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From: OneLove (pool0437.cvx34-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net)
The Cure for Rosacea: An Eastern Perspective From the perspective of East Indian Ayurvedic medicine, skin disorders are due to heat and toxins in the body. When there is excess heat and toxins, the skin becomes a route of eliminating heat and toxins resulting in skin disorder. The primary causes for heat and toxins are inappropriate diet, stress, and anger. Why some get rosacea and others do not with the same factors is due to individual metabolism. Inappropriate diet, stress, and anger clog the liver and gallbladder. Heat and toxins overflow from these organs into the blood which affects the skin. The cure is to remove heat and toxins at the root or source. The seat of heat is the small intestine plus liver and gallbladder. Purgation Cleansing The primary way to remove heat from the small intestine is through what ayurveda calls panchakarma cleansing. Pancha means five, karma means action. It is in reference to the five cleansing actions. In this case, it is the action of purgaton. Heat and toxins are first dislodged with oil massage from the deep tissues, then they are moved to the small intestine by the application of steam heat, normally a steam cabinet box, then they are removed or purged from the small intestine with purgative herbs, or the ingestion of castor oil. Ideally, panchakarma is administered by a trained clinician in a clinic. See resources below. An abbreviated and economical home treatment can be done by oneself. The instructions are in The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies by Dr. Vasant Lad. The purgation phase would be to ingest 2 to 3 teaspoons of castor oil followed by 2 ounces of warm soy milk mixed with 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder. The ginger powder is important to prevent cramping. Liver Gallbladder Cleansing The most powerful and specific method to cleanse the liver and gallbladder is found in the book The Amazing Liver Cleanse by Andreas Moritz. Compared to other liver cleanses, his is by far the most sound. It is similar to purgation of panachkarma, but more thorough in completely removing stones. It will take a series of cleanses before the liver and gallbladder are completely clean. Andreas Moritz website http://www.ener-chi.com/liver.htm Andreas Moritz forum http://www.curezone.com/forums/description.asp?f=157 Blood Cleansing Cleansing the blood of heat and toxins is accomplished with herbs like burdock root and dandelion root. Some formulas are Blood Cleanse tablets by BanyanBotanicls.com and Yellow Dock Skin Cleanse tablets by PlanetaryFormulas.com A general dosage is 3 tablets 3 times per day with some warm water. Diet You will need to eat a diet according to your ayurvedic body type to help cure the rosacea and to prevent it from coming back. Strengthening your digestion through ayurvedic principles is important. Proper digestion, assimilation, and elimination is key in preventing food from toxifying the body. Diet should center around cooked grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruit. The diet details are found in Ayurvedic Healing by Dr. David Frawley, Perfect Health by Dr. Deepak Chopra, Ayurvedic Cooking by Dr. Vasant Lad and Heavens Banquet by Miriam Kasin Hospodar Heating Foods Initially, you will need to avoid heating foods until you cure the rosacea with the above cleansing protocols. Heating foods are animal meat, alcohol, vinegar, white sugar, chili peppers, onions, garlic, pepper, soy sauce, radish, most spices, salt. You will also need to avoid the following congesting foods: dairy products, oily fried foods, chocolate, nuts, seeds, and white flour. Those with a fire body type will need to avoid most of these foods all the time. Liver Regeneration Liver regeneration is helped by Milk Thistle Seeds. Available in capsules and tablets. See book Milk Thistle by Jill Rosemary Davies. Bulk seeds available from PacificBotanicals.com or SFHerb.com Chinese Medicine Treatment from Traditional Chinese Medicine can be beneficial, however the above protocols will bring a lasting cure. The Ayurvedic Institute http://www.ayurveda.com The Raj http://www.theraj.com California College of Ayurveda http://www.ayurvedacollege.com Additional Reading Ayurveda and Panchakarma - Dr. Sunil V. Joshi Panchakarma and Ayurvedic Massage - Dr. Avinash Lele (available from VadikHerbs.com) Yoga and Ayurveda - Dr. David Frawley Transform Stress into Vitality - Mantak Chia Chi Nei Tsang: Internal Organs Massage - Mantak Chia
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