Our local Yoga news is doing an Ayurvedic series and this is an introduction to the discipline that I did for the News Lifestyle behaviors can produce genetic harmony in our lives or interfere with that harmony and the Ayurvedic discipline outlines for us guidelines that can produce genetic harmony Another word for genetic harmony is balance but one of the keys to helping shapeshift our DNA is through healthy lifestyle patterns of behavior
These kinds of behavior patterns are foundational to the management of any disease including the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, chronic prostatitis, GERD, IBS, and fibromyalgia)
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When in between the painful bladder flares of the IC bladder pain syndrome there are things that you can do to help support your recovery as you move along One of the more important techniques are yogic breathing exercises Moving Biological Energy As I’ve discussed in the past you can either see your body as a collection of molecules or as an energy field This is because you simultaneously coexist as both From E=mc2 we know this to be the case but for many reasons the current molecular biological model has failed to embrace this...
read moreThe toxicity that we talk about in the environment is no different than the toxicity we create for ourselves The good news is that you can do something about it The IC bladder pain syndrome is associated with toxicity not just an energetic imbalance As a matter of fact every disease carries toxic load to the tissues But the matter science molecular model practiced today doesn’t have a concept of toxicity until late in the disease process, when people need dialysis for example And we tend to think of toxicity that comes from the...
read moreThere is a great energy around the use of castor with some people finding relief from its application to the lower abdomen for the painful bladder of IC syndrome(fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, HAS/GERD, IBS) But if that doesn’t work try a mixture of castor, mustard and flax oils as a combination(a third of each) The same application technique applies You can use a covering cloth over the oils directly applied to the suprapubic region Once applied you can apply a towel and then the heating pad over the top of the towel The value of castor is...
read moreThe products that are derived from milk can be problematic It’s based on who is taking them in when it comes to IC and the painful bladder syndrome these choices lead to inflammation In the energy science world this is a dictum that is the premise to individualizing one’s food choices according to who is eating the food All foods have the potential to make us sick if not chosen properly and this is particularly true with the IC bladder pain syndrome For example when you look at the dairy selections at foodsheal.com...
read moreIt’s of no surprise to anyone who has the IC bladder pain syndrome or is involved with an IC support group that bowel symptoms are as common as the flares As a matter of fact if I were a betting person I would say that there are often more common than the flares that occur But the bowel symptoms are often overlooked because our tendency is to focus on the organ causing us the most problem, namely the bladder and pelvic symptoms Step Back As you have read in some blog posts all disease begins in the GI tract according to the Ayurvedic...
read moreInterstitial cystitis(IC) bladder pain with flares can be amplified by the routine use of nuts and seeds of any kind and this includes their butters!! Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter Why? Unlike the matter science(MS) nutritional information that fatty acids are good and bad, the energy science(ES) of Ayurveda states that all nuts are inflammatory due to these molecular fatty acids regardless of the “good or bad nature of them” The reason for this is that the post digestive(small bowel) effect is heating therefore...
read moreI wanted you all to know that finally after 8 months of trying to get the book right, my book IC Bladder Pain Syndrome: The Alternative Medical Treatment for Interstitial Cystitis in available at Amazon As you know the book outlines the energy science approach to IC and contrasts the current traditional matter(molecular) approach to the problem This is the first book that has taken the disease label of IC and shown how and why energy science principles can deal with this disease And this is the first in a series of books dealing with the IC...
read moreWhen you think about it, all healing involves rituals If the doctor gives you a pill for high blood pressure, you make a point during the day(preferably the same time every day) to take the pill If you want to change your nutritional format to heal your IC, you put into place things that you do on a regular basis to change your pattern of choices So painful bladder flares are no different than any other disease in responding to planned ritualistic behavior But why does employing rituals work? Rituals and Healing Rituals are a way to grab...
read moreThe flare pain in IC bladder pain as we have talked about in the past is related to the hot and mobile qualities according to the energy science tradition But as you know it’s darn difficult to find out what qualities are in foods That’s why the food lists of various foods are suggested to give you food choice guidance What Veggies Are Good Choices for IC? The food list at icdiet.com is dedicated to those foods that are Pitta(energy of transformation that delivers the hot quality) aggravating But with respect to vegetable...
read moreWishing you all the best of health in your journey to eliminate the energy imbalance of interstitial cystitis from your life And the best of holiday cheer in sharing this season with your loved...
read moreIn essence if we want to direct our lives, we should take control of our consistent actions.
