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Stomach Ailments

STOMACH AILMENTS Rose apple: It is beneficial in the ailments of stomach. It has the potency to regulate the motion. Take rose apple juice with rock salt to get relief from stomach-ache, diarrhoea  and loss of appetite. Banana: For different kinds of stomach related ailments, eating bananas as a part of the meals helps in recovery. It is a nutrient for the weak person and children. In the case of diarrhea, gastritis, colitis and gastric ulcer, banana is helpful food. It removes the swelling of the intestines. Pomegranate: It helps in recovery from debility of stomach, spleen and liver, sprue, diarrjoea, vomiting and stomach-ache It is constipative. It being sour and sweet, it improves the digestive system and is diuretic. It helps in producing digestive juice in sufficient quantity.  Carrots: Carrots contain Vitamin B-Complex which strengths the digestive system. It also provides relief from intestinal gas, spasms, swelling, ulcers,  dropsy, appendicitis smell. As soon as you take carr

Diseases of the Digestive System Disorders How to Cure Relief What are Causes Remedies Symptoms Treatment Therapy Diet

DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM Lemon: If your digestive system does not function well, the food does get digested, you feel heaviness and a  pressure on the heart because of flatulence, the stomach distends and you don’t’ get sleep at night, squeeze a lemon in a glass of warm water and drink it. Several times in a day. It will cleanse the digestive system. All the poisonous substances in the blood and the body are excreted through the urine. You will begin to feel that you have gained a fresh energy and agility. In case of indigestion smear a piece of lemon with salt, heat it and suck it. It will improve digestion. Lemon is useful in all the diseases of the liver. Orange: Those who have a bad digestive system should mix one part orange juice with three parts water and take it daily. Mint leaves: Mint leaves are beneficial in many diseases of the stomach. Therefore, mint leaves should be used daily in one form or the other. Spinach: The juice of raw spinach relieves constipation in a

Piercing of a Thorn

PIERCING OF A THORN Sesame seeds: Try to get the thorn out with the help of a needle. In case it does not get out, soak a swab of cotton in sesame oil mixed with salt, put it on the spot where the thorn has pierced and put a bandage on it. The thorn will come out. Jaggery: If thorn has pierced deep and does not come out. Easily, scrapple a little with a needle and apply hot jiggery with caraway seeds. The thorn will come out. Asafoetida: Application of asafoetida solution where the thorn has pierced is quite helpful. The thorn comes out after some time.

Diseases of the Lungs

DISEASES OF THE LUNGS Grapes: They are beneficial for all types of diseases related to lungs—T.B., Cough, Coryza, Asthma, etc. Fig: Boil 5 figs in a glass of water, strain it and drink it. It should be taken twice daily in the morning and evening. Garlic: The use of garlic reduces the severity of phlegm. Take garlic after meals. Honey: It is beneficial in diseases related to lungs. Honey is much used for the treatment of asthmatic patients. Spinach: In case of cough, sore throat and burning gargling with spinach juice is beneficial. Milk: Boil 5 pieces of long pepper in milk Add sugar and drink it every morning and evening. It will bring relief from cough and strengthen the lungs. Take the treatment for some months. Basil: If phlegm has accumulated in the lungs, grind dry basil leaves, catechu, camphor and cardamom in equal quantity Add nine times sugar; take a pinch of it in the morning and evening. It will act as an expectorant. It is nothing but homeopathic medicine called Triturati

Beauty Paste

BEAUTY PASTE Mix well the following ingredients :½ cup of gram daal flour, 1 tsp. of rose water, 2 tsp. of glycerine, 1 tsp. fine powder of sandal-wood, 1 tsp. of turmeric powder, ½ tsp. of milk and 6 drops of lemon. If you want to thicken it, add a little more of gram daal flour and if you want to make it thinner, add some glycerine. During winter, you can add a few drops of kewra or henna scent for fragrance. During summer or rains, add rose, add rose or khus scent. Massage the entire body with this paste. It will make the body beautiful. Application on the Face: Mix ½ tsp. each of the juice of tomatoes, radish, cucumber and rosewater. Add 6 lemon drops to it. Also add 1 tsp. butter and a pinch of turmeric powder and prepare a paste. Apply this on the face in the evening. Let it dry for half hour. After that wash with warm water and wipe with a clean coarse cloth in the upward direction. Now take a little glycerine and rosewater in your palm and rub on the skin of the face. It will m

