Ayurvedic Home Remedies for Canker Sores, Plus a Triphala Eyewash for Cataracts
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Read about canker sore remedies and a triphala eyewash for cataracts, based on traditional Ayurvedic practices.
Take ¼ teaspoon and 1 teaspoon fresh cream. Mix together and rub it on the sore. INTERNAL REMEDIES • Generally, people with high pitta are more likely to get canker sores. So follow the pitta-soothing diet, avoiding hot, spicy foods and fermented food (chapter 8).
Also keep away from strong alcoholic drinks, which will aggravate the sores. • Between meals, drink ½ cup cranberry juice. That will help to heal the sore and relieve the burning sensation and irritation. • Eating a mixture of rock candy powder (½ teaspoon) and cumin powder (½ teaspoon) will help stop the pain, as well as reduce inflammation and irritation.
• Sometimes canker sores are accompanied by either diarrhea or constipation. Taking ½ teaspoon arrowroot with 1 cup warm milk helps relieve constipation; taking ¼ teaspoon arrowroot with 1 teaspoon ghee corrects diarrhea. Cataracts Cataracts are a kapha disorder. Molecules of kapha accumulate in the lens of the eye and affect its translucence and transparency, making it increasingly opaque.
As the cataract grows, it creates increasingly smoky, blurred vision. Generally persons with diabetes are prone to cataracts, as are young people with juvenile diabetes, though cataracts are primarily associated with elderly people. If your eye doctor has detected an early sign of cataracts developing, EFFECTIVE HERBAL EYEWASH this triphala tea eyewash will be effective in dissolving the molecules of kapha that cause the cataract. Boil 1 teaspoon triphala in a cup of water for 2 to 3 minutes.
Let the tea cool, and strain it with a double or triple layer of cheesecloth so that not a single particle of triphala is left in the strained tea. Then, with an eye cup, wash your eyes with the triphala tea. You may wish to repeat the wash 2 or 3 times, depending on how it feels and how much tea actually got into the eye. To keep the lens clear and prevent the further growth of cataracts, wash your eyes with triphala tea in the morning and at bedtime.