The use of spices is the same as the use of herbs in the energy science model of nutrition and health The use of spices is the same as the use of herbs A spice is considered a herb but not all herbs are spices The spice cabinet in your kitchen if viewed energetically can become a medicine cabinet full of energetic remedies But just as medicines can help us, some can cause us dis-ease so we need to learn how to use spices properly for our benefit
This is particularly true in the case of the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, chronic prostatitis, IBS, GERD, and fibromyalgia) Because most spices are used to help improve digestive fire, they make agni stronger so that our own digestive process is more effective in breaking down the food, absorbing it, and assimilating it into our bodies as organ(eg, liver and brain) and tissue cells(eg muscle and blood
Most of the commonly used spices in recipes today are heating Mediterranean recipes call for hot spices such as oregano, garlic, rosemary, and thyme These spices are not only heating but have the taste of pungent which is composed of the qualities of hot, dry, light, mobile. sharp, and rough This heating group of spices is particularly good during winter time when our mindbodies need extra heat for digestion of foods
However when your mindbody already shows signs of excess heat as in conditions such as the IC bladder pain syndrome where the symptoms of the hot quality is present in abundance. the above heating spices can be very problematic as most with IC can attest to
Among the spices there are a group that can be cooling and because of this can be medicinal when too much heat is present You’re interested in improving your digestion, absorption, and assimilation but not at the expense of worsening your IC symptoms and risking a flare
There are 10 spices or herbs that you can use all the time and not risk too much heat They are balancing for everyone with high Pitta or too much heat
Use all the time
Cardamom Coriander Cumin Dill Fennel Mint Rosewater Saffron Turmeric Vanilla Do some of these sound familiar? Our common medicinal CCF tea is made from the cumin, coriander, and fennel seeds Furthermore they are medicinal to the urinary tract Other herbs you may recognize are mint, dill, rosewater and vanilla Turmeric is on of the most powerful antiinflammatories in this group and saffron even though expensive can be another great alternative in this cooling group These cooling spices are used in the detoxifying kitchari You’ll notice there are no heating spices in this dish
Cooling but use with self evaluation
Cinnamon Fresh basil Fresh ginger Neem leaves Parsley These spices can be heating and cooling so should be used with some caution and awareness, testing the spice to see what effects it has on your own energetic physiology For example fresh ginger due to its liquid quality(dry ginger is really hot and should not be used) can have this heating quality reduced So ginger tea made with fresh ginger can be medicinal for some but in some situations with Pitta really out of whack, even fresh ginger can be too hot This is also true of fresh basil Of the group parsley is the hottest and probably least tolerated
Remember parsley’s look a like in the store Cilantro which is an excellent cooling veggie since it is fresh coriander leaves
In the last couple of months I have written intermittently to you about the energy science’s understanding of toxic load(called ama) that occurs with all disease Since this kind of thinking is completely foreign to those of us following the matter science medical model, it represents a radical departure as to how we think about the origin and treatment of disease The bladder pain syndrome is such a complex of physiologic imbalances composed of CPPS(chronic pelvic pain syndrome), fibromyalgia, GERD, IBS, IC, and vulvodynia that are all...
read moreDoing energy science work to heal is different than what you’ve been exposed to as you’ve wandered through the matter science world of medicine and nutrition This is because it does its science differently but its recommendations are at least grounded on a system of thinking that spans thousands of years, not just decades This approach to IC(interstitial cystititis….bladder pain syndrome), IBS, GERD, fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis, and vulvodynia exposes us to a different way of thinking Fad Diets Rumor has it that...
read moreIn the energy science of Ayurveda there can be no disease without the presence of toxicity In this discipline it’s called AMA(this doesn’t stand for the American Medical Association) which means undigested, unprocessed food Hmmm, if I have unprocessed, undigested food hanging around in my GIT(GI tract) that must mean that my digestive capability is in some way impaired? Bingo Toxicity and Disease So in the end the root cause of all disease is the presence of bodily AMA And to heal any disease whether it be the...
read moreIC with its associated inflammatory disease labels such as acid indigestion, GERD, chronic prostatitis, IBS, fibromyalgia, and vulvodynia all have one thing in common Inflammation so it behoves those to stay away from inflammatory foods To figure out which those are, the energy scince looks at tastes In energy science nutrition there are six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent Three of these are inflammatory Can you guess which ones they are? While the matter science nutritional format only sees four of these,...
read moreThe pain of IC is related to pelvic inflammation particularly of the bladder The flares that occur are related to the episodic increase in intensity of this inflammation So it stands to reason that the treatment for such a chronic disease would be antiinflammatory(AIF) This is not rocket science, folks! And there is a wide host of naturally occurring AIF For example, tumeric is commonly used in cooking and is a well understood AIF which when used with black pepper is potentiated even further in terms of its AIF effectNow the well...