Soft Skin Mask

SOFT SKIN MASK Mix cucumber juice (1 cup), hot water (1 cup), ¼ tsp. of boric acid powder, ¼ cup of glycerine and 1 tsp. of benzene tincture (available at allelopathic  medicine store). Apply on the skin, rub and sponge. It will make the skin soft. Barley: Mix ½ cup barley flour, 1 tsp. cream and the juice of half a lemon. Add a little water and prepare a paste. Smear the face and neck with it and wash off after 15 minutes. Do it regularly. The face will become beautiful and the skin will begin to glow. Long cucumber: Its juice cleanses the skin. It removes spots and copper coloured marks from the face. If you have pimples, drink long cucumber juice daily. Rub the face with it and wash with water. It will cleanse the oily skin. Spots and Marks on the Face: (1) Take a cup of cucumber juice daily. Apply the juice on the face and wash when it is dry. It will remove all types of spots, marks, freckles and marks of pimples except those of small-pox and beautify the face. (2) To enhance the

Body Massage Benefits

MASSAGE Take two or three tsp. of salt, mix it with on and a half tsp. of coconut oil and½ tsp. of lemon juice and massage the body with it daily before taking your bath. It will make your skin healthy and smooth. Hirsute Body: (1) If there are excessive hair on the face and body, it mars the beauty. To remove unwanted hair mix 1 tsp. of gram daal flour with a tsp. of turmeric powder and a little bit of mustard oil and prepare a paste for smearing the body with. Use it on the hairy parts over a prolonged period. (2) Get guggal from the grocer’s shop. Grind if finely. Prepare a paste with 1 tsp. of this powder by adding a little milk and apply it on your face rubbing well. It will remove the unwanted hair. Conditioning and Nourishing Mask: Mix a few lemon drops with a tablespoon of cream and apply it on the face. It will enliven the skin and make it smooth and soft. The New Beauty Mask: Prepare a paste with tablespoon and apply it on the face. It on the face. It is especially beneficial

Soft and Lovely Lips

SOFT and LOVELY LIPS ·          Take one spoon milk, one spoon milk-fat, and add a bit of saffron. Blend it by beating and keep it in the fridge. Apply a thin layer on the lips, and wipe it out with wet cotton wool. It keeps lips clean and gives them a pinkish shade. ·          Take a little quantity of milk, dip few rose-petals. After some time, mash the rose-petals in the milk, and take out the residue. The milk become pinkish. Add to it, ground almonds. Beat and blend, and stone in the fridge. Apply it on the lips and after some time, wipe it off with the wet cotton wool. Its regular use will keep the lips soft glowing with natural pink. ·          Apply pure clarified butter on the lips before going to bed. It will keep the lips soft and tender. ·          Apply clarified butter on the hot chapatti. Wipe a little bit of this application with the finger and apply on the lips. It is very useful for the lips.

Cheeks Tight and Red Glowing How to make

CHEEKS-TIGHT and RED-GLOWING The sunken and hollow cheeks give the impression of age, older then the real one, whereas the    puffy cheeks make you a laughing stock. The shape of the cheeks could be improved with the exercise suggested below: v   Breathe in, and exhale slowly sounding ‘O’ Repeat it for five times. v   Like you wrinkle up your nose and brows on seeing something unpleasant, make your face-wrinkle your nose, brows, and face. Keep it like that foe two seconds. Repeat it for five times. v   Swell your cheeks by inhaling and draw in your lips like you do for inflating a balloon. Keeping in this condition, press your cheeks with three fingers of each hand, slowly, continuously for 10 minutes, and exhale. This exercise is most useful for the sunken lips. v   Sit down facing the mirror, draw in your lips. Now, inhale and fill your mouth by inhaling and emulate laughing. Repeat it. It brings tightness to the cheeks. v   Press your cheeks using your both palms, and act like laugh

Cracked Heels How to Cure Relief Treatment

HEELS Just before daily bath, dip your heels in water for some time, then rub the heels with a sandstone, scrubber, or nylon brush, and apply vasline. It cures cracks. Heels often crack during extreme summer or extreme winter. It happens because of the collection of dust and filth in the pores of the heels. Wash your feet with lukewarm water added with few drops of lime juice, daily before going to bed, and apply vasline or glycerine. It the cracks are deep and bleeding, wash feet with hot water before going to bed and apply hot was in the cracks, it is curative. Application of henna on the heels keep the skin soft and the heels remain pink. The following crude from of the locally made ointment could also help cure the cracked heels: Ingredients: White vasline 100 gms., wax 50 gms., glycerine 20 gms., juice of two fresh limes (strained), any essence of your choice. Method: Put Vaseline and wax in a small empty container. Take a large container, fill it half with the water and heat it,

