Oil (= 1 drop to 50ml). Apply to exposed skin. Lasts about 12 hours.
Neem Oil is also useful for helping to keep children’s hair free from nits.
7. Topics
Women's health; Prostate health
Women should eat a lighter diet during menstruation and menopause. A light diet for breakfast may consist of stewed apples and pears, or hot cereal. Lunch may consist of soupy split mung dahl, basmati rice, cous cous or quinoa, two types of vegetables sauteed in Ghee and spices, flat bread such as chapati, and a yogurt drink called lassi (see recipe). Dinner is lighter such a khichri (see recipe)
General advice is to pay attention to diet, digestion, elimination and routine throughout the month; do full body massage with Rejuvenation Massage Oil or other herbalised Massage Oils as often as possible. Take Women’s Rasayana tablets (MA347) regularly to support hormonal balance and the regenerative process. Genitrac tablets (MA2) give additional support. Take Triphala with Rose tablets (MA505) for several days before your period. During your period try to avoid physical and mental strain, do something you enjoy, omit body massage. Sip Smooth Cycle Tea regularly and diffuse Smooth Cycle Aroma oil.
Prostate health
In the West, prostate enlargement is found in 50% of men in their sixties and in up to 90% of men in their seventies and eighties.
These imbalances in prostate function can begin much earlier in life. Ayurveda recommends following an appropriate diet and taking appropriate herbal supplements to help keep the prostate healthy. The Ayurvedic perspective.
8. Recipes - Drinks and Khichri
Summer Mint Drink (with thanks to Maharishi Ayurveda Products Inc.)
To make the syrup: Pour 1/2 cup boiling water over 1/2 cup sugar in a small bowl, stir till sugar dissolves. Stir in 1/4 cup of tightly compacted fresh mint leaves (without the stems). Cover and chill for a minimum of four hours. Strain mixture through a sieve. Discard leaves. Store the syrup for up to three days. To use the syrup for a water-based drink: Place one tablespoon of mint syrup with about one cup of room temperature water and stir.
Readers recipe – a milky drink with Vata Tea and Rajas Cup – serves 2
Boil some water. Put the contents of one Vata Tea bag, plus a heaped teaspoonful of Raja's Cup into a pan. Set cooker to electric 2, add 150ml of boiling water (a third of a pint) and then 300ml of organic whole milk. Heat mixture until nearly boiling then reduce heat to minimum. Allow to ‘brew’ for 5-10 minutes. Add a little Jaggery sugar to taste (although the Vata Tea has a sweet taste when brewed for long enough). Serve.
Read more Recipes including Khichri, an easily digestible light meal for the evening.
9. Questions and Answers - Interrupted sleep
Q: I get to sleep OK, but frequently wake during the night and can't get back to sleep. I’ve tried some Ayurvedic advice: hot milk before bed; bed by 10 pm; sesame oil massage. What else can you advise?
A: This type of sleep problem is usually related to a Pitta* imbalance. Try the following routine:
DIET: Instead of hot milk before bed, take warm milk blended with a few dates and some banana. This will help you stay asleep. Generally follow a Pitta-pacifying diet and routine. Take foods that are cool and liquid. Favour sweet, bitter and astringent foods; reduce foods that are spicy, salty or sour.
HERBAL SUPPLEMENTS: Take Blissful Sleep – Basic and also Blissful Sleep - Pitta 30 minutes before bed time and take a Blissful Joy around 6:00 pm.
MASSAGE: Do your full body oil massage always in the morning rather than in the evening. In the evening, massage just the hands and feet with Rejuvenation Massage Oil (50%) combined with a cooling oil such as coconut or olive (50%).
If you wake during the night and can’t get back to sleep, take ½ cup of warm whole milk and 1 tablet of Blissful Joy.
Read more Questions and Answers
Read more about Vata Pitta and Kapha
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