Ayurvedic ways to increase height – Dr. Mini Nair

Height is definitely genetic. But there can be a lot of contributing factors during the developmental stage. Height is because of the growth hormone secreted by our body which is the pituitary gland situated in the brain and it is at the peak during adolescent and drops back immediately after that but growth keeps on happening in our system, because growth is definitely keeps on happening throughout our life because growth is definitely required throughout our life. So we a person intends to improve the height, they cannot do much as it is definitely depended on our genetics but there can be other causative factors or influencing factors that can contribute. When we talk about influencing factors, we have to talk about the general nutrition of the body and other congenial atmosphere the person lives with. All this contribute to the height factors. So in the case they grow till the age of 25 and women till they are around 21 years of age, during which time they grow every 2 inch, so 2 inch in a year. So during that period of time, during the adolescence what factors to be done to improve the factors of height. In Ayurveda, we look into the factors of nutrition effect of the body too. So the contributing medicines can be Aswangandha, Shatavari, Guduchi. these medicines when they are incorporated in the form of lehyams, choornams, or pills, they help in the adsorption of the nutrients and also helps in improving the bone structure because the effects of these growth hormones happens at the cartilaginous portion of the bone. So it helps in the absorption and also helps in contributing to the height. Along with that the exercise also lays a very good role, like stretching. The best exercise that we can advise is the Surya namaskara during this period. It is a complete stretch incorporated with a very good dietary habit. It plays a very important role. Sleep is also very important. The growth usually happens during the sleeping hours. So in such conditions, when you give it along with medications, then the other factors like nutrition and congenial atmosphere like stress free atmosphere with adequate exercise, then definitely the height required fir that person following his genetic is achieved. So with some magic pills it won’t help you in gaining height at all.