It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives but what we do consistently. Anonymous author
As I have written in a past blog the origin of IC from an energy science point of view is the pelvic quality expression of hot, sharp, mobile, light, dry, rough, spreading, soft, cloudy, and sticky In the past I have simplified these qualities to hot and mobile because they are so dominantly expressed but you should be aware that there is the potential for these other qualities to produce their symptoms as well in the physiology For example it’s not uncommon for patients to report a sharp, spreading, and stabbing pain in parts of the perineum or pelvic area
As I have written the pelvic nerve involvement is the common pathway to the symptom complex of the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, chronic prostatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, GERD, and fibromyalgia) and from an energy science perspective the above qualities become involved in the nervous tissue of the pelvis leading to this perplexing group of symptoms
DMSO bladder instillation has long been known to produce symptom relief in some of those with the IC bladder pain syndrome and there are published results of its effectiveness The reason for the symptom improvement is unclear or unstated from a matter science point of view But if we look at DMSO’s properties it has specific skin or mucosal permeability characteristics which has made it an ideal vehicle to carry various materials into the anatomy Much of the urologic concern around safety of use has been focused on bladder wall damage particularly for concentrations greater than the recommended RIMSO 50 It has been suggested that high concentrations of DMSO can lead to permanent bladder wall damage that might eventuate in surgical removal of the the bladder
DMSO has a predilection for nervous tissue and has been shown in an animal model to produce cell death in developing nervous tissue This cell destruction is probable in its human use from what we know from animal models Nonetheless the important observation is that DMSO can seek out pelvic nervous tissue as a target and has potentially damaging effects on that tissue
It is clear that there is systemic absorption from the garlic like odor that is elicited in patients receiving DMSO bladder instillation therapy So it’s quite reasonable to consider that DMSO’s mode of action in the case of IC is to penetrate the bladder mucosa and infiltrate the local pelvic nerves to in effect numb or even destroy the pelvic nerves leading to transient symptom relief
In previous blogs I have discussed the energy science’s explanation of how the IC bladder pain syndrome occurs Vata Pitta and even Kapha qualities move from the colon The Vata qualities have a predilection for nervous tissue as many of the qualities of Vata are shared by those of the nervous system tissue The energy science also tells us that the Vata quality of mobile carries the qualities of Pitta and Kapha into the pelvic nerve tissues as well
The stage is then set for these qualities to begin causing the characteristic symptoms of IC Urinary urgency and frequency(mobile), burning on urination(hot, sharp, spreading), dull ache(slow/dull, heavy, sticky,dense), generalized sporadic pain(cold, light, mobile, dry, rough, subtle) These symptoms occur not only in the bladder and general pelvic area but also lead to those in the vagina and prostate The colon may also have symptoms from the buildup of these qualities and would be interpreted as IBS
So the use of DMSO numbs or destroys the pelvic nerves and gives relief It also serves as an anti-inflammatory which is know to be present energetically in the pelvic nerves But unfortunately it becomes a bandaid which does not address the basic underlying imbalance which remains The pelvic qualities like phantom pain still remain It’s well known that cystectomy and/or prostatectomy does not clear the symptoms of IC or chronic prostatitis This is because the causative qualities are still present in the remaining tissues
There are points in therapy after nutrition and basic lifestyle behavior patterns are completed that basti management as previously described can be instituted to create a reduction of the qualities in the colon so that the qualities in the pelvis can come back to the colon for elimination
Another avenue for temporary relief from symptoms is lower rectal lidocaine administration using basti technique This is routinely done in urologic practice through bladder instillation with the use of other drugs such as steroids and heparin Labeled as bladder rescue instillations the urologist is essentially treating the pelvic nerves not the bladder My patient experience suggests that the rectal route is more effective than the bladder route but both are temporary at best The rectal administration also lasts longer and when the pain does come back it is typically not as severe as before the lidocaine
Our understanding of the etiology of IC with the help of the mechanism of action of DMSO completely supports the energy science model of how the IC bladder pain syndrome evolves
When in between the painful bladder flares of the IC bladder pain syndrome there are things that you can do to help support your recovery as you move along One of the more important techniques are yogic breathing exercises Moving Biological Energy As I’ve discussed in the past you can either see your body as a collection of molecules or as an energy field This is because you simultaneously coexist as both From E=mc2 we know this to be the case but for many reasons the current molecular biological model has failed to embrace this...
read moreThe toxicity that we talk about in the environment is no different than the toxicity we create for ourselves The good news is that you can do something about it The IC bladder pain syndrome is associated with toxicity not just an energetic imbalance As a matter of fact every disease carries toxic load to the tissues But the matter science molecular model practiced today doesn’t have a concept of toxicity until late in the disease process, when people need dialysis for example And we tend to think of toxicity that comes from the...
read moreThere is a great energy around the use of castor with some people finding relief from its application to the lower abdomen for the painful bladder of IC syndrome(fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, HAS/GERD, IBS) But if that doesn’t work try a mixture of castor, mustard and flax oils as a combination(a third of each) The same application technique applies You can use a covering cloth over the oils directly applied to the suprapubic region Once applied you can apply a towel and then the heating pad over the top of the towel The value of castor is...
