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You Can Have Beautiful Hair by Ramakant Mishra How many times have you admired someone's thick, glossy hair and wondered how she does it? According to Maharishi Ayurveda, hair and nails are the by-product of bone metabolism, so your diet must nourish the bone tissue. At the same time, your diet must also purify the fat tissue, because healthy bone tissue depends on healthy fat tissue. Thus, taking care of the fat tissue and simultaneously nourishing the bone is the key to hair and nail health. Maharishi Ayurveda recommends certain types of food for strengthening hair and nails. Eating more sweet, juicy fruits, cooked greens, and leafy green vegetables with a bitter taste will help. Seasoning the vegetables with equal parts of fenugreek, cumin, turmeric and coriander, sauteed in Ghee, will also purify fat tissue and strengthen bone tissue. Adding fresh shredded coconut to your diet and always using healthy fats such as olive oil or Ghee in cooking is also recommended. At the same time, it's important to avoid foods that are difficult to digest and create ama (digestive impurities). Stay away from excessive amounts of refined sugars, ice-cold drinks, cold foods straight from the refrigerator, leftovers, processed and packaged foods, unhealthy fats and heavy, deep-fried foods. It's also important to follow the diet that provides balance for you as an individual. You can call MAPI at 1-800-ALL-VEDA to get a copy of the guidelines for the Vata, Pitta or Kapha pacifying diet. Exercising regularly with yoga asanas (yoga postures) will also help balance fat metabolism. Avoid using harsh commercial shampoos and conditioners that contain DEA, sodium laurel sulfate, or other such chemicals, as these can strip the luster from your hair and cause deeper imbalances. Natural hair products, rich in plant extracts that are good for the hair, will provide nourishment, moisture and balance to the hair in addition to cleaning it. It also helps to massage the hair with warm oil. If your hair is dry, massage your head at least twice a week, otherwise, once a week is enough. A warm oil massage stimulates the scalp and helps moisturize the hair and scalp. An ayurvedic herbal formula containing Eclipta alba, Heart-leaved Moonseed and Phyllanthus Niruri, which are known as keshya herbs in ayurveda provide powerful nourishment for the hair. Amla-Berry (Indian Gooseberry) which is famous in the ayurvedic literature for improving hair and nail strength is another herb recommended. Note: The material presented in this article is for educational purposes only and is not to be used to treat, cure or mitigate any disease. If you have a medical condition, please consult your physician. Source(s) "Lilye" ===== What a long, strange trip it's been... Jerry Garcia {1942-95} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A webring of sharing... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pagan_Promotions/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please check us out at... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreenWitchGarden/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday, December 21, 2004  Banner and Template by Darigon Back - Home - Next |
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