Have a great Sleep

Have a good Sleep

Good Sleep is a blessing.

It is very important for the brain and body to rest and be restored.
There are many body’s functions that take place during sleep to keep the body healthy and revive.

There may be difference of opinions about the amount of sleep that people need. Infants may need up to twenty hours; many children need from ten to fourteen per night. The average requirement for adults is estimated at Five to eight hours.

Symptoms

Insomnia (sleeplessness) can be defined as complaint of inadequate or poor quality sleep due to numerous reasons. The insomnia includes

a) Waiting long or having difficulty falling asleep
b) Waking up frequently after falling asleep and difficulty returning to sleep again.
c) Having very short duration of sleep or waking very early in the morning
d) Un refreshing/ heaviness feeling at morning etc

Causes -

The most common sufferers of insomnia include the unemployed, divorcee or widow or a hospitalized person. Usually, women sleep more than men. In the same manner, they are the leaders in suffering from sleeplessness also. Sleep can be disturbed for everyone due to urination or thirst. But insomniac patients will have any one of the following triggers that drowns them in a sleepless state.

• Noise
• Light
• Temperature and humidity
• Uncomfortable pillows
• Uncomfortable bed
• Recovering from jet lag
• Hunger
• Habits of overwork or extended sleeping schedule
• Overexcitement or anxiety or depression
• Thoughtful and restless
• Nightmares
• Drugs and smoking
• Excess coffee or tea intake
• Painful and chronic diseases
• Fear of strangers
• Fear or change of environments due to strange places, loneliness, hospital stay, etc.
• Fear of any other cause

Besides, there are certain diseases which often cause sleeplessness
Nervous disorders - Any nervous stimulation of reticular system will disturb the person and keep him/her awake. Any lesion of mid pontine area which separates lower portions from cortex will prevent going to sleep, causing complete sleeplessness.
Respiratory disorders - Any breathing difficulty can cause arousal from sleep
Circulatory disorders - lack of oxygen, due to poor circulation
The insomnia not only reduce energy, but affect the whole body’s functions. Many people with insomnia have complaints of lack of concentration, dulness, muscles twitching, restlessness, headache, weak memory etc.Sleeplessness is an indicator that the person is in trouble, either with his/her mind or body, is hiding secrets, is over conscious and/or is a silent sufferer.

Some tips for good sleep:

Sleep arises from the balance of the inhibition and arousal stimuli. First of all, calm your mind and shut all your thoughts, then sleep will not or never get away. Some people go on changing the place and positions, covering the face, legs, ears, hands and eyes, switching off the lights, etc., for getting good sleep. Every tic of the clock will alarm, trigger and wake them up. Sleep is not the matter of all those things, but it is in the calmness of the mind. Removing the actual cause could help. Following tips can help in sleeping:

• Never miss dinner even if you have no desire to eat.
• Take a light meal.
• There should be a gap of at least one hour between dinner and going to bed.
• Take a walk before sleep
• Try to relieve tension, anxiety and fear through walk, having gossip with family members,friends etc.
• Forget the day’s activities and expect tomorrow's dawn of brightness
• Take a warm bath.
• Read some mind relaxing books for sometime before sleep
• Stay in comfortable position and situation to get a good start-up.
• Relax your mind.

Note: Sleeping Posture tells about you. For further details read my article
How you sleep?

Your Sleeping Posture tells about you.

http://www.homeopathypakistan.blogspot.com/2009/02/your-sleeping-postures-and-your-traits.html



Tissue Salts for good sleep

Kali Phos the calming nerve nutrient cell salt;
Mag Phos just what muscles and nerves need to release tension, leg or back spasms; and Iron phosphate

Ferrum Phos sleep support when tiredness, simple anemia

Note: A lower potency (6X, 12X) should be used.

Homeopathy and insomnia:

In Homeopathy, the remedy is selected on the basis of symptoms of the patient, including physical, mental (emotional states, depression, anxious, etc) and family history. Homeopathy treats the patients, rather than the diseases or its effects. Homeopathy acts neurologically and helps the brain attain calmness. So it can give a permanent solution. It gives psychological support to withstand emotional conditions. Homeopathy, with its dynamic approach, can cure sleeplessness wonderfully. The major credit point with Homeopathy is its nil side-effects and also its effective cure which is permanent without any persistent usage of drugs or dependency or habit-forming.
Homeopathic remedies are useful during episodes of insomnia, and may also help individuals with longer-standing sleep disorders. If problems are serious or very distressing, consult a professional homeopath.
Select the remedy that most closely matches the symptoms.

