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	Renew Yourself This Spring Ayurvedic Internal Cleansing for Good Health Part 2 by Shreelata Suresh Ayurbalance
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Renew Yourself This Spring
Ayurvedic Internal Cleansing for Good Health
Part 2
by Shreelata Suresh

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How to Tell if You Have Ama Build-Up

It is best to visit an ayurvedic healer and have him or her assess your ama levels. The following are general indications that you may have an accumulation of toxins in your physiology:

1. Your tongue has a white coating in the morning when you wake up.

2. You yawn after a main meal and just want to curl up and snooze.

3. You feel tired and lethargic all day long, even though you eat well and sleep well.

4. Your appetite is poor or you crave junk foods.

5. You feel a general lack of motivation or zest for life.

6. You feel "spaced out" and your mind is cloudy.

7. You experience abdominal bloating and gas, especially after a main meal.

8. You feel heavy and congested or constipated.

9. You have a general sense of malaise, with vague aches and pains.

If you experience three or more of the above on a regular basis, your physiology would probably benefit from a cleansing regime.

Full-fledged ayurvedic cleansing programs, called Panchakarma, are best done under the supervision of an ayurvedic physician. Harsh sudden purges are also not recommended in ayurveda.

A gentle program of cleansing, done over 45-60 days, is least stressful for the physiology, easiest to follow on a regular basis, and adequate for enhancing the digestive fire to burn off simple ama accumulation.

The Best Time for Internal Cleansing

Ayurveda recommends a seasonal routine (ritucharya) as well as daily routine (dinacharya). Each season brings with it its own challenges with respect to your health and needs for balance. The time when the seasons change is the best time to do an at-home cleansing regime, to divest yourself of the earlier season's accumulation of ama and to prepare the physiology for the new season.

Spring, especially, is considered an ideal time to rejuvenate the physiology, in keeping with Nature's own calendar for rejuvenation. With the melting of the snows and the thawing of the ground, the fluids in the body also start flowing more freely, and performing an internal cleansing routine at this time accelerates the flushing of toxins from the physiology.

The "At-Home" Cleansing Routine: Diet

The Don'ts:

Start by eliminating from your diet all foods that can create ama. This includes leftovers, foods with preservatives, additives or chemicals, and foods grown in an environment laced with chemical fertilizers or pesticides, and canned, frozen or processed foods.

Eliminate junk foods from your diet. Avoid heavy desserts, heavy meats and cheeses, deep-fried foods, candy and chocolate, white sugar, carbonated drinks, caffeine, alcohol and nicotine. Minimize breads made with yeast and fermented foods.

Avoid raw foods such as uncooked salads, sprouts and cold sandwiches, because raw foods are harder on the digestive system. Avoid yogurt, as it sometimes clogs the channels of the body. If you drink milk, boil it with a pinch of nutmeg for Vata, cardamom for Pitta and a slice of fresh ginger for Kapha to enhance digestibility.

Avoid iced water and cold beverages.

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The information here is offered to help in your research and investigation of possible ways to manage your own health care issues. Common sense as well as solid professional advice from your own trusted medical care specialist or personal holistic health care practitioner should always be part of managing your health care choices.

Shreelata Suresh is a yoga instructor and writer from the Bay Area. She writes for various publications on yoga and ayurveda. For more articles on ayurveda, to buy premier ayurvedic products or to subscribe to free e-newsletters, please visit: Ayurbalance.

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