Herbal Ayurveda RemediesMany People suffer from pain in their joints as they grow older. This is referred to as arthritis, and there are basically three kinds, caused by different problems.
1. Rheumantoid arthritis (Can happen at any age): The joints are the parts of the body develop inflammatory reactions. Ayurveda proposes that whenever there is an imbalance in our diet, lifestyle, the body may have too much of one of the energies- vata, pitta, kapha. In this case pitta or hot energy of the body gets out of balance and inflames certain body parts.The root cause may be food incompatibility that triggers a reaction. Then the body is unable to manage the imbalance.
2. Gout(Normally occurs in Middle age): This involves crystals being deposited in the joints(big toe, etc)and causes severe episodic pin. Gout is caused by an unbalanced diet leading to an acid-alkali imbalance in the body, which triggers crystals to precipitate in the joints. According to ayurveda this could be caused by habitual indulgence in rich foods.
3. Osteo-arthritis (normally associated with seniors): This is degenerative disease in which we keep eating a diet high in fattening foods. This not only increases a person’s weight but also robs the bones of calcium. So there is too much load on the joints, and this combined with weaker bones leads to Osteo-arthritis.
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