Benefis of Gooseberry (Amla).....herb

1. It balances stomach acid.
2. It contains essential minerals such as calcium,iron,protein,phosphorous and carbohydrates.
3. The juice is a tonic,diuretic and anti-bilioous remedy.
4. Gooseberry us also helpful in relieving burning sensation,excessive thirst,dyspepsia and other cmplaints of digestive system.
5. It is beleived to balance the menstrual flow.
6. It is a powerful tonic for the lungs,reproductive organs and the heart.
7. It moisturises the skin, giving it glow and lustre.
8. It is used in hair oils to give strength and lustre to the locks.

Home Remedies for COMMON DISEASES USING HERBAL PLANTS

Here are a few time tested home remedies for common diseases you can try for better health . Know of others? Write to us and we will share with all and give you the credit.


Fever
To keep fevers at bay, have 2 -3 Tulsi leaves daily in the morning. Tulsi leaves should be swallowed and not chewed as they are strong enough to damage teeth.
In fever have 1 teaspoon of juice of tulsi leaves and bel flowers with honey twice a day.


Cough Mix 1½ teaspoon of ginger juice with half teaspoon of honey and take 2 -3 times a day.
Take 1 teaspoon of Tulsi leaves juice 1 -2 times a day.
Mix black pepper powder with jaggery (gur) and make small balls. Keep in mouth and suck slowly.


Wet cough
Fry 2 teaspoon of leaf pulp of Aloe vera in half teaspoon of ghee. Eat with a little honey thrice a day for 3 days.


Cold
Take juice of 2 lemons in half a litre of hot water sweetened with honey.


For A Glowing Face
Incase of pimples apply 2 drops of lemon juice mixed with 2 drops of rose water. Wash after an hour if required. Paste of neem leaves may also be applied on acne prone area. Apply juice of pudina (fresh mint) on face or paste of nutmeg ( jaiphal) to cure pimples. Pimples disappear without scar when rubbed with raw garlic several times a day.
Apply a paste of neem powder and fresh turmeric rhizome on face before bath for glowing skin and to remove scars.
Add 2 drops of lemon / orange juice to a spoon of honey and apply on face to remove tan.
Apply pulp of Aloe vera mixed with turmeric powder on face to improve complexion. Applying a paste of tulsi leaves on face also does wonders.
Mix Aloe vera gel, paste of marigold flowers, lemon juice, orange juice and massage on face for a few minutes and leave on for half an hour.


Dark Circle around Eyes
Apply a paste of 1 spoon tomato juice, few drops of lemon juice, a pinch of haldi powder and little besan ( gram flour). Wash after 10 - 15 minutes.
Soak cotton wool in cucumber or potato juice and apply around eyes.


Hair Related
Eat plenty of amla (gooseberry) as it is a rich source of vitamin C to reduce hairfall. Eating amla powder before sleeping is especially beneficial.
Apply pulp of amla on scalp or wash hair with amla juice to prevent hair greying and falling. Paste of tulsi leaves can also be mixed in this.
Soak shredded ginger in honey. Eat a spoonful every morning for healthy hair.
Apply pulp of Aloe vera on scalp improving hair's strength and texture. Wash.
Make your own herbal hair wash by mixing equal powdered quantities of dried curry patta, lemon peel, shikakai, methi (fenugreek seeds), and green gram (moong saboot).
Use instead of shampoo.
Crush leaves of the five petaled red Hibiscus and apply on head as a shampoo to reduce hair falling.


Dandruff Soak 2 tablespoon of fenugreek seeds ( methi dana ) in water overnight. In morning grind into a paste and apply over scalp. Wash after half an hour.


Bad Breath
Chew fennel seeds ( saunf) or cardamom seeds ( illaichi) frequently to sweeten your breath.
Use neem twigs as tooth paste.


Indigestion
Eat plenty of curry patta leaves to improve digestion.
Add a pinch of pepper powder and jeera (cumin) powder to a glass of buttermilk. Have after meals.
Make paste of ginger and eat before meals with jaggery.
Incase of gas, dissolve a little hing (asafoetida) in hot water. Apply on abdomen.
Take pomegranate juice with roasted cumin seeds powder and jaggery.
Take juice of Ginger with jaggery


Constipation
Take 1 –3 tsp of Trifala powder with warm water at bedtime. Trifala is the mixture of 3 fruits: Amla, Harada and Bahera.
Ripe Bael fruit (stone apple) is an excellent laxative. It can be taken as a juice or eaten for 2 -3 months.
Pulp from fruits of Amaltas ( Cassia fistula) are also well known laxative and can be taken by even children. Soak about 50gms of pulp overnight in water. Strain and take in morning with sugar.
Take a hot glass of water with 1 teaspoon honey & juice of half a lemon first thing in the morning.