read moreIt’s clear that foods can heal but the converse of this statement is also true: Foods can make us sick But why is it that Molly can eat certain foods and you can’t? It has to do with the qualities that increase in Molly and the qualities that increase in you AND which qualities bring about balance for Molly and which cause imbalance for you We are all uniquely different and what brings about the painful bladder syndrome of IC(interstitial cystitis) is different for each of us The bottom line is that once the imbalance of...
read moreThe matter science discipline has made the relationship between IBS(irritable bowel syndrome) and intersitial cystitis from population studies but due to its model of healing it has little to say about the association It exists but we don’t know why The energy science model relates that the vast majority of disease begins in the GI tract This is why nutrition becomes the first mainstay of therapy Of course it depends on what kind of nutritional advice is given Molecular nutritional advice as I talk about in IC Bladder Pain...
read moreFrom an energy science perspective nothing is static You’re either getting better or getting worse So when a flare occurs it can signal either energy being released(good) or more imbalance of the existing energy patterns that are causing the symptoms to begin with(not so good) How do you know the difference? Often times you don’t but your history can give you the answer Before EW(Energy Work) Before you were doing energy work there are choices that don’t lend to balancing your energy body Not knowing that coffee or...
read moreEvery once in a while I like to spotlight a question that comes from the community that brings up a particular aspect of IC that has not been addressed in previous blogs Here is such a question on emotions and discussion about the issue Is there an emotional or suppressed emotion aspect of the disease? Have you seen psychosomatic types of patterns, would you recommend psychotherapy? Also, is there a connection between low back pain and ic, if so should i treat the energy blockage in my back to heal the ic? An Energy Science View of the...
read moreIn keeping with our theme from last week, I wanted to discuss with you this week the use of yoga postures for irritable bowel syndrome(IBS), fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, and chronic prostatitis All of these matter science disease labels are associated in high percentages with IC (Also for more information see the YouTube video at http://goo.gl/0Fm5SI) Yoga has been used as a discipline for healing at the Ayurvedic Institute since the 1980’s and has been trademarked as Ayuryoga The uniqueness of the breathing techniques that I talked...
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No one with the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, chronic prostatitis, IBS, GERD, and fibromyalgia) would argue that having this chronic problem is not stressful As a matter of fact chronic disease of any form is stressful and wears on the physiology This is because living with energetic imbalances that don’t allow for the free flow of physiologic energy produces dis-ease
When one is in a state of ease everything including bodily functions becomes easy and unconscious Urinary and rectal elimination is automatic and almost taken for granted There is no disruption or alteration of consciousness because the mindbody is just humming along So stress is the opposite Small things such as going to the bathroom become monumental tasks and therefore stressful
As I’ve discussed in the past the only way to understand the mindbody as being one is to see the mind and body as both energy fields We cannot see the mind and body as intimately spliced from a molecular point of view since the mind is primarily an energy field not a molecular field
It’s not surprising then to say that the most molecular refined expression of mind is our DNA Behaviors and herbs all cause shape shifting in our DNA on a daily basis So when Canadian researchers have shown that change in DNA(see link below) occurs in cancer patients who took up a 3 month practice of meditation it’s clear that the mindbody energy connection is demonstrating itself
What this says is that reducing the stressful effects of chronic disease is important and the way we can do that is to quiet the mind for 20minutes or more daily One can choose mantra or breath awareness combining it with SoHum(so on inhalation hum on exhalation)
As I’ve discussed in the past in energy science work it’s not just one thing that you do that will bring about healing with the IC bladder pain syndrome Rather it’s a multiplicity of things that are done by the physiology in order to change the chronic imbalances that have created the symptoms Here are 4 key ingredients in a health plan that can bring about healing and recovery of IC
Meditation is a technique to quiet the mind In the course of meditation there can be lots and lots of thoughts In this setting these thoughts represent stress that needs to be released Meditation provides the context by which this stress can be released The mindbody becomes like a 4th of July sparkler with stress exuding from it
Pranayama as we talked over the last 2 weeks is not only a meditation but also improves agni of all the tissues but also helps eliminate ama
Nutrition that does not bring on more toxicity or helps support burning off toxicity is foundational
Improving and Normalizing Agni is a major part of getting our health back because in chronic illness agni always suffers
For more information use this link http://goo.gl/v2tMJT
In the last couple of months I have written intermittently to you about the energy science’s understanding of toxic load(called ama) that occurs with all disease Since this kind of thinking is completely foreign to those of us following the matter science medical model, it represents a radical departure as to how we think about the origin and treatment of disease The bladder pain syndrome is such a complex of physiologic imbalances composed of CPPS(chronic pelvic pain syndrome), fibromyalgia, GERD, IBS, IC, and vulvodynia that are all...
