Ayurvedic Home Remedies

Allergies: Chandan (Sandalwood): 1 tbsp mixture of lime juice in sandalwood paste could be applied.

Anxiety: 1 tsp dried amla powder could be soaked in one cup of water overnight to which 1/8 tsp of black pepper powder and 2 tsp of lime juice added. The mixture is diluted as required for consumption.

Arthritis: Mixture of powders of 6 tsp each ginger, caraway seeds and 3 tsp black pepper could be taken in 1/2 tsp dosage along with water twice daily.

Asthma: Boiled milk with turmeric powder (haldi) (1 tsp) added could be taken instead of coffee or tea in the morning and night.

Backache / Back Pain: Two or three cloves (Garlic) should be taken every morning.

An oil prepared form garlic and rubbed on the back will give a good result in backache. An boil oil mix with Camphor & apply on your Back. Ginger paste and eucalyptus oil could be applied on the affected area.

Baldness: Coriander seeds (dhania) soaked in water with addition of 1 tsp dried amla powder, overnight & the filtered liquid could be taken every morning.

Blackheads, Pimples: Fresh leaf of fenugreek crushed and ground to form a fine paste could be applied on a face and allowed to remain overnight and washed off in the morning.

Blood Purification: A pinch of saffron (kesar) could be taken along with milk daily.

Body Odor: Add a tablespoon of sandalwood paste in a glass of lime juice.

Cough: Add a pinch of salt with two pinches of turmeric powder to one glass of warm water and gurgle.

Add a gram of turmeric (haldi) powder to a teaspoon of honey for curing dry cough. Also chew a cardamom for a long time.

Cold: Mix a gram of dalchini powder with a teaspoon of honey to curb a cold. Prepare a cup of tea to which you should add ginger, clove, bay leaf and black pepper. This should be consumed twice a day. Reduce the intake as the cold disappears.

Cholesterol: Butter Milk in which 1/4 tsp pepper powder and 1 tbsp of finely chopped onions could be taken.

Constipation: 1 Cup lime juice water could be taken early morning

Dandruff: Boil the fresh neem leaves in water for 1/2 hour. Filter the liquid & cool, apply the juice on hair and soak for 10 minutes. Wash it away while bathing.

Depression: A pinch of finely powdered cardamom seeds could be taken mixed with black tea.

Diabetes: The best remedy for this disease is the bitter gourd, better known as ‘karela’. Eat this vegetable as often as you can or have at least one tablespoon of karela juice daily to reduce blood sugar levels in your blood and urine.

Along with above tip,  take ten tulsi leaves, ten neem leaves and ten belpatras with a glass of water early morning on an empty stomach. It will work wonders in keeping your sugar levels under control.

Consume 2 cloves of garlic with water every morning on an empty stomach. Garlic helps in reducing blood sugar levels.

Eat 5-10 grams of jamun seed powder every morning. It directly works on the pancreas.

Ear Disease: Decoction prepared from tender leaves of Neem, when warm, could be used as ear drops.

Falling Hair: Massage the scalp frequently with a little almond oil.

Fatigue: Rasam prepared from ghee fried, 1/2 tsp each of Coriander seeds, Cumin seeds, Black pepper, Tail Pepper and Thuvar dal could be taken as an appetizer or mixed with steamed rice.

Fever: Boiling root powder in water to prepare a concentrate (1 cup reduced to ½) could be taken, with a little sugar added, daily morning on the empty stomach.

Headache: Take frequently fresh juice of ripe Pomegranate.

Heart Attack: 1/2 tsp garlic powder could be taken every day.

Hypertension: 3 or 4 cloves of Garlic finely chopped and boiled in milk could be taken every night.

Indigestion: 5 to 6 Garlic cloves, crushed could be taken with honey once a day.

Itching: Apply neem oil to the affected area. Or make a fresh paste of some neem leaves and apply externally. Boil neem leaves in the hot water used for your bath. Also eat a teaspoon of neem juice along with sugar for quick relief.

Injury: For any cut or wound, apply turmeric powder to the injured portion to stop the bleeding. It also works as an antiseptic. You can tie a bandage after applying haldi.

Insomnia: Blanched Almonds ground along with 1tsp Khas khas in ½ cup of milk like a paste, could be applied on palms and soles at bedtime.

Jaundice: Mixture of Pudina, Lime and Ginger juice mixed with honey, could be taken frequently.

Low Blood Pressure: Tulsi juice mixed with honey could be taken.

Malaria Fever: Water, in a mud pot, soaked with Nirgundi leaves, to which ½ tsp black cumin seeds are added could be taken.

Muscular Pain: Turmeric and Ginger mixed and ground to form a paste could be applied.

Nausea: Water mixed with powder of fried cloves (2 pinches taken)

Nervousness: 6 to 8 blanched Almonds, 1 tsp rice and 1 or 2 tbsp juice of banana flower, all mixed and ground, could be taken with milk once every day for 40 days.

Toothache: Chew a clove or dip a piece of cotton wool in clove oil and place on the aching tooth for best results.

Ice is excellent in numbing nerve endings. Try to compress the affected area with ice. But if it aggravates the pain, discontinue it.

How to Relax at Home

Women should know how to relax at home, many women try ways to unwind from stress brought about by daily routine life. Many women try to go to spa for services to get relax, making each spa trip a relaxing indulgence that is truly worth getting addicted to. Sometimes, however, we do not need to go to the spa just to rest and loosen up. We can do that inside our very homes. Going to the spa for some time off for you is always a good idea. However, the idea behind relaxing is spending some time not really doing anything and just letting the body rest. You can always do this at home if you do not feel like going to the spa.

