"This
means- vata when aggravated afflicts the body with various types of
diseases and affects the strength, complexion, happiness and span of
life."
For
a healthier skin the vata should be always in normal balanced condition.
The balanced vata keeps all other tissues and remaining two doshas in
healthy condition. The imbalanced vata vitiates the tissues of skin and
leads numerous skin problems."
The
Inner Physiological processes and skin
The
inner physiological processes like digestion, metabolism, elimination of
waste products etc directly affect the beauty of skin.
The process of
digestion is carried out by agni or fire which is present in our
digestive system.
(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. Due to indigestion toxins
start accumulating in body.)
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An
unhealthy diet and life style imbalance doshas and the imbalanced doshas
impair agni. Due to impaired agni toxins accumulate in body. These
accumulated toxins affect the health of skin and the skin loses its
luster and glow, acne and pimples start appearing,
wrinkling of skin
starts in an early age.
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Hence
a well nourished diet, a healthy life style and regular detoxification
is very important to keep our skin healthy.
Special tips to keep doshas in balance to keep skin healthy:
Use herbal body
cleansers to expel the accumulated toxins in body. Choose a
proper herbal body cleanser which gives multiple benefits like
- Expelling
toxins.
(Detoxification)
- Balancing
doshas
- Regularizing
bowel movements.
- Rejuvenating
body and skin.
- Balancing
body fire (agni).
Massage your body daily
with ayurvedic herbal oil. This process is called as “Abhyanga”. Massaging body with herbal oil has many benefits. In great ayurvedic
classic Ashtanga Hridaya it has been mentioned
as follows
"
Abhyanga aachare nityam sa jara- shrama – vataha | Drushtihi prasada
pushtyaahu swapna sutwak daadarya krit ||”
This means