Hair Growth

HAIR The hair become dry on a account of the filth collected in the skin of the skull, and they fall. The dirty skin creates in the skull, and they fall. The dirty skin creates dandruff, which is a dead enemy of hair. One must, therefore, take due care of the cleanliness of the head and hair. Insufficient sleep, indiscriminate use of medicines, and worry are harmful for the health of the hair. It cause the hair to fall break, and gray.  Application of oil on the hair is necessary for healthy hair. The present day fashion to avoid the use of oil on the hair is harmful for the health of the hair. Wash the hair with reetha or with a shikakai with the water added with the lime juice by rubbing on the hair and its roots. It cures the dryness of the hair and brings splendor to the hair. Domestic shampoo: Pods of shikakai, dry amla, and reetha 250 gms. each, camphor kanchali, dry leaves of mehendi, and nagarmoth—grind all these ingredients into a powder, domestic is ready. Boil a spoon of thi

Prettiness Of Skin

PRETTINESS OF SKIN Dry Skin—It your skin is dry, mix besan in mustard oil, a pinch of turmeric powder rose-water, blend it into a fine paste, and apply it on your face. After some time, rub it off your face, and wash your face with lukewarm water. Oily Skin—Make a paste of the mixture of besan turmeric powder, rose-water, lime juice, and sandal-wood sawdust, Apply it on the face and let it dry. Wash off with lukewarm water after half an hour. Mix two spoons of multani clay powder, half a spoon of glycerine, 2 spoons raw milk, add 2 spoons curd. Blend the mixture and apply on the skin. This is useful for the normal type of skin.   Amla murabba: Taking one jammed Amla a day brightens up the texture of the skin. Multani mitti: Mix multani in water and make a paste. Apply it on the face, once a week. Wash it off after half an hour with. It will brighten up the glow of the countenance. Tamarind: Soak 60 gms. tamarind in ¼ litre water. When it fully swells, mash it and make its chutney-like

Physical Beauty How to Improve

PHYSICAL BEAUTY Beauty is godliness. Efforts to maintain the physical splendor of your body is worship, and living in the society by keeping yourself splendid and handsome is the awareness of the supreme spirit. Handsomeness is attractive and is liked by everyone. The following are some of the useful tips for maintaining your physical beauty. Harad : Harad is an important beauty aid. 2 tsp. of the harad powder taken with warm water in the night every fourth day extracts toxic matter out of the body. The harad is an alchemic elixir which keeps body active. Salad : Use of raw vegetables like cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, radish, etc. Turmeric: Chutney made from the raw turmeric, or raw turmeric added in the vegetable, if taken regularly, purifies the blood and brings luster to the skin. Black Spots: Mix cucumber and tomato juice and apply on the face, it cures the black spots. Potato: Grind a raw potato and rub it one the body, the body will gain splendor. Boil potatoes in water

Roughness Of Hands How to Cure Relief What are Causes Remedies Diet Therapy Treatment

ROUGHNESS OF HANDS Wash your hands with water mixed with vinegar, regularly. Squeeze on lime in the lukewarm water, and dip your hands in it for some time. It will cleanse all the filth of your hands. Later, apply cream on the hands. Regular practice can bring softness on the hands. To remove roughness and wrinkles on the hands, add one tsp. of sugar in the lime juice in the cup of your palm and rub both the palms together till the sugar dissolves. It cures roughness and wrinkles on the hands. Before going to bed in the night, take some malai, add juice of one fourth of a lemon, a little bit of glycerine, one tsp. rose-water, and almond oil. Blend them well and massage your hands thoroughly with it. Wash it off with a glycerine soap lukewarm water. This will enhance the beauty of the hands. Mix some barley flour in water and rub it on the hands. Take out the juice of fresh potato and massage your hands with it. It cures wrinkles. Add pure wax and camphor in the sesame oil, stimulate it

Wrinkles On The Face How to Cure Relief What are Symptoms Remedies Causes Diet Treatment Therapy