Aconite

Insomnia after a fright.

Actea Racemosa

During menstruation

Arsenicum Album

When anxious and agitated

Avena sativa

Sleeplessness from worry/anxiety or due to nervous exhaustion from overworks.

Belladona

Insomnia despite being really sleepy

Calc Phos

Cannot get to sleep before midnight and then feels dreadful trying to wake up in the morning.

Cocculus indicus

After several sleepless nights Feels anxious, worries, especially about loved ones. Sleep is restless

Coffea cruda

Unusual activity of the mind; wakeful; mind full of ideas, races from one idea to the next; mind keeps going over the day's events.

Daphne indica

Inability to sleep, often from aching bones; nightmares; patient starts when falling asleep.

Gelsemium

For fear of not sleeping orAfter receiving bad news

Ignatia

When upset

Kali phosphoricum

Great nerve tonic. Helps for sleeplessness due to overwork, business worries and over-excitement; nightmares in children; restlessness and heat during sleep.

Lupulus humulus

Over-excitability; nervous tremors; wakefulness.

Nux Vomica

Loss of sleep especially from overwork, mental strain or too much caffeine. Wakes feeling tense and exhausted. After too much alcohol or eating too much

Passiflora incarnata

Quietens the nervous system and produces normal sleep. Insomnia in infants, children and the aged. Neuroses in children. Useful for restlessness and wakefulness due to physical and mental exhaustion.

Stramonium

For fear of the dark

Sulpher

Sleeplessness resulting from a sedentary lifestyle. Due to feet burning

Theridion

Sensitive to the slightest noise

Valeriana officinalis

Sleeplessness from nervous excitement; patient lies wide awake, tossing and turning, falling asleep toward morning with vivid dreams; nightmares and hallucinations at night; dread of being alone especially in the dark.

Zincum Metallicum

Because of restless legs

Here some Homeopathic medicines are elaborated in detail. For further reading, kindly consult a Homeopathic Materia Medica.

Aconitum Napellus

This remedy can be helpful if a person panics with insomnia. Fear and agitation come on suddenly when the person is drifting off to sleep, or may even wake a sleeping person up.

Arsenicum Album

People who need this remedy are often anxious and compulsive about small details, and have trouble sleeping if they feel that everything is not in place. They are often deeply weary and exhausted, yet feel restless physically and mentally. Sleep, when it arrives, can be anxious and disturbed, with dreams full of fear and insecurity.

Belladonna

The sleepless conditions calling for Belladonna are due to congestion; sleep is extremely restless, as a rule it is interrupted by talking, startings, muscular jerkings and spasmodic motions; frightful images appear on closing the eyes and the patient therefore dreads sleep. Children awake from sleep frightened. Oftentimes there is a violent throbbing in the brain which prevents sleep. The dreams found under Belladonna are frightful ones, and they constantly awaken the patient. It is probably our best remedy for insomnia due to cerebral hyperaemia; that is, it will be most often indicated, also after morphine which produces cerebral hyperaemia of a passive variety. Aconite comes in here, too, but with Aconite there is intense anxiety and restlessness, fear of disaster or death. Cuprum, Stramonium and Zincum have the symptom that the patient is aroused from sleep frightened. Lycopodium. Here the child awakens very cross; very sleepy during the daytime. Belladonna is most useful in restless sleep during dentition; sleeps with eyes partially open; sudden starting, twitching, hot head and dilated pupils will indicate it.

Calcarea phosphorica:

This remedy is often helpful to children with growing pains, and also to adults who have aching in the joints and bones, or neck and shoulder tension that make it hard to fall asleep. The person lies awake for many hours, feeling upset and irritable—then has trouble waking in the morning, feeling deeply tired and weak.

