From my experience with the IC bladder pain syndrome over the last almost 40 years it appears that two thirds of patients will have intermittent symptoms that appear last for a period of like a year or so and then there is a long hiatus where they are free of symptoms But one third of patients may have preceding symptoms but then come to a time when they have unrelenting symptoms and become debilitated by the symptoms So for two thirds of the patients identified as IC many don’t suffer chronic debility
Those with the chronic disease of the IC bladder pain syndrome(fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis, vulvodynia, and irritable bowel syndrome) will suffer due to the unrelenting symptoms that are associated with not just interstitial cystitis but with its other attendant “sister disease labels” listed above Usually it’s the IBS that becomes a major problem because as I’ve written in the past, from an energy science view all disease begins in the gastrointestinal tract(GIT) and this is the major driving force for the development and perpetuation of IC in the first place
So healing IC is not so hard for two thirds of IC patients if they are fortunate to fall into the remission category but for the one third of patients it’s frankly a difficult but not impossible job
There will be a few brave souls who will embark on a healing journey because they are so miserable or so incapacitated that life is not worth living if they have to be unemployed and lose their social network
But to do so requires courage, determination, and discipline to stay on task because as I’ve talked about in the past real healing using the energy science approach takes time It requires a gentle correction of the quantitative imbalances that have occurred over time that gradually need to be resolved
1 Belief One of the sole purposes of this blog is to defeat the aphorism that is repeatedly stated in the IC community, “treatable but not curable” So a patient embarking on taking on the healing of IC must at least in part overcome this negativity that nothing can be done This mindset is probably the most difficult in healing any chronic disease That realizing that life will be better and that there is hope is the best medicine This belief then supports the next two requirements
2 Time/patience The imbalance of Vata/Pitta creates an impatient mind…..I want the result yesterday One can support the healing process but not rush it Expecting more often sabotages the process since energy science healing requires persistent and consistent work And it’s not like one doesn’t get positive reinforcement along the way There will occur improved quality of life and lessening of symptoms as one does the work but there will be ups and downs This is why journaling can be so valuable One is able to see that there is improvement as one marks the way
3 Peeling an Onion Even though no two imbalances are exactly alike the process of healing chronic IC requires that when one symptom seems to get better and resolve that there will be another that seemingly comes up for healing as one peels the onion This is true of any chronic imbalance that is created in the body and is corrected To realize this reduces the risk of discouragement as one goes forward in the healing process Some long time readers may remember the graph depicting the wave form of creating and healing disease
To Health as a Skill Dr Bill Dean
The reason that our website icdiet.com is listed number one and two in the Google search engine is that the information works People use what works for them not what’s written And I can confidently say based on the energy science of Ayurveda that it works when you work it for bladder pain There is no guess work(why did it work for Mary but not for me), no diet diaries, no elimination trials Just straightforward Yes and No The IC community(Interstitial Cystitis Association and Interstitial Cystitis Network) and the...
read moreThe body is simultaneously an energy and matter field based on your perspective The bladder pain that is seen in IC flares can be viewed as either a molecular problem(matter science) or an imbalance in energy patterns in the urinary tract The predominant theory of the matter or molecular science is that the glycosoaminoglycan(GAG) layer becomes disrupted and allows urine irritants to infiltrate the bladder wall leading to the painful flares of IC The energy science of Ayurveda completely concurs that there is disruption due to acidic...
read more“Tomorrow I’ll begin that Pitta pacifying nutritional format for this bladder pain.” But as the saying goes,”Tomorrow never comes.” Procrastination is a form of fear and can be related to the Kapha energy pattern but any energy pattern can entertain inertia. It’s worthwhile looking at this fear as it directly plays into our human quest for chronic dis-ease. And if we are human and walking on this planet we have imaginary fears. Although imaginary fears have no basis, nonetheless they are locked away in our...
read moreIt’s estimated that 50 to as high as 70% of people experiencing IC have spontaneous resolution of bladder pain symptoms or after a period of time go away entirely or move to a more manageable symptom complex. This is typified in the accompanying bell curve graph which shows to the left of the line those that have resolved completely or have manageable symptoms and those to the right who have repeated flares for an extended period of time. This latter debilitated group of patients(CPPS) suffer not only unrelenting flares but lose...
read moreFrom an energy science view the symptoms of interstitial cystitis(IC) are related to the hot quality among others The burning on urination that feels like razor blades, the suprapubic or vaginal pain, the perineal pain of prostatitis are all related to this energetic quality that is in excess At this blog I have discussed extensively how the nutritional format is fundamental in clearing symptoms From my research 91% of patients doing aloe and a nutritional format that reduces this hot quality get 50% relief of symptoms in 6 weeks But...
read moreIf you have bladder IC and endometriosis you are experiencing a sort of double whammy You have two painful inflammatory pelvic conditions to deal with And that’s a bummer The pain may be doubly intense or at least seem like it And the social, physical, psychological, and emotional debility is energy draining But what if you could do something that doesn’t cost you anything and could reduce your symptoms by as much as 50%? All you have to do is take on the responsibility of nutritional choices and use aloe vera gel...
