Re: Question on night shift and ama
Namaste Indraneela,
The condition you are describing here gives me a case of hyper-acidity due to your keeping awake at night and also because you are using stimulants to keep you awake.
Do you feel the taste in your mouth going acidic/sour ? If it is, then that is a case of induced hyperacidity. In Ayurveda, it is a condition of "Pitta kupita" (Pitta (Bile) going bad). This, in severe condition, would create nausea and you would feel relieved on vomiting. However, frequent vomiting would harm the food pipe, throat & would also induce debility.
It is better if you can afford to get good night sleep as the night was made to sleep and not to work. We all have bilogical clocks inside us which makes our body to perform specific task at proper time. When this natural course is disturbed you attract such diseases. My advice :
a) Even if Night duty is unavoidable, please avoid Coffe, Tea, Cigarettes etc. to keep you awake. You can use self-suggestion very effectively. The body slowly liseten to that & gets used to new routine.
b) Include plenty of butter-milk in your food. It would help you very much. If you can add a little salt & some powdered roasted cummins into it, it would be better. It is better if the butter-milk is cold.
c) Take some saunf (fennel seeds), make paste with a little of water and sugar. Make "sherbet" by adding the paste into a glass of water. If you want you may add some ice. If you take this "sherbet" on getting up in the morning .... it would help you.
d) In Homoeopathy, you can take Nux Vomica-30 which is the typical drug for this condition. It should be taken two-three drops directly on a clean tongue having empty stomach at night or in the morning. You may take it thrice in 24 hours. This has no side effects as the drug is highly diluted.
I hope it helps.
OM
Originally Posted by
Indraneela
I've read in the past that being awake through the night-time hours, and particularly doing night shift work, leads to a build-up in ama and resultant health problems. I didn't pay the knowledge much heed, until now.
I was laid off of my job and accepted a new position with night shift hours. After several weeks of sleeping 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and working 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., my health has become worse. I have frequent headaches, and nausea that sometimes keeps me from eating (even gentle food like kichadi), only briefly aided by ginger lozenges and peppermint tea. On my one day off each week, I'm usually shaky and very tired, and can only rest and do simple household work.
I do plan to see a physician sometime this week, but meanwhile, does anyone have any advice on lessening these effects? (I'm Vata constitution, if that's useful information.) I can't change my job hours, but my habits, sleeping times, and diet are all somewhat flexible.
Any help is greatly appreciated...
"Om Namo Bhagvate Vaasudevaye"
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