Natural Approaches to Supporting Eye Health and Preventing Cataracts

Do it regularly for one month, and if it proves effective, you can continue indefinitely. It will help to arrest the process of cataract formation. One drop of pure castor oil (without preservatives) placed in the eye at CASTOR OIL EYE DROPS bedtime lubricates the cornea and the conjunctiva and helps to remove molecules of kapha from the lens. In this way one can prevent cataracts from developing.

A third approach is to take this herbal mixture internally: HERBAL REMEDY punarnava 5 parts shatavari 3 parts brahmi 3 parts Take ½ teaspoon of this herbal mixture twice a day with warm water as a preventative measure against cataracts. As with the triphala eyewash, you may continue using this formula as long as you wish. Cellulite Cellulite is more a sociological problem than a health problem! Subcutaneous fat that accumulates under the skin and causes little dimples on the skin surface, cellulite is certainly not a disease.

People with high cholesterol, who eat fried, fatty food and whose diet is excessively kapha-provoking, appear to be more likely to have it, as do individuals who use a lot of olive oil in their cooking. As cellulite may gradually lead to obesity, this condition can be seen as an early phase of being overweight. In Ayurvedic terms, meda agni (the agni or fiery quality responsible for metabolizing fat) under the skin becomes low. Unprocessed fatty molecules lodge there and create cellulite.

The Ayurvedic aim in treatment is to kindle or enliven the meda agni. Regular exercise is the first approach. Walking, swimming, or other aerobic exercise EXERCISE is important, and at least some of the exercise should be “local” to the area where the cellulite is forming. In other words, if cellulite is developing on the thighs, don’t restrict your exercise to weight lifting and upper-body development!

Watch your diet and be sure it isn’t kapha-increasing (see chapter 8). WATCH OUT FOR KAPHA Minimize dairy products, sweets, cold food and drinks, and fatty fried food. Strictly avoid olive oil in cooking. Rub vitamin K cream onto the skin.