Welcome To Our Very First Yatan Ayurveda Blog Post! – Ayurveda and Menopause

Whether you’re an Ayurveda enthusiast, a naturopathy newcomer or simply looking for a fresh, effective way to treat your health – this blog is for you!

To start this blog, I want to talk about one of the biggest issues for many of my clients: Menopause.  I’ve spent two decades advising all sorts of cases for women entering this new stage of their life and I’ve spent the last 5 years running seminars and workshops on the subject.

If you are going through menopause right now, I’m sure you can relate to the myriad of symptoms annoyingly (and constantly) informing you that your body is changing.  You’re probably experiencing hot flashes, headaches, thinning hair, memory loss, heavy eyes, hypothyroid, volatile emotions, sleep disturbances, tinnitus, itchy ear, thinning muscles, breast sagging, heart palpitations, bloating, indigestion, constipation, visceral abdominal fat, vaginal dryness, frequent UTIs, fluctuation of the menstrual cycle, low libido, cravings, skin dryness, osteoporosis, and fungal infections.

That’s a lot to deal with!

Most of my patients going through menopause have already tried allopathic medicine, having wasted a lot of time and money, without feeling significant improvements.  Even worse, many of the traditional medication designed to treat menopause takes a toll on the body with its numerous side effects.

In Ayurveda, we seek to diagnose the root cause of the problem and look at the body holistically so as to solve illnesses from head to toe.  Moreover, Ayurvedic formulations are natural herbal remedies, which work in tandem with the body.  Our bodies have evolved over thousands of years and each one of us has the ability to ameliorate and assuage nearly all symptoms of menopause without intrusive pharmaceutical medicine.

My diagnoses are made through assessment of the doshas: Vata (air), pitta (fire), and Kapha (water).  Everyone contains a mixture of these elements and treatment will vary accordingly.  For example, people with a higher percentage of pitta will overheat more easily, have short tempers, and be more susceptible to muscle loss.  By looking at the dosha, Ayurveda can determine a natural treatment, which more effectively deals with the body’s problems as a whole to promote a long-term solution for a healthier you.

Every week for the next two months, I’ll be writing in more depth about various symptoms of menopause and how you can treat them specifically.

Please enjoy the following short video on “The Beauty of Ayurveda”!

-Raman Das