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Nasal Allergy

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Persons with Nasal Allergy (NA) also have similar nasal complaints such as irritation, sneezing, running nose
and blockage.

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What is the difference?

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Nasal Allergy is not associated with fever, body aches etc. as in common cold and hence, it may not disturb
your daily routine. It is usually seasonal; trouble you early mornings and late evenings; there are usually
recognizable triggers like weather, cold air, dust, smoke, pollen etc.,

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What causes Nasal Allergy?

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Unlike common flu, this is not caused by any infection, although it appears that the problem is caused by
outside agents like dust, pollen etc., this as an allergic reaction. Allergy means altered reaction, i.e., this is not
a normal reaction of the body. Normal persons nose does not consider cold air or dust or parthenium as
dangerous and have no irritation. If you are allergic, your nasal lining sends messages to the brain and the
immune system that there is a dangerous foreigner that is being inhaled and thus the array of soldiers (white
blood cells etc.,) are recruited to fight (inflammation) away the enemy in the nose leading to all the symptoms sneezing - protective mechanism to blast away the enemy, running nose - to wash off the enemy, and blockage
- to prevent entry of the enemy.

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Why does the body do this wrong sensing? What is its cause? Is it related to stress?
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Yes, stress is a well-known trigger that activates the basic allergic tendency, which is inherited. This tendency
for over sensitivity may be found in some of your family members in the form of allergy to some foods or skin
allergy etc., and stress acts as a trigger to unfold this tendency and makes you suffer from nasal symptoms.
For example, a cousin of mine gets bad periods of early morning sneezing and nose blocking in in winters
whenever he goes through patches of financial problems in his business.

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What is the yogic remedy?

According to Yoga, Nasal Allergy is considered as a manifestation of a minor imbalance in Prana and hence
we get very quick results in persons who undertake the practice or Integrated Approach of Yoga Therapy.
Regular practice of a basic set of breathing exercises (Tiger breathing, rabbit breathing, sasankasana
breathing), loosening exercises (jogging, twisting), suryanamaskara, yogasanas (12 postures in standing,
sitting, prone and supine positions), pranayama, meditation (on OM) along with the lifestyle change through
Jnana, Karma and Bhakti yoga are to be learnt to overcome the problem of Nasal Allergy. Kriyas form a
mainstay in the yogic management of Nasal Allergy. Jalaneti involves yogic nasal wash by saline water.
(Described in an earlier article in this series). This is a training that helps in self-retraining your over-reactive
lining of the nose. When you do jalaneti voluntarily, you are accepting to teach your nose to tolerate the irritant
(the saline water) and through this you are teaching your nose to tolerate even the other substances such as
dust or pollen or cold air, which your body had unnecessarily presumed as dangerous substances. Can you
see how this could be related to your personality? Are you a sensitive person at the emotional level and have
difficulty in expressing it? Psychologists say that if you cannot express your feelings of frustration, anxiety or
anger it shows up as Nasal Allergy. So IAYT teaches you how to overcome your emotional sensitivity. Thus
yoga is the real way to cure your Nasal Allergy, as it teaches you how to correct the imbalances yourself to
cure your body.

PADANGUSTHASANA
Pada means the foot. Angustha is the big toes. This posture is done by standing and catching the big toes.
1. Stand in Tadasana. Spread the legs a foot apart.
2. Exhale, bend forward and hold the big toes between the thumbs and the first two fingers, so that the
palms face each other. Hold them tight.
3. Keep the head up, stretch the diaphragm towards the chest and make the back as concave as
possible. Instead of stretching down from the shoulders, bend forward from the pelvic
4. Keep the legs stiff and do not slacken the grip at the knees and toes. Stretch the shoulder-blades also.
Take one or two breaths in this position.
5. Now exhale, and bring the head in between the knees by tightening the knees and pulling the toes
without lifting them off the floor. Remain in this pose for about 20 seconds, maintaining normal
breathing.
6. Inhale, raise the head, release to toes and stand up. Return to Tadasana.
This article has been written by Dr. R. Nagarathna, Dean, Division of Yoga & Life-sciences, SVYASA
This article is published online courtesy www.vyasa.org and Arogyadhama

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