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PREMENSTRUAL AND MENSTRUAL ACNE

After overcoming the disaster of teenage acne, women trap within periodic pimples. Periodic pimples are short term pimples, like before or during menstruations, during pregnancy etc. In this perticular article we will see how to deal with premenstrual and menstrual acne. Flare up of acne is very common during or previous to menstrual bleeding, like in any other harmon trigger. Generally the menstrual cycle is of  28-30 days. First half of this cycle is influenced by the harmon oestrogen and second half is by the harmon progesterone. It is said to be that, progesterone trigger causes skin swelling and pore tightening, which leads to build up of sebum beneath the skin layer. While testosterone harmon which reaches to the peak during menstruation causes excessive secretion of sebum through glands within skin. Actually this joint effect has different expression in different woman. It means increased sebum with tight pores can give a special glow in some ladies while in others it can g...
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TREAT PIMPLES WITH AYURVEDA

Hello everyone, Dr Shayesta Inamdar here, now coming with the ACNE series. In this series we will see how to treat pimples as per their causes . Before going ahead , I  must tell  one thing that ,we can definitely treat acne through ayurveda,no matter how much severe they are! But remember one thing , never allow pimples to affect your minds. Treat pimples like a simple ,nonfatal disease and Never treat them like a social stigma!! Acne has different types according to their sizes, shapes and severity . Types known as black heads, White heads, pustules, cysts and nodules. Pathogenesis is same for all in which excessive secretion of sebum clogs pores, then hair follicles or dead skin cells trap   within ,which on infection shows signs of inflammation, pus formation etc. The more severe form is called as Acne Vulgaris . While treating Acne with allopathics ,the major drawback is resistance build up . It means, medicines stop working on acne after regular use ,due to r...
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CONTRAINDICATIONS OF TOOTH BRUSHING AND THEIR SCIENTIFIC CAUSES

Hello friends! In last article we have seen that how artificial sweeteners of tooth pastes like sorbitol, saccharin are harmful for our health.Now in this post we will see some contraindications of tooth brushing itself.  Yes ,there are some situations in which tooth brushing can cause harm rather than benefits. So let's see what are contraindications of tooth brushing according to Ayurveda and what is scientific reasoning for . "NA ADYAAT AJEERNA WAMATHU SHWAS KAAS JWAR ARDIT ETI   । TRUSHNA AASYAPAAK RHID NETRA SHEERAHA KARNAAMAYI CHA TAT ।।"                           (Ashtang rhiday sutrasthan ) This verse is about names of diseases  and situations in which we should avoid brushing teeth. Names are as below- 1) aadyam -just before the meal 2) ajeerna - indigestion 3) wamathu- vomitting 4) swas kaas- cough and asthma ...
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SECOND RULE OF DEENCHARYA- THE CLASSIC DAILY ROUTINE vs DECEPTIVE MARKETING

Hello everyone !! Last time we have seen first rule of DEENCHARYA. Now we will learn the second rule. Rule is very simple that we should clean our teeth and mouth every morning and after eating food . We all know this rule, but this is not all about tooth brushing only !! Ayurveda has explained all oral care science in few lines only. On the contrary, though the orodental health science is much vast today, still there is no decline in prevalence of orodental diseases. Almost 60-90 percent population of all age groups is suffering with any of periodontal disease globally. Many causes are behind this huge prevalence and one important of them is MISLEADING ADVERTISING AND DECEPTIVE MARKETING !! oral care product's market is fully blown up nowadays, specially in developing and developed countries. In 2017  the global oral care market was estimated worth about 39.47 billion US dollars. In India only, it was more than 550 million US dollars . Thus we could understand how tough the compe...
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FIRST RULE OF DEENCHARYA - WAKE UP AT DIVINE TIME THAT IS ON 'BRAMHA MUHURT'

Hello friends, here we are  going with next article on DEENACHARYA ,the classic daily routine which helps in management of body clock.Today we will see the first rule of DEENCHARYA,and the rule is that wake up early in the morning and for that cause sleep early at night,and we will see how this habit is responsible for disease free life. Nowadays depression is the big monster  on the earth, Insomnia became global problem, digestive problems are troubling people worldwide  and one after every five persons is suffering with either constipation or IBS or oesophageal reflux etc. But it is not so long that our grand parents or great grand parents were used to sleep very easily and wake up early . They were never in need of Alarm clocks as their body clock was on right time. They feel hunger on right time. Their digestion was never in need of digestive supplements. They were hardly got constipation so no laxatives were needed. Thus all their natural urges were as natural as th...
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DEENCHARYA - AN AYURVEDIC WAY TO KEEP BODY CLOCK STABLE

Hello friends,this is Dr Shayesta Inamdar  ,and herewith we are going to learn something about our circadian rhythm that is body clock or biological clock. U guys may have heard about our body clock. But do you know how that clock works? Who screws it's key everyday? Ok let's see how it works. Can u see pics I have attached with this article? These three are American scientists who researched that how the body clock of every living cell or body works. And these gems got Noble prize in medicine for cracking body clock code. Their names are -Jeffery C Hall , Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young . This trio isolated a section of DNA called period gene . This gene on instructions, creates  a protein called PER . Now the stability of this PER protein decides who is morning person and who is night owl !! That is our body gets signal from this PER to keep clock working even without watch of our conscious mind. Nobel prize committee said that, this study has vast implications for o...
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MELASMA AND AYURVEDA

Hello friends, today we will see about MELASMA or CHLOASMA or MONKEY MASK. In ayurveda it is called as VYANG (व्यंग). Melasma can be appear in both men and women but it is more common in pregnant women,  premenopausal phase and women taking contraceptive pills or HRT. CAUS ES OF MELASMA:- Melasma is nothing but the secretion of excessive melanin pigments from melanocytes. On stimulation ,melanocytes secret melanin pigments on skin.The causes for melanocytes stimulation are female harmones like estrogen, progesterone, specially when exposed to sun. The skin with light brown colour is more susceptible to develop melasma. Again thyroid diseases makes increase in incidents of melasma. Basically it is thought to be enhanced by surges in certain harmones. Also the skin which is weak ,thin ,undernourished is more prone to melasma.  SYMPTOMS OF MELASMA:- The symptoms of melasma are dark , irregular ,hyperpigmented macules that is discoloured areas  or patches commonly on uppe...
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