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.

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

Benefits and Importance of Vitamin E

Vitamin E is one of the most important vitamin for our human body. Vitamin E keeps for heart healthy as Vitamin E is an excellent option for helping limit bad heart conditions.  The most important aspect of vitamin E is the protection of cell membranes from free radicals. Our human body is prone to certain diseases if it doesn’t have a proper amount of vitamin E. Since Vitamin E is fat soluble it is absorbed and stored in the cells, for this reason the cell membranes allow vitamin E to pass through, with out the protection of vitamin E free radicals will damage the cell membrane.

Benefits if Vitamin E.

VITAMIN E is a super anti-oxidant which protects cells against damage caused by free radicals. Vitamin E is extremely important in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Vitamin E is also useful in treating premenstrual syndrome and fibrocystic disease of the breast. Vitamin E prevents thick scar formation when applied topically and accelerates the healing of burns. Vitamin E also helps in reducing blood pressure, prevents and dissolves blood clots. It also relieves leg cramps.  Vitamin E also helps to enhance sperm production and promotes healthy skin. It controls hair fall and prevents age spots.  Vitamin E slows the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.  Vitamin E strengthens the immune system.

The people with following below health conditions are required to take Vitamin E supplements.

Vitamin E supplements are required to be taken by a person who is on a low fat diet.

People suffering with liver diseases are required to take vitamin E supplements as liver and intestine can’t absorb proper amounts of vitamin E in these patients.

People suffering with cystic fibrosis cannot digest fats, so the less fat your human body absorbs means you are getting less amount of vitamin E, so it is advisable to take Vitamin E supplements.

Note: Please consult your family doctor before you take any supplements.

Requirement for vitamin E differs Depending on an individual weight.  The food and nutrition board at the institute of medicine report the following dietary reference on the intake for vitamin E.

Vitamin E requirements for Infants / newly Born

0 to 6 months: 4 mg/day

7 to 12 months: 5 mg/day

Vitamin E requirements for Children

1 to 3 years: 6 mg/day

4 to 8 years: 7 mg/day

9 to 13 years: 11 mg/day

Adolescents and Adults

Vitamin E Requirements for 14 and older: 15 mg/day

(Note: Please consult your family Doctor before you take any supplements.)

Food Rich in Vitamin E.

The following foods mentioned below are rich in Vitamin E

Almonds, Asparagus, Broccoli, blue crub, canola oil, collard, dandelion greens, fortified cereals,  green leafy vegetables, hazelnuts, mangoes, nuts and nut oils, papayas, pumpkin, rockfish, Sweet Potato , seeds and seed oils, sunflower , spinach , turnip, tomato products,

Vitamin E Deficiency

Vitamin E deficiency will take months or years to show the results. Damage to the spinal cord is the biggest result of vitamin E Deficiency. Vitamin E Deficiency also causes damage to the retina of the eye. So in order to see body to absorb more vitamin E, the food should contain a small amount of fat. The more fat a body has then the cell membranes will need a higher amount of Vitamin E for proper function.

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Importance of Vitamin Supplements

Importance of Vitamin C

Importance of Vitamin A

Tips on How to Manage Stress

How to manage stress

There are several Tips to De-Stress yourself to avoid your Nervous break down. With stress levels reaching alarming levels in our daily life, experts are encouraging people to adopt for healthier life style. Although you may find yourself dealing with stress everyday, read these best tips on how to de-stress yourself.

List Your Daily Activities: To de-stress yourself make a list of daily activities every morning about what you need to accomplish during the day and try to stick to it. Too much of stress may cause depression, headaches, insomnia and digestive problems. So try to spend some time just for yourself and do some thing that will relax you.  Never bring your work to home. If it is really unavoidable bring it home only once a week.

Make a Habit of Reading Good Books: To de-stress yourself make a habit of reading your favorite Author Books daily atleast for 20 to 30 minutes. This habit will put your mind to rest and keeps you in good mood.  Find a quiet and convenient place in your house where no one will disturb you so that you can read what you want.

Listening To Music: To de-stress yourself, just few minutes everyday listening to soothing music will give you a great relief. Music will give good relax to your mind.

Exercise Daily : To de-stress yourself, do some simple exercises like Walking, Jogging etc. Do Breathing exercise daily, Breathing is known to work wonders on people. Take a deep breathe a few minutes daily, this will clear your head and help you unwind.  Every day just spend 30 minutes to do exercise.

Keep Your Room Neat : Reduce Clutter in your room surroundings. If your room is filled with junk it will overwhelm you. Clear your rooms before you go to bed. Take a Warm Bath before you go to bed, this will relive tension in you muscles and help to get relaxed besides giving you better sleep.

Eat Healthy Food to beat Fatigue

OATMEAL: Oatmeal is one of the best cereal breakfast options and is best for digestion also. The high dietary fibre content in oatmeal will leave you feeling full and prevent overeating throughout the day. Oatmeal contains protein, magnesium and phosphorus they directly affect energy levels as well as vitamin B1, which is important for producing energy.

Yoghurt : yoghurt is the great source of quick energy as the body processes it more quickly than other solid foods. The probiotics in yoghurt is helpful in eliminating harmful bacteria. Yoghurt is rich in protein which stays in the stomach longer than carbohydrates.

Beans: Beans are good in nutrients; they are low in fat and high in fibre. Beans offer a balance of carbohydrates and protein. Soya beans especially are a good source of tryptophan. The protein and fibre present in beans keeps the blood sugar in check and prevents major dips in energy. The fibre present in beans helps in digestion  and  bowel movements.

Spinach: Spinach is rich in iron and full of nutrients which are essential for getting rid of fatigue. Spinach is an excellent source of energy supporting B-Vitamins; spinach also contains magnesium and potassium. Iron in spinach aids in producing energy by delivering oxygen to the cells and enabling them to perform properly. Good for anaemic people as they constantly get tired and weak.

Seeds and Nuts : Seeds and Nuts contain iron, copper and vitamins B1, B2, B5 and B6. All these helps in production of good energy levels. Almonds and cashews contain magnesium which helps to curb muscle fatigue. The typtophan found in sesame seeds, walnuts and sunflower seeds aids in good sleep, they also reduce physical exhaustion. Nuts and seeds are good sources of high quality protein that can be converted into energy.