read moreThe products that are derived from milk can be problematic It’s based on who is taking them in when it comes to IC and the painful bladder syndrome these choices lead to inflammation In the energy science world this is a dictum that is the premise to individualizing one’s food choices according to who is eating the food All foods have the potential to make us sick if not chosen properly and this is particularly true with the IC bladder pain syndrome For example when you look at the dairy selections at foodsheal.com...
read moreIt’s of no surprise to anyone who has the IC bladder pain syndrome or is involved with an IC support group that bowel symptoms are as common as the flares As a matter of fact if I were a betting person I would say that there are often more common than the flares that occur But the bowel symptoms are often overlooked because our tendency is to focus on the organ causing us the most problem, namely the bladder and pelvic symptoms Step Back As you have read in some blog posts all disease begins in the GI tract according to the Ayurvedic...
read moreInterstitial cystitis(IC) bladder pain with flares can be amplified by the routine use of nuts and seeds of any kind and this includes their butters!! Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter Why? Unlike the matter science(MS) nutritional information that fatty acids are good and bad, the energy science(ES) of Ayurveda states that all nuts are inflammatory due to these molecular fatty acids regardless of the “good or bad nature of them” The reason for this is that the post digestive(small bowel) effect is heating therefore...
read moreI wanted you all to know that finally after 8 months of trying to get the book right, my book IC Bladder Pain Syndrome: The Alternative Medical Treatment for Interstitial Cystitis in available at Amazon As you know the book outlines the energy science approach to IC and contrasts the current traditional matter(molecular) approach to the problem This is the first book that has taken the disease label of IC and shown how and why energy science principles can deal with this disease And this is the first in a series of books dealing with the IC...
read moreWhen you think about it, all healing involves rituals If the doctor gives you a pill for high blood pressure, you make a point during the day(preferably the same time every day) to take the pill If you want to change your nutritional format to heal your IC, you put into place things that you do on a regular basis to change your pattern of choices So painful bladder flares are no different than any other disease in responding to planned ritualistic behavior But why does employing rituals work? Rituals and Healing Rituals are a way to grab...
read moreThe flare pain in IC bladder pain as we have talked about in the past is related to the hot and mobile qualities according to the energy science tradition But as you know it’s darn difficult to find out what qualities are in foods That’s why the food lists of various foods are suggested to give you food choice guidance What Veggies Are Good Choices for IC? The food list at icdiet.com is dedicated to those foods that are Pitta(energy of transformation that delivers the hot quality) aggravating But with respect to vegetable...
read moreWishing you all the best of health in your journey to eliminate the energy imbalance of interstitial cystitis from your life And the best of holiday cheer in sharing this season with your loved...
read moreChronic prostatitis is a nonbacterial inflammatory condition of the male pelvis and can be considered male intersitial cystitis It is a member of the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, irritable bowel syndrome, GERD, and fibromyalgia) because the cause is the same as its other members Imbalances of qualities in the bowel caused by primarily the foods consumed and lifestyle choices that provoke the energy physiology lead to dissemination to the peripheral tissues Like IC itself invariably the pelvic nerves become involved with the qualities of light mobile dry rough and hot leading to observed symptoms
The presence of fever is a key differentiating feature between acute and chronic prostatitis This is very important because the treatment of acute prostatitis is completely different If a man has chills and fever of 100.5F or greater with symptoms of acute prostatitis then he should be on antibiotics and in severe cases hospitalized because the cause is bacterial
It is estimated that greater than 90% of those with chronic prostatitis are of nonbacterial origin, that is, there is no bacteria or infection in the prostate tissue Sounds a lot like IC doesn’t it?
Chronic prostatitis is not associated with fever and similar to interstitial cystitis occurs acutely as flares lasting 2-3 weeks Urological workups including cultures, xrays, and endoscopy are negative In uncommon situations cystoscopy may show bladder mucosal lesions that biopsy negative and are typically not characteristic of Hunner’s ulcers(which are unusual even in IC) Prostatic calculi may produce a chronic bacterial prostatitis but this is unusual There is no association between chronic prostatitis and prostate cancer epidemiologically in the allopathic literature
There is no agreed upon best treatment from the molecular or allopathic model of healing but it is typically treated with antibiotics initially These courses usually last for 3-4weeks or more based on the resolution of symptoms and/or recurrence of symptoms This is often the case since the cause is nonbacterial As the chronicity develops in the clinical course men are often kept on antiinflammatories or even short courses of steroids have been used
Anatomically the prostate lives at the base of the bladder and as you can see by the accompanying picture the urethral tube passes from the bladder to the outside through the penis So the symptoms of prostatitis mirror those seen in women with interstitial cystitis Suprapubic pain, perirectal or perianal pain , low back pain, testicular pain, pain referred to the base or the tip of the penis, pain with ejaculation, urinary frequency, urgency, small volumes of urine passed, and a feeling of incomplete emptying predominate when the man is having an acute flare
Due to the hot quality inflammation like IC produces the symptoms of burning on urination and because the prostate is innervated by the same use nerves affecting bladder function there can be pain with ejaculation This latter symptom may also be caused by the prostate itself becoming involved by the hot quality Sometimes the prostate becomes so inflamed that blood may be seen at the tip of the penis at the end of urination
