måndag, april 17, 2006

Ayurveda, asthmatic reactions in allergy

Or is it Ayur Veda? Anyway, I saw on the morning news that this ancient wisdom can cure asthma, stress etc. Since I have asthmatic reactions with my allergies, this makes me think there's a possibility of me being helped as well :-) Therefore, I shall read a bit about it, and tomorrow I'll go to India and see if I can get some help (I wish) . Either way, if you know some good site about it - or maybe even stumble upon some way of finding experts in my area - I wouldn't mind a tip...

"We must understand eachother to completely understand ourselves, but we must understand ourselves to start understanding eachother."
- Emil Hunefalk, 2006 (so is quoting myself a bad sign of self? Should I simply write "unknown", or "scanian man, early IT age"?)

Aaaanyway. Of course I couldn't wait with reading something about ayurveda. I found an article about asthma and ayurveda. From what I see in there, 75% of people with asthma can be cured, mostly from change of lifestyle. I already knew anything (almost) can be cured with the right lifestyle - and sometimes additional help, so I seached on. There's a number of tips, actually too many to take at the same time. I'll try a few:
  • Morning or evening walk, and some yoga (don't know what pranayama means, but maybe I can find it somewhere)
  • Avoid tobacco and smoking - so I won't go to danish pubs for a while...
  • Drink a lot of boiled water - I recently started drinking a lot of tea, so this fits perfectly :-)
  • Avoid over exercise and over indulgence in sex - well, too much exercise is a matter of definition, and a distance relationship takes care of the second part I suppose.
I'll skip the home remedies, since it's too much extra work finding or making the ingredients (juice of garlic or onion, water with basil leaves etc.). I will however look at a minor change of diet, mostly meaning less pizza and more fruits and vegetables.

Maybe I shall make ayurveda, yoga and evening walks my new hobby - until I can find something more substantial ;-) I also think reviving the workout bet could be a good idea - a nice suggestion from my hanni-bun (k). As a grand finale, I will clean up my apartment.... some time.. some day... at least once this year... errrmm... hmm... twice?