DIY Ayurvedic Detox Weight Loss To Flaten Your Belly

You Will Need

Dry Skin Brush
Favorite Massage Oil
Castor Oil
Towels

Combine 1 ounce of castor oil to 3 ounces of your favorite massage oil. Set aside.

Dry skin brush your whole body beginning at the ankles using light and superficial strokes that move toward the heart. Apply your warm therapeutic oil using the same directions.

Dry skin brush your belly. Apply pure castor oil over your abdomen using clock wise strokes. Lay on your back and apply heat to your low abdomen. Use deep belly breaths to facilitate lymph flushing.

he lymphatic system consists of dozens of glands and lymph nodes, as well as the spleen, tonsils and thymus. Its primary purpose is to carry toxins out of our tissues and toward our blood stream, so the kidneys and livers can filter it out.

By improving this system, you enable your body to better detoxify itself. It can more easily remove byproducts of the foods you eat, your bodily processes, the medications you take, and other toxins you may have been exposed to.

Plus, impaired lymphatic systems have been scientifically linked to cellulite. The trapped toxins lead to small pockets of fat across the body and, over time, can cause weight gain or even obesity. By simply clearing out the lymphatic system, you can help eliminate cellulite and kick-start your weight loss goals.

Ayurveda is an ancient healing modality from India that is over 5,000 years old. It uses natural methods to cleanse and restore the body. Dry skin brushing, self massage and castor oil help to flush the lymphatic system ayurvedically. It is a powerful detox and cleanse aid that you can DIY.

Sugar, PCOS, Insulin Resistance, Glycation

In this video learn about ayurved's perception on the use of sugar, including the primary causes of sugar imbalance, common imbalance/disease types caused by abnormal sugar consumption and their treatments.  

3 of the most common sugar imbalance disease I see in my practice are: glycation (premature aging), candidas (abnormal growth of a naturally occurring yeast in the body) and metabolic disease/insulin resistance (PCOS, diabetes & thyroid disease)

When we consume carbohydrates, weather a steamed potato or a candy bar, our blood sugar spikes.  To bring blood sugar back to normal, the pancreas pumps insulin into the bloodstream.  When we continuously cause blood sugar to spike through our food choices, the pancreas goes into overdrive shooting too much insulin into the bloodstream.  Now blood sugar drops too low, and our adrenal “fight or flight” hormones are called in by the hypothalamus.  The adrenal glands recognize low blood sugar as a threat and send hormones out to boost it, but these hormones are used for crisis situations and so in response we experience stress.

Chronic low or high blood sugars are gateways to diabetes.  Dysglycemia, a condition in which the body loses the ability to keep blood sugar stable.  Many folks in our modern world are on the verge of full blown diabetes, and often unbeknownst to them, are suffering from very real blood sugar imbalance.  Dysglycemia and its effects on adrenal function are at the threshold of many health conditions including: diabetes, weakened digestion, inflammation in the gut, adrenal exhaustion, hormonal imbalances, weight gain, and inability to properly detoxify the body to name a few.  

In Ayurveda, C. albicans is called Krumi, “parasite,” and therefore, treated as a parasitic infection. Systemic C. albicans infection is the result of several years of inappropriate lifestyle and inflicting behavior, and seldom the result of recent choices.  Currently Candidas overgrowth is the fourth most prominent bloodstream infection in the United States.  It takes time to grow in the body, and therefore, can be time consuming to eradicate.  Like many gut imbalances, C. albicans manifests when a pathogenic opportunity is coupled with weakened immunity, due to inadequate gut flora. C. albicans is heavily linked to pharmaceuticals that decrease gut flora such as antibiotics, muscle relaxants, painkillers, acne medications, and oral birth control pills. Poor diet, such as processed foods, caffeine and alcohol, destroys beneficial gut bacteria without replenishing beneficial bacteria.

Ayurvedic Cleanse Methods for the Liver

The liver is the second largest organ in the body.  It plays a pivotal role in nutrient assimilation and utilization from the foods we consume; it is a primary detoxifier; and houses many important vitamins and nutrients.

According to ayurvedic medicine, the liver houses the emotions anger, irritability, and frustration. Symptoms of toxicity are mostly related to excess pitta dosha and include skin disorders such as acne, psoriasis and rosacea.  Physical symptoms include autoimmunity and inflammation. 

The best liver antidotes cleanse the blood and expel excess pitta out of the small intestine. Leafy greens, cooling alteratives, and cooling spices reduce pitta dosha. If pitta is in excess, specific herbs such as turmeric, cumin and fennel seeds can help to break up toxins without increasing internal heat. Additional symptoms of excess pitta are candida imbalance; quick digestion; malabsorption of important nutrients; heat and inflammations of the skin, acne, and rosacea; and diarrhea.

Do you need to cleanse your liver?

• Inflammation
• Autoimmune diseases
• Hyperacidity
• Acid reflux
• Acne
• Psoriasis
• Boils
• Diarrhea
• Malabsorption
• Fast digestion
• Pungent body odor
• Pungent breath
• Aversion to garlic and onion
• Candidas, or other bacteria infections
• Anger

Liver Cleansing Tea

The liver is a crucial part of the detoxification system.  It also is pivotal in digestion, by helping the utilization of the nutrients we extract from the foods we eat.  When the liver becomes overloaded from a poor diet, to much alcohol, medications or drugs — you can be left feeling angry, critical and hot tempered.  This tea can help repair the liver.  Hibiscus and rose are cooling while dandelion root are natural diuretics that clear excess water.  Burdock roots has long been used as a blood cleanser and helps circulation, providing blood to your skin and giving you a radiant complexion.

Ingredients

• 2 tsp dandelion leaf
• 2 tsp burdock root
• 1 tsp ground organic red rose petals
• 1 tsp hibiscus flowers
• 1 tsp coriander seeds crushed

Directions

Put the herbs in a warmed teapot.  Bring a kettle or a medium saucepan of spring water to just below the boiling point and pour 1 3/4 cups water over the leaves, roots and flowers.  Steep for 10 minutes and strain into 2 cups and enjoy with a bit of monkfruit sugar. Drin 2-4 cups per day for maintenance.

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Ayurvedic Treatment Snehana Virechana

The ayurvedic cleansing method used to powerfully cleanse the liver is called snehana virechana.  It includes specific dietary and herbal regiment for a specific period of days in a row in conjunction with a strict fat free diet, and the drinking of ghee or coconut oil first thing in the morning for a period of 3-7 days.  The restriction of dietary fats in conjunction with consuming fats at certain times causes the gallbladder to build and store bile.  On the last day, the practitioner drinks an herbal laxative which causes the gallbladder and liver ducts to dilate and purge the stored bile and toxins. 

This treatment reorganizes digestive strength, balances metabolism, and cleanses the liver the blood and the small intestine.

To learn how to do Snehana Virechana, join my 4-Week Ayurvedic Lifestyle with 21-Day Guided Cleanse Course beginning this September.