read moreDoing energy science work to heal is different than what you’ve been exposed to as you’ve wandered through the matter science world of medicine and nutrition This is because it does its science differently but its recommendations are at least grounded on a system of thinking that spans thousands of years, not just decades This approach to IC(interstitial cystititis….bladder pain syndrome), IBS, GERD, fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis, and vulvodynia exposes us to a different way of thinking Fad Diets Rumor has it that...
read moreIn the energy science of Ayurveda there can be no disease without the presence of toxicity In this discipline it’s called AMA(this doesn’t stand for the American Medical Association) which means undigested, unprocessed food Hmmm, if I have unprocessed, undigested food hanging around in my GIT(GI tract) that must mean that my digestive capability is in some way impaired? Bingo Toxicity and Disease So in the end the root cause of all disease is the presence of bodily AMA And to heal any disease whether it be the...
read moreIC with its associated inflammatory disease labels such as acid indigestion, GERD, chronic prostatitis, IBS, fibromyalgia, and vulvodynia all have one thing in common Inflammation so it behoves those to stay away from inflammatory foods To figure out which those are, the energy scince looks at tastes In energy science nutrition there are six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent Three of these are inflammatory Can you guess which ones they are? While the matter science nutritional format only sees four of these,...
read moreThe pain of IC is related to pelvic inflammation particularly of the bladder The flares that occur are related to the episodic increase in intensity of this inflammation So it stands to reason that the treatment for such a chronic disease would be antiinflammatory(AIF) This is not rocket science, folks! And there is a wide host of naturally occurring AIF For example, tumeric is commonly used in cooking and is a well understood AIF which when used with black pepper is potentiated even further in terms of its AIF effectNow the well...
read moreIt’s clear that foods can heal but the converse of this statement is also true: Foods can make us sick But why is it that Molly can eat certain foods and you can’t? It has to do with the qualities that increase in Molly and the qualities that increase in you AND which qualities bring about balance for Molly and which cause imbalance for you We are all uniquely different and what brings about the painful bladder syndrome of IC(interstitial cystitis) is different for each of us The bottom line is that once the imbalance of...
read moreThe matter science discipline has made the relationship between IBS(irritable bowel syndrome) and intersitial cystitis from population studies but due to its model of healing it has little to say about the association It exists but we don’t know why The energy science model relates that the vast majority of disease begins in the GI tract This is why nutrition becomes the first mainstay of therapy Of course it depends on what kind of nutritional advice is given Molecular nutritional advice as I talk about in IC Bladder Pain...
read moreFrom an energy science perspective nothing is static You’re either getting better or getting worse So when a flare occurs it can signal either energy being released(good) or more imbalance of the existing energy patterns that are causing the symptoms to begin with(not so good) How do you know the difference? Often times you don’t but your history can give you the answer Before EW(Energy Work) Before you were doing energy work there are choices that don’t lend to balancing your energy body Not knowing that coffee or...
read moreEvery once in a while I like to spotlight a question that comes from the community that brings up a particular aspect of IC that has not been addressed in previous blogs Here is such a question on emotions and discussion about the issue Is there an emotional or suppressed emotion aspect of the disease? Have you seen psychosomatic types of patterns, would you recommend psychotherapy? Also, is there a connection between low back pain and ic, if so should i treat the energy blockage in my back to heal the ic? An Energy Science View of the...
read moreIn keeping with our theme from last week, I wanted to discuss with you this week the use of yoga postures for irritable bowel syndrome(IBS), fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, and chronic prostatitis All of these matter science disease labels are associated in high percentages with IC (Also for more information see the YouTube video at http://goo.gl/0Fm5SI) Yoga has been used as a discipline for healing at the Ayurvedic Institute since the 1980’s and has been trademarked as Ayuryoga The uniqueness of the breathing techniques that I talked...
