Diseases and Naturopathy

Insomnia
The probable symptoms are the following:
Headache
Nausea
Tiredness and weakness
Burning sensation in eyes
Irritation
The main causes of Insomnia are the following:
Digestive disorder,
Constipation, mental tension, fear and worry
Addiction to T.V. and reading of books,
Taking of Tea/Coffee and other intoxicants also delay in sleep.

Treatment
After consulting as per doctor’s advice we give diet therapy, yog therapy, hydro therapy etc. This apart we also give the following.
Application of :
- Natural bath
- Hot foot bath
- Spinal Pack
- Chest pack
- Mud Pack
- Hipbath
Cleansing bowel by taking lemon water enema

Patients suffering from Insomnia should give up intoxicants like tea, coffee etc. to get quick benefit. The bedroom for such patients should also be sufficiently airy and open.; should give more stress over fresh fruits and vegetables in their meals instead of oily and heavy foods. Practice of Pranayams, Asanas and meditations under proper guidance is advisable.

It is essential to search out the root cause of the disease first. Until real cause is searched out. Insomnia may go on afflicting the patient.


Arthritis
It is mainly the disease of mature age; however now a days it’s also found in young patients too. This disease is supposed to be incurable from treatment point of view. The main symptoms are :
Acute pain
Swelling
Weakness
Stiffness in joints
Difficulty to move
Cracking sound in joints
Prolonged Constipation

Causes Patients whose bodies accumulation of morbid matter is of acidic nature.
Due to the alkaline nature of bones, acidic morbid matter has a tendency to move towards the bones so that it could be neutralised by their alkalinity. In this process, it usually gets deposited in the joints and the symptoms of swelling and pain start.
As per naturopathy treatment wrong eating, living and thinking habits are the principal causes of this painful disease.

Treatment By taking fomentation of the joints where swelling and pain is present.
Application of cold pack/hot pack, steam bath, full tub bath
Cleansing of bowels by applying warm water enema
By using Epsom salt bath
Yog therapy

As for diet, it should be alkaline because such patients must give special attention to the change of their diets. There should be at least 80% alkaline food items in their normal diet. Fruits e.g. sweet Orange, sweet Lemon, Mousami, Pineapple. Chakotara etc. provide benefit in this disease. Fruit i.e., lemon etc. give alkaline effect after digestion and are therefore considered as alkaline food substances. The patients should avoid foods which are of acidic in nature such as tea/coffee, bread, omelets, non-veg. items etc.

Arthritis being many types, requires correct diagnosis before taking to treatment. It is, therefore imperative that patients should consult some distinguished expert in case desired relief is not obtained from the prescribed procedures and after thorough examination he may take the treatment according to the type of Arthritis.

Headache
Headache is a disorder that gives horrible trouble to an individual. Continuous pain renders the nature of the patients irritative and stubborn. This can also lead to some other disease. The disease is common among children as well as adults. It is categorized as permanent, temporary and Migraine. Sometimes it becomes usual and mild while the other moments it becomes acute and severe.

Causes
Although there are many causes of Headache', but the main cause is supposed to be the digestive disorder.
Regularly taken wrong and oily type of food
Weak eyes,
Disorders of teeth
Cervical Spondylosis
High or Low Blood Pressure,
Excessive mental work, worry, tension and grief.
Irregularity of menses in females
Intoxication, excessive sexual intercourse,
Anemia, nervous sprain, tiredness,
Liver and spleen disorder
Waking up till late midnight
Malnutrition and hair dying etc.

Therefore, if Headache persists, a qualified physician may be consulted and after necessary investigation treatment should be taken according to the cause.

Treatment lemon water enema and Kunjal.
spinal bath or Spinal pack. After that gentle massage of spine and head should be taken.
Fast spray of water on the soles for one minute may relieve Headache instantly.
Headache caused due to excessive heat can be relieved by the practice of Jala Neti, Shitali Pranayama and Chandra Bhedan Pranayama. Headache caused due to excess of blood can be controlled by Mud pack or Cold pack kept over forehead and naval region.

Apart from above pouring of cold water over head for some time or Hot foot bath is also beneficial.
Diet of such patients should be completely light and Sattvic. One or two days fruit diet will give sufficient benefit. If the Headache persists then after proper investigation treatment should be taken in the supervision of a competent physician.

Naturopathy for Constipation

Naturopathic approaches to a constipation home remedy look wider than a lack of fibre or dehydration as the causes of constipation.

The basis of a naturopathic constipation home remedy is that there may be problems with the autonomic nervous system, or the liver is not functioning as well as it could (this is a naturpoathic interpretation, not a western medical one).

So the constipation home remedy suggested by a naturopathic approach looks at redressing these possible problems.

Supplementing with magnesium phosphate and potassium phosphate (for nerve impulses), and a good b vitamin complex (also for nerve impulses) is suggested.

Other constipation home remedies suggested include: 

if diverticulitis is present, calcium fluoride
linseeds daily (people often have them with breakfast)
6 - 8 glasses water water daily
warm water with lemon juice in it in the morning first thing
for the liver - herbs like st mary's thistle (milk thistle), dandelion, or a preparation with a mixture of liver herbs and the amino acid taurine