Acidity
Take a piece of jaggery (gur) every hour. Just keep in mouth and suck slowly till acidity subsides.
Suck a piece of clove / laung after meals for 2 - 3 days.
Juice of harad (Terminalia chebula) is effective in neutralizing acid in stomach.
Have triphala powder with honey thrice a day. Drink coconut water 3 - 4 times a day.
Make decoction of fruit cover of Pomegranate. Take ½ cup with honey three times a for 7 days


Worms
Take 1 teaspoon of neem leaf powder twice daily with milk / hot water.
Dry the ripe fruit bark of anar (pomegranate) fruit in shade and crush to fine powder. Take 1 teaspoon with water in evening and morning for 3 days.
Taking half-teaspoon ground seeds of papaya with water for 3 to 4 days.


Local Burns
Wash affected area with running tap water and apply a thin layer of honey or Aloe vera gel.
Apply curry leaves as poultice over affected areas.



Wounds
Take pulp of Aloe vera by splitting open leaf . Apply over wound after cleaning it. Repeat twice daily till wound heals. For chronic wounds, sprinkle turmeric powder on pulp. Place it on wound and bandage.


Cracks on Feet soles
Mix henna powder with a little lemon juice and apply on the feet.
Grind equal amount of neem leaves and haldi and apply.


Insect Bites
Apply a paste of sandalwood or tulsi leaves on affected area.


Anaemia
Juice of beetroot, apple or spinach 1 -2 times a day are good remedies for anaemia.
Foods rich in iron are leafy green vegetables like spinach (paalak), salad leaves and fenugreek ( methi), bananas, apple, pomegranate, carrots, grapes, gooseberry (amla), tomatoes, honey. Have plenty of them.


For General Good Health
Eat amla fruits (gooseberry) or drink it's juice to increase body's immunity.
Make several holes / cut in amla fruits (gooseberry) and keep in honey for a month. Eat daily when you can not have fresh amla.

Home Remedies for SILKY & SHINY HAIR

SILKY & SHINY HAIR

1. Cliff off the tips of lemon grass, cut them into small pieces, soak them into coconut oil for about 10 hours. Store this oil with lemon grass in a glass bottle, keep it in the sunlight for 7 days. massage this oil on the scalp after straining.

2.Take few petals of hibiscus flower preferably white , add them to coconut oil. warm the coconut oil to a boil store after it is being cooled, or keep in sunlight for 7 days in a glass bottle. strain and use for the hair and scalp, regularly.

3. Heat a cup of coconut oil with 8 grains of crushed black pepper, and 10 leaves of tulasi [oscimum]. Bring it to a boil and let it simmer for 5 mins. Cool, strain and store. Every day use on hair and scalp shall condition the hair and make it more healthy.

4. Extract half a cup of coconut juice/milk, add crushed pepper corns. Massage the hair with this juice and wash the hair after 20 mins, with any herbal shampoo.

5. Amla extract, coconut milk with castor oil are cooling agents, but people with the tendency to get cold should avoid the use.

6 Grind a cup of curry leaves [murraiyya koieniji] with a cup of buttermilk [liquid yoghurt] and apply on the hair and scalp. Wash the hair after 20 mins with warm water. This stops the premature greying of hair.

7. The use of curry leaves [murraiya koienji] in our daily food, or make use in sauces shall help digestion, and stop the premature greying of hair.

8. Soak amla or in water overnight and grind with few leaves of henna [mehendi] , apply this paste to hair and scalp. Wash it off after 30 mins. This encourages the growth of hair.

9. Boil 1 cup of celery leaves with stems, strain and add juice of 1 sour lime [lemon]. You can rinse your hair with this after washing your hair. The hair looks healthy and lusturous.

10. Rinsing your hair after completion of washing the hairwith lemon juice shall give a shine to hair.

11. Tea leaves decoction used for rinsing the hair makes the hair look silky.

12. The shikakai pods dried, soapnuts dried, the amla dried, at the proportion of 2:2:1 by weight , soaked for 5 hours and ground , is a best of shampoos to wash the hair.

13. For silky and glossy hair, most sour yoghurt could be used, and be kept for 15 minutes and washed with warm water. You can repeat this once in 15 days.

14. The juice of Cynodon dactylon -grass, mixed with coconut oil, boiled until the water contents evoporate. Then the oil be strained and stored. The dandruff of scalp and the skin diseases like eczema , ulcers can be treated with this oil

15. Cup of hibiscus leaves ground with a teaspoon of shikakai and water is a good shampoo for hair.

16. soak one teaspoon ofthe fenugreek seeds [methi] overnight, few hibiscus leaves, add this to 2 cups of coconut oil , boil it until water evoporates, cool, strain and use to massage the hair and scalp.

