Ayurveda and Genital Herpes
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Ayurveda and Genital Herpes
Dosha theory which help in diagnosis of the
diseases
According to ayurveda three doshas or three energetic forces control
the activities of the body. These doshas are
Vata, Pitta, Kapha
VATA: The Vata dosha is the most
important of the three doshas. It has been said in ayurveda classic
books that “ pitta , Kapha and all other body tissues are considered
lame without assistance of VATA .” Vata dominates the lower part of
the body, which is below umbilicus. The movements of body fluid ,
metabolism, elimination of waste products, semen
ejaculation , pushing the fetus out of body, relaying stimulus to
brain and response to organs and tissues, heart beat, respiration
,body movements etc are assisted by VATA.
PITTA: The pitta dosha assists the body
fire or agni which plays a major role in body’s metabolic
activities. The locations where pitta dominates are digestive
system, skin,
eyes, brain, and blood . Pitta maintains body
temperature. The secretions like digestive juices pigments like
melanin (bhrajaka pitta) , haemoglobin (ranjaka pitta) are all types
of pitta.
KAPHA : Kapha provides bulk to body
,lubrications, moistness , fertility, stability, strength, and
memory .
Helps in binding process wherever necessary. This is heaviest of all
doshas.
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Causes of Genital Herpes
When these doshas are in balanced condition the body remains
healthy. If these doshas get imbalanced the body succumbs to
diseases. Doshas get imbalanced frequently due to change in climate,
seasons, lifestyles , diet etc. The treatment is to bring back the
doshas to normalcy and expel the toxin or ama produced during the
imbalanced condition.
Causes of Genital Herpes
Herpes is caused by a virus the herpes simplex virus ( HSV) which
belongs to the same family of viruses that cause chickenpox. There
are two types of herpes simplex viruses
- herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) and mostly causes oral herpes
- herpes simplex type 2 (HSV-2). And mostly causes genital
herpes
However, both type-1 and type-2 can occur in the genitals, oral area or both.
Due to unhealthy life styles and diet the delicate balance
between doshas get disturbed. This disturbs the body fire or agni .
(Agni is the body fire, which is responsible for transformation of
one substance to another. It breaks down the food substances,
eliminates toxins and wastes, maintains body temperature, and
resists the invasion of microbes by maintaining strong body
immunity.
The body fire which is assisted by balanced doshas digests the food
completely to form Pakwa Anna rasa (the liquid form of food which is
completely digested by digestive enzymes) which is ready to get
absorbed by body tissues. According to ayurveda Pakwa Anna rasa
nourishes the body and its components to keep the body devoid of
diseases. But when body fire is impaired there will be an incomplete
digestion of food forming Apakwa rasa (indigested food). The
indigested food fails to nourish the body components leading to
lowered body resistance.)
The disturbed agni fails to digest the food and toxins get
accumulated in body due to improper metabolism. Accumulation of
toxins reduces the body immunity and paves the way for invasion by
microbes.
When a person who has low immunity comes in contact with HSV virus,
he/she gets the genital or oral herpes.
Unhealthy lifestyle
- Over eating
- Sleeping in afternoons.
- Over physical exertion.
- Over mental exertion
- Consuming food frequently even when not hungry.
- Constant exposure to hot sunny climates
Unhealthy diet
- Excessive consumption of
- Salty, sour, hot, spicy food.
- Sour curds
- Alcohol.
- Cheese
- Charred and overcooked food.
- Sesame , Bengal gram , horse gram , sesame oil, rice flour, garlic, fish.
Opposite foods
Curds , salt, mushrooms , bamboo shoots , sour fruits , meat , prawn
, pork, should not be consumed with
milk . The above mentioned foods
should not be consumed by mixing one item with another.
Sprouts, honey and milk should not be consumed with meat and fish.
Fish & milk : fish &
sugarcane juice; jaggery & pork ; honey & pork;
milk & mango; banana & milk ; are opposite foods.
The Transmission Of genital Herpes
A person can get genital herpes in following conditions
If he is sexual active and when he performs sex (oral or genital)
with infected partners.