Cannabis Indica

In obstinate and intractable forms of insomnia, Cannabis is one of the best remedies we have to induce sleep. An irregular sleep is more of an indication than absolute insomnia. It produces a tranquil slumber, relieves the nervousness and neuralgic pains , and even if given in doses of from 5 to 15 drops of the tincture in water it leaves no bad effects behind. Halbert says do not use it lower than the third potency which is a commendable suggestion. Other remedies for the want of sleep are the following, which have been used empirically, but which are far superior to the hypnotics of the allopathic school: Passiflora incarnata in doses of from 30 to 60 drops, and repeated if necessary, will induce sleep when mental irritation or pain is the cause of the wakefulness. Camphora mono-bromata is useful for sleeplessness due to the continued use of tea. In insomnia of locomotor ataxia or epilepsy give 3X potency. Coca. Sleeplessness from mental exhaustion or anaemia; a useful remedy in worn-out brain workers, night watchers and those who have lost much sleep. Avena sativa in doses of from 10 to15 drops of the tincture will oftentimes induce a peaceful dreamless sleep in those who are nervous and exhausted. It is not impossible that a complete proving of these latter remedies will show further their value in sleeplessness. Arnica and Gelsemium should not be overlooked in sleeplessness from overexertion. Of prime importance are the casual indications of sleeplessness, and these are legion.

Chamomilla

For sleeplessness in children due to severe pain, Chamomilla is a sovereign remedy. It quiets the irritability and the emotional excitement and the patient sleeps. It is also adapted to weak, nervous women. The sleep is tormented by dreams which are fanciful, vivid and anxious; the patient is hot and thirsty. Moaning in sleep. This is also a remedy acting better in the higher potencies. Ignatia has sleeplessness from depressing news, recent grief, causing a hyperaemia. Coffea, sleeplessness from good news. Opium suits sleeplessness when the patient is sleepy but cannot get to sleep, is kept awake by hearing distinctly ordinary noises, such as the ticking of clocks and the crowing of cocks. Great drowsiness is characteristic of the remedy.

Cocculus:

This remedy is often helpful to those who feel “too tired to sleep” after long-term sleep loss—from getting up with an infant, taking care of someone who is ill, a disruptive work schedule, travel and jet lag, or chronic worry and insomnia. The person may feel weak and dizzy, with trouble thinking, and may be sleepy, irritable, or tearful.

Coffea cruda

Mental excitement and nervous stimulation that keep a person from sleeping suggest a need for remedy. Thoughts preventing sleep can be happy or distressing. The person may be looking forward to something that will happen in the morning, but feels stressed and exhausted as the night wears on. If the person falls asleep, it is usually very light with vivid dreams, and disturbed by any little noise or motion. (This remedy can also help if overuse of caffeine is the cause of sleeplessness.)

Gelsemium

For the insomnia of brain workers, Gelsemium is a remedy. It is indicated in business men who pass restless nights, awaken early in the morning and worry over their business affairs. It also is most useful in a state of alternate excitement and depression. Bryonia is useful where the business cares of the day keep him awake. Gelsemium has also sleeplessness from emotional disturbances, and after evening company. Ambra grisea is another remedy for sleeplessness from worry and business troubles. The patient goes to bed tired, but immediately becomes wakeful. It is especially suited to thin, spare men who are nervous and subject to nervous chills.

Hyoscyamus

Sleeplessness from nervous excitement; the brain is full of bewildering ideas and images. After long illnesses and the brain cells are illy nourished this remedy is very useful. It is especially indicated in sleeplessness in children, who twitch, cry out frightened and tremble. Sleeplessness from overworked minds and without apparent cause may be benefited by Hyoscyamus. Talcott says: "Hyoscyamus paints the mental town of its victim a brilliant and luminous red." The patient is jolly and wakeful. Hyoscyamus lacks the anxiety of Aconite, the violence of Belladonna, the pessimism of Nux vomica, and the stupidity of Gelsemium.

Ignatia

If insomnia is caused by emotional upset (grief or loss, a disappointment in love, a shock, or even an argument) this remedy may be helpful. The person is sensitive and nervous, and may often sigh and yawn in the daytime, but find it hard to relax at night. As the person tries to fall asleep, the arms and legs may twitch or itch. If sleep arrives, it is usually light, with jerking of the legs and arms, or long and troubling nightmares.

Kali phosphoricum

A person with insomnia from nervous exhaustion caused by overwork or mental strain, or following a taxing illness, may respond to this remedy. The person is very weak and sensitive to everything (noise, lights, touch, and pain). Irritability, depression, and anxiety with an empty feeling in the stomach are often seen.

Lycopodium

People who need this remedy often have no memory of dreams and often doubt that they have slept at all. Insomnia may set in primarily because of worry: lack of confidence can make them doubt their own abilities, although they are usually very capable. Insomnia caused by digestive trouble, especially gas, can also indicate a need for this remedy. The person feels drowsy after meals, but has trouble sleeping at bedtime. Ravenous hunger in the night that wakes a person up is another indication for Lycopodium.