read moreFrom our last post you learned that from an energy science point of view interstitial cystitis is a Pitta provoked disease, that is, too much hot quality in the urinary tract – an imbalance created by the foods consumed So the obvious first step is to reduce those foods that are Pitta provoking One particular thread that I have seen come up is the question about IC and yogurt How should it be used and whether it is safe in IC, that is, whether it is Pitta provoking and causing bladder pain Yogurt is an amazing food and many...
read moreI had the opportunity over the weekend to interview Dr Vasant Lad who is a recognized authority of Ayurveda This is probably the first time that interstitial cystitis has been discussed from the classical Ayurvedic approach Applying the principles of Ayurveda in treating IC is obvious but what the classic texts that go back 5000 years have to say about the disease is very different as you will see Don’t be thrown off by the Sanskrit terms! Dr Lad has published numerous articles and books on the subject including a 3...
read moreWhen confronted with a chronic disease two questions usually come up 1 Why is this happening to me? 2 How can I get relief from these miserable symptoms that are plaguing me day in and day out? The first question will be difficult to answer based on the current model of healing and is based on theory And the second question is more to the point of “allow me to get comfortable so I can at least function” This question also has loads of responses doing online searches because you are empathetic to the other’s...
read moreI have found it interesting that quite often the physical problems that we have often seek their verbal expressions in the physically manifested universe This indirectly supports that we know we are intuitively part of Nature That we are not apart from Her but an aspect of Her We are Her in a real sense To divorce ourselves from Nature through technology and the study of molecules misses our ability to resourcefully look within for the answers As the saying goes, you haven’t lived until you’ve had a good bladder pain...
read moreThose who have followed this blog on the IC/PBS(IC Bladder Pain Syndrome) are well aware of the fundamental energy science principle that mostly all disease in the body(except for trauma) originates in the GIT(gastrointestinal tract) From this location energetic qualities or vibrational frequencies(they are one and the same) disseminate from the GIT to locations and/or organs in the body to produce 
symptoms of disease This is true for chronic prostatitis, fibromyalgia, IBS(irritable bowel syndrome), GERD(gastroesophageal reflux disease), and interstitial cystitis which are all part of the IC/PBS
When excessive these qualities produce disease They are grouped into the energy patterns of VPK(Vata Pitta and Kapha)and are associated with specific physical symptoms or manifestations
Vata, the energy of movement, is associated with gas in the body We most notably experience gas as flatus or belching
Due to its mobile vibrational frequency Vata qualities easily relate to the nervous system which is the most active mobile system in the body
Pitta, the energy of transformation, is associated with the hot sensation in the body We experience this energy pattern as burning
Kapha, the energy of stability, is the most physically expressed and we experience this pattern as mucous
When the Vata group of vibrational frequencies become progressively excessive in the colon the qualities of cold, dry, light, mobile, and rough begin moving out of the colon and usually seeks out the nervous tissue that it is most like
The stage is now set for these vibrational frequencies to extend to peripheral adjacent tissues Since these frequencies have an affinity to nervous tissue which has similar frequencies, they increase in amount in the pelvic plexus of nerves around the rectum, vagina bladder, and prostate
The increase in vibrational frequencies in the pelvic nervous system brings nerve irritability with “nerves that are screaming” These irritated and hurting nerves send signals to the organs innervated such as the bladder, prostate, vagina, sciatic nerve, and even the pelvic floor Literally the “nerves are killing her”!
This pelvic floor involvement can at times lead to pelvic floor spasm leading to discoordinated efforts of voiding or eliminating stool, pain in the perineum, and/or spasms
1 Stop taking in these unwanted vibrational freqeuncies This is why the energy science nutrtional format is so important It gives you guidance as to what foods are good to use and those foods that are not so good as choices
2 Basti When herbally medicated fluid is placed in the lower rectum it eliminates excess vibrational frequencies from the lower rectum This creates a negative pressure in the lower rectum and there is a return of these frequencies from the involved pelvic nerves to the lower rectum for elimination with subsequent basti
3 Use of herbal formula Each of the imbalances created in us are unique because there are so many aspects to the imbalance A formula specifically tailored to the individual’s imbalance is helpful in maintaining the flow of excess vibrational frequencies from the body
To Health as a Skill Best DB
The reason that our website icdiet.com is listed number one and two in the Google search engine is that the information works People use what works for them not what’s written And I can confidently say based on the energy science of Ayurveda that it works when you work it for bladder pain There is no guess work(why did it work for Mary but not for me), no diet diaries, no elimination trials Just straightforward Yes and No The IC community(Interstitial Cystitis Association and Interstitial Cystitis Network) and the...
read moreThe body is simultaneously an energy and matter field based on your perspective The bladder pain that is seen in IC flares can be viewed as either a molecular problem(matter science) or an imbalance in energy patterns in the urinary tract The predominant theory of the matter or molecular science is that the glycosoaminoglycan(GAG) layer becomes disrupted and allows urine irritants to infiltrate the bladder wall leading to the painful flares of IC The energy science of Ayurveda completely concurs that there is disruption due to acidic...