A person who has oral herpes transmits herpes to genital organs of a
partner during oral sex and a person who has genital herpes
transmits this to his partner during coitus when they have a genital
contact.
The disease gets transmitted when mucous membrane comes in contact
with infected area.
The disease gets transmitted mostly during active phase. But it may
spread even during asymptomatic (when person is free of symptoms for
a particular duration) phase. The virus needs a fluid media for its
transportation. The body fluids like saliva,
semen, vaginal tract
secretions etc. Mucous membranes in mouth, vagina, urethra or open
wounds facilitate the virus invasion due to their moistness.
In Genital herpes there is an imbalance of all three doshas (VATA,
PITTA , KAPHA) which in turn vitiate lasika (lymph) , blood (rakta)
, muscle (mamsa) and skin (twacha) .
The imbalanced doshas vitiate skin and the immunity of skin cells is
lowered. The virus attacks these weak cells and starts exhibiting
symptoms on affected area.
Genital Herpes Outbreak symptoms
Local symptoms of genital herpes outbreak
- Pricking sensation
- Edema
- Pain
- Feeling of constriction
- A sensation of ant creeping
- Many small eruptions gathering in a small area.
- These eruptions or blisters burst soon with exudates.
- These blisters will have different colors according to involvement
of doshas. (Blackish red or blue in vata , red ,yellow , copper
colored in pitta , shades of white in kapha).
The weakened body immune system tries to resist the virus invasion
but fails to achieve the goal. In this futile attempt the following
systemic symptoms are exhibited.
Systemic symptoms genital herpes outbreak
- Fever
- Weakness
- Indigestion
- Impaired bowels
- Increased frequency of urination.
- Body pain.
- Increased thirst.
- Imbalanced vata causes the symptoms like pain, swelling and body ache
- The imbalanced pitta and vitiated blood and skin cause, Blisters, Change the color of skin,Cause burning sensation, and fever.
- The imbalanced kapha and vitiated lymph cause itching, tingling sensation.
After the first attack the virus moves from skin through the nerve
paths to base of the nerve and becomes inactive. Now the herpes
infected person will be devoid of all symptoms. But the imbalance of
doshas still persists.
Reactivation of Virus to cause outbreaks
At unpredictable times, the virus becomes active. It multiplies and
resurfaces on skin by traveling through the nerve path and exhibits
the symptoms locally. The severity of symptoms of out break depends
on the strength of body immunity.
The pelvis or shroni ,nerves and skin are dominated by vata. When
vata gets vitiated due to precipitating factors , it reactivates the
virus dormant in base of nerve end and the virus travel through
nerve paths to reach the skin surface.
As we know the outbreaks have few precipitating factors like
- Excessive exposure to sun.
- Illness,
- Poor diet,
- Emotional stress
- Physical stress,
- Friction,
- Steroids
- Menstruation.
- Emotional stress.
- Genital trauma and intercourse.
- Repeated infections such as a cold or pneumonia.
These factors increase vata and increased vata activates the virus
which is dormant.
Low Immunity The systemically imbalanced doshas interfere with the
body metabolism by vitiating the body fire (agni). This leads to
indigestion and malassimilation of nutrients, which in turn causes
poor immunity. Due to decreased immunity the body fails to offer
resistance to outbreaks.
Ayurveda Tips to avoid outbreaks
- Spicy, sour, fried and junk food, which aggravates vata.
- Precipitating factors.
- Sleeping in afternoon.
- Meat products over fried or deep fried with oil or fat.
- Charred and overcooked food.
- Consuming opposite food like fish and milk etc
- Physical exertion after a meal.
- Taking bath immediately after exercise or heavy outdoor work
- Include honey, pomegranate, fruits of Emblica officinalis, legumes, dates and raisins in your diet.
- Practice Yoga and
Meditation to control emotional disturbances
This article is copy righted .Dr.SavithaSuri has been an Ayurvedic Practitioner since 1989 and manages website http://www.ayurhelp.com .
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