Neuroveda: Integrating Ayurvedic Wisdom into Neurology

Learn from a Board Certified Neurologist about integrating Ayurveda into her treatment of chronic dizziness and how this benefits you as a patient.

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Key takeaways (consult with your doctor before making any changes):

-5 elements: air, space, fire, earth, water,

-Dosha (mind/body types): vata (air/space/nature), pitta (fire/water/nature), kapha (earth/water)

-What is this illness doing FOR me not doing TO me?

-When your nature gets out of balance, that's when you experience symptoms

Timestamps:

00:50  Intro to Dr. Trupti Gokani, her training, specialties, and background

1:50    Focus today on how you blend the east and west

02:13  What is Ayurveda?

03:00  Diagnosed with depression as first year medical school

04:00  Surprised at how medicine was practiced and explored more spiritual approach

04:45  Ayurveda is science of life and longevity

07:42  How did Ayurveda inform your sleep treatment

08:55  Five elements of every living being: air space fire water earth

10:08  You are born in harmonious nature but symptoms push us out of harmony

10:55  Perfectionism puts energy out of alignment

11:22  Dr. Gokani’s dominant state is Vata: move like the wind, experience, artistic, creative, talkative

12:43  Your natural birth energy? (Vata, Pitta, Kapha)

15:02  When you are out of harmony?

16:08  How do you get back into alignment?

16:55  Get to bed by 10:00 pm to get back into alignment

17:18  Circadian nature to our day and night patterns

17:53  10:00 am – 2:00 pm is Pitta energy

18:31  Pitta energy time is for liver cleansing and detoxing

20:33  When someone comes with dizziness and headache, do patient fit into certain states or misalignment.

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22:27  Usual precursor to creating vertigo is pushing two energy states: Vata, Pitta

24:06  Cortisol and adrenal get drop levels

24:47  Dizziness can results in wind or fire states

29:00  Focus on the system over the symptom

29:23  The energy you bring to the healing process reflects your state

32:43  How do environmental toxins fit into the Ayurvedic perspective?

35:00  Need to be mindful about what you’re testing because it can overwhelming

36:34  Think about the individual’s receptivity to the toxins based. Imbalance affects receptivity to toxins

38:28  Cell danger response (Robert Naviaux UCSD) in state of imbalance as a data correlation

40:20  Considerations around dairy consumption

41:41  Look at data but trust your own gut

42:40  What about impact of Covid and vaccines and dizziness

43:49  Gut is the first defense against illness

44:19  Role of adrenal system in fighting disease and adrenal fatigue

46:20  Are we possibly scared of Covid and vaccines and how does that affect us?

47:00  Is it possible to heal dizziness without medication?

48:29  Look at structural causes for dizziness first, how far are you from your baseline energy state, how much work are you willing to do, do you have the environment?

51:00  One tip for someone on a vestibular journey would be ask why this is happening for me?

52:39  You can still improve your well being on pharmaceuticals

53:44  Where can you find and work with Dr. Trupti Gokani