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How To Get Rid Of Puffy Eyes With Ayurveda!

The bags under your eyes are not Prada!

We all hate bags under our eyes, don’t we? Apart from shifting the blame to our wary and tightened schedule to an exceeded screen time daily, we are gifted with baggy eyes the next day we get up! Are baggy eyes an important health Concern? Aren’t you curious as to what exactly causes puffy eyes? Well, dodging cucumber slices on your eyes is one way, but let’s check out the causes and remedies for this!

Why do my eyes easily puff out?

One of the fundamental drivers of puffy eyes is maturing. The skin under your eyes is exceptionally slight, which expands any progressions that might happen in your body as you age. After some time, the tissue in your eyelids can become debilitated. This can make fat in your upper eyelid fall, stopping in your lower eyelid. Liquid may likewise be bound to get caught in your lower eyelid as you age. Liquid maintenance is known as edema. The slender skin around your eyelid can make liquid maintenance be exceptionally unmistakable, bringing about puffy eyes.

You might see that your eyes seem puffier when you get up in the first part of the day. This could be the consequence of edema. When you stir and start squinting, you might see that your eyes begin to look less puffy. As well as maturing, there are different reasons you might have puffy eyes, for example, hereditary qualities, liquid maintenance, sensitivities, an excessive amount of sun, insufficient rest undesirable eating regimen, crying, other medical issues.

Don’t worry, ayurveda – the age old holistic science has got you covered!

As per Ayurveda, puffiness around the eyes happens when our assimilation framework gets upset. Ayurveda recommends eating food with full fixation, gradually and smoothly. Assuming we eat while watching the TV or dealing with the PC, there are chances that we are not biting the food appropriately, thus, processing sets aside time. Constant heartburn throughout some undefined time frame will prompt puffiness around the eyes. Overabundance salt admission can likewise cause puffy eyes as it builds periorbital edema.

A few illnesses like diabetes additionally cause puffiness since helpless kidney work prompts loose eyes. At times, when we rest on our belly, it can prompt puffy eyes in the first part of the day. Incendiary and Pitta exasperating substances like liquor, tobacco, and contaminations can likewise cause puffy eyes.

There are numerous ways of diminishing puffiness around your eyes. A few cures are basic, such as drinking more water. Others are more involved, such as getting restorative medical procedures. Here are a few hints and deceives to attempt to dispose of puffy eyes.

1. Get sufficient rest

Logging a decent night’s rest consistently will assist you with lessening puffy eyes. Grown-ups need around 7 to 9 hours of rest an evening.
To guarantee you’re dozing enough, make a sleep time routine and stick to it. Recollect that your sleep time routine begins some time before you rest. To get a decent night’s rest, the Mayo Clinic recommends that you ought to:

Adhere to a rest plan.
Quit drinking caffeine something like 6 hours before sleep time.
Quit drinking liquor near sleep time.
Get done with having supper around 3 hours before sleep time.
Wrap up practicing a few hours before sleep time.
Turn off gadgets 1 to 2 hours before sleep time.

2. Sleep like a log, no we mean literally

Lay down with a couple of pads under your head to keep away from liquid settling around your eyes. Assuming you can’t rest at a point on a wedge pad or a heap of pads, take a stab at raising the top of your bed a piece for a similar impact. To do this, put a heap of books or one more wedge under the feet of your bed as an afterthought where you rest your head. Assuming you notice a distinction in how regularly or serious your eyes puff up, think about a more steady arrangement, similar to bed risers.

3. Call out your allergies

Chat with your PCP in case you have all year or occasional hypersensitivities. Sensitivities can make your eyes blush, swell, and puff up. This might incite you to rub your eyes more, bringing about additional puffiness. Your primary care physician can assist with making a treatment intended to mitigate your indications. This might incorporate eye drops and over-the-counter or doctor prescribed meds.

4. Chug in sufficient water

Eye puffiness can be the aftereffect of dehydration. Ensure you drink a lot of water each day to keep your skin sound. The common guideline of thumb is to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day. To keep focused think about setting an hourly update on your phone. You can likewise utilize a refillable water bottle set apart with explicit occasions to assist you with drinking sufficient water for the duration of the day.