Ways to relax at home is to just sit with your feet soaked in warm water mixed with spa salts and essential oils. When the skin of your feet is all soaked and soft, you can scrub away at the calluses and thickened layers of dead skin with glee. Afterwards, you can treat yourself with a nice pedicure. Arrange dinner by using Use aromatic mood candles instead of the glaring fluorescent lights. This experience will surely leave your stomach filled and your soul refreshed. Spend afternoon eating your favorite snacks,

For once; keep your mind focused on something that is not even remotely related to work. Perhaps you can try lying in bed with head directed towards the foot of the bed and your feet up on the headboard and flat against the wall. Let your arms rest at your sides away from your body and breathe deeply. Savor the relaxing feeling of blood flowing from your legs to your head. It is a great way to de-stress the body. During holidays when you need not attend for office, you can just sit back and breathe the morning air while watching your neighbors jog or walk their dogs. The body needs to relax every once in a while so it can continue functioning properly, without falling to any illness brought about by stress.

Tips to Reduce Stomach fat

Every one in the world likes to stay thinner always. If you are looking really fat and like to burn your fat you need to follow the some tips. You need to eat only healthy food not more then your body required. If you take more calories food and do less work. The excessive calories food will be converted into the fat at your stomach. Food intake should reduce calories a little at a time over the duration of many months. You will feel harder to walk with your body, if you have excessive weight to your body.

Follow some of the tips which will give you better healthy diet and reduce your stomach fat or tummy.

1) Aerobics helps to burn fat from fat cells directly including the stomach. But you need to take suggestions and precautions of specialists before you do anything.

2) If you do regular excercise, your toned stomach can be done quickly. Don’t stop doing this exercise at any time.

3) Do sit-ups for 30 times every day. Does this exercise at least for 3 times in the morning or in the evening. You shouldn’t be feeling a pull in the legs or hip joints when doing sit ups.

5) Do comfortably increase the number of repetitions each workout.

6) When doing any stomach exercises, do under the guidance of a qualified gym instructor, especially for the first few workouts.

7) Due to various reasons any one might become fat like lack of exercise, having the wrong types of diets on a regular basis, or over eating.

8)If you cant stop eating more food, you have the technique to reduce your food. You can eat several meals through out the day. Don’t eat junk food items; eat food items like fruits, vegetables and whole grain, oat meals etc. This will help to burn your fat faster.

9) Always start your day by drinking 1 liter of water or at least 1 glass of water.

10) Avoid having snacks or water in between the meals. You can drink water before 30 minutes or after 30 minutes of your meals. If you drink water in the middle of meals, your digestion system will run slower. It is not good for health.

11) Yoga helps you to reduce various parts of your body. For different parts of your body, you may have different types of exercises.

12) Fat loss occurs systemically, it will reduce your fat part by part simultaneously according to your exercise. Don’t frustrate yourself when reducing your fat of your body and some one take dangerous diet drugs or liposuction. Because it may harm your health.

13) Aerobics is  real secret of any one to reduce there stomach part fat. It will burn your fat faster.

14) You have surgeries to reduce your fat at tummy. This may be the easiest way to reduce your tummy. But every one can’t go for this type, due to money problems.

15) If you really reduce your your tummy, you need to work hard. By doing natural way, daily exercise, right diet, taking healthy food always.

Tips for good health

Health is wealth. If you want to live longer, you need to be healthier all the time. If you eat more than your body required you may fall in sickness, heart disease, fewer, cancer and you may get many other diseases. You need to take healthy and nutritious food for maintaining a good health. You need to take food on the time. Drinking water is very good for health; you can drink 5 – 6 liters of water every day. In our busy life we forget to take enough nutritious food to out body and it tends to get many diseases. It is very important to know the importance of fruits, vegetables, natural nuts etc.

A balanced diet is always important thing for good healthy life. If you eat junk food more, you will loose your health condition day by day. Taking nutritious diet will help to maintain a healthy body and reduces the risk if several diseases like cancer, heart stroke, diabetes etc. A healthy food is that contains essential vitamins, proteins, and natural strength your body required. The quantity of food required to us is really depends on body size, and our age.

Taking alcohol is not good for health always. Many Scientists doing research on this. Drinking alcohol increased risk of certain cancers, cardiovascular disease, liver disease etc. The more your drink, the greater your risk is. Drinking excessive alcohol consumption leads to an increased risk of heart failure. If you avoid drinking alcohol it is very good for long life and for good health.

Eating nuts are always good for your health. Nuts like almonds, cashews, pine nut, Brazle nuts, Hickory nuts, peanuts are good for health to eat. Every one think that nuts are high in calories and it is not good for health if we eat more. If you can restrain yourself from over eating them, all types of nuts are very good for healthy diet. Nuts are one of the good sources of proteins. They are rich in nutrients, fiber, vitamins etc. According to the survey people who eat nuts regularly are less likely to suffer from heart disease.

In some areas it is very polluted by the factories. Don’t breathe that polluted air. Try to use hand kerchief to cover your nose, when you go by that area. We need to take antioxidants and some medical supplements to reduce the problems created by the air we breathe.

 Being over weight is very dangerous to you. Many people die due to the heart stroke are over weight. You will get the obesity problems. Being fat is not good for any one people like young, teens, even adult also. Younger people getting these problems from junk foods. Try to avoid Junk food always. You may get many problems due to over weight like Psychological effects, life insurance problems, surgical risks, relationship problems etc.

 Article by Kranthi Seo Consultant