Yoga and Ayurveda - 100% clear

[startinggun]

Hi all,   In May and June I travelled to India to see if their method of treating me would work.  It really did.   I was practicing yoga for 2-3 hours a day and undergoing a series of ayurvedic treatments.   These included Oil Massage,  Drinking herbal oils to soften the gut,  Herbal oil enemas to soften the colon and most importantly a controlled diet with no nightshades, no fried food, no meat, and no chilly.  All veggies were cooked and soft and served warm. I was also taking ayurvedic tablets.

After 5 weeks of treatment my psoriasis was gone.  Completely and I managed to keep it very low for 3 months after I came home without resorting to any "symptom managment" with steroids etc.  My feeling is that as soon as I can I will go and spend 6 months there and see if that gives me any longer term clearance.   They seem to have an excellent understanding of the underlying causes of P.   
 
Best

Jonny

[MORGANA]

Can't you find somewhere local to try the Yoga and Ayurveda? It seems very expensive to travel to India for six months, I do understand that you want to get rid of your P!

[totoro]

Hi Jonny,

have you changed your diet since coming back from india?

how is your P now since coming back?

sounds an interesting treatment...but as Morgana says its a long way to go
for treatment...and probably expensive?

T

[bjm]

With a population of 1 billion...and at a conservative 1% with P, there's over 10  million people in India with psoriasis..one would think they would have heard about Yoga and Ayurveda.....and found some relief but they are often looking to the west for treatment

just wondering..

[totoro]

With a population of 1 billion...and at a conservative 1% with P, there's over 10  million people in India with psoriasis..one would think they would have heard about Yoga and Ayurveda.....and found some relief but they are often looking to the west for treatment

just wondering..

Hi Bjm,

Not many folks believe in VitD3 and its effects on us P sufferers, although thanks to your
thread on the forum I and many more are converts.....However that doesnt mean that this yoga treatment may
not work also?

I do note that a mate who does yoga is one of the nicest and calmest blokes I know - and he's had
to work with me!

Anyway Im wondering is there a good place to go for fact n figures on P around the world?
Do 1% of indians suffer from P. I always imagine because of the lack of sun and our unhealthy
diets that northern countries like our own would have more instances of P.

Im wondering if anyone has ever recorded such records? Say the world health organisation
or such like.?

[bjm]

I'm not saying they have no effect or thats its not a healthy lifestyle..i believe in meditation and yoga..

But the analogy is not accurate comparing vitamin D supplements and Yoga or Ayurveda. They have  been around centuries..surely any consistent effects would be apparent over centuries of people suffering with p.

Conversely, our awareness and adequate supplementation of vitamin D is  perhaps a decade old. The discovery of calcitriol or active D wasn't until 1971..The addition of peppermint for P...august...

It much like when i go fishing...i always think the best spot is across the lake where i can't get to.....its human nature..

At one time i had some good numbers on P world wide....but i believe india is above 1%...they have quite a few sites on P..eastern and western treatment.....i believe northern europe is the highest...western norway rings a bell...

[totoro]

Hi ,

Just found this...

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), between 5.8 and 7.5 million, i.e. between 2 and 2.6% of the population, is affected with psoriasis in the US. Around 150,000 new cases of psoriasis are reported annually. Four hundred people die annually from psoriasis-related causes in the US.

The incidence of psoriasis is much lower in dark-skinned West Africans and African-Americans than in light-skinned people of European ancestry. Incidence is also low in Japanese and Eskimos, and is extremely low to non-existent in Native Americans in both North and South America.

The prevalence of psoriasis in African Americans has been estimated at 0.7% based on 3860 consecutive patients seen in a private dermatology practice in Cleveland, Ohio.
In Africa, variations in the prevalence of psoriasis have been observed between West African countries such as Nigeria (0.8%) and East African countries such as Kenya (2.6%).

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Sadly doesnt mention India....but I guess there is a skin pigmentation/ exposure to sun
thing going on?? As for Eskimos...lots of fish and raw food?

T

[bjm]

Interesting on the Inuit..or the eskimo..which i believe are some native groups in alaska..

but the Inuit...i studied them a bit when i was first looking for some clues 6 years ago...actually the formula was based on a blood study of isolated tribes done in the 1940's...the blood test results when compared to a western diet  showed high levels of D,,b12, folate, selenium ..which i then attempted to mimic...not to combat my psoriasis which was severe but for my general health...and it worked,  surprising to me.., on both..

but back to the Inuit...often the tribes ate no fish...their main diet was seal and whale..probably more energy efficient to hunt....interestingly for some tribes, their religion often didn't allow them to eat anything other then meat..no vegetables or plant life...

Presently i'm now reading the journals of lewis and clark...and they mention ..as well as "journal of a trapper," that the plains indian, the tallest people on the planet at the time, seldom ate anything more then meat..buffalo or venison...the buffalo being high in omega3's..some small amount of root plants and berries ..a true paleolithic diet..

an interesting subject ...

[dashiv]

I trust this guy:

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I have seen many doing better on this breathing exercise described above and I have been instructed to do it from my parents all the time. I have just been lazy. I am sticking to Barneys for now with good results. I wish I could supplement with the Pranayam (breathing exercises)

Shiv

[priya]

hi startinggun
would u pls post the details where u went for the treatment?