Nux vomica

People who have insomnia after over-indulgence in stimulants, food, and drink-or after overexertion, either physically or mentally-may benefit from this remedy. They may be able to drift off, but sleep is light, and they often awaken in the early morning (typically three a.m.) and lie awake for hours. On getting up, they are tense, impatient, and irritable, with a feeling that they sorely need more sleep.

Silicea (also called Silica):

This is a useful remedy for nervous people with low stamina who get too tired, then have insomnia. The person often goes to sleep at first, but awakens suddenly with a hot or surging feeling in the head—and finds it hard to fall asleep again. People who need this remedy usually have anxious dreams, and some (especially children) sleepwalk frequently.

Sulphur

This remedy may be helpful if insomnia comes from itching—or an increasing feeling of heat in bed, especially in the feet. The person is irritable and anxious, and often feels a need to throw the covers off. Lying awake between two and five a.m. is typical. Insomnia that develops because of a lack of exercise may also be helped with Sulphur.

Zincum metallicum:

People who need this remedy often have insomnia from mental activity. They can get wound up from overwork—or be naturally inclined toward nervousness and just have trouble relaxing. Their legs and arms often feel extremely restless, and lying still in bed may be impossible. Even during the daytime, a person who needs this remedy may feel a constant need to move the muscles.

Eye care while using Computer

Working on Computers and Eye Care

This article has been divided in to following sections.

a) Introduction
b) Common eye problem –Eye Strain and homeopathy
c) Eye Strain and Self care tips
d) Eye Problems and Tissue Salts

a) Introduction

In recent age, a large number of people in the world are using computers in their daily life. No doubt, most of people are facing with eye related problems.
Apart from numerous other reasons, staring at computer screen/ watching TV for long time is one of the major root cause of certain eye related problems especially eye strain.
Eyestrain is a common problem that almost everyone is faced with. We strain our eyes when we are working on computer, reading on computer screen or reading a book, watching TV and performing other necessary visual activities. Other reasons includes follwong:

• Improper positioning of the PC
• Poor lighting.
• Poor posture.
• Stiff deadlines.
  

Symptoms of eyestrain are enlisted below. It is not necessary that once should have all of these symptoms.

i) headache,
ii) blurred and double vision,
iii) watery eyes
iv) inability to focus on one thing
v) itching

b) Homeopathy remedies for eye strain

Homeopathy is the best way to treat your ailments. You can trust on homeopathy as it provides a complete cure to all types of acute and chronic diseases. It never damage you immune system. Rather it enhances its functioning.

Note: Homeopathic Treatment requires strict individualization. Please do not take any medicine without consulting your physician/homeopath.

Here is a short cosine picture of some of the most important homeopathic remedies for eye strain and other eye diseases.

RUTA GRAVEOLENS: Ailments from straining especially from fine work Symptoms are worse during exertion of vision. There can be a feeling stiffness in the eye muscles.

NATRIUM MURIATICUM: There is a bruised and stiff sensation, which is worse while reading and exerting the vision. It is difficult to read and the letters can run together.

PHYSOSTIGMA: There is twitching of the muscles around the eye. There can also be difficulty focusing and irritability after using eyes. The pupils can sometimes appear very small from eyestrain.

ONOSMODIUM: There is a strained and tired feeling in eye muscles. There can also be a tense drawing pain over the eyes. This pain tends to be worse over the over left eye. Distances are difficult to judge.

ARNICA is good for bruising, black eyes, and bleeding. It can be taken internally every hour if needed until the eye feels better or when the bruise and swelling is decreased. It is also good for eye socket injuries, and for injury to the soft tissue surrounding the eyes.

HYPERICUM is used for eye injury, excessively painful eyes or blood shot eyes or any nervous affliction of the eyelids or eyes, such as excessive blinking. Also used for eye pain, which follows removal of a foreign object from the eye. Also for long-lasting enduring pain.

LEDUM can be useful for bruising or black eyes if Arnica does not alleviate the problem. The keynote for using ledum is the presence of puncture wounds.

SYMPHYTUM is beneficial for eyeball injuries, such as being hit with a snowball, a tennis or baseball, or any other blunt object striking the eye.

BELLADONNA is good for sudden onset of red, hot, burning, itchy eyes.

ACONITE relieves the pain and inflammation in an eye injury, usually given as the first line of defense as soon as the injury or trauma has occurred. It is also given for pain due to a foreign object in the eye, however, the object must be removed accordingly. Aconite's relief is just temporary and immediate.