read more“Tomorrow I’ll begin that Pitta pacifying nutritional format for this bladder pain.” But as the saying goes,”Tomorrow never comes.” Procrastination is a form of fear and can be related to the Kapha energy pattern but any energy pattern can entertain inertia. It’s worthwhile looking at this fear as it directly plays into our human quest for chronic dis-ease. And if we are human and walking on this planet we have imaginary fears. Although imaginary fears have no basis, nonetheless they are locked away in our...
read moreIt’s estimated that 50 to as high as 70% of people experiencing IC have spontaneous resolution of bladder pain symptoms or after a period of time go away entirely or move to a more manageable symptom complex. This is typified in the accompanying bell curve graph which shows to the left of the line those that have resolved completely or have manageable symptoms and those to the right who have repeated flares for an extended period of time. This latter debilitated group of patients(CPPS) suffer not only unrelenting flares but lose...
read moreFrom an energy science view the symptoms of interstitial cystitis(IC) are related to the hot quality among others The burning on urination that feels like razor blades, the suprapubic or vaginal pain, the perineal pain of prostatitis are all related to this energetic quality that is in excess At this blog I have discussed extensively how the nutritional format is fundamental in clearing symptoms From my research 91% of patients doing aloe and a nutritional format that reduces this hot quality get 50% relief of symptoms in 6 weeks But...
read moreIf you have bladder IC and endometriosis you are experiencing a sort of double whammy You have two painful inflammatory pelvic conditions to deal with And that’s a bummer The pain may be doubly intense or at least seem like it And the social, physical, psychological, and emotional debility is energy draining But what if you could do something that doesn’t cost you anything and could reduce your symptoms by as much as 50%? All you have to do is take on the responsibility of nutritional choices and use aloe vera gel...
read moreFrom our last post you learned that from an energy science point of view interstitial cystitis is a Pitta provoked disease, that is, too much hot quality in the urinary tract – an imbalance created by the foods consumed So the obvious first step is to reduce those foods that are Pitta provoking One particular thread that I have seen come up is the question about IC and yogurt How should it be used and whether it is safe in IC, that is, whether it is Pitta provoking and causing bladder pain Yogurt is an amazing food and many...
read moreI had the opportunity over the weekend to interview Dr Vasant Lad who is a recognized authority of Ayurveda This is probably the first time that interstitial cystitis has been discussed from the classical Ayurvedic approach Applying the principles of Ayurveda in treating IC is obvious but what the classic texts that go back 5000 years have to say about the disease is very different as you will see Don’t be thrown off by the Sanskrit terms! Dr Lad has published numerous articles and books on the subject including a 3...
read moreWhen confronted with a chronic disease two questions usually come up 1 Why is this happening to me? 2 How can I get relief from these miserable symptoms that are plaguing me day in and day out? The first question will be difficult to answer based on the current model of healing and is based on theory And the second question is more to the point of “allow me to get comfortable so I can at least function” This question also has loads of responses doing online searches because you are empathetic to the other’s...
read moreI have found it interesting that quite often the physical problems that we have often seek their verbal expressions in the physically manifested universe This indirectly supports that we know we are intuitively part of Nature That we are not apart from Her but an aspect of Her We are Her in a real sense To divorce ourselves from Nature through technology and the study of molecules misses our ability to resourcefully look within for the answers As the saying goes, you haven’t lived until you’ve had a good bladder pain...
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Vulvodynia(burning or stinging pain in the vaginal entrance) is a uncommonly common problem in the IC community yet not fully recognized for its severity and sexual debility It’s like it’s taboo to talk about female sexual function as a problem
As part of the IC bladder pain syndrome(GERD, IBS, fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis) vulvodynia actually mirrors the sexual dysfunction that occurs in men with chronic prostatitis It must be addressed in order for the IC community to make some sense of the IC bladder pain syndrome
Most have heard of the referred pain from organs in the body The most commonly talked about referred patterns are those that center around heart pain or angina When the heart is deprived of blood the muscle complains and nerve pathways are stimulated that produce pain at different and distant sites such as the left wrist, neck, left jaw area, and sometimes even between the shoulder blades in the back
Vulvodynia is also referred pain but in this situation coming from pelvic nerve irritability of the pelvic nerve plexus itself, not from the bladder itself The origin and reason for such pain is baffling for the matter science of today to figure out How do the pelvic nerves get involved? What process leads to such involvement?
As I have written about in the past the energy pattern of physiologic movement in the body is Vata and the system that moves the most in the body is the nervous system…hence Vata as an energy pattern plays a central role in nervous system function
When the Vata energy pattern becomes excessive in the colon specifically it tends to move directly from the lower rectum into
the pelvic nerve system of nervous tissue When Pitta is present as well the Vata energy pattern can “carry” this energy pattern into the nervous tissue of the pelvis as well
There is no pain without Vata in the body so transient, movable, shifting, sucking type pain can occur in areas of the body that are innervated by pelvic nerves involved When Pitta is brought into the picture, burning sensations are prominent
So this is the energy science anatomical and physiologic setup for vulvodynia and as a matter of fact for chronic prostatitis as well What to do?
