Hey it’s a corona season we all are worried about this as what will be next ? when our life will come to routine etc etc.but in midst of this we all are afraid of not falling prey to corona virus and the only shield to this is our immunity. A better and stronger immunity will not only protect us from covid 19 but also from other ailments too. Bonus of this stronger immunity would be a stronger and beautiful u!
Ayush government have issued a general guideline on how to make our immunity stronger in view of covid 19 but at times either people are not following it or overdoing certain things which is doing more harm then benefits. So today , here I m going to explain you in details about ayush guidelines and also tell you how to follow that practically that you reap maximum benefit out of it.
The whole ayush guideline is divided into 5 heading:
- Food and drinks
- Lifestyle modification
- Exercise and physical activity
- Ayurvedic medicines
- Panchkarma (to do at home)
- Food and drinks:
Ayush guideline: 1. Drink warm water through out the day
Common mistakes: people are drinking too hot water throuhghout the day so it either increases pitta in pittaj prakruti people which makes them feel nauseatic .
Also, at times it erodes the outer protective mucous membrane leading even to ulcer in mouth so instead of protecting it makes our throat more vulnerable to get infected with corona virus.
So what one must do – we must be drinking luke warm water n not very hot water and also drinking warm water twice in a day ( early morning first thing and at night as last thing of the day) is more then enough specially if u tend to feel nauseatic with warm water to give u sufficient protection from covid 19.
- Drink ayush kwath twice a day- ayush kwath is an ayurvedic herbal tea which is little hot in potency so one should not over exceed the limit as it may lead to acidity .
Tulasi leaves-4 parts
Dalchini (cinnamon)- 2 parts
Sunthi ( dry ginger powder) – 2 parts
Black pepper powder-1 parts
Make dry coarse powder of all this ingredient
(except tulasi- as if it is available fresh then better) . add half tsp. of this powder to boiled 150 ml of water and stir .
Can be consumed it once or twice
One can add jaggery/raisins/ honey to it as a sweetner and also to add more health benefits to it.
- Drink lots of fluids like barley water , coriander seeds water, jeera water, kokam sherbet ,gulkand sabja drink, saunf water etc .
- Vitamin c enrich foods – all citrus fruits like lemon ,orange , capsicum , papaya , guava , drumstick ( clinically proven immunity boosting components are present in it ).
- Cows ghee is one of the best immunity boosting food
2.lifestyle modification : be regular and punctual in your eating time and sleeping time.
Best time to sleep is between 10 pm to 2 pm. As this 4 hours sleep is very important for immunity as in this 4 hours liver is activated and it detoxifies our body so out of this 4 hours atleast try to get 2-3 hours of sleep so that each and every organ can be healed and restores its function to its peak. so sleep maximum by 11 or 12 pm specially to be followed by hectic schedule people. So irrespective of watever you eat or exercise if one does not get this 4 hours sleep one cannot build a stronger immunity as sleep forms a very crucial part for being healthy.
Also for eating try not to binge throughout the day keep fixed time for your meal. If possible try to have 2 major meals a day n rest of the day give some rest to your’ agni’ means digestive fire. And best time to eat the heaviest meal of the day is between 10am to 2 noon as pitta is at its optimum level to function so food will get digested properly and you wont build up toxins in your body which is the root cause of many disease.
3. Ayurvedic medicines:
1. chywanprash – one need to eat daily one tbsp. of chywanprash approx. 20-30 gm. a day early morning empty stomach. One must preferably not consume anything after chywanprash for atleast 30 min.
For diabetes – one can have jaggery based chywanprash
2. one can have clove powder with honey
3. kofol chewable tablet ( charak company ) can be suckled 1 tab. 4 to 6 times a day for relieving congestion in throat.
4. special sitopaladi churna ( 5 gms ) can be taken with honey .
( ideally medicines need to be taken under ayurvedic doctors supervision only )
4) exercise – daily some kind of pranayama like anuloma viloma , omkar etc ,asana or any physical activity for atleast half an hour a day to keep your hormones balanced.
5. panchkarma – ideally panchkarma procedures need to be done in panchkarma centres under experienced doctor for detoxing one self. But here I am mentioning modified version of those panchkarmas which can be done at home.
1.Nasyam – pratimarsha nasyam - take 2 drops of til oil /coconut oil , ghee in ur palms and with your little finger apply inside your nostrils. If this is not possible then you can put 1 -2 dro p of oil in each nostril in tilted head position .
For better results one can use anutail, shadbindu oil.
2. Gandush (oil pulling/ oil swishing)- take 2 tbsp. oil preferably cold pressed coconut oil / til oil / olive oil in your mouth and swirl it in your mouth for approx.5- 20 min. one can add pinch of salt to it. If you have any oral issues then you can use irimedadi oil for oil pulling. It helps to cure respiratory disoreders, boost metabolism , helps in detoxification and good for oral care.
3. Gargles – use one fourth tsp. haldi powder and a pinch of salt in 1 glass of warm water and gargle with that once a day.( optional : one can even add jestimadh powder ¼ tsp. to this for extra benefit)
If congestion is there then you can use dispirin water to gargle. To make dispirin water dissolve 2 tab. In half glass water and use this to gargle.
Hope I have given you lots of information on ayush guidelines and more . Do follow that and live long ,healthy life.
Stay safe, stay healthy and beautiful forever…………