APIS is useful for swelling, heat, allergy eyes, and pressure sensation.

CHINA may help dimming of the vision.

C) Tips to prevent from eye strain

• Reduce glare.
• eep the PC away from you and at right angles to a window.
• Turn off or shield overhead lights.
• Wear a visor to block overhead lights if necessary.
• Place your paperwork close enough so that you don’t have to keep refocusing when switching from the screen to the paper.
• Use a paper document holder placed at the same height as the PC screen.
• Place the screen in such a manner that your line of sight is 10 to 15° (about one–third of a 45° angle) below the horizontal position.
• Dust off the screen often.
• Blink often to keep your eyes from getting dry.
• Try keeping the PC screen at least two feet away from your eyes.
  
  D) TISSUE SALTS FOR EYE DISEASES
  

Ferrum phos

Inflammation of any part of the eyes without secretion of mucus or pus. Pain in the eyeball, made worse by moving the eyes. Burning sensation in the eyes. They appear inflamed and red. Retinitis. Great redness with severe pain, without mucus or matter. "Conjunctiva congested, and with a sensation as if grains of sand were under the eyelids, vision dim, letters blur while reading, even though the refraction be normal, or if any error exists and is corrected by lenses, or where there is an insufficiency of the internal recti muscles so far as can be determined.

Kali murAffections of the eye with discharge of white mucus or yellow-greenish matter (also Kali sulph.). Feeling of sand in the eyes. Yellow, purulent scabs on the lids, specks of matter. Blisters on cornea. Inflammation of the iris. Superficial flat ulcer arising from a vesicle. Retinitis. Parenchymatous keratitis. Of great use even in the early stage.

Kali phosEyesight weak from an exhausted condition of the system, after diphtheria. Sensation of sand or sticks in the eyes. Soreness of eyeballs and edges of lids. Burning in eyes as if full of smoke. Eyes twitch, become blurred, black spots before eyes. Photophobia. Excited, staring appearance of the eyes, a symptom of nervous disturbances during the course of a disease; drooping of the eyelids, strabismus not spasmodic, squinting after diphtheria. Muscular and accommodative asthenopia and incoordination of the ocular muscles, especially from defective innervation.

Kali sulphEyelids covered with yellow crusts, discharge from eyes yellow or greenish matter, yellow, purulent slime or yellow, watery secretions. Cataract, dimness of crystalline lens (Natr. mur.). Ophthalmia neonatorum, thin yellow or sanious discharge with closely adherent membrane on the palpebral conjunctiva. It is useful where other remedies fail. We have found Kali sulph. a valuable agent in abscess of the cornea, and superior to Kali mur. in cases of pus in the anterior chamber (hypopyon), two or three cases of which under this remedy (3x) alone have cleared up with gratifying promptness.

Magnesia phosDrooping of the eyelid, affections of the eyes with sensitiveness to light, or contracted pupils, vision affected, sees sparks, colors before the eyes, twitching of eyelids, spasmodic squinting, dulness of vision from weakness of optic nerve, strabismus.
Natrum murAsthenopia, muscular; the most important remedy. Blister on cornea, discharge of clear mucus from eyes or flow of tears with obstruction of tear-ducts, neuralgic pains periodically returning with flow of tears. Eyes water, secretion causes scalding of skin or eruption of small vesicles; granulated eyelids without secretion of tears. Tarsi much thickened and red. White spots on the cornea. The eye may also be syringed with a solution of this remedy externally, daily.

Natrum phosDischarge of golden-yellow, creamy matter. Conjunctivitis with discharge of yellow, creamy matter. Hypopyon. Lids glued together in the morning; note conditions of the tongue, palate, presence of acid risings, etc. Burning lachrymation, eyes bloodshot. Dim sight, as if a veil were before the eyes.

Natrum sulphPain over eyes. Granular conjunctivitis. Photophobia in scrofulous ophthalmia. "No remedy, Graphites possibly excepted, has such terrible sensitiveness to light in chronic ophthalmias." (H. C. Allen.) Yellowness of the conjunctivae. Large, blister-like granulations with burning lachrymation, burning of edges of lids.

SiliceaStye on the eyelids, also use as a lotion to remove and hasten the discharge painlessly. If much inflammation, Ferrum phos. Deep-seated abscess of cornea. Hypopyon. Photophobia, sudden paroxysms of nyctalopia. Amblyopia and cataract after checked foot-sweat. Boils and cystic tumors around eyelids. Opaque cornea. Ciliary neuralgia over right eye. Kernels and indurations of the lids. Scrofulous ophthalmia.