1 Basti Since the origin of the imbalance leading to the pelvic nerve involvement is the colon and specifically the lower rectum using herbal medicated solutions to bring the Vata energy pattern back to the colon where it can be eliminated is an effective way of dealing with this problem The term basti simply means enema but this is a specialized form of enema in that herbs create a saturated solution that have a direct effect on the colonic mucosal surface
2 Herbal formula The use of herbs to deal with the individual energetic imbalances is part of dealing with the overall disease process that is taking place in the body
3 Maintaining GIT health As I have written about in many past blogs the health of the GIT(gastrointestinal tract) is paramount for anyone wishing to take on this type of healing discipline If you keep making imbalancing choices and not paying attention to the details of energy science nutrition then the first two solutions will not work
To Health as a Skill Dr Bill
The reason that our website icdiet.com is listed number one and two in the Google search engine is that the information works People use what works for them not what’s written And I can confidently say based on the energy science of Ayurveda that it works when you work it for bladder pain There is no guess work(why did it work for Mary but not for me), no diet diaries, no elimination trials Just straightforward Yes and No The IC community(Interstitial Cystitis Association and Interstitial Cystitis Network) and the...
read moreThe body is simultaneously an energy and matter field based on your perspective The bladder pain that is seen in IC flares can be viewed as either a molecular problem(matter science) or an imbalance in energy patterns in the urinary tract The predominant theory of the matter or molecular science is that the glycosoaminoglycan(GAG) layer becomes disrupted and allows urine irritants to infiltrate the bladder wall leading to the painful flares of IC The energy science of Ayurveda completely concurs that there is disruption due to acidic...
read more“Tomorrow I’ll begin that Pitta pacifying nutritional format for this bladder pain.” But as the saying goes,”Tomorrow never comes.” Procrastination is a form of fear and can be related to the Kapha energy pattern but any energy pattern can entertain inertia. It’s worthwhile looking at this fear as it directly plays into our human quest for chronic dis-ease. And if we are human and walking on this planet we have imaginary fears. Although imaginary fears have no basis, nonetheless they are locked away in our...
read moreIt’s estimated that 50 to as high as 70% of people experiencing IC have spontaneous resolution of bladder pain symptoms or after a period of time go away entirely or move to a more manageable symptom complex. This is typified in the accompanying bell curve graph which shows to the left of the line those that have resolved completely or have manageable symptoms and those to the right who have repeated flares for an extended period of time. This latter debilitated group of patients(CPPS) suffer not only unrelenting flares but lose...
read moreFrom an energy science view the symptoms of interstitial cystitis(IC) are related to the hot quality among others The burning on urination that feels like razor blades, the suprapubic or vaginal pain, the perineal pain of prostatitis are all related to this energetic quality that is in excess At this blog I have discussed extensively how the nutritional format is fundamental in clearing symptoms From my research 91% of patients doing aloe and a nutritional format that reduces this hot quality get 50% relief of symptoms in 6 weeks But...
read moreIf you have bladder IC and endometriosis you are experiencing a sort of double whammy You have two painful inflammatory pelvic conditions to deal with And that’s a bummer The pain may be doubly intense or at least seem like it And the social, physical, psychological, and emotional debility is energy draining But what if you could do something that doesn’t cost you anything and could reduce your symptoms by as much as 50%? All you have to do is take on the responsibility of nutritional choices and use aloe vera gel...
read moreFrom our last post you learned that from an energy science point of view interstitial cystitis is a Pitta provoked disease, that is, too much hot quality in the urinary tract – an imbalance created by the foods consumed So the obvious first step is to reduce those foods that are Pitta provoking One particular thread that I have seen come up is the question about IC and yogurt How should it be used and whether it is safe in IC, that is, whether it is Pitta provoking and causing bladder pain Yogurt is an amazing food and many...
read moreI had the opportunity over the weekend to interview Dr Vasant Lad who is a recognized authority of Ayurveda This is probably the first time that interstitial cystitis has been discussed from the classical Ayurvedic approach Applying the principles of Ayurveda in treating IC is obvious but what the classic texts that go back 5000 years have to say about the disease is very different as you will see Don’t be thrown off by the Sanskrit terms! Dr Lad has published numerous articles and books on the subject including a 3...
read moreWhen confronted with a chronic disease two questions usually come up 1 Why is this happening to me? 2 How can I get relief from these miserable symptoms that are plaguing me day in and day out? The first question will be difficult to answer based on the current model of healing and is based on theory And the second question is more to the point of “allow me to get comfortable so I can at least function” This question also has loads of responses doing online searches because you are empathetic to the other’s...
read moreI have found it interesting that quite often the physical problems that we have often seek their verbal expressions in the physically manifested universe This indirectly supports that we know we are intuitively part of Nature That we are not apart from Her but an aspect of Her We are Her in a real sense To divorce ourselves from Nature through technology and the study of molecules misses our ability to resourcefully look within for the answers As the saying goes, you haven’t lived until you’ve had a good bladder pain...
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I think it’s fairly obvious that if you have gram negative sepsis or you’re severely injured in an accident that you wouldn’t be looking for energy science therapies But by the same token if you’re suffering from chronic disease such as IC, chronic prostatitis, vulvodynia, IBS, GERD, or fibromyalgia most likely you wouldn’t opt for high powered antibiotics or surgery as your first therapies of choice So what options are available to you?
