Food & Environmental Allergens: a Video Testimonial! plus Celebrate the Eternal Feminine for 9 Days! SVA in Puerto Vallarta , and more! SV Ayurveda Newsletter Sept 27, 2018, # 37, Vol 8
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Multiple Food and Environmental Sensitivities : the SVA Solution
by Dr Marianne Teitelbaum
This is another one of those health problems that weren’t necessarily written about in the ancient ayurvedic texts: what to do with patients whose immune systems are hyper-reacting because of disruption of the digestive/immune systems due to overuse of pharmaceuticals in the past? Through his insight and deep ayurvedic wisdom, Vaidya Mishra recognized the hetu, or underlying cause, for these hypersensitivities. He also taught us how to fix it. Let me explain.
I have seen thousands of patients over the past 30 years of my practice who have developed numerous sensitivities to food and airborne allergens/toxins. The common pattern that always emerges in these patients is a history of taking too many antibiotics in their youth. Or there could be a history of several years on birth control pills, or both.These medications destroy the friendly bacteria in the gut and overheat the liver as they course through it. This combination of interfering with both the liver and the gut creates the perfect medium for food sensitivities/allergies.
Many of these patients report to me that they feel much better avoiding gluten, dairy and numerous other foods. What I tell them is that yes, while they may feel better avoiding the foods, the real problem is not the food, but their body’s reaction to the food. This is what needs fixing. And by addressing the various problems at their root level, the sensitivities will go away so they can go back to eating the offending food(s) and can tolerate airborne allergens better. If you just identify and avoid the foods, fragrances, etc. that are bothering you, in reality you are not fixing anything, you’re just letting your out-of-control-immune system push you deeper and deeper into a corner. Many of the people I see have dozens of food allergies and report to me that they can only tolerate a few food items.
The immune system is intelligent — it knows to attack viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. And it knows not to attack foods, pollens, dust, and your body. However, if the various parts of the immune system get disturbed, then the immune system goes into attack mode and now all bets are off! You start realizing certain foods bother you, so you avoid them. Then slowly but surely the list begins to grow, adding more foods to the list of potential food allergies. Then you notice perfume bothers you, or exhaust fumes, or you can’t walk down the aisles in the supermarket which smell of cleaning agents…and the list becomes longer and longer.
And, if you’re like this patient, you go to the top immunologists in your area (she went to the Chief of Immunology at the University of Pennsylvania), they run tests and tell you all the tests were great, there are no food or airborne allergies, so you are left to leave the office feeling frustrated, or perhaps all these symptoms are in your head. Sometimes doctors will recommend antidepressants when they are at a loss in cases like this, which only adds fuel to the fire.
The other scenario is that your doctor finds dozens of food allergies, has you avoid the offending foods and puts you on antihistamines and steroids. You might feel fine for a while, but since you are not actually fixing the immune system, the symptoms come back once you finish the medications.
What needs to be done is to fix the imbalances created from all those medications in the past. Besides antibiotics and birth control pills, immunizations, acid reflux medications, and steroids also disrupt the normal immune system functions.
The problem I encounter when trying to teach people or doctors a protocol for fixing a particular problem, is that there is no protocol to use in each patient. But I can give you an idea of some of the things that need to be done. The trick to treating anything is that you have to identify what needs to be done in your particular case. Even if you don’t think you could come up with your own treatment plan, at least you know you can reach out to an SVA practitioner and let them guide you in dealing with your situation.
So here are some problems that might need attention, so that you can slowly reverse your hyper-sensitive immune system:
First address the gut flora. Vaidya made “Prebiotic Drops” which act like fertilizer, to be taken before lassi, takra,yogurt or the Protren probiotics we recommend. These drops encourage the growth of the friendly bacteria.
He then made “Pro-Apana” drops, which fix the lining of the gut so the friendly bacteria can grow. What we noticed was that people who had taken so many antibiotics in the past had not only depletion of the friendly bacteria, but also the lining that the friendly bacteria grows in. Keep in mind: the gut is basically a mucous layer with friendly bacteria growing in it. The friendly bacteria train the immune system to stay intelligent and not hyper-react. The mucous layer is where these friendly bacteria live. Pro-Apana helps to build up the mucous layer, or you could drink some slippery elm tea (1 tsp in a quart of boiled water, sipped slowly for four hours after making it). Slippery elm also heals the lining where the friendly bacteria grow.
