DIZZINESS- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

DIZZINESS - Ayurvedic Treatment

Dizziness is a general feeling of being off-balance. Vertigo is the feeling that you or your surroundings are moving or spinning. Both dizziness and vertigo can affect your balance and movement. It is a common symptom in many diseases. It may also occur without underlying pathology.

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

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DIZZINESS

  • Spinning
  • Swaying
  • Dolor de cabeza
  • Balance problems
  • Náuseas
  • Vómitos
  • Vertigo on head movement

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CAUSES OF DIZZINESS

  • Ageing
  • Problems in the inner ear
  • BPPV – Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
  • Side effects of certain medications
  • Estrés
  • Anemia
  • Stroke
  • Brain tumour

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DIZZINESS

  • Dizziness is triggered by many factors.
  • Benign positional vertigo (BPV) is caused by calcium carbonate particles known as otoliths or otoconia that are abnormally displaced into the semicircular canals of the vestibular labyrinth of the inner ear and produces vertigo and dizziness.
  • Psychosocial factors like stress are also contributing to dizziness.
  • Deficiency of nutrients along with other disease conditions like anaemia becomes a part of the pathogenesis of dizziness.

DIAGNOSIS OF DIZZINESS

  • Proper history taking
  • Physical examinations
  • Laboratory tests
  • Neurological examinations
  • Resonancia magnética (RM)
  • Dix-Hallpike maneuver test

TREATMENTS FOR DIZZINESS

  • Physiotherapy
  • Surgical interventions
  • Tratamiento de la patología subyacente

PROGNOSIS OF DIZZINESS

  • El pronóstico se basa en la causa de la enfermedad, la duración y el estado del paciente

COMPLICATIONS OF DIZZINESS

  • Derangement in the daily activities
  • Risk of falling

DIZZINESS AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, dizziness falls under Vata dosha imbalance disorder called ‘bhrama’ and ‘tandra’.
  • According to Ayurveda, the movements are controlled by ‘vyanavayu’

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF DIZZINESS

  • Excess consumption of ununctuous, dry, salty, cold food
  • Excessive physical exercise
  • Suppression of natural urges
  • Karna roga – ear problems
  • Excess vitiation of vyana vata

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF DIZZINESS

  • The feeling of tiredness (ksheena)

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF DIZZINESS

  • Vata, pitta y kapha dosha se mueven por todos los canales de circulación. Debido a la naturaleza sutil de vata, impulsa a los dos doshas restantes.
  • The aggravated vyana 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 head and produces bhrama or tandra (dizziness).

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DIZZINESS

  • Shirasula – headache
  • Bhrama – vertigo
  • Chardi - vómitos
  • Tandra – dizziness

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF DIZZINESS

  • Dizziness associated with traumatic brain injuries, chronic diseases is difficult to cure – krichra sadhya
  • Symptoms are manageable with proper ayurvedic therapies

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR DIZZINESS

Ayurvedic local treatment for dizziness

  • Abhyanga – oil massaging
  • Shirodhara
  • Pain-relieving lepa application during headache
  • Karna purana – vilwa tailam

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR DIZZINESS

  • Treatment of dosha vitiation
  • Treatment for dhatu kshaya
  • Treatment for agni
  • Medicines that causes anulomana
  • Gandharvahasthadi kashayam
  • Lakshmi vilasa rasa
  • Maha lakshmi vilasa rasa
  • Sarivadi vati

AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR DIZZINESS

  • Nasya – with anutaila, ghee
  • Virechana - purgación
  • Vasthi – medicated enema

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR DIZZINESS

Administración interna

HOME REMEDIES FOR DIZZINESS

  • Proper rest
  • Drinking plenty of fluids
  • Sleeping for 8hrs
  • Walk with a stick for stability

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR DIZZINESS

  • Avoid food items that produce vata and pitta dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
  • Evite fumar.
  • Consume less salty foods
  • Evite los ejercicios pesados que agravan aún más las afecciones.
  • Oil massage on the head advised. Which alleviates vata dosha
  • Take proper rest
  • Consume a balanced diet

YOGA FOR DIZZINESS

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from dizziness

 

El paciente tiene que estar sentado en postura de meditación con la cabeza y la columna vertebral erguidas, con el cuerpo relajado. El paciente tiene que cerrar una fosa nasal (por ejemplo, la fosa nasal izquierda si utiliza la mano derecha y viceversa) con el pulgar y exhalar completamente por la otra fosa nasal. De nuevo, tendrá que inspirar profundamente por la otra fosa nasal mientras la fosa opuesta sigue cerrada con el pulgar.

Savasana – relaxes body and mind