7 bad habits after meal

There are 7 things to avoid immediate after eating meal .

1.       Bathing :  

Never bathe immediately after meal. It causes increased blood supply to extrimities ie. limbs and other body parts , which reduces  blood flow towards stomach and can hamper the process of digestion

2.       Exercise : 

Exercise immediate after meal can cause increased  stress on cardiac activity and can also increases the peripheral blood supply causing indigestion  and  also cardiovascular ailments if practiced  often

3.        Smoking:

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Smoking   cigarette after meal can trigger hyperacidity and indigestion. Study shows one cigarette after meal is equivalent to 10 cigarettes  in terms of ill effects on body.

4.       Tea/coffee/liquor :

Higher acidic contents make protein  contents in food  hard which are difficult to digest and may cause habitual constipation

5.       Fruits:

Fruits immediate after meal causes meal to lie in stomach and fermention  occurs due to acidic nature of fruits.  Bloating of stomach , heaviness  occurs . fruits should be eaten 2 hrs before or after meal

6.       Sleep:

Sleeping  immediately  causes delayed digestion and absorption  of nutrition .

7.       Sex:

Sex immediately after meal  causes stress on cardiac activity . cardiac circulation rate is increased  during the digestion process  , the sexual act further can increase the circulatory rate  more .

Significance of til (seasome) and gud (jiggery) on Makarsankrant

Significance of til (seasome) and gud (jaggery) on Makarsankrant

Makarsankrant is celebrated in various states in various manner. But if we see the the til (seasome) and gud (jaggery) are must in every state.

By offering seasome  as ‘’dan’’ (donating) , eating til with gud(jiggery)  , applying seasome  oil while bathing  are common things people do on Makarsankrat

What is the singnificance of it?

Spiritual reasons behind it :

The elder people and some references in veda state that

Using sesame seeds eliminates sins. On this day those who apply sesame seed oil and utane to the body, bathe in water mixed with sesame seeds, drink water mixed with sesame seeds, perform a sacrificial fire, make an offering of sesame seeds and make similar use of sesame seeds, are liberated of all sins.

It is clear that they wanted to stress that use of seasome is must in any form, which must have logical reason for one’s health too as follows

·       . seasome has ushn guna (heat / high calorie) which is the need in winter

·       jaggery too has ushna guna

·       By applying seasome oil and eating various food from seasome and jaggery one can achive the ushn guna to fight in winter

·       According to ayurveda in this rutu (season), the agni( digestive power) is high compared to other seasons, so one can easily digest the seasome and jiggery and food having properties like that , which otherwise advised to avoid in other season.

·       But one have to think about ones digestion power and should not exceed the limit which may further cause the pitta prakop( increased pitta dosha )

Wishing you  Happy and Healthy Uttarayan

5 Things to beat sinusitis

1.  Regular mild steam inhalation for 3-5 mins

2.  Boost immunity by food, exercise and ayurvedic medicines like chyvanprash , amalaki rasayan

3.   Breathing exercise with consultation of doctor

4.  Know the culprits causing sinusitis and stay away from them

5.  Ayurvedic nasya treatment and medicine from expert ayurved physician