This is a definite conundrum in healing in this early 21st century…healing is at a crossroads Does it stick with the current model of healing that bails us out of life threatening emergency situations but doesn’t take care of our chronic illnesses?
It is no longer tenable to see the our biological mindbody as a matter or molecular field alone By today’s accepted and established laws of Nature the mindbody simultaneously coexists as both a molecular and an energy field As a matter of fact the matter science community is making discoveries that support the energy science healing tenets
The matter science is rediscovering what the energy science of Ayurveda has been talking about for 5,000 years. The rediscovery process occurs because the technological tools that have come about in the last 30 years have allowed us to probe the human anatomy and physiology more deeply than had been previously thought possible. And with that probing we are uncovering information that allows us to validate what the ancient energy science has taken as fact. How could this be?
How could an ancient science see without today’s technological methodologies? The answer is quite simple but hard for us to believe these days of cell phones, computers, and moon walks. The people who cognized this energy science were more evolved than we are today. They had the ability to think of the body from an energy perspective since they were not encumbered with an influencing biological matter field structure. They were able to cognize past the structure to view a richer and more reliable physiological model. And as they tested their theories of biological energy healing, refinements of the model continued but the foundation of the tenets of the model were sound and hold true today
But this is not about exclusivity. Since the holistic mindbody is both an energy and matter field coexisting simultaneously it follows that the healing tradition that takes care of it should be holistic. Holistic healing is a merging of the energy and matter science traditions where they simultaneously coexist, each drawing on their respective strengths. So this is not “east meets west”. The concept of inclusivity of healing disciplines from a science point of view means that the healing tradition of the 21st century abides by the laws of Nature Herself
The energy science can actually serve as a guide to future matter science probings Some of the more advanced matter science researchers that I have known have looked outside their world for ideas as to how to advance their thinking This begins weaving what is a true integrative medical model
To Health as a Skill DB
The reason that our website icdiet.com is listed number one and two in the Google search engine is that the information works People use what works for them not what’s written And I can confidently say based on the energy science of Ayurveda that it works when you work it for bladder pain There is no guess work(why did it work for Mary but not for me), no diet diaries, no elimination trials Just straightforward Yes and No The IC community(Interstitial Cystitis Association and Interstitial Cystitis Network) and the...
read moreThe body is simultaneously an energy and matter field based on your perspective The bladder pain that is seen in IC flares can be viewed as either a molecular problem(matter science) or an imbalance in energy patterns in the urinary tract The predominant theory of the matter or molecular science is that the glycosoaminoglycan(GAG) layer becomes disrupted and allows urine irritants to infiltrate the bladder wall leading to the painful flares of IC The energy science of Ayurveda completely concurs that there is disruption due to acidic...
read more“Tomorrow I’ll begin that Pitta pacifying nutritional format for this bladder pain.” But as the saying goes,”Tomorrow never comes.” Procrastination is a form of fear and can be related to the Kapha energy pattern but any energy pattern can entertain inertia. It’s worthwhile looking at this fear as it directly plays into our human quest for chronic dis-ease. And if we are human and walking on this planet we have imaginary fears. Although imaginary fears have no basis, nonetheless they are locked away in our...
read moreIt’s estimated that 50 to as high as 70% of people experiencing IC have spontaneous resolution of bladder pain symptoms or after a period of time go away entirely or move to a more manageable symptom complex. This is typified in the accompanying bell curve graph which shows to the left of the line those that have resolved completely or have manageable symptoms and those to the right who have repeated flares for an extended period of time. This latter debilitated group of patients(CPPS) suffer not only unrelenting flares but lose...
read moreFrom an energy science view the symptoms of interstitial cystitis(IC) are related to the hot quality among others The burning on urination that feels like razor blades, the suprapubic or vaginal pain, the perineal pain of prostatitis are all related to this energetic quality that is in excess At this blog I have discussed extensively how the nutritional format is fundamental in clearing symptoms From my research 91% of patients doing aloe and a nutritional format that reduces this hot quality get 50% relief of symptoms in 6 weeks But...
read moreIf you have bladder IC and endometriosis you are experiencing a sort of double whammy You have two painful inflammatory pelvic conditions to deal with And that’s a bummer The pain may be doubly intense or at least seem like it And the social, physical, psychological, and emotional debility is energy draining But what if you could do something that doesn’t cost you anything and could reduce your symptoms by as much as 50%? All you have to do is take on the responsibility of nutritional choices and use aloe vera gel...
read moreFrom our last post you learned that from an energy science point of view interstitial cystitis is a Pitta provoked disease, that is, too much hot quality in the urinary tract – an imbalance created by the foods consumed So the obvious first step is to reduce those foods that are Pitta provoking One particular thread that I have seen come up is the question about IC and yogurt How should it be used and whether it is safe in IC, that is, whether it is Pitta provoking and causing bladder pain Yogurt is an amazing food and many...
read moreI had the opportunity over the weekend to interview Dr Vasant Lad who is a recognized authority of Ayurveda This is probably the first time that interstitial cystitis has been discussed from the classical Ayurvedic approach Applying the principles of Ayurveda in treating IC is obvious but what the classic texts that go back 5000 years have to say about the disease is very different as you will see Don’t be thrown off by the Sanskrit terms! Dr Lad has published numerous articles and books on the subject including a 3...
