Stretch marks are a usual woe among people who are conscious about their skin beauty. We know that, they are formed due to the rupture of collagen and elastin fibers on account of the excessive stretching of the skin. They initially appear in areas like abdomen, breasts, and thighs as pinkish linear markings and later become silvery white depressed lines and gradually fade with time. In dark complexioned people they are seen as white and in light complexioned people, as pink bands of varying length and breadth. The appearance of stretch marks is predisposed by certain factors.
Dry skinned people are more prone to stretch marks whereas oily skinned people are less affected. Deterioration of general health can result in the loss of strength and elasticity of skin. Nutrients like proteins, vitamins, iron and zinc are essential for the skin and their deficiency may lead to the formation of stretch marks. Adequate intake of water is very essential for the elasticity and softness of skin. Less water in take makes the skin dry that results in stretch marks. Climatic changes can influence the integrity of the skin.
Stretch marks can be a familial problem in certain cases. Ladies having this problem usually give a history of the same in their mother. Those who take excess of fatty food are prone for this condition due to sudden weight gain. Lack of regular exercise can increase fat deposition and reduce the tone of muscles, both of which result in stretch marks. However rigorous exercises can result in this condition as in the case of body builders. Excess intake of steroid drugs and use of steroid ointments can predispose stretch marks. Over work can predispose stretch marks.
Rapid enlargement causes stretching of the skin with the breaking of collagen and elastin fibers. Hence stretch marks are commonly found in areas of the body such as abdomen, breasts, thighs, buttocks, shoulders etc. Even though stretching is the main cause, certain hormones also have some role in their development. During pregnancy there will be stretching of the anterior abdominal wall to accommodate the enlarging uterus. During the second half of pregnancy pinkish stretch marks start appearing on either side of the lower abdomen and later on become silvery white.
Sudden weight gain due to excessive fat deposition can stretch the skin to develop stretch marks. During puberty both sexes will have increase in fat deposition and body surface area that are due to hormonal activity, which results in stretch marks. Compared to boys, fat deposition is more in girls and hence they are found more among girls during puberty. Cushings syndrome is an endocrine disease due to the hypo-secretion of adrenal hormones. Here there will be obesity with marked stretch marks. Both rapid weight gain and rapid weight loss can cause stretch marks.
Stretching of the skin due to excess of physical activity is the main cause here. Bodybuilding causes sudden enlargement of muscle size resulting in more stretch marks. The common sites are shoulders, thighs, deltoid region, gluteal region etc. Topical drugs can cause insufficient production of collagen and elastin resulting in the weakness of skin. Edema is the collection of fluid in the intercellular space. This can occur anywhere in the body. Prolonged edema due to kidney and liver diseases can stretch the abdomen and cause stretch marks.
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Tibetan Medicine Herbs In Tibetan medicine, medication is a time-honored treatment. Tibetan drugs are large in number. There will be a section in this book dealing exclusively with the Tibetan pharmacopoeia. Here only recipes and drug forms will be mentioned.
In ancient Tibetan medicine, the drug forms are varied, including decoction, powder, pill (bolus), and paste. There were also nasal and eye dripping and suppository. As time passed, the drug forms were mostly bolus and powder. The reason for this change may be credited to the condition of the plateau where preparation of a decoction was so much trouble. The boiling point there was very low due to the low atmospheric pressure, and some of the effective ingredients could not be dissolved in the solution under such conditions. By contrast, bolus and powders were convenient and more effective under such conditions. Most Tibetan prescriptions are compound recipes, with ingredients ranging from about 3-5 to as many as over 100, and, commonly, a score in number. In the compound recipe, there is one ingredient playing the main role of therapeutic action called the monarch (or king); while the other ingredients are ministerial, official and attendant ingredients. Within the compound, all ingredients are mutually promoting, offering synergies and strengthening to exert better effect, while at the same time they are mutually restrictive, making use of each other’s strong points to overcome their own weak points.
Early in Si bu yi dian (Rgyud bzhi), it was mentioned that the treatment given in Tibetan medicine is diversified. There is a chapter in Gen ben yi dian (Rtsa rgyud) exclusively dealing with treatments, in which it is mentioned that these fall into four categories, namely, diet therapy, regulation of daily living activities, medication and external therapy. In diet therapy, there are various kinds of foods and drinks for different disorders. Regulating the conditions of daily life includes the home, the surrounding environment, clothing, travel, and making friends. In medication, it mainly deals with oral administration, including decoction, powder, pill or bolus, medicinal dew, medicinal oil, cathartics, tonics and emetics. External treatment includes medical instrument therapy, oil rubbing, massage, acu-moxibustion, bloodletting, perspiration, hot compress and medicinal bathing. It is said that altogether there are 98 kinds of such therapies. When compared to other traditional chinese medical systems, this is also quite a unique phenomenon.
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