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Next topic of discussion: Essential Tremor #Ayurveda
Dr. Jigar Joshi: It's Vat vyadhi.. snehan must.
Dr.Amit Shukla: Vaat Pradhan vyadhi, can be associated with
other doshas too. Before doing Panchakarma/Shaman chikitsa, pachan of doshas
should must be considered.
Vd Ashish Kumar: गोपाल तैल से लाभ मिलता है,नस्य अभ्यंग पान।
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14929: Chalatva sukshmatva mainly increased. Mainly Vyana vata dushti.
Dr. Ravikant
Prajapati: May be due to Avaran janya, Kshayaja
( mainly rasaj)
Dr. Rakhi Maniyar: Kapikachhu kshirpak, vishtundi vati, Aampachan,
T.pulsineuron1 tid, mahamashadi tail abhyang It's very useful
Dr. Meenaxi Verma: Mustadi yapan basti, Ghrita pana, abhyanga,
14929: Kb taila abhyanga.. Kb 101 with milk .
Dr. Vaduvur S.
Narayan: It I interesting that Parkinson's
and Alzheimer's seem to be increasing in incidence and prevalence in all the
countries where life spans have increased . Japan has more 100 year old people
per capita and it should be interesting scientifically to see if the incidence
of these neurological diseases are more prevalent in Japan ?
Dr. Phanindra
Narayan Gundu: Not in Japan I
believe, they generally have an intake of more than 600 mcg of iodine every
day(sea food) and we don't even consume 50
mcg. Forgot to add, depression and poor memory are some of the symptoms
of iodine deficiency. And most of the 7 billion population are deficient.
Vd Tushar Trivedi:
I have used Lasoon ksheerapaka. It
covers both dhatu kshayaja and Avarana janya samprapti. Bala Ashwagandha taila shiropichu.
All vrishya dravya will be useful. Anuvasana basti - Vata pradhana - Bala ashwagandha taila, Vatpitta
pradhana - ksheerabala taila.
Dr. Siva Kumar: It is an involuntary action
Vd. Pankaj
Chhayani: Tremor is mentined in Ayurveda as
VEPATHU. It's VataNanatmaja vikar.
Gary Yuen:
Japan's longevity is likely due to their former eating of plants: rice, dal,
vegetables, sea vegetables etc. Alzheimer's and Parkinson's is likely due to
recent changes in adopting a Western diet. Processed and fast foods are growing
everywhere. With wealth too, people are eating more meat. Fish too is possibly
not safe anymore since all oceans are polluted. Some call Alzheimer's type 3
diabetes. Perhaps prahema treatment might work. That's one condition I'm not
sure if it is treatable once it reaches some stage. Type 1 seems possible at a
certain point. Agree it seems vata. Looking at studies, there's not much info.
Some suggest distinction in neurotransmitters, i think it was GABA receptors.
Anything that reduces anxiety like jatamamsi and ashwagandha i think might show
some minor effect. Cause is certainly diet. Dysfunction in neurotransmitters
Colombia Dr Mario Herrera: It Is recomended to associate Kapikachhu
plus Gokshura in order to increase absortion of the former. Brahmi reduce
tremors but also reduce the risk of dementia associated to Parkinson's
Gary Yuen: Yes
brahmi seems effective. Likely also mandukaparni. That is still a vegetable in
some places like villages and south India and south east Asia.
We should look at causes. Anthocyanins
from blueberries shown to enter the brain and improve memory. Possibly also has
an effect. Purple cabbage. Possibly unstudied other colored flavonids such as
flowers: rose, chrysanthemum, anything. In the brassica family, there is a
yellow plant once used as yellow dye for clothing, root now used in chinese
medicine. Woad, isatis tinctoria. My feeling is it might be stronger than
moringa.
Vd. Sachin Kadlag: In case of suden onset of tremors ... history of newly started /changed modern medicine should also be asked
... as some medicines may show their unwanted effects like tremors .