read moreWhen confronted with a chronic disease two questions usually come up 1 Why is this happening to me? 2 How can I get relief from these miserable symptoms that are plaguing me day in and day out? The first question will be difficult to answer based on the current model of healing and is based on theory And the second question is more to the point of “allow me to get comfortable so I can at least function” This question also has loads of responses doing online searches because you are empathetic to the other’s...
read moreI have found it interesting that quite often the physical problems that we have often seek their verbal expressions in the physically manifested universe This indirectly supports that we know we are intuitively part of Nature That we are not apart from Her but an aspect of Her We are Her in a real sense To divorce ourselves from Nature through technology and the study of molecules misses our ability to resourcefully look within for the answers As the saying goes, you haven’t lived until you’ve had a good bladder pain...
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The nutritional formats recommended for patients with the IC bladder pain syndrome come from the energy science healing tradition of Ayurveda Whether you have just IC or complicating IBS, GERD. fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, or chronic prostatitis, these formats either at icdiet.com or foodsheal.com give you guidance as to which foods you would avoid if you were to maintain physiologic balance
As we have discussed before nutrition is different than diet Nutrition encompasses a broad range of recommendations that are simply not found in the matter science molecular approach to food From incompatible food combinations to how to make a meal complete are suggestions that over time can make a difference in your digestion
Most if not all patients with the IC syndrome have variants of IBS And one of things that you can do to help your struggling gut on the road to normal bowel activity is a balanced meal plan The role of spices plays an integral role in this regard
In the nutrition of the energy science of Ayurveda all 6 tastes of sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent should be present for the meal to be complete In the discipline every phase of digestion is associated with a particular vibrational frequencies and if that taste is missing then that phase of digestion becomes impaired
Milk is the complete meal since it has all 6 tastes This is why baby can subsist on milk for a year without untoward affects
But have you ever had the sensation after a meal that you’re looking for something and you’re not sure what? Often what happens is that you turn to the sweet taste in a dessert or something else But for the average American diet it’s the bitter taste that’s missing
Now if you wanted you could study the foods that you’re preparing and be sure that all 6 tastes are present but that’s very impractical Another possibility is to use spices that will give you all 6 tastes and that makes it a lot easier
The 6 tastes are comprised of qualities For example the bitter taste is made up of the qualities of cold, light, dry, rough, mobile, subtle, and soft Now again this makes things complicated and we’re for simple, right?
The easiest way to get all 6 tastes for a meal is to get a group of spices together that will provide the 6 tastes and use it in your cooking and when eating out at restaurants For example, a PV would use cumin, coriander, fennel, turmeric, cardamom, sucanat, and sea salt in equal proportions A PK would use black pepper, cinnamon, cumin, fenugreek, turmeric, sucanat, and sea salt…again in equal proportions You don’t have to use much…just enough to get the tastes of the spices
Use these spice mixtures according to your energy constitutional makeup So if by the questionnaire at foodsheal.com you come out PK then you would use the latter mixture By the way, these mixtures are at foodsheal.com as well under churans
To healthy eating through energy science nutrition Best DB
The reason that our website icdiet.com is listed number one and two in the Google search engine is that the information works People use what works for them not what’s written And I can confidently say based on the energy science of Ayurveda that it works when you work it for bladder pain There is no guess work(why did it work for Mary but not for me), no diet diaries, no elimination trials Just straightforward Yes and No The IC community(Interstitial Cystitis Association and Interstitial Cystitis Network) and the...
read moreThe body is simultaneously an energy and matter field based on your perspective The bladder pain that is seen in IC flares can be viewed as either a molecular problem(matter science) or an imbalance in energy patterns in the urinary tract The predominant theory of the matter or molecular science is that the glycosoaminoglycan(GAG) layer becomes disrupted and allows urine irritants to infiltrate the bladder wall leading to the painful flares of IC The energy science of Ayurveda completely concurs that there is disruption due to acidic...
read more“Tomorrow I’ll begin that Pitta pacifying nutritional format for this bladder pain.” But as the saying goes,”Tomorrow never comes.” Procrastination is a form of fear and can be related to the Kapha energy pattern but any energy pattern can entertain inertia. It’s worthwhile looking at this fear as it directly plays into our human quest for chronic dis-ease. And if we are human and walking on this planet we have imaginary fears. Although imaginary fears have no basis, nonetheless they are locked away in our...
read moreIt’s estimated that 50 to as high as 70% of people experiencing IC have spontaneous resolution of bladder pain symptoms or after a period of time go away entirely or move to a more manageable symptom complex. This is typified in the accompanying bell curve graph which shows to the left of the line those that have resolved completely or have manageable symptoms and those to the right who have repeated flares for an extended period of time. This latter debilitated group of patients(CPPS) suffer not only unrelenting flares but lose...
read moreFrom an energy science view the symptoms of interstitial cystitis(IC) are related to the hot quality among others The burning on urination that feels like razor blades, the suprapubic or vaginal pain, the perineal pain of prostatitis are all related to this energetic quality that is in excess At this blog I have discussed extensively how the nutritional format is fundamental in clearing symptoms From my research 91% of patients doing aloe and a nutritional format that reduces this hot quality get 50% relief of symptoms in 6 weeks But...