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The energy science of Ayurveda views disease as imbalance of qualities or vibrational frequencies that produce symptoms in specific tissues As in the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, chronic prostatitis, IBS, GERD, and fibromyalgia)the qualities from the gut lodge into the pelvic nerves These then begin producing the symptoms of burning(hot quality) in the urethra and vagina, urinary frequency(mobile quality) and urgency, and aching(dull and rough qualities) suprapubic pain This often occurs in an episodic way, the so called flare
The qualities lodge into the pelvic nerves(nervous tissue) and fail to return to the GI tract due to toxicity associated with them which is called ama The reason that ama or toxic load occurs in the first place is related to poor agni which I have blogged about in the past This is why I have emphasized various agni enhancing techniques such as CCF tea
This sticky gooey substance “gums up the tissues” so to speak trapping the qualities that have migrated from the gut into the nervous tissue
In the energy science there are several ways to remove nervous tissue ama but one of the simplest ways is to improve the agni or digestive fire of the nervous tissue itself If the tissue ama plugging up the works and holding the qualities in the nervous tissue then the simple solution is to burn off the ama or toxic load Physical exercise in general is a good way to improve agni and hence burn off ama
Breathing exercises called pranayama specifically can stimulate tissue agni and burn off ama hence leading the nervous tissue release of the excessive qualities and send them back to the GI tract for removal
1 This is a very specific set of pranayama done in specific way to burn off ama
2 Should be done consistently on a daily basis, first thing in the morning
3 Takes about 30 minutes a day when doing the full sequence
4 How long to see results is based on how much ama is present Said another way, how long have you been sick? The rule of thumb is 2months for every year of IC
5 Requires sitting to produce an erect posture
Next week I’ll outline the pranayama sequence that can change your life
This is simple, cheap and only requires your initiative What have you got to lose except being healthier by doing the exercise? Too good to be true? See for yourself
In the last couple of months I have written intermittently to you about the energy science’s understanding of toxic load(called ama) that occurs with all disease Since this kind of thinking is completely foreign to those of us following the matter science medical model, it represents a radical departure as to how we think about the origin and treatment of disease The bladder pain syndrome is such a complex of physiologic imbalances composed of CPPS(chronic pelvic pain syndrome), fibromyalgia, GERD, IBS, IC, and vulvodynia that are all...
read moreDoing energy science work to heal is different than what you’ve been exposed to as you’ve wandered through the matter science world of medicine and nutrition This is because it does its science differently but its recommendations are at least grounded on a system of thinking that spans thousands of years, not just decades This approach to IC(interstitial cystititis….bladder pain syndrome), IBS, GERD, fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis, and vulvodynia exposes us to a different way of thinking Fad Diets Rumor has it that...
read moreIn the energy science of Ayurveda there can be no disease without the presence of toxicity In this discipline it’s called AMA(this doesn’t stand for the American Medical Association) which means undigested, unprocessed food Hmmm, if I have unprocessed, undigested food hanging around in my GIT(GI tract) that must mean that my digestive capability is in some way impaired? Bingo Toxicity and Disease So in the end the root cause of all disease is the presence of bodily AMA And to heal any disease whether it be the...
read moreIC with its associated inflammatory disease labels such as acid indigestion, GERD, chronic prostatitis, IBS, fibromyalgia, and vulvodynia all have one thing in common Inflammation so it behoves those to stay away from inflammatory foods To figure out which those are, the energy scince looks at tastes In energy science nutrition there are six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent Three of these are inflammatory Can you guess which ones they are? While the matter science nutritional format only sees four of these,...
read moreThe pain of IC is related to pelvic inflammation particularly of the bladder The flares that occur are related to the episodic increase in intensity of this inflammation So it stands to reason that the treatment for such a chronic disease would be antiinflammatory(AIF) This is not rocket science, folks! And there is a wide host of naturally occurring AIF For example, tumeric is commonly used in cooking and is a well understood AIF which when used with black pepper is potentiated even further in terms of its AIF effectNow the well...
read moreIt’s clear that foods can heal but the converse of this statement is also true: Foods can make us sick But why is it that Molly can eat certain foods and you can’t? It has to do with the qualities that increase in Molly and the qualities that increase in you AND which qualities bring about balance for Molly and which cause imbalance for you We are all uniquely different and what brings about the painful bladder syndrome of IC(interstitial cystitis) is different for each of us The bottom line is that once the imbalance of...
read moreThe matter science discipline has made the relationship between IBS(irritable bowel syndrome) and intersitial cystitis from population studies but due to its model of healing it has little to say about the association It exists but we don’t know why The energy science model relates that the vast majority of disease begins in the GI tract This is why nutrition becomes the first mainstay of therapy Of course it depends on what kind of nutritional advice is given Molecular nutritional advice as I talk about in IC Bladder Pain...
read moreFrom an energy science perspective nothing is static You’re either getting better or getting worse So when a flare occurs it can signal either energy being released(good) or more imbalance of the existing energy patterns that are causing the symptoms to begin with(not so good) How do you know the difference? Often times you don’t but your history can give you the answer Before EW(Energy Work) Before you were doing energy work there are choices that don’t lend to balancing your energy body Not knowing that coffee or...