“Bhumi Amla drops” are tremendous in cooling the heat in the liver and bringing the intelligence back to the liver so it stops reacting to food and instead does what it’s supposed to do: break down the food when you swallow it, processing the food and transforming it from rasa dhatu to raktadhatu. This means that it converts the blood plasma to the blood tissue. Keep this in mind: everything you swallow has to go through the liver. The problem here is that the liver is not only the seat of detoxification, but the seat of digestion. So when it overheats from too many acidic toxins found in the pharmaceuticals and fast foods, it starts to attack the food, which is why you feel reactions to the food. The liver, in essence, is oxidizing your food, turning it into ama visha, or poison, rather than processing it correctly.
Many people aren’t making enough digestive enzymes. The answer here isn’t to take the digestive enzymes, but to fix the enzyme system in the gut. To do this, Vaidya made “Apana Agni Balance” drops. You might also try eating a one-inch cube of papaya or pineapple after lunch or dinner, utilizing the natural enzymes found in these two fruits.
Many people have old fat-soluble toxins (such as birth control pills, steroids, and numerous other pharmaceuticals) stuck in the liver, disrupting its function. Many people state that they took these medications years ago and don’t think they should be bothering them now, but the fact that they are fat-soluble means they can be stuck in the various tissues. This is because unlike the water-soluble toxins which are dumped out in the urine, they have to be processed out by the liver into the bile and if the bile isn’t flowing, they keep reabsorbing back into the physiology. Which brings me to my next point:
Bile sludge: This is a huge issue that I see every single day in my practice. And yet I don’t hear that much about it in both the Ayurvedic literature and the literature available to holistic doctors here in the West. Which is why I wrote a whole chapter on the gall bladder in my upcoming book. It is amazing how easily the bile becomes thick and sludge-like — this can happen numerous times. My book will go into great detail as to what causes this, what can happen when the bile doesn’t flow, and what we need to do about it. For the sake of brevity, I’ll mention a few things here.
If you are belching, have gas, acid reflux and a dull ache under the ribs on the right, then
your bile isn’t flowing, as it is now very thick. You can thin it out by sipping plain hot water, or hot water with a pinch of Indian Sarsaparilla in it. Try taking triphala tablets, or Triphala for High Pitta (only on www.chandika.com) if there is any excess acid in the digestive tract. Avoid foods which would thicken the bile more: cold dairy, ice-cold foods and beverages, nut butters, red meats, soy products, and hard aged cheeses. Other good remedies to try are Haritaki as in the Prakrit tablets, or SVA Easy Lax, and Neem herb or drops. Try eating cooked red beets, as they are the best food for promoting the flow of bile out of the gallbladder. If your bile isn’t flowing, then the toxins that the liver dumped into it will reabsorb back into your body, as just stated.
7. If you have a history of taking any of these pharmaceuticals, it is necessary to clean out
the liver, but you must keep it cool as you do so. You can try Liver Pro Drops, or
Guduchi Satwa, which is excellent for removing old residues of pharmaceuticals out of
the liver.
8. Cooking with vegetable oils, such as mustard, peanut, safflower, sunflower, corn, canola, margarine, and ghee made from margarine will give you a fatty liver. Stop eating these immediately and take “Mankand drops,” as it will regenerate your liver. Favor olive oil (cook with water, never alone), or Mom’s Ghee, or some sesame oil when you want to saute things.
These are the numerous problems I see on a daily basis with our patients. By first identifying and then fixing these various problems, the immune system will settle down and work the way it’s supposed to: protecting you from pathogens but not hyper-reacting to everything in the outside world.
By incorporating these various tools Vaidya Mishra has left us with, I have been able to help thousands of patients like the one depicted in this video, even when modern medicine has failed them.
Good luck in your efforts to recalibrate your immune system.
Regards,
Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum
Cinnaminson, New Jersey
856-786-3330
SVA Get-Away
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in
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March 23-30, 2019
Ever since I spent a couple of days at Villa Ananda in 2017, I’ve dreamt of going back. The place is nothing short of breath taking. To sit at breakfast overlooking the ocean as the whales come up for air…. it was heaven on earth!