read moreIf you have bladder IC and endometriosis you are experiencing a sort of double whammy You have two painful inflammatory pelvic conditions to deal with And that’s a bummer The pain may be doubly intense or at least seem like it And the social, physical, psychological, and emotional debility is energy draining But what if you could do something that doesn’t cost you anything and could reduce your symptoms by as much as 50%? All you have to do is take on the responsibility of nutritional choices and use aloe vera gel...
read moreFrom our last post you learned that from an energy science point of view interstitial cystitis is a Pitta provoked disease, that is, too much hot quality in the urinary tract – an imbalance created by the foods consumed So the obvious first step is to reduce those foods that are Pitta provoking One particular thread that I have seen come up is the question about IC and yogurt How should it be used and whether it is safe in IC, that is, whether it is Pitta provoking and causing bladder pain Yogurt is an amazing food and many...
read moreI had the opportunity over the weekend to interview Dr Vasant Lad who is a recognized authority of Ayurveda This is probably the first time that interstitial cystitis has been discussed from the classical Ayurvedic approach Applying the principles of Ayurveda in treating IC is obvious but what the classic texts that go back 5000 years have to say about the disease is very different as you will see Don’t be thrown off by the Sanskrit terms! Dr Lad has published numerous articles and books on the subject including a 3...
read moreWhen confronted with a chronic disease two questions usually come up 1 Why is this happening to me? 2 How can I get relief from these miserable symptoms that are plaguing me day in and day out? The first question will be difficult to answer based on the current model of healing and is based on theory And the second question is more to the point of “allow me to get comfortable so I can at least function” This question also has loads of responses doing online searches because you are empathetic to the other’s...
read moreI have found it interesting that quite often the physical problems that we have often seek their verbal expressions in the physically manifested universe This indirectly supports that we know we are intuitively part of Nature That we are not apart from Her but an aspect of Her We are Her in a real sense To divorce ourselves from Nature through technology and the study of molecules misses our ability to resourcefully look within for the answers As the saying goes, you haven’t lived until you’ve had a good bladder pain...
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In the IC bladder pain syndrome as in many chronic diseases such as fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, IBS, GERD, or chronic prostatitis, there is often times the occurrence of cravings particularly around food Sometimes these cravings are normal and should be satisfied But if we understand the energy model we will understand when some cravings should not be satisfied
I’m using the word “craving” here in a very specific way and different than addiction In addiction I’m speaking about a continual need for something you really don’t want in the first place The alcoholic needs to drink to satisfy a psychophysiologic need whereas a person who craves a beer on a hot sunny day can take or leave the beer at other times In general any kind of addiction is just an attempt to stimulate agni
At times a craving may mask a real need For example, a person who has an physiologic craving for chocolate is not actually seeking the chocolate but the sweet taste that comes along with the chocolate that may or may not be a physiologic craving So let’s look at this issue of cravings
Cravings can be due to psychological or physiological factors If the sweet taste is craved it may mean that the person is craving love However, if there is an imbalance of the hot quality someone may be craving the sweet taste to reduce the hot quality because the sweet taste carries the cold quality In IC one may be looking for ice water in order to cool down the hot quality While this may be considered a normal craving it has not so good physiologic consequences as such a habit would impair agni Or one may be thinking about a cold shower to cool down In this setting such a habit would aggravate Vata and would not be a good idea
So normal cravings that you respond to may adversely affect your physiology Normal physiologic food cravings are typically healthy and don’t adversely impact the body
Vata, the energy pattern of movement has a normal cravings for the warm drinks and hot foods that carry the spicy, mushy oily properties If it’s cold out during the winter, Vata becomes aggravated in the gut and you would naturally seek warmth and a cup of hot chocolate or cider
Pitta, the energy pattern of transformation expresses the hot quality amongst others and when it’s hot out a person will nnormally craves cold foods, drinks, and cool air
When Kapha, the energy pattern of stability becomes aggravated in the gut, the cool quality will prompt the person to normally seek hot, spicy food
So you can see that you will naturally seek out how to bring about balance in the body if you are sensing aggravation in yourself And these are normal cravings In actuality they are not real cravings as much as the body just looking to balance itself
Once there is dissemination of these bodily qualities and tissues are affected, wrong cravings show up
For example, someone with too much of the hot quality begins craving the hot qualities in foods such as hot chiles, cayenne pepper, and horseradish dependent on what’s available and the personal preferences for the hot taste These are abnormal cravings and should not be satisfied
When someone is overweight, they already have too much of the sweet taste whose qualities are heavy, slow/dull, liquid, oily, cool, dense, static, cloudy When they crave cookies, candy, and chocolate, they are adding more to the already imbalance of qualities This then becomes again an abnormal craving
If someone is a skinny mini and has a strong Vata imbalance, seeking out cold salads, rough, dry, and crunchy salty chips, there is an abnormal craving being satisfied
1 Determine if the craving is normal or abnormal; if abnormal try not to cave into the craving Of course, this is easier said than done but just by observing the mind obsessing about a particular food can be a ginormous step in the right direction Then let it go if you succumb to the craving Just making the observation is enough
2 Improve your agni There are multiple ways to do this Using ginger pickle, observing appropriate food choices according to your energy makeup, avoiding incompatible food combinations are all fundamental first steps to enhancing digestive fire Use of ghee or clarified butter which has the qualities of digestive fire or agni will help burn away toxic load in the peripheral tissues
3 Fasting of any kind is beneficial Chose one day a week and fast for that day If Vata or Pitta dominant, do juice fasting If Kapha, do water fast for 24h Fasting will be difficult for Kapha but it is a major player is managing cravings long term for this energy pattern There are many other different forms of fasting that can be explored but this one day a week is a good start
So have fun with your cravings and see them for what they are
To health as a Skill Love DrBill
This is based on whether the food sought is on the food list For example, if you’re looking for tomato soup and you have IC you can bet that it’s a craving if you’re Pitta Vata body makeup
The reason that our website icdiet.com is listed number one and two in the Google search engine is that the information works People use what works for them not what’s written And I can confidently say based on the energy science of Ayurveda that it works when you work it for bladder pain There is no guess work(why did it work for Mary but not for me), no diet diaries, no elimination trials Just straightforward Yes and No The IC community(Interstitial Cystitis Association and Interstitial Cystitis Network) and the...