read moreEvery once in a while I like to spotlight a question that comes from the community that brings up a particular aspect of IC that has not been addressed in previous blogs Here is such a question on emotions and discussion about the issue Is there an emotional or suppressed emotion aspect of the disease? Have you seen psychosomatic types of patterns, would you recommend psychotherapy? Also, is there a connection between low back pain and ic, if so should i treat the energy blockage in my back to heal the ic? An Energy Science View of the...
read moreIn keeping with our theme from last week, I wanted to discuss with you this week the use of yoga postures for irritable bowel syndrome(IBS), fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, and chronic prostatitis All of these matter science disease labels are associated in high percentages with IC (Also for more information see the YouTube video at http://goo.gl/0Fm5SI) Yoga has been used as a discipline for healing at the Ayurvedic Institute since the 1980’s and has been trademarked as Ayuryoga The uniqueness of the breathing techniques that I talked...
read moreAs part of the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, chronic prostatitis, IBS, and GERD) fibromyalgia seems to be the most unrelated of all the diseases listed in the syndrome That is, if you understand that from an energy science point of view all disease begins in the GI tract and so IBS and GERD make a whole lot of sense
But fibromyalgia(FM) which at one time was labeled as muscular arthritis seems remotely associated with the pelvic diseases that make up the syndrome However as I have written about in the past the energy science sees this bladder syndrome as being created in the GI tract as an imbalance of qualities or vibrational frequencies that when the pressure is high enough leave the gut and disseminate to the adjacent pelvic plexus of nerves to bring about symptoms
IC involves the nervous tissue of the pelvic plexus of nerves around the rectum , prostate, vagina, and bladder Dependent on which nerves are involved determines which organs will be most symptomatic If the nerves going to the vagina are more involved then the symptoms of vulvodynia predominate and the bladder symptoms are less Or the converse can be true, where most of the symptoms are bladder and there may be no or little vaginal symptoms I have written several blog posts regarding the pelvic innervation involvement
Both IC and FM energetically arise from the colon In IC the imbalance of qualities leads to distribution to the pelvic nerves In FM the classic distribution of these qualities can go to the muscles and and the soft tissues around the joints Symptoms of pain and burning come and go and become migratory, sometimes in one area only to move to another In this way the toxic load associated with Vata and Pitta find their way to muscles of the body
But in another form of FM there can be arthritic like symptoms From an energy science view the nervous system and the joint space are anatomically connected This is because the major function of this tissue layer is to fill space Any space in the body including the joint spaces are part of the nervous system tissue This explains why some people with IC can have arthritis like symptoms and/or muscle like symptoms labeled as FM
Apart from obvious things of eating a nutritional format appropriate for your energy makeup and avoiding incompatible food combinations here are 3 things that you can do to treat FM in either form
1 Massaging medicated oil into the painful muscle points or around the involved joints can be relieving to these areas Mahanaryan oil is a very potent oil used in this type of complex of symptoms
2 The use of ginger powder mixed with mahanaryan oil can be effective to involved tissues because over time the ginger will help to burn off the toxic load that comes to these involved areas with Vata and Pitta
3 Basti As I have written before in previous posts the treatment to get rid of the collected qualities or vibrational frequencies that have accumulated in the above tissue sites whether in the muscle or joint space is to allow them to come back to the GIT This happens when there is a negative pressure created in the colon by the use of medicated basti
In the last couple of months I have written intermittently to you about the energy science’s understanding of toxic load(called ama) that occurs with all disease Since this kind of thinking is completely foreign to those of us following the matter science medical model, it represents a radical departure as to how we think about the origin and treatment of disease The bladder pain syndrome is such a complex of physiologic imbalances composed of CPPS(chronic pelvic pain syndrome), fibromyalgia, GERD, IBS, IC, and vulvodynia that are all...
read moreDoing energy science work to heal is different than what you’ve been exposed to as you’ve wandered through the matter science world of medicine and nutrition This is because it does its science differently but its recommendations are at least grounded on a system of thinking that spans thousands of years, not just decades This approach to IC(interstitial cystititis….bladder pain syndrome), IBS, GERD, fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis, and vulvodynia exposes us to a different way of thinking Fad Diets Rumor has it that...
read moreIn the energy science of Ayurveda there can be no disease without the presence of toxicity In this discipline it’s called AMA(this doesn’t stand for the American Medical Association) which means undigested, unprocessed food Hmmm, if I have unprocessed, undigested food hanging around in my GIT(GI tract) that must mean that my digestive capability is in some way impaired? Bingo Toxicity and Disease So in the end the root cause of all disease is the presence of bodily AMA And to heal any disease whether it be the...