Our Retreat in 2019 is for Finding Bliss: An Ocean of it awaits YOU! During your week with us, you will reconnect with your inner bliss, which can get lost in everyday living. We will share many ways to find that bliss and how to maintain it when you return home. Here is what you will experience: Set your intentions and connect with others during the Opening Fire ceremony
Open your heart with daily guided SVA Samadhi Marma & then yoga along the beach
Create a state of balance and bliss with SV Ayurveda self care techniques that can be used everyday anywhere!
Release tension and blockages with a complimentary spa treatment
Be awed by the graceful gentle giants during our private whale watching trip
Feed your soul with healthy SV ayurvedic meals and cooking demonstrations
Celebrate your renewed connection with inner bliss as you sing from the heart during a closing kirtan held at sunset on the beach
We will be hosting this very intimate retreat for only 14 guests during the week of March 23 – March 30th, 2019. You can learn more at our website, by joining the Facebook Group and retreat email.
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I am the current Manitoba Chair for Ayurveda Association of Canada. I was in Toronto last month and met with some graduating students from the Canadian College of Ayurveda. One of my jobs as the chair and AAC Standards, Practice & Ethics
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Although I have trained in many schools, my practice is mostly SVA based. I receive numerous testimonials from clients for different SVA treatments, protocols, and the formulations. I wanted to share this latest testimonial. This client saw a remarkable difference in her health with some transdermal marma treatment and some herbal nectars. She suffered from sever constipation and we addressed that as well.”
we are happy to share this testimonial from one of Purnima Chaudhury’s clients:
“As a caregiver for 10 years my health and energy had deteriorated to the point that the alternative health interventions that I had been using for 28 years, were no longer working. Friends encouraged me to have a marma therapy treatment with Purnima and out of desperation I did. From the point when she lay her hands on me and began working, I could feel the years of stress melt away. Energizing each area that was blocked allowed the energy to flow through me and for the first time in years I was in a state of complete relaxation and bliss. Afterwards Purnima told me that she could barely find my pulse. That confirmed my own experience. My condition improved over the next few days. With the addition of herbs for elimination my system is now functioning better than it ever has. Purnima is compassionate, gentle, sensitive and very caring. I highly recommend her.. 5 stars.
I am excited to be able to share with you my new book on treating the thyroid gland using the ancient science of Ayurveda. The book will be published early 2019 and can be preordered now through Amazon. Readers will learn our groundbreaking SVA approach for both detection and treatment of this very important gland, offering treatments that go beyond the use of pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. I will update everyone as we get closer to its publication date.
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I am totally Blown Away by the difference using the Samadhi set makes in my meditation. I put them on right before I sit down to meditate and I could actually see the light coming in and it went from a gold curtain kind of thing to rainbow colors at one point. My whole body literally feels like it’s filled with light and my stress points from work get activated for a few minutes and then clear out, it’s just incredible! I also felt the silent mind of meditation staying with me well into my post meditation activities. As it turned out, it lasted the whole day. A client I did Reiki on felt the bliss and relaxation when we worked together.
I’m so happy and grateful to have this new support in my practice and life.
[…]
I’m also noticing today that as this is the third day that I have used it right before meditation my body is so dramatically pain-free from its usual stiffness and pain from my everyday massage work, it’s really quite amazing! I’m also noticing my spirits are brighter.
Namaste!
Sri van der Kroef
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Saadar lak lak pranaams to you….
your new devotee,
Savitri M.”
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Devi Incense
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Ingredients & their properties
this incense comes in loose moist powder form and is to be used on a burner (charcoal) as shown in the image above
Pushkarmool: strengthens and detoxifies the lungs
Frankincense Pearl: divine aroma which opens the heart lotus and helps to connect the individual consciousness to the universal consciousness—this frankincense is collected directly from the tree and is delivered to you with no alteration;
Indian Sarsaparilla: purifies the lungs
Camphor: highly aromatic and purifying—we use only natural camphor – not synthetic
Lavender oil : calms the mind
Himalayan cedar oil: aromatic, divine tree which opens the heart and expands consciousness
Grapefruit oil: adds a subtle aroma
Mom’s Ghee: divine vibration of cow’s ghee coordinates all of the other ingredients and adds sattwa.
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