Overview

The sinuses are the spaces in the forehead, cheeks, and nose that are usually filled with air. Sinusitis is an inflammation of sinus tissues, causing facial pain, a running nose, and fever. Commonly caused by the common cold, infectious conditions, and allergies. It is a common health complaint in the US and a leading cause of antibiotic prescriptions.

Causes

Sinusitis is caused by,

• Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, and Allergens

• Common cold or  flu

• Seasonal allergies 

• Air pollution 

• Structural problems in the nose.

 Risk factors include 

• Nasal polyps 

• Deviated nasal septum 

• Weakened immune system

• Cystic fibrosis.

Symptoms

Common symptoms include

• Postnasal drip 

• Stuffy and running nose 

• Facial pressure 

• Tooth pressure 

• Ear pressure 

• Bad breath (halitosis) 

• Headache 

• Tiredness 

• Nasal discharge

• Sneezing 

• Nasal obstruction 

• Tenderness and swelling in the affected sinuses

• Cough

• Fever with  chills

• Hyposmia.

Ayurvedic View

Suryavarta- it is a disease under shiras (head). The name surya means sun and varta tells about the nature of the symptom related with the sun movement. Here all the three doshas are aggaravated, which causes shira shoola which increases and decreases with the course of the sun. Kapha dosha which is aggravated in head due to causes like getting exposed to cold, taking abhishyandi (channel blocking food like curd), diva swapana (day sleep) etc, all leads to agni mandhya (low digestive power-which results in aggravation of mala-kapha) causes marga avarodha (blocking pathway) of vata dosha along with pitta dosha causes headache. This headache in affected person increases as the sun rises and by mid noon, this peaks then in evening due to cold there is reduce of pain in head, this is sinusitis. Ayurveda way of approach is to bring dosha back to balance, reduce the symptoms by ayurvedic panchakarma treatment and treatment done to head, which will help in preventing the reoccurrence of it.

Ayurvedic Treatments

 Nasyam  Vamanam  Virechanam

Naturopathy Treatments

Enema    Arm & foot bath    Facial sauna   Sun bath  Reflexology  Acupuncture  Sinus drainage massage  Diet therapy  Clinical yoga  Pranayama