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Ayurvedic Tips for Aging in our sunset years🌛

Gray hair and wrinkles can be a testimony of wisdom. But in a stressful world we often get caught up in equating our worth with productivity that could weigh on us post-retirement. Everyone, at every stage of life is a gift to the world.  That said, aging does bring preventable and costly health challenges that we need to face squarely, from heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, obesity, arthritis, dry skin, falling hair, cognitive decline, stroke and cancer. There is also the possibility of depletion, loneliness and ageism. So, how can we look after ourselves better to ensure we are physically and mentally stronger as we age? Ayurveda is a holistic mind-body science which supports people through a comprehensive approach to live a healthier life right into their sunset years. It emphasizes that  aging  ( Jara ) is a natural process just like the seasons. It does acknowledge natural degenerative changes but recommends prevention, building resilience and an anti-aging regimen through its br
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Marshmallow (The Yoga of Herbs)

 

MARSHMALLOW Althea officinalis; Malvaceae

Part Used: root

Energetics: sweet/cooling/sweet

VPK= (may increase Kapha or Ama in excess)

Tissues: plasma, blood, muscle, marrow and nerve, reproductive

Systems: respiratory, urinary, digestive, nervous

Actions: nutritive tonic, rejuvenative, demulcent, expectorant, emollient,

diuretic, vulnerary, laxative

Indications: cough, whooping cough, laryngitis, bronchitis, kidney and bladder inflammation, infection or bleeding, skin eruptions, mastitis, malnutrition, burns, rheumatism

Precautions: malabsorption

Preparation: decoction, milk decoction, powder (250 mg to 1 g), paste

MARSHMALLOW contains large amounts of high quality mucilage and is perhaps the best nutritive tonic herb (internally) and softening emollient (externally) in western herbalism. It is rejuvenative for Pitta, for the lungs and the kidneys and also tonifies Vata. It allays inflammation, soothes the skin and the mucous membranes and simultaneously cleanses and rebuilds the water element in the body. It promotes the healing of chronic sores and necrotic tissue.

Because it has a strong drawing property, it can be used externally as a poultice for inflammations and infections. As a rejuvenative it can be decocted in milk and a small amount of ginger. As a lung tonic, it combines well with licorice and elecampane root. It is a good soothing and harmonizing herb for any diuretic formula; for allaying cough it works well with thyme.

The wild mallows can be used in a similar fashion, though large roots are required for the strongest tonic action. 

The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine: David Frawley, Vasant Lad

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