17. Washing the hair with weak/most dilute common salt , cleans the scalp, cures dandruff and prevents hair fall

18. A paste of methi leaves [fenugreek] applied on hair , regularly, will cure dandruff , grow the hair lengthy, and preserve the natural colour of hair and the softness too.

19. To keep dandruff away, take a tablespoon of lemon juice with 2 tablespoon of coconut oil,massage it well on scalp and hair regurlary.Wash your hair with warm water.

20. Consume lots of fruits and green salads. Vitamin B complex must be consumed at time of defficiency, as greying of hair is due to defficiency of B complex, at an early age.

21. Use hot oil treatments to soften your hair. Warm ¼ cup of extra virgin olive oil in a plastic bottle by putting it in hot water. Apply it to washed hair; leave it with a shower cap on for ten minutes and then rinse.

22. Use vinegar. Mix one cup of vinegar with one cup of water. Apply the mixture on your hair after shampooing. The vinegar smell will be gone after 15 minutes.

23. Another secret to soft healthy hair is to use castor oil. Mix ¼ cup of castor oil with ¼ cup of water. Wash your hair with this mixture, massaging the oil into your scalp before rinsing it out.

24. One more good home remedy is using egg yolks. Mix two yolks with 1 cup of water. Add two tablespoons of olive oil. Apply the mixture to your hair and massage it in for five minutes. Cover your head with a shower cap for 15 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water; don’t use hot water, or you will cook the eggs.

Home Remedies for GREY/WHITE HAIR

Premature Greying of Hair

The hair has a tendency to lose its natural colour with advancing age and turn grey, but premature greying is a morbid condition and it makes even the young look older. The hair is an appendage of the skin. It is composed of the same kinds of cells as are found in the outer layer of the skin, which is known as the epidermis. Hair grows from hair follicles which are deep recesses in the epidermis. The sebaceous glands of the scalp secrete an oily substance called sebum, which is the source of nutrition, lustre, and blackness of the hair. The hair cannot be fed externally, for such nourishment, as the scalp requires, must come to it from the bloodstream.

Symptoms of Premature Greying of Hair
Causes of Premature Greying of Hair

Faulty diet, Mental worries and lack of vitamins

A faulty diet and mental worries are the two primary causes of premature greying of hair. Lack of some of the B vitamins, iron, copper, and iodine in the daily diet is said to be a contributory factor. Mental worries produce extraordinary tension in the skin of the scalp; this interferes with the supply of vital nutrition

Heredity, unclean condition of scalp etc

Other causes of premature greying of hair are an unclean condition of the scalp, washing the hair with hot water, drying it with an electric dryer, and use of hair dyes. Heredity is also a predisposing factor.

Home Remedies for Premature Greying of Hair

Premature Greying of Hair treatment using Indian Gooseberry
The use of Indian gooseberry is the foremost among the home remedies found beneficial in the prevention and treatment of premature greying of hair. This is a valuable hair tonic for enriching hair growth and hair pigmentation. The fruit, cut into pieces, should be dried, preferably in shade. These pieces should be boiled in coconut oil till the solid matter becomes like charred dust. This darkish oil is very useful against premature greying. The water in which dried amla pieces have been soaked overnight is also nourishing for the hair. This water should be used for the last rinse while washing the hair. Massaging the scalp every night with a teaspoonful of amla juice, mixed with a teaspoon of almond oil and a few drops of lime juice, also proves beneficial in the prevention and treatment of premature greying of hair.

Premature Greying of Hair treatment using Amaranth
Amaranth is another effective home remedy for hair disorders. Application of the fresh juice of the leaves of this vegetable helps the hair to retain its black colour and prevents it from premature greying. It also helps the growth of the hair and keeps it soft.

Premature Greying of Hair treatment using Curry Leaves
Liberal intake of curry leaves is considered beneficial in preventing premature greying of hair. These leaves have the property of providing vitality and strength to hair roots. New hair roots that grow are healthier and contain a normal pigment. The leaves can be used in the form of chutney, or may be squeezed in buttermilk. When the leaves are boiled in coconut oil, the oil forms an excellent hair tonic to stimulate hair growth and bring back hair pigmentation.

Premature Greying of Hair treatment using Ribbed Gourd (Jhina in hindi)
Ribbed gourd boiled in coconut oil is also an effective remedy for premature greying of hair. Pieces of this vegetable should be dried in the shade. These dried pieces should be soaked in coconut oil and kept aside for three or four days. The oil should then be boiled till the solid is reduced to a blackened residue. This oil should be massaged into the scalp. It will help enrich the hair roots and restore pigment to the hair.