As in IC there should be a division in treatment based on whether one is treating an acute flare or trying to do maintenance therapy This has been covered in a previous blog post Here are some basic foundational things to do
1 As always use a nutritional format appropriate for one’s energy pattern and avoid incompatible food combinations
2 Consistent daily pranayama practice specifically using kapalabhati can have symptom controlling benefit It has been shown in an Italian study of 231 sedentary men with chronic prostatitis that routine exercise helped symptoms Pranayama is an excellent combined aerobic and anaerobic exercise that stresses the pelvic floor hence strengthening this area of the anatomy which is involved in chronic prostatitis
3 Herbal formulas can be helpful even in the acute stage or flare and gokshuradhi guggulu can be effective in reducing congestion when the gland is involved
4 Basti therapy in both acute and chronic phases can be very helpful in treating the pelvic nerve imblances
5 Lidocaine as in interstitial cystitis transrectally can be helpful in reducing the acute symptoms of chronic prostatitis
Like the IC bladder pain syndrome chronic prostatitis can be healed from an energy science perspective but it requires a disciplined approach and based on how long symptoms have been present determines the length of time of recovery
When in between the painful bladder flares of the IC bladder pain syndrome there are things that you can do to help support your recovery as you move along One of the more important techniques are yogic breathing exercises Moving Biological Energy As I’ve discussed in the past you can either see your body as a collection of molecules or as an energy field This is because you simultaneously coexist as both From E=mc2 we know this to be the case but for many reasons the current molecular biological model has failed to embrace this...
read moreThe toxicity that we talk about in the environment is no different than the toxicity we create for ourselves The good news is that you can do something about it The IC bladder pain syndrome is associated with toxicity not just an energetic imbalance As a matter of fact every disease carries toxic load to the tissues But the matter science molecular model practiced today doesn’t have a concept of toxicity until late in the disease process, when people need dialysis for example And we tend to think of toxicity that comes from the...
read moreThere is a great energy around the use of castor with some people finding relief from its application to the lower abdomen for the painful bladder of IC syndrome(fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, HAS/GERD, IBS) But if that doesn’t work try a mixture of castor, mustard and flax oils as a combination(a third of each) The same application technique applies You can use a covering cloth over the oils directly applied to the suprapubic region Once applied you can apply a towel and then the heating pad over the top of the towel The value of castor is...
read moreThe products that are derived from milk can be problematic It’s based on who is taking them in when it comes to IC and the painful bladder syndrome these choices lead to inflammation In the energy science world this is a dictum that is the premise to individualizing one’s food choices according to who is eating the food All foods have the potential to make us sick if not chosen properly and this is particularly true with the IC bladder pain syndrome For example when you look at the dairy selections at foodsheal.com...
read moreIt’s of no surprise to anyone who has the IC bladder pain syndrome or is involved with an IC support group that bowel symptoms are as common as the flares As a matter of fact if I were a betting person I would say that there are often more common than the flares that occur But the bowel symptoms are often overlooked because our tendency is to focus on the organ causing us the most problem, namely the bladder and pelvic symptoms Step Back As you have read in some blog posts all disease begins in the GI tract according to the Ayurvedic...
read moreInterstitial cystitis(IC) bladder pain with flares can be amplified by the routine use of nuts and seeds of any kind and this includes their butters!! Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter Why? Unlike the matter science(MS) nutritional information that fatty acids are good and bad, the energy science(ES) of Ayurveda states that all nuts are inflammatory due to these molecular fatty acids regardless of the “good or bad nature of them” The reason for this is that the post digestive(small bowel) effect is heating therefore...
read moreI wanted you all to know that finally after 8 months of trying to get the book right, my book IC Bladder Pain Syndrome: The Alternative Medical Treatment for Interstitial Cystitis in available at Amazon As you know the book outlines the energy science approach to IC and contrasts the current traditional matter(molecular) approach to the problem This is the first book that has taken the disease label of IC and shown how and why energy science principles can deal with this disease And this is the first in a series of books dealing with the IC...
read moreWhen you think about it, all healing involves rituals If the doctor gives you a pill for high blood pressure, you make a point during the day(preferably the same time every day) to take the pill If you want to change your nutritional format to heal your IC, you put into place things that you do on a regular basis to change your pattern of choices So painful bladder flares are no different than any other disease in responding to planned ritualistic behavior But why does employing rituals work? Rituals and Healing Rituals are a way to grab...
read moreThe flare pain in IC bladder pain as we have talked about in the past is related to the hot and mobile qualities according to the energy science tradition But as you know it’s darn difficult to find out what qualities are in foods That’s why the food lists of various foods are suggested to give you food choice guidance What Veggies Are Good Choices for IC? The food list at icdiet.com is dedicated to those foods that are Pitta(energy of transformation that delivers the hot quality) aggravating But with respect to vegetable...
read moreWishing you all the best of health in your journey to eliminate the energy imbalance of interstitial cystitis from your life And the best of holiday cheer in sharing this season with your loved...
