We have varying cultural ideations and practices when it comes to a woman’s menstrual cycle. The menstrual cycle is perceived broadly, among which a female may be seen as undergoing a purification process or could be seen as needing to avoid the public eye as it is recognized as a …
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Say No to PMS
PMS is a sign of hormonal irregularity and it’s often a problem related to stress. It may manifest in a number of ways. If you are a person who experiences PMS it may be due to vata, pitta or kapha. One way you might want to do this is with …
Read More »Scanty Menses Are Not Healthy
If you experience cramping every month, you need to pacify vata because vata is the source of cramps and pain in the body. Now, vata’s might experience cramping but they may have scanty menses at the same time. So what we want to do is to build that healthy endometrium …
Read More »Make Yourself a Mood Calendar
If you are experiencing any level of distress during the menstrual cycle, the first thing that you should do is to make a mood calendar. If your cycle has a degree of regularity then your hormones also may have a good degree of regularity. This won’t show up with a …
Read More »Menstrual Symptoms & Doshas
Menstrual symptoms are directly correlated to that quality of rasa dhatu in our body. Vata Dosha Imbalance This means that the rasa dhatu is deficient in the body and, this may result in scanty period. This imbalance results in systemic dryness that means they may have dry skin, may lack …
Read More »Ayurvedic Approach to Menstrual Health
During the childbearing years we have two different factors that we can look at to observe how is the dosha affecting the health of female reproductive system? We can look at the menstrual cycle and we can look at fertility. Both of these will allow us to reflect on how …
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