IBS and the IC Bladder Pain Syndrome

From an energy science point of view irritable bowel syndrome(IBS) is a collection of bowel symptoms related to disturbed digestive fire or what Ayurveda terms agni  As I have written in the past most people’s agni is not up to par  The reason for this is quite simple The concept of agni is not even in our health vocabulary

How would you know about it and hence take care of it if you don’t know it exists?

This is a significant problem for the present day health consumer but unfortunately she is duped by the matter science model into believing it is complete  Suffice it to say the majority of the population suffers from symptoms of IBS

The Symptoms of IBS

The types of IBS fall into four categories: Vata Pitta Kapha and combination patterns  By far and away the latter makes up the majority of those affected by symptoms  The most common symptom of IBS is bloating after eating for short or extended periods of time

Many people don’t know that they bloat and some who have an exaggerated bloat know it very well  Abdominal distention occurs as a result of the gaseous bowel distention  Other symptoms include diarrhea, constipation, or a mixture of diarrhea and constipation  At times flatulence or excessive gas that may be malodorous may occur

When the Kapha energy pattern is manifested in large degree mucous will be present in the stools but the worst IBS of all is when the mucous becomes dried in the GI tract  This creates a marked problem for elimination  This latter group of IBS can become severely debilitated professionally, physically, and often emotionally drained due to  the chronicity of the disease This is the ultimate in the manifestation of IBS and the matter science has little to offer in such cases

IC and IBS

IBS and IC go together  The bowel dysfunction related to disturbed agni is fundamental to the unfolding causative process of interstitial cystitis

IBS as part of the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, IBS, chronic prostatitis, vulvodynia, and fibromyalgia) is the cause of the accumulation and migration of the vibrational frequencies of hot, mobile, dry, rough, heavy, static into the pelvic nerves leading to the symptoms of the pelvic syndrome itself

Treating IBS

So treating IC requires that IBS is treated as well  According to my last post there are essentially two levels of therapy for any energetic imbalance in the mindbody  The first level is to stop the condition from getting any worse  The second level is to remove the offending vibrational frequencies using specific therapeutic modalites that have already been discussed

But one of the integral therapies in IBS treatment is to deal with the cause of the problem…..disturbed agni  This is paramount to successful management and since the matter science doesn’t even have the concept all bets are off that IBS management will be successful

Many many of the blog posts done in the past have made suggestions about how to promote better agni  CCF tea, agni tea, ginger tea are all about promoting better balanced agni  Herbs can be very impactful in this regard and it’s beyond the scope of this dialogue today to address them

Using a nutritional format appropriate for your energy constitution and avoiding incompatible food combinations can be very helpful in not aggravating the condition In this regard the daily use of churans as talked about in the past is very advantageous

A specific pranayama(breathing exercises) flow sequence can really help impaired disturbed agni by balancing it  Dependent on the severity of the IBS other methods can be employed  And yoga asana practice has been successfully employed in the matter science literature

As in all energy work however it’s not just one thing that creates healing….healing requires a multifaceted approach to bring about real healing and the eradication of the IC bladder pain syndrome completely