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When we discuss the energetic management of the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis, vulvodynia, irritable bowel syndrome, GERD, and fibromyalgia), a different world of healing is entered We leave behind our thinking about the body as a collection of molecules that can be manipulated by surgery and Pharma and begin seeing our mindbodies as energy fields This has great value since all disease begins in the energy field way before it becomes manifest in the world of molecules
The energy science of Ayurveda not only gives us a vocabulary(Vata, Pitta, Kapha, Agni etc) by which we can talk about our mindbodies as energy fields but it also gives us lots of ways to take care of our energy mindbodies When’s the best time to get up in the morning or to go to bed, what’s the best time to eat our biggest meal….all based on the concept that we are energetic expressions of Nature Herself The icdiet and the VPK nutritional formats are based on this energetic concept
These practices could be called “healthy” lifestyle behavior patterns because they induce detoxification of the energy mindbody
1 Get up with Nature and go to bed with Nature This means we should be getting up early(between 5 and 7a) and go to bed between 930 and 11p
2 Biggest meal at noon Nature’s most active time of the day is at noon and this is when our digestion is the strongest(even if it’s lousy it will the least lousy at noon time) and so we should take advantage of this simple concept
3 Improve your digestion Using foods that are energetically suitable for us; avoid snacking(fruit is an exception); avoid incompatible food combinations; only consuming what you can hold in your 2 hands at any one meal; using CCF tea and other spices routinely; NEVER eat if you’re not hungry
4 Have a morning routine Splash cold water into the eyes(wakes up the nervous system) do a sesame oil swish(draws Kapha energy in the form of mucous from the nasal passages), use of a neti pot to draw Kapha energy, brush the teeth, and every 2 weeks place garlic oil in the ear canals to prevent wax accumulation Then number 5…..
5 Exercise daily This improves our digestive strength and enhances the upward and downward energy of the mindbody Kapalabhati is a specific energy breathing technique that is very powerful 10 pushups(improves upward moving energy) and 10 situps improves downward moving energy
So there is a deeply rooted understanding of our relationship with Nature and this then helps direct our choices This is what is fundamentally missing with our current matter science discipline of healing…..a lack of philosophy…that is, a way of thinking The energy science of Ayurveda is part of a greater system of thinking which is a philosophy of life
It defines our relationship with that which is around us, that is, our world According to this way of thinking we are part of Nature Herself and Nature is discussed in terms of energy patterns of VPK Then we understand that everything is defined in the visible and invisible world as VPK(that is, there are VPK times of day, VPK seasons, and VPK institutions and companies…..because they are nothing but collections of VPK)
This makes the energy science system of healing different than today’s way of healing
When in between the painful bladder flares of the IC bladder pain syndrome there are things that you can do to help support your recovery as you move along One of the more important techniques are yogic breathing exercises Moving Biological Energy As I’ve discussed in the past you can either see your body as a collection of molecules or as an energy field This is because you simultaneously coexist as both From E=mc2 we know this to be the case but for many reasons the current molecular biological model has failed to embrace this...
read moreThe toxicity that we talk about in the environment is no different than the toxicity we create for ourselves The good news is that you can do something about it The IC bladder pain syndrome is associated with toxicity not just an energetic imbalance As a matter of fact every disease carries toxic load to the tissues But the matter science molecular model practiced today doesn’t have a concept of toxicity until late in the disease process, when people need dialysis for example And we tend to think of toxicity that comes from the...
read moreThere is a great energy around the use of castor with some people finding relief from its application to the lower abdomen for the painful bladder of IC syndrome(fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, HAS/GERD, IBS) But if that doesn’t work try a mixture of castor, mustard and flax oils as a combination(a third of each) The same application technique applies You can use a covering cloth over the oils directly applied to the suprapubic region Once applied you can apply a towel and then the heating pad over the top of the towel The value of castor is...
read moreThe products that are derived from milk can be problematic It’s based on who is taking them in when it comes to IC and the painful bladder syndrome these choices lead to inflammation In the energy science world this is a dictum that is the premise to individualizing one’s food choices according to who is eating the food All foods have the potential to make us sick if not chosen properly and this is particularly true with the IC bladder pain syndrome For example when you look at the dairy selections at foodsheal.com...
read moreIt’s of no surprise to anyone who has the IC bladder pain syndrome or is involved with an IC support group that bowel symptoms are as common as the flares As a matter of fact if I were a betting person I would say that there are often more common than the flares that occur But the bowel symptoms are often overlooked because our tendency is to focus on the organ causing us the most problem, namely the bladder and pelvic symptoms Step Back As you have read in some blog posts all disease begins in the GI tract according to the Ayurvedic...
