SINUS AND FEVER PROBLEM RELIEF!

 

                               SINUSITIS AND FEVER

 SOLUTIONS

                                      SINUSITIS AND HAY FEVER ARE TROUBLESOME CONDITIONS WHICH TEND TO RECUR EACH SPRING OR MONSOON SEASON IN SUSCEPTIBLE INDIVIDUALS. MEDICAL SCIENTIST VIEW THESE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISORDERS AS BEING CAUSED BY VIRUSES OR DEFECTS IN OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. THE UNDERLYING CAUSE IS RECOGNIZED BY YOGIC SCIENCE AS AN EXCESS OF THE MUCOUS ELEMENT IN THE BODY.

SINUSITIS IS A STATE OF INFLAMMATION OF THE SINUS CAVITIES IN THE CHEEKS AND FRONTAL BONES. THESE CAVITIES, WHICH ARE LINED BY MUCOUS MEMBRANE, OPEN INTO THE NASAL PASSAGES. DURING A BOUT OF COLD, THE NARROW ENTRANCES INTO THE SINUSES BECOME BLOCKED, AND HEADACHE AND STIFFINESS ARE EXPERIENCED, TOGETHER WITH SWELLING AND TENDERNESS OVER THE CHEEK BONES AND FOREHEAD. SOMETIMES, PAIN IN THE SINUSES CAN BECOME VERY SEVERE AND IT CAN BE BE ACCOMPANIED BY ACHING IN THE EYES. HOWEVER, THESE SYMPTOMS SHOULD CLEAR UP TOGETHER WITH THE COLD WITHIN A WEEK, GIVEN REST AND PROPER CARE.

HAY FEVER (ALLERGIC RHINITIS)

HAY FEVER IS CLOSELY RELATED TO SINUSITIS. IT TYPICALLY COMES ON SUDDENLY, AND AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME EVERY YEAR. THERE IS A TICKLING IN THE NOSE, SNEEZING AND IRRITATION DOWN INTO THE BRONCHIAL TUBES. SYMPTOMS ARE LIKE THOSE OF A COLD BUT MORE SEVERE. THE EYES ARE FILLED WITH TEARS AND THERE IS ACUTE SWELLING AND IRRITATION OF THE NASAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND SINUSES, PROFUSE MUCUS DISCHARGE AND HEADACHE.

NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF SINUSITIS 

AND HAY FEVER

IT IS ESSENTIAL TO HAVE GOOD HYDRATION AND A DIET HIGH IN OMEGA-3 ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS (I.E. FISH, ALMONDS, WALNUTS, PUMPKIN AND FLAX SEEDS), ONIONS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (AT LEAST FIVE SERVINGS A DAY), A NUMBER OF SUPLEMENTS ARE ALSO HELPFUL, INCLUDING VITAMIN C (AT LEAST 2 GM/DAY), QUERCETIN, BROMELAIN, VITAMIN A AND GARLIC.

YOGIC MANAGEMENT OF SINUSITIS

 AND HAY FEVER

THE CURE OF SINUSITIS AND HAY FEVER CAN BE ACHIEVED IN TWO WAYS, BY BALANCING THE BODY'S ENERGY SYSTEMS OR NADIS, AND BY THROWING LIGHT UPON THE DEEPER MENTAL IMPRESSIONS AND BLOCKAGES WHICH ARISE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE SYMPTOMS. MEDITATION, YOGA NIDRA AND OBJECTIVE SELF-ANALYSIS FREQUENTLY ENABLE THE UNCONSIOUS MECHANISM OF THESE CONDITIONS TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND TRANSCENDED.

IN GENERAL, ASANAS ARE CONTRAINDICATED IN FEBRILE CONDITIONS BUT CAN BE ADOPTED AFTER FEVER AND OTHER DEBILITATING SYMPTOMS HAVE DIMINISHED.

