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Thyroid problems are getting more common for everyone. Whether it's out-of-nowhere weight gain, feeling tired all the time, being anxious, or a messed-up metabolism, a thyroid that's not working right can mess with your day-to-day life. Modern medicine usually focuses on giving you hormones, or stopping them, but Ayurveda tries to heal you in a gentler way by getting your body back in balance.
Ayurveda doesn't just look at your thyroid gland. It checks out your whole system – how you digest food, how stressed you are, your hormones, and how your energy flows. By fixing the real reason for the problem, Ayurveda can help deal with both an underactive and overactive thyroid using natural methods.
1. Ayurveda's way of Seeing Thyroid Problems
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In Ayurveda, thyroid issues come from having too much or too little of the Kapha and Vata doshas, plus having weak digestion (Agni).
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An underactive thyroid is linked to too much Kapha, which causes your metabolism to slow down. You gain weight, feel tired, and hold onto water.
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An overactive thyroid has more to do with too much Pitta and Vata. This makes you restless, bad with heat, and speeds up your metabolism.
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Ayurvedic healing works on fixing what's wrong with these doshas and getting your metabolism back on track, so you feel good for a long time.
2. Natural Ways to Treat Underactive Thyroid in Ayurveda
With Ayurveda, there are safe ways to help an underactive thyroid using herbs, changing your diet, and fixing how you live.
Here are the main treatments for an underactive thyroid:
✔ Get Your Metabolism Working Right (Make Your Agni Stronger)
Having strong digestion is super important for your thyroid. Herbs such as Trikatu, Ginger, and Black Pepper can help get your digestion going and make your metabolism balanced.
✔ Eat a Diet That Calms Kapha
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To keep weight gain and feeling slow at bay:
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Eat warm, light foods such as green veggies, barley, millet, and drink ginger tea.
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Lay off dairy, cold foods, processed sugar, and too much wheat, because these will just make the Kapha worse.
✔ Herbs for Underactive Thyroid
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Some herbs can help your body make thyroid hormones and make your symptoms not as terrible:
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Kanchanar Guggulu: Helps make swelling go down, balances your hormones, and cleans out your lymph nodes.
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Ashwagandha: It's great at dealing with stress and helping your thyroid.
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Punarnava: It helps with bloating, holding onto water, and feeling heavy.
✔ Yoga and Breathing Exercises
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Positions such as Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, and Halasana can help get more blood flowing to your thyroid.
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Doing all these things can really help an underactive thyroid, because it fixes the problem from the inside out.
3. How Ayurveda Handles an Overactive Thyroid
If you have an overactive thyroid, you might feel really hot, anxious, cranky, and your metabolism might be super fast. Ayurveda calms things down by lowering Pitta and keeping Vata steady.
✔ Eat Cooling Foods to Balance Pitta
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Eat chill foods such as cucumbers, coconut water, melons, and coriander.
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Don't eat spicy, sour, fried, or fermented foods.
✔ Herbs for Overactive Thyroid
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Ayurveda uses cooling herbs to calm Pitta:
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Shatavari: It sets your hormones right and calms down inflammation.
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Brahmi: Helps with anxiety and keeps your head clear.
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Jatamansi: Helps you sleep better and makes you less hyper.
✔ Ways to Relax
Meditating, doing easy yoga, and breathing deeply can help your nervous system chill out.
4. Ayurvedic Supplements to Help Your Thyroid
There are herbal mixes that have a bunch of herbs in them. They will help both underactive and overactive thyroids.
A supplement might have herbs in it such as:
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Kanchanar
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Ashwagandha
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Brahmi
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Shatavari
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Guggulu
These supplements try to balance your hormones, make your metabolism better, cut down on stress, and keep your thyroid from going up and down too much.
Always talk to an Ayurvedic doctor before taking supplements. You need to know how much to take and if they’re right for your body.
5. Panchakarma for Cleaning Out Your Thyroid and Healing It
If you've had thyroid issues for a while, Ayurveda might tell you to clean out your body with Panchakarma treatments:
Virechana: Gets rid of too much Pitta and bad stuff by cleaning you out.
Basti: Feeds your body and gets your Vata back in order.
Nasya: Gets your hormones flowing better and clears out bad stuff from your head and neck.
These treatments are good at making your metabolism balanced and stopping things from flaring up again.
6. What's Good About Ayurveda for Thyroid Problems
✔ It's natural and easy on your body
✔ It fixes the real problems, not just what you feel
✔ It makes your digestion, mind, and metabolism better
✔ It helps with weight, feeling tired, and mood swings
✔ It's good for healing for a long time
7. What Could Be Not-So-Good, or Things to Watch Out For
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It takes time. Ayurveda doesn't work fast
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You have to eat right and change how you live
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It's not going to help if you need a doctor right away
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You need someone who knows what they're doing to guide you
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Ayurvedic herbs do a lot, so you have to take the right amount.
Final Thoughts
Ayurveda has a way of dealing with thyroid problems that looks at you as a whole person. It fixes what's wrong with your doshas, helps your metabolism, cleans out your system, and uses great herbs. Ayurveda makes your body better at keeping your thyroid working right.
Whether your thyroid is slow or fast, using Ayurveda can bring you balance, make you feel more energetic, and keep you well for a long time. With herbs, a good way of life, you can get your health back with Ayurveda.