read moreThe body is simultaneously an energy and matter field based on your perspective The bladder pain that is seen in IC flares can be viewed as either a molecular problem(matter science) or an imbalance in energy patterns in the urinary tract The predominant theory of the matter or molecular science is that the glycosoaminoglycan(GAG) layer becomes disrupted and allows urine irritants to infiltrate the bladder wall leading to the painful flares of IC The energy science of Ayurveda completely concurs that there is disruption due to acidic...
read more“Tomorrow I’ll begin that Pitta pacifying nutritional format for this bladder pain.” But as the saying goes,”Tomorrow never comes.” Procrastination is a form of fear and can be related to the Kapha energy pattern but any energy pattern can entertain inertia. It’s worthwhile looking at this fear as it directly plays into our human quest for chronic dis-ease. And if we are human and walking on this planet we have imaginary fears. Although imaginary fears have no basis, nonetheless they are locked away in our...
read moreIt’s estimated that 50 to as high as 70% of people experiencing IC have spontaneous resolution of bladder pain symptoms or after a period of time go away entirely or move to a more manageable symptom complex. This is typified in the accompanying bell curve graph which shows to the left of the line those that have resolved completely or have manageable symptoms and those to the right who have repeated flares for an extended period of time. This latter debilitated group of patients(CPPS) suffer not only unrelenting flares but lose...
read moreFrom an energy science view the symptoms of interstitial cystitis(IC) are related to the hot quality among others The burning on urination that feels like razor blades, the suprapubic or vaginal pain, the perineal pain of prostatitis are all related to this energetic quality that is in excess At this blog I have discussed extensively how the nutritional format is fundamental in clearing symptoms From my research 91% of patients doing aloe and a nutritional format that reduces this hot quality get 50% relief of symptoms in 6 weeks But...
read moreIf you have bladder IC and endometriosis you are experiencing a sort of double whammy You have two painful inflammatory pelvic conditions to deal with And that’s a bummer The pain may be doubly intense or at least seem like it And the social, physical, psychological, and emotional debility is energy draining But what if you could do something that doesn’t cost you anything and could reduce your symptoms by as much as 50%? All you have to do is take on the responsibility of nutritional choices and use aloe vera gel...
read moreFrom our last post you learned that from an energy science point of view interstitial cystitis is a Pitta provoked disease, that is, too much hot quality in the urinary tract – an imbalance created by the foods consumed So the obvious first step is to reduce those foods that are Pitta provoking One particular thread that I have seen come up is the question about IC and yogurt How should it be used and whether it is safe in IC, that is, whether it is Pitta provoking and causing bladder pain Yogurt is an amazing food and many...
read moreI had the opportunity over the weekend to interview Dr Vasant Lad who is a recognized authority of Ayurveda This is probably the first time that interstitial cystitis has been discussed from the classical Ayurvedic approach Applying the principles of Ayurveda in treating IC is obvious but what the classic texts that go back 5000 years have to say about the disease is very different as you will see Don’t be thrown off by the Sanskrit terms! Dr Lad has published numerous articles and books on the subject including a 3...
read moreWhen confronted with a chronic disease two questions usually come up 1 Why is this happening to me? 2 How can I get relief from these miserable symptoms that are plaguing me day in and day out? The first question will be difficult to answer based on the current model of healing and is based on theory And the second question is more to the point of “allow me to get comfortable so I can at least function” This question also has loads of responses doing online searches because you are empathetic to the other’s...
read moreI have found it interesting that quite often the physical problems that we have often seek their verbal expressions in the physically manifested universe This indirectly supports that we know we are intuitively part of Nature That we are not apart from Her but an aspect of Her We are Her in a real sense To divorce ourselves from Nature through technology and the study of molecules misses our ability to resourcefully look within for the answers As the saying goes, you haven’t lived until you’ve had a good bladder pain...
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