Hormonal Imbalance: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment

Ayurvedic Treatment for Hormones are body's chemical messengers. They travel in blood stream to tissues or organs.

Hormones work slowly, over time and affect many different processes, 

including growth and development, metabolism, how body gets energy from the foods that individual eat.

Importance of Hormones:

Hormones play a large part in many daily functions as well as life milestone.
Hormones controls all the body functions like blood sugar to blood pressure, growth, weight, fertility, metabolism, sex drive and sleep.
Hormones influence affect so many things like what individual think and actions.

Common Hormonal imbalance symptoms

Weight gain
Unexplained weight loss
Fatigue
Hump of fat between the shoulders
Muscular weakness, stiffness
Tachycardia or bradycardia
Increased sweating
Increased sensitivity to cold or hot
Constipation or loose stools
Frequent urination
Increased thirst, hunger
Depression
Nervousness, anxiety, irritability
Vision disturbance 
Infertility
Thinning of hair, brittle hair
Dry skin
Puffy face
Sometimes very completely on type of hormones involved from individual to individual.

Hormonal imbalance in female causes:

PCOD
Hypothyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Menopause
Lifestyle
Insufficient sleep
Stress
Pituitary tumors
Hereditary Pancreatitis
Injury to endocrine gland

Hormonal imbalance symptoms in females:

Irregular menstrual cycle 
Hair loss
Mood swings
Infertility
Acne
Weight gain
Hirsutism
Loss of interest in sex
Heavy periods
Insomnia
Head ache
Weak bone
Vaginal dryness

How Ayurveda helps to balance Hormones?

Ayurvedic approach for hormonal imbalance is to maintain the balance in all the doshas and to maintain agni.

1) Life style changes is very important.
Eating healthy food, at proper time, proper sleep, proper exercise daily.

Do's:

1) Eating all colorful vegetables daily.
2)Intake of fresh fruits which are seasonal.
3)Intake if dry fruits and nuts specially walnuts, almond, fig, flax seeds daily.
4) Include herbs and spices in food
5)Eat quantity protein daily
6)Good fat intake daily
7)whole grain fibrous carbohydrates intake.

Dont's:

Salt, sugar Intake
Salty snacks like chips
Bakery, maida items
Tinned and packed food
Day sleep
Night lack of sleep
Inactive 
Dairy products 
Irregular food intake and sleeping habits.

Panchakarma for hormonal imbalance:

Panchakarma is a holistic way of treatment in Ayurveda that mainly aims on cleansing and detoxification of the body and mind.

Panchakarma boosts immunity, balance the hormone levels, strengthens reproductive system and regularises menstrual cycle.

Abhyanga helps to relieve stress, relax all the muscles.

Vamana, Virechana, basti planned depending upon the vitiated dosha and symptoms in individual.

Shirodhara, warm oil is poured on forehead slowly, is recommended for stress caused due to hormonal balance, also it stimulates central nervous system.

Pituitary gland controls all the endocrine functions of the body and is located in forehead.

Shirodhara stimulates all the endocrine functions by stimulating pituitary gland.

Ayurveda treatment with shamanoushadis that is with Ayurveda herbs helps to relieve symptoms and also to balance hormonal imbalance.

Important Ayurveda herbs for Hormonal imbalance:

Shatavari
Kanchanaara
Ashwagandha
Kumari
Amalaki

Daily follow tips for good balanced hormones:

Not to skip food
Intake of advised healthy food at proper time
40 min daily yoga and walking 
Maintain healthy weight
Cut off salt, sugar, stress 
Sleep at proper time
Practice yoga pranayama

Yoga for hormonal imbalance:

Surya namaskara Bhujangaasana
Shalabhasana
Setubandhasana
Ushtraasana
Baddhakonasana
Matsyasana

Pranayama:

Anuloma viloma
Kapalbhati
Bhramari

So by life style changes, diet, following Dinacharya, with the help of Ayurveda definitely the symptoms caused due to Hormonal imbalance can be reversed with good health and care.