5. Liquor during bedtime? No papa

Attempt to restrict or keep away from liquor and different beverages that can make you dried out. Parchedness can bring about puffy eyes, so it might very well be ideal to have a glass of water all things being equal. Assuming you’re worn out on plain water, implanting it with a new organic product is an incredible method for remaining hydrated and revived. Take a stab at adding your product of choice to a water bottle for mixed water that keeps going the entire day.

6. Salt should be shaken off

Eating an excess of salt can cause extra liquid maintenance in your body. It can likewise prompt other medical problems, like a more serious danger of heart issues and stroke. Prepackaged food varieties like moment soups are regularly high in sodium. Perusing marks can assist you with distinguishing inordinate measures of salt. All things considered, eat all the more entire food varieties like new vegetables and natural products.

7. Ensure absorption

Ensure that whatever you eat, it gets completely processed. Bite your food completely. Eat gradually and with complete consideration to your biting. Likewise, give a hold of something like 3 hours in the middle of dinner for appropriate assimilation.

8. Collagen rich food should be consumed

Collagen is the establishment of connective tissue that upholds the skin’s construction, making it firmer. Besides, with maturing, the body creates less collagen. Additionally, the normally occurring chemicals separate collagen, harming the skin. At the point when the body creates less collagen, you should begin eating collagen-rich food to fix the harm. Collagen-rich food sources incorporate dull green vegetables, red vegetables, and orange vegetables. In non-veg, egg, bone stock, meat-based soups, fish like fish or salmon are wealthy in collagen. Spices like garlic, amla, gotu kola, aloe vera, and organic products like pomegranate, berries are rich in collagen.

9. The classic cold pack

For an outside arrangement, pack the puffy region with ice or cold water. This will assist with disposing of the puffiness. Putting cucumber cuts or chilled tea packs over your shut eyes additionally makes a difference. This will likewise loosen up your eyes.

10. Work out your face

Facial activities promote shining and impeccable skin. The region under your eyes will likewise profit from facial activities. There are eye practices likewise that calm the eyes. Yoga for the face incorporates slow activities of the facial muscles that assistance in conditioning and fixing the region around the eyes. Altered yoga postures, for example, shoulder stand and back twists, likewise help to expand the course to the face.

11. Your body hates smoking

The synthetics found in cigarettes are harmful and cause aggravation around the eyes. This results in loose eyes.

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An Ayurvedic Guide to Sleep Disorders With Herbal Remedies!

Abstract

Just like any man made machinery needs some rest in between to work properly, so is the case with a human body. While we are continually burning calories and performing various activities like cooking food, walking to our workplace, travelling to some destinations or simply doing some household work, we also need some rest so that the body can recharge its energy levels. This can be done in various ways like sitting ideally for some time or listening to your favorite songs or the best way possible is to get some sleep. The best sleep that is recommended to adults is for 8 hours per day. Any changes in the sleep timings more than or less than 8 hours is not a healthy sign, unless you are indulging in some activities that have been demanding more time recently. For example, if a student is staying late till wee hours, he/she might not be able to sleep for 8 hours per day for a few weeks, but that is not considered a warning sign. But, the problem lies where people have plenty of time to have a sound sleep, but they are busy in their unimportant tasks like watching social media sites, playing video games, chatting with friends late at night causing a lot of problems as they are not having adequate sleep. So, the question arises why is it necessary to have a sleep.

Introduction

One might think that people with sleep disorders like insomnia (where an individual finds it difficult to fall asleep) also live, and perform their daily routine activities without much difficulty. The answer to this question is that the energy stores are recharged while one sleeps. You might not feel energetic, if you didn’t have a good sound sleep and you might not be able to be as efficient as the individual who is getting sound sleep. The molecule that is used for short term storage and transport of energy, ATP (Adenosine triphosphate), is restored by the brain during sleep, and the brain uses 20 percent of the body’s energy while we are awake. Growth hormone, one of the important hormones responsible for the overall growth is also secreted in bursts during sleep. Sometimes, the pattern of a person’s sleep is to be studied, the process is called Polysomnography which is performed in a specialized sleep laboratory.

General Physiology Of Sleep

If we have to see the physiological changes occurring during sleep, then we need to take the role of the brain into consideration. While we are awake it is the brain which controls our actions, be it walking, jumping, driving vehicles, dancing or reacting to any stimulus in the environment. It is our brain itself, which sends signals to the different parts of the body which further enables the body to react to a particular stimulus. So, the physiological changes in the brain are very remarkable, as it restores the supply of ATP which is a molecule that is used for short storage and transport of energy. Another change that happens while sleeping is release of Prolactin hormone which is responsible for breast development and milk production in mammals, that is why it is suggested in pregnant women to have a sleep in daytime also.