read moreInterstitial cystitis(IC) bladder pain with flares can be amplified by the routine use of nuts and seeds of any kind and this includes their butters!! Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter Why? Unlike the matter science(MS) nutritional information that fatty acids are good and bad, the energy science(ES) of Ayurveda states that all nuts are inflammatory due to these molecular fatty acids regardless of the “good or bad nature of them” The reason for this is that the post digestive(small bowel) effect is heating therefore...
read moreI wanted you all to know that finally after 8 months of trying to get the book right, my book IC Bladder Pain Syndrome: The Alternative Medical Treatment for Interstitial Cystitis in available at Amazon As you know the book outlines the energy science approach to IC and contrasts the current traditional matter(molecular) approach to the problem This is the first book that has taken the disease label of IC and shown how and why energy science principles can deal with this disease And this is the first in a series of books dealing with the IC...
read moreWhen you think about it, all healing involves rituals If the doctor gives you a pill for high blood pressure, you make a point during the day(preferably the same time every day) to take the pill If you want to change your nutritional format to heal your IC, you put into place things that you do on a regular basis to change your pattern of choices So painful bladder flares are no different than any other disease in responding to planned ritualistic behavior But why does employing rituals work? Rituals and Healing Rituals are a way to grab...
read moreThe flare pain in IC bladder pain as we have talked about in the past is related to the hot and mobile qualities according to the energy science tradition But as you know it’s darn difficult to find out what qualities are in foods That’s why the food lists of various foods are suggested to give you food choice guidance What Veggies Are Good Choices for IC? The food list at icdiet.com is dedicated to those foods that are Pitta(energy of transformation that delivers the hot quality) aggravating But with respect to vegetable...
read moreWishing you all the best of health in your journey to eliminate the energy imbalance of interstitial cystitis from your life And the best of holiday cheer in sharing this season with your loved...
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What is matter is energy and what is energy is matter A molecule is both a particle(matter) and a wave(energy) And so biologically we simultaneously coexist as both a matter/molecular field and an energy field We know this from E=mc2 and the energy science of Ayurveda gives us a vocabulary by which we can talk about our mindbody as an energy field
Quite simply whenever we become sick there is an improper flow of energy to parts of the body caused by qualities that interfere with the flow of energy through those tissues This is what happens in the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, vulvodynia, chronic prostatitis, irritable bowel syndrome, GERD, and fibromyalgia) where the free flow of energy becomes disrupted in the pelvic nerves
When we hear the words prana, chi, qi, ru,and ruha they are expressing the biologic energy field Numerous healing traditions over the past 1000’s of years have understood this of the human biology
You may have heard of people having spontaneous remissions from cancer There is actually an international registry of such cases where there is good documentation of a diagnosed cancer going away spontaneously without any therapy There is no molecular explanation but from an energy science view the reason is clear
For some reason and there are many the flow of biologic prana becomes established again And because the matter/molecular model cannot explain the phenomenon, the word miracle is used But energetically the flow of prana is reestablished
All of the energy science tools that I have mentioned through the years are to help reestablish the flow of biologic physiologic energy At times the biologic energy is particularly stuck or stubborn in the process of movement but by and by it moves and the reestablishment of pranic flow occurs Whether it’s CCF tea, yoga asana, breath exercises called pranayama, herbs, basti, or meditation the tools help reestablish pranic flow
Here are some basic things to begin fixing pranic flow
1 Eat according to your nutritional energy pattern
2 Avoid incompatible food combinations
4 Utilize pranayama breath exercises
5 Fit your daily schedule into the rhythms of Nature
When in between the painful bladder flares of the IC bladder pain syndrome there are things that you can do to help support your recovery as you move along One of the more important techniques are yogic breathing exercises Moving Biological Energy As I’ve discussed in the past you can either see your body as a collection of molecules or as an energy field This is because you simultaneously coexist as both From E=mc2 we know this to be the case but for many reasons the current molecular biological model has failed to embrace this...
read moreThe toxicity that we talk about in the environment is no different than the toxicity we create for ourselves The good news is that you can do something about it The IC bladder pain syndrome is associated with toxicity not just an energetic imbalance As a matter of fact every disease carries toxic load to the tissues But the matter science molecular model practiced today doesn’t have a concept of toxicity until late in the disease process, when people need dialysis for example And we tend to think of toxicity that comes from the...
read moreThere is a great energy around the use of castor with some people finding relief from its application to the lower abdomen for the painful bladder of IC syndrome(fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, HAS/GERD, IBS) But if that doesn’t work try a mixture of castor, mustard and flax oils as a combination(a third of each) The same application technique applies You can use a covering cloth over the oils directly applied to the suprapubic region Once applied you can apply a towel and then the heating pad over the top of the towel The value of castor is...