read moreIC with its associated inflammatory disease labels such as acid indigestion, GERD, chronic prostatitis, IBS, fibromyalgia, and vulvodynia all have one thing in common Inflammation so it behoves those to stay away from inflammatory foods To figure out which those are, the energy scince looks at tastes In energy science nutrition there are six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent Three of these are inflammatory Can you guess which ones they are? While the matter science nutritional format only sees four of these,...
read moreThe pain of IC is related to pelvic inflammation particularly of the bladder The flares that occur are related to the episodic increase in intensity of this inflammation So it stands to reason that the treatment for such a chronic disease would be antiinflammatory(AIF) This is not rocket science, folks! And there is a wide host of naturally occurring AIF For example, tumeric is commonly used in cooking and is a well understood AIF which when used with black pepper is potentiated even further in terms of its AIF effectNow the well...
read moreIt’s clear that foods can heal but the converse of this statement is also true: Foods can make us sick But why is it that Molly can eat certain foods and you can’t? It has to do with the qualities that increase in Molly and the qualities that increase in you AND which qualities bring about balance for Molly and which cause imbalance for you We are all uniquely different and what brings about the painful bladder syndrome of IC(interstitial cystitis) is different for each of us The bottom line is that once the imbalance of...
read moreThe matter science discipline has made the relationship between IBS(irritable bowel syndrome) and intersitial cystitis from population studies but due to its model of healing it has little to say about the association It exists but we don’t know why The energy science model relates that the vast majority of disease begins in the GI tract This is why nutrition becomes the first mainstay of therapy Of course it depends on what kind of nutritional advice is given Molecular nutritional advice as I talk about in IC Bladder Pain...
read moreFrom an energy science perspective nothing is static You’re either getting better or getting worse So when a flare occurs it can signal either energy being released(good) or more imbalance of the existing energy patterns that are causing the symptoms to begin with(not so good) How do you know the difference? Often times you don’t but your history can give you the answer Before EW(Energy Work) Before you were doing energy work there are choices that don’t lend to balancing your energy body Not knowing that coffee or...
read moreEvery once in a while I like to spotlight a question that comes from the community that brings up a particular aspect of IC that has not been addressed in previous blogs Here is such a question on emotions and discussion about the issue Is there an emotional or suppressed emotion aspect of the disease? Have you seen psychosomatic types of patterns, would you recommend psychotherapy? Also, is there a connection between low back pain and ic, if so should i treat the energy blockage in my back to heal the ic? An Energy Science View of the...
read moreIn keeping with our theme from last week, I wanted to discuss with you this week the use of yoga postures for irritable bowel syndrome(IBS), fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, and chronic prostatitis All of these matter science disease labels are associated in high percentages with IC (Also for more information see the YouTube video at http://goo.gl/0Fm5SI) Yoga has been used as a discipline for healing at the Ayurvedic Institute since the 1980’s and has been trademarked as Ayuryoga The uniqueness of the breathing techniques that I talked...
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As most people with the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, chronic prostatitis, IBS, GERD, and fibromyalgia) inflammation is the triggering issue around the syndrome And a number of foods energetically will cause inflammation such as tomatoes, hot chiles, salsa, carbonated drinks, and coffee But what about animal foods? Where do they fall in the mix and why?
In the energy science world of nutrition a fatty acid is inflammatory End of story So any fatty meat such as domestic beef, lamb, and the worst offender pork are all on the No No list
Salt is inflammatory as a taste because energetically it carries the hot quality So fish whose meat has lived in saltwater for most of their lives will carry the hot quality due to the salt So saltwater fish such as salmon, cod, halibut, and so on will be problematic except for one exception below
Nondomesticated animal foods Following from what I just discussed nondomesticated meats such as buffalo, venison, moose, elk, and rabbit are excellent sources of animal protein due to the extremely low fat content
Egg whites While egg yolks can be used occasionally(1-2x/wk) egg whites can be used all the time by everyone The egg yolk has. you guessed it, a lot of fatty acids whereas the whites are pure protein You can buy egg whites in the grocery store in container cartons
Shrimp My fav of the list because shrimp even in salt water don’t take on the salt that other seafood do Plus there is a freshwater variety of shrimp that is available as well
Freshwater fish These fish are as good a source of omega 3 fatty acids as their seafood counterparts but without the salt So fish like pike, walleye, trout, bluegill and others are great choices Tillapia is a freshwater fish which is a bottom feeder with many sources coming from China and for several reasons I’m not a big fan of the fish but this is clearly an individual bias
In the last couple of months I have written intermittently to you about the energy science’s understanding of toxic load(called ama) that occurs with all disease Since this kind of thinking is completely foreign to those of us following the matter science medical model, it represents a radical departure as to how we think about the origin and treatment of disease The bladder pain syndrome is such a complex of physiologic imbalances composed of CPPS(chronic pelvic pain syndrome), fibromyalgia, GERD, IBS, IC, and vulvodynia that are all...