Types Of Sleep

There are mainly two types of sleep

Non REM Sleep (non-rapid eye movement sleep): It is the first phase of sleep, and during this phase the heart rate and temperature falls considerably and the brain uses less energy.
REM Sleep (rapid eye movement sleep): It is also known as paradoxical sleep. Dreams and nightmares occur in this very phase of sleep.

Sleep Disorders

As per medical science the average and recommended time for an ideal sleep is 8 hours. Anything less or more than this prescribed time may lead to cardiovascular diseases, obesity and mental illness.

There are various types of sleep disorders, out of which the following are the most common.

Insomnia
Sleep Apnea
Restless Legs Syndrome
Narcolepsy

1. Insomnia

In this sleep disorder, an individual finds it difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep. Insomnia can be further divided into 2 main types. First is acute (short term) insomnia and second is chronic (long term) insomnia. Short term or acute insomnia can be there because of some recent change in the life of a patient, like death of some relative, change in location, job stress/job loss, or environmental factors like noise, extreme temperature etc. Whereas, chronic or long term insomnia can be caused by stress, physical ailment that aggravates at night etc.

2. Sleep Apnea

It is a sleep disorder that includes interruption of the breathing of a patient while he/she is sleeping. This sleep disorder can be divided into 2 main types. Obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea. In obstructive sleep apnea, one has to gasp for air while sleeping followed by daytime sleepiness and fatigue. Snoring is a common symptom. In central sleep apnea also there is gasping for air, but awakening during night is more common.

3. Restless Legs Syndrome

It is a kind of sleep disorder that doesn’t let the patient fall asleep as while in bed, there is an irresistible urge to move the legs. It might be because of some association with daytime sleepiness and irritability.

4. Narcolepsy

In this sleep disorder one can not control his urge to sleep during daytime and falls asleep with excessive daytime sleepiness.

Herbs For Healthy Sleep

1. Brahmi

It is known by its latin name Bacopa monnieri. It helps in maintaining a good and sound sleep. It helps to maintain a healthy mind, memory and intellect. Not only sleep, but Brahmi also helps in attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), irritable bowel syndrome, and hair growth.

2. Ashwagandha

The Latin name for the Ashwagandha is Withania somnifera. It is a general well being herb, which has a tremendous effect on the central nervous system. It also nourishes tissues and strengthens them to fight infection and calm down anxiety by lowering the stress and hence very useful in acute (short term) insomnia.

3. Shankhpushpi

The Latin name for Shankhpushpi is Convolvulus pluricaulis. It is used in Ayurveda as an enhancer of brain functioning. It is also very useful in reducing the level of the stress hormone that is cortisol, therefore providing a sweet and peaceful sleep which one desires the most.

Lifestyle changes to have a Better Sleep

As we reach offices, schools, churches on time. Same should be applied with our sleeping time. We must stick to a fixed and earliest time possible to go to bed leaving behind our gadgets to avoid distraction.
Tea and coffee or alcoholic drinks with stimulants should not be consumed after 6 pm in the evening, because doing so will keep mind overactive and it will become difficult to fall asleep.
We should include daily and regular exercise in our regime. It will help in better circulation and sleep.
Avoid using mobile/tablets or any other source of blue light 30 minutes prior to the bedtime.
Use the best and the appropriate bed and bedding according to your fit, so that you should not be wandering in your bed the whole night for a soft corner.
Keep a gap of 2 hours between dinner and bedtime, as it will not cause regurgitation of food while sleeping.

Conclusion

To lead a productive and healthy life, one has to have a healthy body. And to have a healthy body it is required to have a calm and healthy mind which is only possible if we are getting good quality and not just quantity of sleep. For those who are in search of some unanswered questions regarding their sleep disorders, Planet Ayurveda is an answer, where you will get consultation from experts holding years of experience. The Ayurvedic natural health care system is spread worldwide because ayurvedic treatments are very helpful for each and every disease. For more details of our products, you can check our website www.planetayurveda.com. For more queries, you can send your queries to our email id herbalremedies123@yahoo.com.