WRINKLES ON THE FACE Some people develop wrinkles on the face at an early age. Such wrinkles can be reduced with a little bit of efforts. One needs to exercise. Some of the simple exercises are given below. The wrinkles generally appear on the cheeks. Pronouncing ‘E-O’ loudly is helpful in making the cheeks strong. First of all, wide open your mouth, pronounce E and stretch your lips as good as possible, thereafter pronouncing O let the cheeks squeeze inward. Repeat this process many a times. Spread small bits of shredded paper on the table, and try to blow up these bits with your mouth as far as possible. Blowing exercise will bring tension to your cheeks, which is helpful to cure wrinkles. Fill your mouth with water, do not drink it, retain in the mouth try swelling your cheeks one by one. Repeat this process every morning while cleaning your mouth and face. Like swelling with water, try to do this exercise with air intake. Try swelling your cheeks turn by turn. This exercise is quit

Steam Bath What are Benefits How to take

STEAM BATH Steam-bath enhances the beauty of face it also proves useful in the treatment of boils, pimples, spot etc. Heat some water to the boiling point, in a wide-mouthed pan. Add a spoon of glycerine in the boiling water. Wash your face lukewarm water followed by a wash with normal cold water. Wipe your face gently with a clean towel. Now massage the face with plain unsalted butter. The fingers should move from downwards to upwards direction. The cheeks and chin should be massaged using the tips of fingers making circular motions. When the butter applied on the face melts, bend your face towards pan and start using the steam of the boiling water. Cover your head, face and the pan with a large towel so that the steam does not escape. Keep yourself in this position for 5-10 minutes. When your face becomes sweaty, remove the towel and wipe it with a dry towel. After 5 minutes, sprinkle ice-cold water on your face, apply cold cream on face and lightly massage with the palm. Again wash

Uterus Propase Vaginal Contraction How to Cure Relief What are Causes Remedies Symptoms Diet Treatment Therapy

UTERUS PROPASE, VAGINAL CONTRACTION Sometimes a women’s uterus is displaced. It is known as uterus propase. The vagina appears to be loose. In such a case, mix 3 parts of alum salt and 1 part finely ground gallnut. Tie a tsp. of the powder in a clean in a clean piece of cloth or gauze and insert it in the vagina before going to bed. It will tighten the vagina and remove looseness. Allopathic doctors recommend surgery for uterus propase. But homeopathic treatment is also beneficial in this respect. 

Amenorrhoea How to Cure Relief What are Causes Remedies Diet Symptoms Treatment Therapy

AMENORRHOEA Lack or stoppage of menses is called amenorrhoea. There are several reasons for stoppage of menses—diseases of the local reproductive parts, absence of uterus, lack of proper development of generative and other internal parts and lack of hormonal coordination. Menses stop after child-birth also. Other factors include anemia, mental shock stress and strain, catching cold before and after menstruation, getting drenched with water, etc. The natural reasons of amenorrhoea are pregnancy, menopause, breast feeding the infant, etc. While taking treatment for amenorrhoea, it causes should be looked into. Radish: Grind radish seeds, carrot seeds, carrot seeds and fenugreek seeds in equal quantity, sieve and take 2 tsp. with hot water. It will cure amenorrhoea. Sesame seeds: Boil 15 gms. each of black sesame and jiggery in two cups of water and strain. Take it regularly for some days. It will facilitate menstrual discharge. Salt: If the menstruation has stopped because of exposure to

Epilepsy How to Cure Relief What are Causes Symptoms Remedies Diet Therapy Treatment

EPILEPSY It is disease of the brain characterized by unconsciousness, convulsive fits etc. Hands and feet begin to tremble and there is frothing at the mouth.     The patient regains consciousness after some time. During the attack of epilepsy there is an excessive flow of current from nerve cells and there are contractions in the body resulting in the imbalance of the brain. Epilepsy is related to the brain. Countless cells of the brain release innumerable directive waves. Another part of the brain contracts these directive waves and ensures the compliance of only the right directions. When as imbalance occurs in this function, epilepsy takes place. Other factors causing epilepsy include brain injury high fever, meningitis, brain cancer, etc. This disease can strike any one at any age. Symptoms: Epilepsy cam be categorized in several ways according to its symptoms. The two main categories are the ordinary one i. e., petit-mal. The patient usually suffer from a convulsive fit when he i