Calcarea phosSpasmodic affections of the eyelids, if Magnes. phos. fails. Parenchymatous keratitis in scrofulous diathesis. Useful in checking cataract. Dry inflammation of the eyes during dentition. Photophobia. Corneal opacity. No use where the palpebral conjunctiva is much involved. Congenital amblyopia in children of a rachitic constitution and scrofulous diathesis, with general characteristics of the drug. Useful in non-vascular form of diffuse keratitis with more marked photophobia than under Kali mur. and accompanied by well known scrofulous cachexia. Cataract appearing with lupus, cancer or tuberculosis, gout, etc.
Calcarea sulphDeep ulcers on cornea, ophthalmia, pus thick and yellow. Inflammation of the eyes with discharge of thick, yellow matter. Deep-seated abscess of the cornea (Silicea). Hypopyon, to absorb the effusion of pus in the eye (after Silicea). Retinitis. Sensation of foreign body; has to tie up, after injuries. Pus in anterior chamber. Phlyctenular keratitis and conjunctivitis, cervical glands enlarged. Inflamed canthi. "Has in my hands reduced purulent discharge in ophthalmia neonatorum." )

Calcarea fluorFlickering and sparks before the eyes, spots on the cornea, conjunctivitis, cataract. Indurations in the lids. Enlarged meibomian glands.This remedy has been found of use in cases of partial blindness. Dimness of vision from overstraining the eyes. "I have prescribed Calcarea fluor. recently in my clinic in a number of cases. In one case of senile cataract where it was used there certainly was great improvement in sight.

Constipation-Treatment at Home

CONSTIPATION AND ITS TREATMENT

AT HOME AND THROUGH HOMEOPATHY

What is Constipation (Qabz)

Constipation is normally considered as a routine problem in our society. In fact, the constipation is the beginning of many diseases.

Constipation is when you pass stools less often than usual, or when you are having difficulty going to the toilet because your stools are hard and small.
It is retention of the stools or inability to have a bowel movement for any reason. Constipation may be acute or chronic.

Causes of Constipation

The details of possible causes are reproduced below:

· Un-balanced or poor diet such as eating same kind of food for long time, lack of vegetables, not enough fiber in the diet, deficiency of Vitamins, too rough or dry food.
· Not enough liquids, lack of exercise, ignoring the urge to have a bowel movement
· Sitting habits, anxiety, worry, etc. lead to 'Spastic Colon'. Poor muscular tone and anemia also lead to constipation.
· Deficient activity of thyroid and pituitary gland, Catarrh of the colon, Brain tumor, etc, lead to constipation.
· Certain crude drugs such as opium iron etc; hard waters and functional inactivity of the liver cause constipation.
· Chronic constipation may lead to Hemorrhoids (Piles) and distension of colon with ulcerative condition etc.

Symptoms of Constipation:

Laziness, sadness, sleeplessness, headache, coated tongue, loss of appetite and anemia are some of the symptoms. In certain cases, the retention of the stools is followed by alternating diarrhea, which sometimes leads to wrong diagnosis.

TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR CONSTIPATION

1. TREATMENT AT HOME

A three steps simple treatment which can easily be done at home is given below. It is very effective in most of the chronic cases.

First Step
a) Take one full glass of warm water (approx. 300-350 ml capacity) with one tea spoon of home used salt (sodium chloride) dissolved in it, 15-30 minutes before going to bed daily for 10 nights.
b) The same should be repeated at morning, 15-30 minutes before going to toilet and taking breakfast.

Second Step

c) Take one full glass of warm water (approx. 300-350 ml capacity) without salt, 15-30 minutes before going to bed daily for next 10 nights.
d) The same should be repeated at morning, 15-30 minutes before going to toilet and taking breakfast.

Third Step

e) Take one full glass of simple water (approx. 300-350 ml capacity) without salt, 15-30 minutes before going to bed daily for next 10 nights.
f) The same should be repeated at morning, 15-30 minutes before going to toilet and taking breakfast.

Note: This procedure can be changed according to the condition of the patient. However, in most cases this simple method is effective.