read moreThe products that are derived from milk can be problematic It’s based on who is taking them in when it comes to IC and the painful bladder syndrome these choices lead to inflammation In the energy science world this is a dictum that is the premise to individualizing one’s food choices according to who is eating the food All foods have the potential to make us sick if not chosen properly and this is particularly true with the IC bladder pain syndrome For example when you look at the dairy selections at foodsheal.com...
read moreIt’s of no surprise to anyone who has the IC bladder pain syndrome or is involved with an IC support group that bowel symptoms are as common as the flares As a matter of fact if I were a betting person I would say that there are often more common than the flares that occur But the bowel symptoms are often overlooked because our tendency is to focus on the organ causing us the most problem, namely the bladder and pelvic symptoms Step Back As you have read in some blog posts all disease begins in the GI tract according to the Ayurvedic...
read moreInterstitial cystitis(IC) bladder pain with flares can be amplified by the routine use of nuts and seeds of any kind and this includes their butters!! Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter Why? Unlike the matter science(MS) nutritional information that fatty acids are good and bad, the energy science(ES) of Ayurveda states that all nuts are inflammatory due to these molecular fatty acids regardless of the “good or bad nature of them” The reason for this is that the post digestive(small bowel) effect is heating therefore...
read moreI wanted you all to know that finally after 8 months of trying to get the book right, my book IC Bladder Pain Syndrome: The Alternative Medical Treatment for Interstitial Cystitis in available at Amazon As you know the book outlines the energy science approach to IC and contrasts the current traditional matter(molecular) approach to the problem This is the first book that has taken the disease label of IC and shown how and why energy science principles can deal with this disease And this is the first in a series of books dealing with the IC...
read moreWhen you think about it, all healing involves rituals If the doctor gives you a pill for high blood pressure, you make a point during the day(preferably the same time every day) to take the pill If you want to change your nutritional format to heal your IC, you put into place things that you do on a regular basis to change your pattern of choices So painful bladder flares are no different than any other disease in responding to planned ritualistic behavior But why does employing rituals work? Rituals and Healing Rituals are a way to grab...
read moreThe flare pain in IC bladder pain as we have talked about in the past is related to the hot and mobile qualities according to the energy science tradition But as you know it’s darn difficult to find out what qualities are in foods That’s why the food lists of various foods are suggested to give you food choice guidance What Veggies Are Good Choices for IC? The food list at icdiet.com is dedicated to those foods that are Pitta(energy of transformation that delivers the hot quality) aggravating But with respect to vegetable...
read moreWishing you all the best of health in your journey to eliminate the energy imbalance of interstitial cystitis from your life And the best of holiday cheer in sharing this season with your loved...
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People with the IC bladder pain syndrome(interstitial cystitis, chronic prostatitis, vulvodynia, irritable bowel syndrome, GERD, and fibromyalgia) are used to being probed and prodded “down there” since that’s where the pain and symptoms are Cystoscopies are done, cultures are done to rule out infection, medication installations are given with the use of a catheter, intermittent catheterization is used when patients cannot urinate, and at times under anesthesia when burning of bladder lesions is needed to be done
All of this poking and prodding is something patients with IC bladder pain syndrome currently dislike (the pain with urethral manipulation of any kind can be excruciating) as part of the diagnosis and treatment of the illness The energy science of Ayurveda also has for 1000’s of years used a form of intervention as well for the management and healing of pelvic syndrome disorders but much gentler and not as painful
The good thing from an energy science view is that the little prodding that is done has great rewards
In the energy science all disease begins in the GI tract due to imbalances of qualities mainly created by the foods consumed So you can see that the first management tool is to continue to feed the imbalance of qualities causing the problem As I have talked about in the past this comes by following a nutritional format appropriate for your mindbody energy makeup
The second management tool is to improve the strength of the digestive enzyme and bacterial system and I’ve covered some of the ways we do that in previous blogs and will continue in future posts to show you ways to enhance digestive strength As I mentioned in the past kitchari is a great way to give bowel rest so that the peripheral pelvic nerve tissue that is holding the imbalance of qualities will release and allow the qualities to come back to the GI tract for elimination
Now the stage is set for the elimination of the bothersome qualities lodged in the pelvic nerves that leads to the IC bladder pain syndrome symptoms This is done by creating a negative pressure in the colon so that the offending vibrational frequencies of hot, mobile, rough, slimy, sticky, sharp, hard, dense, soft, cloudy, gross, and static can move back to the colon for elimination
The way the energy science creates this negative pressure is by the technique of basti Basti is a general term for localized treatment anywhere on the external body or internally It is in this situation that localized treatment occurs by the use of medicated herbal enemas that over time eliminate these specific vibrational frequencies in the lower rectum so that “trapped” vibrational frequencies in the pelvic nerve complex that cause the IC bladder pain syndrome to be eliminated
At times the painful flares of IC can be uncontrollable In these circumstances urologists have used a “rescue remedy” that includes among other ingredients lidocaine which is a numbing agent to nerves It can also include steroids, aloe, among other materials The problem is that the catheterization can be painful in such situations
As I have discussed in a previous blog the cause of the IC bladder pain syndrome is pelvic nerve involvement by the qualities This is why DMSO sometimes works and “rescue remedy”works They both affect pelvic nerve function temporarily blocking the nerve impulses that are involved and inflammed
So an obvious alternative is application of the numbing agent lidocaine into the lower rectum so it can diffuse across the mucous membrane of the rectum numb the affected inflammed nerves of the pelvis This will provide at least some temporary relief from symptoms that become unbearable
This is a fundamental principle in all energy disease in the mindbody and is particularly true with the IC bladder pain syndrome As I’ve talked about in previous blogs you can palliate the syndrome with nutrition and various treatments such as CCF tea, avoiding incompatible food combinations,or marma therapy but if you want to deal with the imbalance and truly be free of IC then it will take basti to do it
Of course it also requires other supportive therapies as discussed previously as well And it will require time and effort on your part Over time things begin to reverse themselves, symptoms at times lessen and go away for periods of time, but by and by the condition lessens its hold on the energy physiology and one becomes free at last
When in between the painful bladder flares of the IC bladder pain syndrome there are things that you can do to help support your recovery as you move along One of the more important techniques are yogic breathing exercises Moving Biological Energy As I’ve discussed in the past you can either see your body as a collection of molecules or as an energy field This is because you simultaneously coexist as both From E=mc2 we know this to be the case but for many reasons the current molecular biological model has failed to embrace this...