Gary Yuen:
Pommegranate skin. pomegrante has been shown to have an effect on anxiety and
motor function. Skin doesn't taste too good, bitter, so I blend them in a
smoothie with amalaki. I think iodine maybe a reason why milk is considered
rasayana. Sea vegetables, seaweed, is a good source of iodine and something I
now have multiple times a week. Some varieties have too much iodine and can
cause toxicity. Though I think iodine metabolism may not be understood, and
acceptable levels might be higher if the rest of the diet is good. Same for
selenium. Also shown to affect mood and anxiety. Selenium should be in all
plants though the USDA database doesn't include it. Like iodine, highly
variable with soil. Brazil nuts the only commonly known source, though that too
is highly variable with Amazon soil conditions different with forest location.
So no way to know how much selenium is in brazil nuts. Many varieties of
seaweed also known to absorb toxic metals like arsenic. I think nori, dulse,
alaria, and wakame are ok. Someone should verify.
Shahil H Bhavsar:
Parkinson disease have classical
symptoms.
Short key: TRAP
T- TREMOR
R-RIGIDITY
A-ACTIVITY(BRADYKINESIA)
P-POSTURAL INSTABILITY
Here,tremors are resting tremor.
It means when the person is not doing
any activity the tremors appear and it decreses when person do some activity.
Here, the tremors have a
characteristic feature of "pill-rolling" tremor.
Gary Yuen:
Theres one study of fruits that help parkisons, alzheimers, and anxiety. All
things colored: draksha pomegranate berries plums etc. Flowers are not studied
but like in ancient times, an important food.
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/scientifica/2016/3109254/
Croatia Branko Markovic: Sneha internal and external. Lashuna in
capsules in big doses or ksheera paka showed best results..then balamoola,
shatavari, ashwagandha..daily meditation and pranayama like nadhi shodhan,
ujayi, brahmari..
Dr. Arvind Shahane: Jatamansi fanta, Mansyadi
kashay Also useful.
Vd. Sachin Kadlag: Yes , for long standing tremors as in
Parkinson or in as a result of ageing ,
I use Kavach beeja ghana vati in a dose 1 morning , evening preferrably with
warm milk.
It is useful for as a yaapan
(maintenance ) .
Dr.Satish Panda: Yes
1.Anubasana vasti
2.Vanari kalpana
3.Nasya
4.Sarbhanga abhyang are the usual line
of treatment. Result are also satisfactory.
Dr. Pritam Veer: Best treatment option for tremors . can add
bruhan plus vataghn nasya also
Dr. Sushant Patil: Ayurveda can minimize symptoms it can't cure
if patient will not follow regime then recurrence will be there
Gary
Yuen: in Caraka Ci 29.49 on vatarakta, section on treatment begins with
cereals: yava, flour of godhuma, nivara (where to find?), sali, and shastika.
Opinions about flour of godhuma? It is more easily digestable, and perhaps is
useful in some cases as medicine. But for gut health, to build immunity and
ojas, it's been shown flour is far less effective than the intact grain.
Prebiotics are destroyed when processed as flour, possibly affects millet as
ragi as well. Flour products may be an effect of kshatriyas. Modern medicine
says they are quickly absorbing – with refined flour like bread or anything
made with maida spiking blood sugar as bad as sugar itself. Caraka Su 27 also
says flour is quicky absorbed.
In the same chapter, among vegetables,
first is sunisannaka (marsilia minuta), though that is the only aquatic plant
I've seen in formulas (rest I'm not too familar with). Maybe there is something
unique about plants that grow in water, such as mandukaparni and lotus.
Dr. V B.
Maheshwari: Kapikachu is best drug for tremors
as it works on dopamine level. Murdhni tailam is also very effective in these
conditions. These are due to vata chal guna and sukshm guna, so we can use
snigdh sheet tailam for murdhni tailam like ksheerbala, bhrami etc.
