Dizziness

Possible Causes of Dizziness:

• Excess vata
• Excess pitta
• Vertigo
• Inner ear or head injury
• Viral infection
• Ménière’s disease (Increased pressure in middle ear generates a feeling of vertigo)
• Insufficient oxygen in the room
• Motion sickness
• Low adrenal energy
• Low blood pressure
• Use of hypertensive drugs like beta blockers etc.
• Hypoglycemia
• Dehydration caused because of sweating
• Chronic constipation

Types of dizziness:

• Objective Dizziness: It feels like things around you are moving while you are quite stable. It is primarily caused by excess vata.
• Subjective Dizziness: It feels like you are in motion. It is primarily caused by excess pitta.

Recommendations:

• Focus on one stable point in the room. This helps by sending the message to the brain to calm the rajasic quality of vata dosha.
• If you are in a car and experience dizziness, focus on a distant object that is not moving.
• If suffering from motion sickness, take a ginger powder capsule and chew on a piece of candied ginger from time to time. 
• Getting up slowly should be a regular practice of one feels dizzy on standing up too quickly.
• If you are pitta dominant and hypoglycemic, take some apple juice or any other sweet fruit juice in case of dizziness.
• Sprinkling cold water on face of someone who fainted is a quick and effective remedy.
• In case dehydration caused by sweating, drink more water.
• Breathe deeply
• Put your index finger in your ear and pull your ear upward, forward and downward. 
• Chop up an onion and smell it forcefully till the time you tear up.
• Smelling sandalwood oil can be useful in case of pitta-induced dizziness.
• Take nasya with 3-5 drops of warm ghee. This will improve blood supply to the brain.
• Take ½ tp of triphla powder with cup full of warm water before bed.
• Two formualas for pitta related dizziness are: 
  • Take ½ tsp of mixture of brahmi, jatamamsi and saraswati in 1:1:¼ ratio thrice a day with water after food.
  • Take ½ tsp of mixture of shatavari, jatamamsi and kama dudha in 1:1:2 ratio twice a day with wam water after food.

Pranayama recommended:

• Ujjayi pranayam

References:

Primary Reference: The Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies - Vasant D Lad - Part 3