2. Treatment through Tissue Salts (Biochemical Salts)

A very effective composition is given under: In my experience, it always provided perfect results.
Composition: CP3x, CF3x, KM3x, NM3x, Sil6x (all in equal quantity)
Indications: Bowels constipated, dry, hard, stool, dull headache, foul breath, coated-tongue.
Note: This composition can be prepared by oneselfl. However, it is also available at all Homeo stores with different names such as Bioplasgen No.4, Biocom No.4 or Biochemic No. 4 etc)
Dosage: (Take 4 tablets 4-6 times a day as per requirement, regularly for long time. These tablets should be directly put on tongue and let be dissolved. )

Besides, following salts are very useful according to symptoms mentioned against each:

Ferr. Phos: Is useful in constipation when it is due to heat in the lower bowel (rectum) causing hardening of the stools. The stools are very dry. It cures piles and prolapsus of the rectum due to constipation.
Kali Mur: Is indicated when the constipation is due to torpidity of the liver with want of bile. The tongue is coated white or grayish white. Patient cannot tolerate fatty food.
Kali Phos: Is useful in constipation due to nervous causes. It cures paretic condition of' the rectum and colon. The stools are dark brown in colour.
Nat. Mur: Is prescribed when the trouble is due to lack of moisture in the intestinal tract. Dryness of the bowels with watery secretions in other parts. Watery eyes, excess of saliva, watery vomiting call for the use of this remedy. There is water-brash and dribbling of saliva during sleep. Stools are hard, dry and difficult to pass. Constipation with headache and drowsiness needs Nat. Mur.
Cal. Fluor: Is useful when there is inability to expel the faces. This inability is due to the relaxed condition of the rectum. Constipation after confinement needs this remedy.
Nat. Sulph: Is useful when the stools are hard, knotty and streaked with blood preceded and accompanied by smarting in the anus. Even soft stool is expelled with difficulty. It has fetid flatus in large quantities.
Nat. Phos: Should be thought of in obstinate cases. It has habitual constipation with occasional attacks of diarrhoea. The child suffers from worms and acidity.

3. Treatment in Homeopathy

Note: Homeopathic Treatment requires strict individualization. Please do not take any medicine without consulting your physician/homeopath.

CONSTIPATION
Condition: When there is constipation with no urgings for a stool and/or when there is painful gas;

Medicine Suggested: Raphanus 30 C

Condition: Stools feel too large and hard to pass, especially in the elderly

Medicine Suggested: Bryonia 30C

Condition: No desire to open bowels for several days, then pass large stool. Colicky pains and bowels ache

Medicine Suggested: Graphites 30C

Condition: Great flatulence. No stools passed for several days, then hard stools passed with difficulty.

Medicine Suggested: Lycopodium 30C
Condition: Frequent urge to pass stools, but always feel that more to come

Medicine Suggested: Nux vom 30C

Condition: Not strong enough to expel stool, so slips back in.

Medicine Suggested: Silicea 30C

Condition: Stools large, hard, dark and dry. Painful to pass

Medicine Suggested: Sulphur 30C

Some other important medicines includes Opium, Plumbum Met, Alumina etc. for which Materia Medica should be consulted.

Constipation in children

Due to indigestion or liver problem then Bryonia 3.( After Bryonia stool will become dry,hard,long,blackish and it comes with great difficulty ).
In case of long and hard stool Nux Vom 3.
In case of abdominal disorders and white coating on tongue Antim Crud 6.
In case of hard stool and wind formation in stomach Lycopodium 30.
Cronic Constipation then give Sulphur 30 in between.

Note: Mother Tincture’s form of Abroma augusta radix, Hydrastis, Senna as per symptoms are also very effective.

