How Ayurvedic practitioners treat seasonal allergies

Allergic responses do not automatically arise from exposure to pollen and other allergens in Ayurvedic medicine, said Bloomington, Illinois-based Vaidya Ashlesha Raut, BAMS, MD, NC, HHP, RAS, BCIM, director of Ayurveda For Healing and program director of the Ananda Ayurveda Academy. Instead, these symptoms develop only when our bodies exhibit two different kinds of imbalances. In one type of imbalance, the three energies that connect the mind and body (doshas)—including vata (wind), pitta…