Premature Greying of Hair treatment using Butter
The butter made from cow's milk has the property of preventing premature greying of hair. A small roll may be taken internally and a little quantity may be massaged into the hair roots twice a week.

Premature Greying of Hair treatment using Vitamins
The vitamins considered useful in guarding against premature greying of hair are pantothenic acid, para-aminobenzoic acid (paba), inositol. The minimum daily requirement of these vitamins appears to be 10 mg of pantothenic acid, 100 mg of para-aminobenzoic acid, and 2 gm of inositol. To obtain satisfactory results, all three of these vitamins belonging to the B group should be supplied at one time, preferably in a form which supplies all the B vitamins, such as yeast and liver. The three anti-greying- hair vitamins can also be produced in the intestinal tract by bacteria. Thus, taking a sufficient quantity of yoghurt daily and a tablespoonful of yeast before each meal is an excellent remedy for the prevention and treatment of premature greying of hair. If one wishes to take tablets of calcium pantothenate and para-aminobenzoic acid (paba), they should be taken in addition to the yeast and yoghurt, and not as a substitute for them.

Juice of carrot, lettuce, capsicum and fresh alfalfa remove copper deficiency, this is good remedy for gray hair and hair loss.

Dietaries for Premature Greying of Hair
Take nutrients rich dietDiet is of utmost importance in the prevention and treatment of premature greying of hair and persons suffering from this disorder should take a diet rich in all essential nutrients.
Avoid devitalising foods, soft drinks etc
Devitalising foods such as white flour, refined sugar and all products made from them, soft drinks, pastries, jams and jellies should be avoided. These foods take away energy, cause wrinkles, unattractive skin, grey hair, and premature old age.

Other Premature Greying of Hair treatments
Massage of scalp with almond oil
Massage of the scalp with almond oil is recommended.

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How To Remove Unwanted Body Hair

Removing unwanted hair from the body is a much required and disliked process. In a world where personal hygiene and appearances are given so much importance body hair removal is almost a necessity and not a choice. So what are the body hair removal quick tips that will ensure fairly painless and convenient hair removal.

Body Hair Removal Quick Tips vary according to the method of hair removal that you are selecting:

Laser Hair Removal -
This is perhaps the most advance technique of hair removal which uses laser energy to inhibit hair follicles.Choose a reputed laser hair removal clinic and talk to the doctor about various issues such as whether your skin tone is suitable for the process, amount of discomfort involved, etc. If your skin is darker then you may be advised to bleach beforehand the area from where hair has to be removed.

Avoid tanning the skin before a laser hair removal session.

You are allowed to shave off the body hair before laser hair removal as it is the hair follicle that is going to be treated and not the body hair. So unlike waxing you don't have to wait for the hair to grow a certain amount before you wax.
Mild discomfort may accompany the treatment and can be resolved by the use of a mild antiseptic lotion or gel.
The treatment requires a minimum of 2-3 sittings so schedule appointments in advance.
Ensure that you use a sunscreen of SPF 15 and higher after you have had laser hair removal.
Pay heed to the doctor's advice and instructions.

Waxing -
This method uses natural wax or that made from sugar for hair removal. The wax is applied on the skin and a strip over it. Then it is massaged on and removed in one quick motion.Pre waxed strips make the whole process convenient and quick. These strips come with ready to use wax sandwiched between and only need to be applied on the area you want to remove hair from rubbed on properly and then pulled off. They make the whole process of waxing neat and not messy.For delicate areas such as the face use facial wax strips only.
If you are using wax that needs to be kept at a certain temperature ensure that it is warm enough. The warmth of the wax is conducive to body hair removal.
If the skin is red after waxing treating it with ice will reduce the discomfort.
Apply a mild topical antiseptic if the painful aspect of waxing puts you off.
After waxing apply a non-alcoholic toner preferably one with the healing powers of aloe vera or chamomile.
Do not wax on acne affected areas.

Shaving -
Use a gender appropriate razor. A razor made for women is styled in a feminine fashion and will help avoid nicks and cuts.
Use the razor in smooth and long strokes against the hair, this will reduce any cuts.
Afterwards wash the shaved area well and moisturise. Depilatories -
Test the depilatory on your skin a day in advance before use on the rest of the body to ensure that there is no reaction.
Wash well to remove all hair and the effect of the chemicals.
Moisturise the skin with a lotion that will keep the skin soft and supple.
The problem with depilatories is that the hair reappears soon, so have a fixed routine for hair removal.

Electrolysis -
Ensure that you make your appointments well in advance.
Check if the centre will provide the use of a topical aesthetic.
Read up on the entire process so that you know exactly what you are getting into.