1. SURYA NAMASKARA : THIS DYNAMIC PRACTICE DRAMATICALLY RAISES THE LEVEL OF PRANIC ENERGY IN THE BODY, COUNTERACTS EXCESSIVE COLD AND OVERCOMES MANY PSYCHOLOGICAL AND IMMUNE DEFICIENCIES AND HYPERSENSITIVE STATES. IT HELPS TO THROW OFF RESISTANT RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS.
2. ASANA : PAWANMUKTASANA IS THE BEST SERIES TO COMMENCE WITH IN THE RECOVERY PERIOD. FOLLOW WITH SURYA NAMASKARA AND SHAVASANA, AS STRENGTH IMPROVES, THEN PASCHIMOTTAASANA, BHUJANGASANA, HALASANA, DHANURASANA AND ARDHA MATSYENDRASANA CAN BE PRACTISED ONE TO THREE TIME EACH ACCORDING TO CAPACITY. 
3. PRANAYAMA : BHASTRIKA, UP TO 5 ROUNDS OF 50 BREATHS.
4. SHATKARMA : JALA NETI IS MOST BENEFICIAL PROVIDED THERE IS SINUSES. PRACTICE ONCE OR TWICE DAILY, OR WHENEVER RELIEF OF STUFFINESS AND MUCUS BUILD-UP IS REQUIRED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER JALA NETI, PERFORM KAPALBHATI TO CLEAR AND DRY THE NASAL PASSAGES AND ACTIVATE THE FRONTAL AREA OF THE BRAIN.
5. RELAXATION : YOGA NIDRA SHOULD BE PRACTICED DAILY AS IT IS DEEPLY RELAXING AND HIGHLY THERAPEUTIC. IT ENABLES THE HAY FEVER OR SINUSITIS SUFFERER TO WITNESS THE UNDERLYING PERSONAL COMPLEXES AND PERCEPTIONS ARISING FROM THE PAST CONDITIONING AND PRIOR CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, WHICH SO FREQUENTLY INITIATE THESE DISEASES.
6. DIET : A LIGHT, NON-MUCOUS FORMING VEGETARIAN DIET SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. AVOID OVEREATING, ESPECIALLY HEAVY OILY AND SWEET FOODS, AND ABSTAIN FROM SALT, RICE AND REFINED FLOUR PRODUCTS. EAT PLENTY OF FRUIT AND RAW VEGETABLES. A FRUIT JUICES. AFTER THIS, INCLUDE PLENTY OF VEGETABLES IN THE DIET AND CONTINUE TO EAT LOTS OF FRUIT, PARTICULARLY PAPAYA, AVOID TAKING COLD OR ICED DRINKS, MILK, ICE CREAM AND OTHER DAILY PRODUCTS. TAKE SOME FRESH GARLIC EVERY DAY.
7. FASTING : FAST WHENEVER SYMPTOMS APPEAR TO BE INCREASING. THIS IS MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF AVOIDING ATTACKS. ALTERNATIVELY, SUBSTITUTE THE EVENING MEAL EACH DAY WITH TEA PREPARED FROM SUBSTANCES SUCH AS GINGER, PEPPER, CINOMON AND CARDOMON, WHICH HEAT THE BODY AND PROMOTE MUCUS ELIMINATION.

FURTHER RECOMMENDATION

• KEEP THE BODY WARM IN THE WINTER AND MONSOON SEASONS. PARTICULARLY MAKE SURE THAT THE NECK AND CHEST ARE PROTECTED FROM THE COLD.
• TAKE COMPLETE REST AS SOON AS SYMPTOMS OF HAY FEVER OR SINUSITIS APPEAR, AVOID BATHS AND DON'T DRINK TOO MUCH WATER.
• A SPECIAL PREPARAION CAN BE MADE FOR NETI. MAKE A SOLUTION USING A ROUNDED TEASPOONFUL OF GOLDEN SEAL OR TURMERIC, A LITTLE SALT AND A HEAPED TEASPOONFULOR BORAX IN A PINT OF BOILING WATER. SHAKE WELL. LET IT STAND FOR AN HOUR OR TWO SHAKING OCCASIONALLY. THEN USE IT IN THE NETI LOTA. REPEAT UNTIL THE NOSE IS ENTIRELY CLEAN. THIS IS VERY HEALING AND SOOTHING TO THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND SHOULD BED DONE THREE TIMES A DAY. IT IS OFTEN BENEFICIAL TO USE URINE NETI.
• COLD APPLICATIONS OVER THE SINUSES OR ALTERNATE HOT AND COLD APPLICATIONS WILL GIVE RELIEF.
• STEAM INHLALATION AT NIGHT WILL EASE SYMPTOMS.
• SMOKING SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED.