CARE FOR HYPOTHYROIDISM
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Disease Description
Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone.
Iodine deficiency is often cited as the most common cause of hypothyroidism worldwide but it can be caused by many other factors. It can result from a lack of a thyroid gland or from iodine-131 treatment or a deficiency in stimulating hormones from the hypothalamus or pituitary, and can also be associated with increased stress, which can be environmental stress as well as lesser-considered homeostatic stress such as fluctuating blood sugar levels and immune problems.
Hypothyroidism can be associated with the early symptoms of increased sensitivity to cold, Constipation, Weight gain and water retention, Bradycardia (low heart rate – fewer than sixty beats per minute), fatigue, decreased sweating, muscle and joint pain, dry, itchy skin, thin, brittle fingernails, Depression, female infertility, any kind of problems with menstrual cycles, etc.
Late symptoms include Goiter (swelling in the thyroid gland), Slow speech and a hoarse, breaking voice, dry puffy skin, especially on the face, thinning of the outer third of the eyebrows (sign of Hertoghe), abnormal menstrual cycles, low basal body temperature.
STEPS TO BE FOLLOWED
- PADMA ASANA
- TRINETRA KUMBHAKA WITH JAALANDHARA BANDHA
- TRISHOOLA KUMBHAKA WITH JAALANDHARA BANDHA
- KRAMA NETRA KUMBHAKA WITH JAALANDHARA BANDHA
1. PADMA ASANA HATHA PRADEEPIKAA, UPADESHA 2, VERSES 31 -33
हठप्रदीपिका उपदेशं २ स्लोक ३१-३३
उत्तानौ चरणौ कृत्वा चोरु संस्थौ प्रयत्नतः ।
ऊरुमध्ये ततोथानौ पाणी कृत्वा तु तादृशौ ॥
दृष्टिं विन्यस्य नासाग्रे दन्तमूलं च जिह्वया ।
उत्तप्य चिबुकं वक्षस्युत्ताप्य भवनं शनैः ॥
इदं पद्मासनं प्रोक्तं सर्व व्याधि विनाशनम ।
दुर्लभं येन केनापि धीमता लभ्यते भुवि ॥
Uththanau Charanau Kruthvaa choru-Samsthau Prayathnathaha |
Oorumadhye Thathoththaanau Paanee Kruthvaa Thu thaadrushau ||2.31||
Drushtim vinyasya naasaagre Dantamoolam cha jihvayaa |
Uttapya chibukam vakshas Yuttaapya bhavanam shanaihi ||2.32||
Idham Padmaasanam Proktham Sarva-Vyaadhi-Vinaashanam |
Durlabham yena kenapi Dheemataa labhyate bhuvi ||2.33||
TRANSLATION
One should with effort place the upward facing feet on the thighs, and place the upward-facing palms between the thighs.
Concentrating on the tip of the nose, keep the tongue pressed on the upper teeth, press the chin on your chest, push the air slowly upward, that is slowly pull the prana upward.
This asana called as Padma asana destroys all diseases, filled with power. Though difficult to be obtained by everyone, some intelligent people learn it.
TECHNIQUE
- Place the right foot on the left thigh
- Now place the left foot on the right thigh
- Place the hands between the thighs with the palms facing upwards
- Concentrating on the tip of the nose, keep the tongue pressed on the upper teeth
- Press the chin on your chest, push the air slowly upward
- Exhale slowly
- Do this 3 times and release the chin on your chest and tongue pressed on the upper teeth
IN PADMA ASANA, NEXT –
2. TRINETRA KUMBHAKA WITH JAALANDHARA BANDHA
KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI
VERSE: 192
सकृच्चन्द्रेण चापूर्य धार्यं सूर्येण पूरयेत्।
नियम्य पूरयेन्नो यां धारयित्वा यथाविधि ॥
त्रिनेत्रकुम्भकः प्रोक्तः त्रिनेत्रेण त्रिसिद्धिदः ॥
SakruthChandrenaChaapoorya DhaaryaSooryenaPoorayeth | NiyamyaPoorayennobhyaam DhaarayithvaaYathaa-Vidhi || Thrinethra-KumbhakahaProkthaha ThrinethrenaThrisiddhidhaha ||
TRANSLATION
Inhale through the left nostril and retain, inhale through the right nostril and retain and then inhale through both the nostrils, retain the breath (all these in one shot before exhalation). This is the Trinetra Kumbhaka – the giver of three siddhis – as explained by the three-eyed Shiva.
TECHNIQUE
- Inhale through the left nostril
- Place the chin on the chest and contract the throat, hold the breath as long as you can judiciously
- Without exhalation, release the throat lock and inhale through the right nostril
- Place the chin on the chest and contract the throat, hold the breath as long as you can judiciously
- Again without exhaling, release the throat lock and inhale through both the nostrils
- Place the chin on the chest and contract the throat, hold the breath as long as you can judiciously
- Now release the throat lock and exhale through both the nostrils slowly
- Do this 21 times
IN PADMA ASANA, NEXT –
3. – TRISHOOLA KUMBHAKA WITH JAALANDHARA BANDHA KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSE: 193
घोणा यां च मुखेनापि युगपत् पूरयेत् सदा ।
त्रिशूलिना त्रिशूलाख्यः कुम्भ उक्तस्त्रिशूलनुत् ॥
Ghonaabhyaam Cha Mukhenaapi YugapathPoorayethSadhaa | ThrishoolinaaTrishoolaakhyaha KumbhaUkthas-Trishoolanuth ||193||
TRANSLATION Always inhale through the nostrils and mouth together at a time. This is called the Trishoola Kumbhaka – the remover of triple sufferings – as explained by the Thrishooli Shiva.
TECHNIQUE
- Inhale through the nostrils and also through the mouth simultaneously
- Place the chin on the chest and contract the throat, hold the breath as long as you can judiciously
- Now release the throat lock and exhale through the nostrils slowly and relax
- Do this 21 times
IN PADMA ASANA, NEXT –
4. - KRAMA NETRA KUMBHAKA WITH JAALANDHARA BANDHA KUMBHAKA PADDHATHI, VERSE: 191
॥ अथ क्रमनेत्रकुम्भकः ॥
सकृत्सूर्येण चापूर्य धार्यं चन्द्रेण पूरयेत्।
धारयेच्च प्रयत्नेन रेचयेत् क्रमतस्तथा ॥
नेत्रकुम्भक इति ख्यातः क्रमतो व्युत्क्रमादपि ॥
SakruthSooryenaChaapoorya DhaaryaChandrenaPoorayeth | Dhaarayeth Cha Prayathnena RechayethKramathas-Thathaa ||191 ||
TRANSLATION One should take the breath in through the right nostril, hold the breath and then again inahale through the left nostril. He should with effort hold the breath again and exhale in the same order. This is known as krama-netra kumbhaka. This is also done in the reverse order.
TECHNIQUE
- Inhale through the right nostril
- Place the chin on the chest and contract the throat, hold the breath
- Without exhalation, release the throat lock and Inhale through the left nostril
- Place the chin on the chest and contract the throat, hold the breath
- Without inhalation, release the throat lock and Exhale through the right nostril
- Place the chin on the chest and contract the throat, hold the breath
- Without inhalation, release the throat lock and Exhale through the left nostril
- Do this 21 times
END OF KRIYA
Kriya Date
24-Dec-2011