Mittal Ayurveda
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Dr. VIJAY MITTAL(Ayurveda consultant Physician and Panchkarma Expert) Ayurvedic Treatment & Ayurveda in Johannesburg an Durban.

Ayurveda is India's traditional, natural system of medicine that has been practiced for over 5,000 years. According to Ayurveda, each of us have a unique constitution and our health prescription must be unique too. This means that in order to be healthy, you need to eat certain foods that are beneficial for your body type and stay away from others. Your exercise program, herbal formulations, detox therapies must be personally tailored as well. In living individuals they combine in various permutations and combinations to form Tri Doshas (three Doshas) which form the structural and functional units of life. According to Ayurveda, each of us has a unique mix of three mind/body principles which creates our specific mental and physical characteristics. Most of us have one or two doshas which are most lively in our nature, with the remaining one less significant. When doshas stay in a state of balance in the human body, a condition of normal health prevails. On the other hand if the state of balance is disturbed quantitatively as well as qualitatively, the result is a manifestation of disease or poor quality of health. When body/mind are balanced and harmonious, then the end product is life energy. This PRANA is our health, our immunity, our healing energy, our zest for life, our peace, our joy. Vata governs and controls our physical and emotional development, movements, circulation, as well as the actions of our nervous system. They tends to be thin, quick, light, changeable, unpredictable, talkative enthusiastic and impulsive. Creative people normally have a strong Vata component. When such people are out of balance they tend to be restless and have problems like body aches, stiff joints, arthritis, poor circulation of blood, ageing, intestinal gas, constipation, insomnia, anxiety etc. Vata is the controller of the life force within us, and it leads other two doshas. Pitta is a combination of fire and water, with fire being the dominant one. Pitta governs the metabolism and all other body processes involving heat such as digestion, hormones and to create energy. People those are predominated by Pitta are fiery in nature, sharp, penetrating, reddish or flushed complexion, competitive and hot tempered. They normally suffer with problems such as inflammation, heartburn, ulcers, high blood pressure, skin rashes, anger, frustration etc. Kapha governs the body structure, tissues and maintains stability, cohesion, fluid balance as well as biological strength. People those are predominated by Kapha are solid, steady, have great endurance, even-tempered and calm with a tendency to gain weight and have normally large body frame. They normally suffer with problems such as sinuses, obesity, mental and physical lethargy etc. The unique combination of the three doshas in you that determines your true and essential nature, is referred to as prakriti. Although your prakriti is made up of all doshas, there will be one dosha that predominates. When there is an imbalance between the doshas, that is called vikriti. Purification and detoxification is an integral part of the Ayurvedic system and would include diet and life style changes, herbal remedies, various detox therapies, yoga, breathing exercises.