read moreDoing energy science work to heal is different than what you’ve been exposed to as you’ve wandered through the matter science world of medicine and nutrition This is because it does its science differently but its recommendations are at least grounded on a system of thinking that spans thousands of years, not just decades This approach to IC(interstitial cystititis….bladder pain syndrome), IBS, GERD, fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis, and vulvodynia exposes us to a different way of thinking Fad Diets Rumor has it that...
read moreIn the energy science of Ayurveda there can be no disease without the presence of toxicity In this discipline it’s called AMA(this doesn’t stand for the American Medical Association) which means undigested, unprocessed food Hmmm, if I have unprocessed, undigested food hanging around in my GIT(GI tract) that must mean that my digestive capability is in some way impaired? Bingo Toxicity and Disease So in the end the root cause of all disease is the presence of bodily AMA And to heal any disease whether it be the...
read moreIC with its associated inflammatory disease labels such as acid indigestion, GERD, chronic prostatitis, IBS, fibromyalgia, and vulvodynia all have one thing in common Inflammation so it behoves those to stay away from inflammatory foods To figure out which those are, the energy scince looks at tastes In energy science nutrition there are six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent Three of these are inflammatory Can you guess which ones they are? While the matter science nutritional format only sees four of these,...
read moreThe pain of IC is related to pelvic inflammation particularly of the bladder The flares that occur are related to the episodic increase in intensity of this inflammation So it stands to reason that the treatment for such a chronic disease would be antiinflammatory(AIF) This is not rocket science, folks! And there is a wide host of naturally occurring AIF For example, tumeric is commonly used in cooking and is a well understood AIF which when used with black pepper is potentiated even further in terms of its AIF effectNow the well...
read moreIt’s clear that foods can heal but the converse of this statement is also true: Foods can make us sick But why is it that Molly can eat certain foods and you can’t? It has to do with the qualities that increase in Molly and the qualities that increase in you AND which qualities bring about balance for Molly and which cause imbalance for you We are all uniquely different and what brings about the painful bladder syndrome of IC(interstitial cystitis) is different for each of us The bottom line is that once the imbalance of...
read moreThe matter science discipline has made the relationship between IBS(irritable bowel syndrome) and intersitial cystitis from population studies but due to its model of healing it has little to say about the association It exists but we don’t know why The energy science model relates that the vast majority of disease begins in the GI tract This is why nutrition becomes the first mainstay of therapy Of course it depends on what kind of nutritional advice is given Molecular nutritional advice as I talk about in IC Bladder Pain...
read moreFrom an energy science perspective nothing is static You’re either getting better or getting worse So when a flare occurs it can signal either energy being released(good) or more imbalance of the existing energy patterns that are causing the symptoms to begin with(not so good) How do you know the difference? Often times you don’t but your history can give you the answer Before EW(Energy Work) Before you were doing energy work there are choices that don’t lend to balancing your energy body Not knowing that coffee or...
read moreEvery once in a while I like to spotlight a question that comes from the community that brings up a particular aspect of IC that has not been addressed in previous blogs Here is such a question on emotions and discussion about the issue Is there an emotional or suppressed emotion aspect of the disease? Have you seen psychosomatic types of patterns, would you recommend psychotherapy? Also, is there a connection between low back pain and ic, if so should i treat the energy blockage in my back to heal the ic? An Energy Science View of the...
read moreIn keeping with our theme from last week, I wanted to discuss with you this week the use of yoga postures for irritable bowel syndrome(IBS), fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, and chronic prostatitis All of these matter science disease labels are associated in high percentages with IC (Also for more information see the YouTube video at http://goo.gl/0Fm5SI) Yoga has been used as a discipline for healing at the Ayurvedic Institute since the 1980’s and has been trademarked as Ayuryoga The uniqueness of the breathing techniques that I talked...
