Sinusitis is a common condition in which the lining of the sinuses becomes inflamed.
The sinuses are small, air-filled cavities behind your cheekbones and forehead.
Sinusitis is a disease that has seen in men, women and children and early diagnose can treat easily. Ayurveda helps to cure this disease completely along with diet, internal and external therapies.
Signs and symptoms
Sinusitis usually occurs after an upper respiratory tract infections. While bending Heavy ness of the head along with sometimes eye pain, cheek pain ,forehead pain. Green or yellow discharge from nose
Tooth ache, Reduced sense of smell,Badbreath,Sorethroat,Cough,Fever,sneezing.
Causes
1.Nasal polyps is a tissue growth can block the nasal passages.
2.Deviated nasal septum
3.Fever
4.Respiratory tract infection
5.chronic sinusitis causes meningitis, vision problem, loss of sense of smell either partial or complete.
Do’s and Don’ts
Foods you should include in your diet.
vitamin A is your best defence against sinus problems.
Vitamin A helps build healthy mucus membranes in the head and throat.
Some of the sources of vitamin A are whole milk, curds, egg yolk, pumpkin, carrot, leafy vegetables, tomato, mango and papaya, pineapple is rich in anti oxidants,pepper,garlic,onion,ginger also helps to reduce inflammation and pain
Avoid eating and drinking cold items, fried items, starchy foods, meat and meat products,cakes,junk foods like piza,burger.,bakery items.caffeines weakens your adrenal gland. Soda irritates your stomach. Avoid fermented food too.
Ayurveda treatment
1.Nasya is a very important therapeutic treatment for discomfort in the head region. Nostrils are the door way to the Brain.
Nasya is an instillation of herbal oils, juices or powders through the nasal route. It works specifically on disorders of ear, nose and throat.
2.Shirodhara treatment is a classic Ayurvedic therapy that includes pouring of warm herbal Oil on the forehead in continuous stream.
Shirodhara particular pressure and vibration is created over the forehead. This vibration is amplified by the hollow sinus present in the frontal region.
It can help relieve symptoms of anxiety, stress,fatigue,headache, depression and hypertension.
3.Shiro Pichu is a treatment procedure which includes keeping a sterile cotton pad, sterile cloth or swab dipped in herbal oils on the crown of the head and wrapping it up with a bandage cloth.
4.shiro vasti is the procedure where medicated oil is retained on the head for a particular period of time.
5.Bashpa sweda.
The fomentation is done by making the patient to sit in the chamber where steam comes out from boiling decoction.
6.pata sweda
Fomentation done by cloth ,just dip in a boiled decoction and squeezed and tapped over the face.
These are the Ayurvedic treatment to get complete cure from Sinusitis.
Dr Varsha Deepesh Dr Devi Girish