Find your dosha and get some useful insights at theayurvedaacademy.com/dosha-quiz.
IN AYURVEDA, PEOPLE ARE divided into “doshas” meaning types. Each dosha describes a general mind/body constitution, although you can be a combination of two or even all three. Once you know your doshic constitution you can manage hormonal imbalances that might occur through diet, herbs and lifestyle changes.
● VATA IN MENOPAUSE: Vata types often experience mood swings in menopause, along with anxiety, memory loss, insomnia, constipation, reduced bone density, dry skin and dry mucous membranes, including a dry vagina, which around a third of women experience. Try to rest more, hydrate and nourish your body with oils and cook with ghee (clarified butter), as well as massaging the skin with oils to keep it lubricated.
● You may find you experience heavy bleeding in perimenopause, as well as anger, high blood pressure, irritability, skin rashes and hot flushes. Up to 80 per cent of menopausal women have hot flushes, which from an ayurvedic perspective are due to excess pitta (or heat) in the system. Cooling and calming herbs such as rose, sage and aloe vera will help as will pomegranate juice or cooled peppermint tea.
