Ayurvedic treatment for Cold Sensitivity

Ayurvedic treatment for Cold Sensitivity aims at the improvement body’s internal strength to combat external weather. Cold sensitivity is the intolerance felt by some people when in a cool environment.

Cold sensitivity may be a symptom of many diseases. This condition is also known as cold intolerance.

 

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • CAUSES OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • DIAGNOSIS OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • TREATMENTS FOR COLD SENSITIVITY
  • PROGNOSIS OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • COMPLICATIONS OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • COLD SENSITIVITY AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF COLD SENSITIVITY
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR COLD SENSITIVITY
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR COLD SENSITIVITY
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR COLD SENSITIVITY
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR COLD SENSITIVITY
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR COLD SENSITIVITY
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR COLD SENSITIVITY
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COLD SENSITIVITY
  • YOGA FOR COLD SENSITIVITY
  • RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF COLD SENSITIVITY

 

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Unusual intolerance to the cold environment

CAUSES OF COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Defect in metabolism
  • Blood vessel problems, such as Raynaud phenomenon
  • General poor health
  • Anaemia
  • Anorexia nervosa
  • hypothyroidism
  • Problem with the hypothalamus

 

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF COLD SENSITIVITY

The pathophysiological mechanisms are not fully elucidated but seem to involve a multifactorial etiology, including neural, vascular as well as humoral aspects.

 

DIAGNOSIS OF COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Complete blood count
  • Serum TSH
  • Thyroid hormone levels

 

TREATMENTS OF COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Treatments are given based on the underlying pathology
  • Thyroid hormone supplements are given for the treatment of hypothyroidism
  • Iron supplements are given for the treatment for anaemia

 

PROGNOSIS OF COLD SENSITIVITY

Prognosis is based on the cause of the disease, duration and condition of the patient

COLD SENSITIVITY AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda cold sensitivity is the symptom of vitiated vata dosha (vata vridhi lakshana)

 

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Excess consumption of unctuous, dry and cold food
  • Excessive physical exercise.
  • Suppression of natural urges.
  • Depletion of body tissue

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Intolerance to the cold environment

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Vata, pitta and kapha dosha move through all channels of circulation. Due to the subtle nature of vata it impels the remaining two doshas.
  • The aggravated vata having provoked these two doshas, exacerbated and fills up the empty channels and moves greatly inside them or by getting enveloped by the other doshas.

The aggravated vata resides in the whole body and produces cold intolerance as one among the symptom.

LAKSHANA – AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Ushna kamitwam – liking towards the warm environment
  • Sheeta asahishnutha – cold sensitivity

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Prognosis is Sadhya – Curable

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR COLD SENSITIVITY

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Guluchyadi Kashayam
  • Maharasnadi Kashayam
  • Rasonadi Kashayam
  • Dasamoola kasaya
  • Gandharvahasthadi kasaya
  • Kanchanara guggulu – thyroid dysfunction

 

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Vasthi – medicated enema
  • Abhyangam – oil massage on the body

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES TREATMENT FOR COLD SENSITIVITY

Ayurvedic medicines for Internal administration for COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Guluchyadi Kashayam
  • Maharasnadi Kashayam
  • Rasonadi Kashayam
  • Dasamoola kasaya
  • Gandharvahasthadi kasaya

HOME REMEDIES FOR COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Intake of warm water frequently
  • Cover the body with cloths.
  • Take one teaspoon of pure cow’s ghee in the early morning.

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Avoid food items which produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Consume easily digestible food items
  • Oil massage on body advised. Which alleviates vata dosha
  • Practice regular exercise

 

YOGA FOR COLD SENSITIVITY

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from the feeling of cold intolerance

The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.

  • Following yogasanas are helps to attain healthiness of thyroid gland

 

  • Sarvangasana
  • Halasana
  • Matsyasana
  • Sethubandhasana
  • Bhujangasana

 

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