read moreThe toxicity that we talk about in the environment is no different than the toxicity we create for ourselves The good news is that you can do something about it The IC bladder pain syndrome is associated with toxicity not just an energetic imbalance As a matter of fact every disease carries toxic load to the tissues But the matter science molecular model practiced today doesn’t have a concept of toxicity until late in the disease process, when people need dialysis for example And we tend to think of toxicity that comes from the...
read moreThere is a great energy around the use of castor with some people finding relief from its application to the lower abdomen for the painful bladder of IC syndrome(fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, HAS/GERD, IBS) But if that doesn’t work try a mixture of castor, mustard and flax oils as a combination(a third of each) The same application technique applies You can use a covering cloth over the oils directly applied to the suprapubic region Once applied you can apply a towel and then the heating pad over the top of the towel The value of castor is...
read moreThe products that are derived from milk can be problematic It’s based on who is taking them in when it comes to IC and the painful bladder syndrome these choices lead to inflammation In the energy science world this is a dictum that is the premise to individualizing one’s food choices according to who is eating the food All foods have the potential to make us sick if not chosen properly and this is particularly true with the IC bladder pain syndrome For example when you look at the dairy selections at foodsheal.com...
read moreIt’s of no surprise to anyone who has the IC bladder pain syndrome or is involved with an IC support group that bowel symptoms are as common as the flares As a matter of fact if I were a betting person I would say that there are often more common than the flares that occur But the bowel symptoms are often overlooked because our tendency is to focus on the organ causing us the most problem, namely the bladder and pelvic symptoms Step Back As you have read in some blog posts all disease begins in the GI tract according to the Ayurvedic...
read moreInterstitial cystitis(IC) bladder pain with flares can be amplified by the routine use of nuts and seeds of any kind and this includes their butters!! Peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter Why? Unlike the matter science(MS) nutritional information that fatty acids are good and bad, the energy science(ES) of Ayurveda states that all nuts are inflammatory due to these molecular fatty acids regardless of the “good or bad nature of them” The reason for this is that the post digestive(small bowel) effect is heating therefore...
read moreI wanted you all to know that finally after 8 months of trying to get the book right, my book IC Bladder Pain Syndrome: The Alternative Medical Treatment for Interstitial Cystitis in available at Amazon As you know the book outlines the energy science approach to IC and contrasts the current traditional matter(molecular) approach to the problem This is the first book that has taken the disease label of IC and shown how and why energy science principles can deal with this disease And this is the first in a series of books dealing with the IC...
read moreWhen you think about it, all healing involves rituals If the doctor gives you a pill for high blood pressure, you make a point during the day(preferably the same time every day) to take the pill If you want to change your nutritional format to heal your IC, you put into place things that you do on a regular basis to change your pattern of choices So painful bladder flares are no different than any other disease in responding to planned ritualistic behavior But why does employing rituals work? Rituals and Healing Rituals are a way to grab...
read moreThe flare pain in IC bladder pain as we have talked about in the past is related to the hot and mobile qualities according to the energy science tradition But as you know it’s darn difficult to find out what qualities are in foods That’s why the food lists of various foods are suggested to give you food choice guidance What Veggies Are Good Choices for IC? The food list at icdiet.com is dedicated to those foods that are Pitta(energy of transformation that delivers the hot quality) aggravating But with respect to vegetable...
read moreWishing you all the best of health in your journey to eliminate the energy imbalance of interstitial cystitis from your life And the best of holiday cheer in sharing this season with your loved...
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