Gary Yuen:
Should be curable. Many things are autoimmune conditions or often ojas is a
factor. With even the best intentions, most doctors do not know the importance
of the dietetical rules. classical foods such as those in Caraka Su 27, no one
that lives in the city has access to such plants, few eat flowers every day,
few prescribe yava, millet, etc. – food, except for external allergens and
toxins that one might find in one's occupation (farmer, factory, etc.), is
often the main cause. living in the city, even with the best foods available,
rasa is not high enough to treat severe conditions. We also do not strictly
follow rules for preparation (krtanna varga : peya, vilepika, manda, gruel,
porridge). effect on ojas compared to products made of maida, atta, or white
rice is significant.
With enough ojas, we should be immune
to all viruses, zika, HIV, tb, malaria, etc. But we are so far from the foods
mentioned in classical texts to reach that. we are struggling to fight simple
conditions like the cold and flu.
Somewhere in Caraka, there's a
description of a hospital. Among staff, the first mention is of cooks. Some or
many of us understand the importance of food, but only very simply. The ancient
way of cooking is much like formulas. Many dozens of ingredients, each changed
in quantity, some herbs added or removed as we see the effect on the patient.
Food is the same way; the proper way to "cure" someone is to cook for
them, monitor progress, and change any and all ingredients as needed, quantity,
moment, frequency etc.
For all conditions, food should be
treated as such. Yet how many of us follow such practices, strictly making our
own food, carefully observing the effect of each ingredient, and modifying each
and everyone daily like a formula? some studies suggest elevated creatinine can
be associated with tremors. Looks to be a sign of declining kidney function.
cause is possibly excess meat. numerous studies for chinese medicine. another
mentions high doses of prthvika/kalonji. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4075697/
one modern science study of essential tremors,
from bangalore, mentions "sleep disturbances, fatigue, pain, anxiety, and
depression". I think tremor might be a symptom of a greater condition,
more than disturbance in vata.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21777207
maybe it will help to better
understand related symptoms and other changes. Non-motor features in essential
tremor
it's not that creatinine is associated
with tremors. maybe. it's that elevated creatinine, maybe there are other
reasons, is one sign of failing kidneys. we might not be meant to eat animal
foods, even milk. no other animals consume milk in adulthood, perhaps human
milk is useful, seems certain though few drink it now despite widespread use in
ancient times among many traditional medicines. – elevated creatinine
might not be the only symptom of declining kidneys, but declining kidney
function, in some cases (or more?) shows in changes in motor function. it could
be modern studies suggesting declining kidney function with changes in motor
function and the nervous system is indeed disturances in vata. One doctor cites
a study that among some rural Indians, they have some of the lowest rates of
dementia so far reported. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/9781520/
Seems it is the people of Ballabgar. Opinions
about mushrooms? Rasayana according to some medicines, and increases immunity
and ojas. Heavy. Studies mention benefits for dementia thus perhaps tremors.
One mentions "reduced beta amyloid-induced neurotoxicity". Modern
science has never said Alzheimer's can be reversed. I don't know if it's
possible. One would need to completely remove the cause, diet, and then perhaps
go on rasayana treatment for months or years. Would it be possible then, i
don't know. As far as quantity of mushrooms, i also don't know. One doctor says
5 a day. I normally have one or two. With good agni, more might be beneficial. Some
doctors mention B12 as preventative for Alzheimer's. There are studies
associating low levels with tremors. B12 I think helps metabolize an amino
acid, homocysteine. Mostly from meat, and bad oils many people eat today like
palm, safflower, sunflower, etc. There are numerous factors though B12 is
important. We once were like monkeys and other animals, and drank water from
rivers, ate bugs and dirt (unwashed vegetables), etc. So we evolved to not need
B12. Now essential. Polyphenols in Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review of
In Vivo Studies
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986521/
One study associates low levels of
various substances in the brain such as ergothioneine with Parkinsons. Highest
they say is mushrooms. Texts don't often mention them but seems important.
Oxadative stress also a role as with it seems all conditions so thus amalaki,
haritaki, and other rasayana perhaps should be used more often. Perhaps ojas
affects much more than we think.
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Compiled by - Dr. Dhruti Kagrana
Compiled by - Dr. Dhruti Kagrana