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As you know the nutrition is foundational in the management of the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis, vulvodynia, IBS, GERD, and fibromyalgia) In the energy science tradition of Ayurveda nutrition is specific to one’s energy constitutional makeup(PV, PK, and VK) This is because certain foods produce energetic imbalances which over time will affect the symptoms of the IC bladder pain syndrome So a person with the syndrome who is PK would not choose foods that a PV would choose
Even though food selection differ according to the energy patterns that are defined(see more information at foodsheal.com) here are veggies that can be used by everyone
All should be Cooked
Asparagus
Beets
Carrots
Cilantro
Green beans
Leeks
Okra
Rutabaga
Summer squash
No matter what your energy pattern makeup the above can be consumed freely all the time Try them with a regular diet of kitchari which will promote health and help you to begin clearing painful flares
In the last couple of months I have written intermittently to you about the energy science’s understanding of toxic load(called ama) that occurs with all disease Since this kind of thinking is completely foreign to those of us following the matter science medical model, it represents a radical departure as to how we think about the origin and treatment of disease The bladder pain syndrome is such a complex of physiologic imbalances composed of CPPS(chronic pelvic pain syndrome), fibromyalgia, GERD, IBS, IC, and vulvodynia that are all...
read moreDoing energy science work to heal is different than what you’ve been exposed to as you’ve wandered through the matter science world of medicine and nutrition This is because it does its science differently but its recommendations are at least grounded on a system of thinking that spans thousands of years, not just decades This approach to IC(interstitial cystititis….bladder pain syndrome), IBS, GERD, fibromyalgia, chronic prostatitis, and vulvodynia exposes us to a different way of thinking Fad Diets Rumor has it that...
read moreIn the energy science of Ayurveda there can be no disease without the presence of toxicity In this discipline it’s called AMA(this doesn’t stand for the American Medical Association) which means undigested, unprocessed food Hmmm, if I have unprocessed, undigested food hanging around in my GIT(GI tract) that must mean that my digestive capability is in some way impaired? Bingo Toxicity and Disease So in the end the root cause of all disease is the presence of bodily AMA And to heal any disease whether it be the...
read moreIC with its associated inflammatory disease labels such as acid indigestion, GERD, chronic prostatitis, IBS, fibromyalgia, and vulvodynia all have one thing in common Inflammation so it behoves those to stay away from inflammatory foods To figure out which those are, the energy scince looks at tastes In energy science nutrition there are six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent Three of these are inflammatory Can you guess which ones they are? While the matter science nutritional format only sees four of these,...
read moreThe pain of IC is related to pelvic inflammation particularly of the bladder The flares that occur are related to the episodic increase in intensity of this inflammation So it stands to reason that the treatment for such a chronic disease would be antiinflammatory(AIF) This is not rocket science, folks! And there is a wide host of naturally occurring AIF For example, tumeric is commonly used in cooking and is a well understood AIF which when used with black pepper is potentiated even further in terms of its AIF effectNow the well...
read moreIt’s clear that foods can heal but the converse of this statement is also true: Foods can make us sick But why is it that Molly can eat certain foods and you can’t? It has to do with the qualities that increase in Molly and the qualities that increase in you AND which qualities bring about balance for Molly and which cause imbalance for you We are all uniquely different and what brings about the painful bladder syndrome of IC(interstitial cystitis) is different for each of us The bottom line is that once the imbalance of...
read moreThe matter science discipline has made the relationship between IBS(irritable bowel syndrome) and intersitial cystitis from population studies but due to its model of healing it has little to say about the association It exists but we don’t know why The energy science model relates that the vast majority of disease begins in the GI tract This is why nutrition becomes the first mainstay of therapy Of course it depends on what kind of nutritional advice is given Molecular nutritional advice as I talk about in IC Bladder Pain...
read moreFrom an energy science perspective nothing is static You’re either getting better or getting worse So when a flare occurs it can signal either energy being released(good) or more imbalance of the existing energy patterns that are causing the symptoms to begin with(not so good) How do you know the difference? Often times you don’t but your history can give you the answer Before EW(Energy Work) Before you were doing energy work there are choices that don’t lend to balancing your energy body Not knowing that coffee or...
read moreEvery once in a while I like to spotlight a question that comes from the community that brings up a particular aspect of IC that has not been addressed in previous blogs Here is such a question on emotions and discussion about the issue Is there an emotional or suppressed emotion aspect of the disease? Have you seen psychosomatic types of patterns, would you recommend psychotherapy? Also, is there a connection between low back pain and ic, if so should i treat the energy blockage in my back to heal the ic? An Energy Science View of the...
read moreIn keeping with our theme from last week, I wanted to discuss with you this week the use of yoga postures for irritable bowel syndrome(IBS), fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, and chronic prostatitis All of these matter science disease labels are associated in high percentages with IC (Also for more information see the YouTube video at http://goo.gl/0Fm5SI) Yoga has been used as a discipline for healing at the Ayurvedic Institute since the 1980’s and has been trademarked as Ayuryoga The uniqueness of the breathing techniques that I talked...
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