Want Looking Younger? Great anti aging Tips and Secrets

Want Looking Younger? Great anti aging Tips and Secrets

Many women and men too, are looking for anti aging information. The process of time can be very unkind to people. Gravity and the inevitable passage of time take their toll on people. The toll comes in various forms. Perhaps one's neck becomes creepy, or the hair turns gray. Crow's feet around the eyes, or wrinkles around the face are also common. Age spots and dry, dull, rough skin is also a result of aging.
Yet, do you have to simply accept these signs of aging? No, you do not. There are plenty of anti aging tips, techniques that are out there that anyone can try to help reduce the signs of aging and look younger.
We all know that youth is transient. Yet we strive endlessly to achieve eternal youth. It is this striving, which has brought to our knowledge several ways and the means to retard the aging process. Always seeking to transform our looks to a more youthful and appealing one.
It may also be that our looks have actually turned aged in appearance by the natural course of bearing stress and strain over the years. Even then we may wish to don a younger look if possible. In this case there also begins the search for younger looks by us.
Sometimes our appearance takes on an aged look even at a young age. This makes us feel depressed as we all wish to possess ageless beauty. However, we must not lose hope and begin a quest for finding materials and procedures to revitalize our skin and restore its lost youthful glow.
For example, there are plenty of topical agents to be had that can improve the appearance of facial skin. There are many products on the market, some of which are quite pricey. However, you can even make a simple exfoliating product with ingredients you have in your kitchen pantry. Whatever you happen to do in terms of removing old skin, it is important to protect the new skin by applying the appropriate type of moisturizer for your skin type as well as sunscreen. Protection from the sun is a great anti aging tip.
If you happen to have gray hair that is appearing, then by covering it up, you can look years younger. You can choose to take care of this issue by coloring your hair at home, or you can utilize the services of a professional in order to take care of it. Whatever you choose to do, just keep up with it. Gray hair can age you, and it is so simply to combat.
Another anti aging tip is to rid you of, or at least lighten those unsightly age spots that have appeared on your face and hands. There are many creams available that can help minimize age spots or make them disappear. Whether you realize it or not, a few age spots can make you look years beyond your actual age.
Employ the use of anti aging tips, tricks and techniques in order to appear younger. You will look better and feel better about yourself if you choose to do so.
Aging process is impossible to avoid, but we are able to make is less visible for the people around you by the instrumentality of some tricks. There are some rules to help you to turn your clock back.

• Wear the sunglasses to protect your eyes zone from ultra-violet rays and constant screwing up your eyes; this is the reason for wrinkles to appear.• Don’t smoke! Smoking is the reason of untimely skin aging and blood vessels injury, and further, to the risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular diseases appearing. Smoking slows down the process of your wounds healing and restricts your skin’s ability to self-recovering.• Eat well! Nourishing ration rich for fruit, vegetables, legumes, fish, whole grains and mono-saturated fats, kind of olive oil, will improve your skin and health in whole. Avoid consuming processed carbohydrates and sugar, which are the reason for getting high insulin level in your blood. Include antioxidants and essential fatty acid (EFA) into your ration. Find plenty of them in fish and flax seeds. Sufficient amount of water is also necessary to consume to optimize your health and good-looking skin.

• Don’t forget to take care of your skin daily: cleaning, toning up, moistening and other additional procedures depending on your skin type are obligatory. • Good sleep is really important. Proper amount of sleep improves your skin, health and mental ability.

• Avoid stresses. Stress impacts negatively many of your body’s systems. Nowadays plenty of factors result stresses (career pressing, social tension and environmental pollution), therewith, more often than not, they all come over synchronously. Trainings, meditations, breathing exercises and planned “rest time” reduce the tension, making better your health and improving your skin’s appearance at the same time. • Peel off your skin properly. Apply proper (chemical, mechanical or both of them) peeling procedures to your skin. It will become dry and downcast if peeling is not performed regularly. Along with this disposition to pimples has got a chance to appear. Always get started slowly and let the comfort of your skin guide you.

• Be gentle with your skin within your eyes area. Try not to wrinkle and frown too much as it will lead to the wrinkles appearing. Apply the creams for eyes meeting needs of your skin type.
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Some more tips

The major factors from a recent study that provide the opportunity to reduce the effects of aging are the following:

1. Physical exercise – must be doing both enough exercise and exercising with enough intensity. Try to build up gradually to 45 minutes of aerobic activity daily, at least every other day. A heart rate monitor is useful to understanding the level the heart is being exercised. In order to keep the body as youthful as possible, mass muscle needs to be retained which means weight training 3 times per week.

2. Dietary – reduce the intake of animal protein and increase the consumption of cold water fish, protein supplements may be used as needed. At least 45 grams of fiber daily are recommended. Eat your broccoli! At least 3 servings of a cruciferous vegetable daily (brussel sprouts, cabbage, or cauliflower). Olive oil should be used for cooking purposes.

3. Hydration – ½ gallon of water and juices taken daily. Reduce caffeine, soda, and any beverages with sugar or sugar derivative.

4. Supplements – most important B Complex, garlic, lecithin, vitamins A, D, E, & C, calcium, and magnesium.

5. Detoxification – over the years, unhealthy levels of toxin accumulate in our systems. Unfortunately, it is a fact of life today toxic substances are routinely in our food, water, and air. An easy solvent to get started is a solution of 1 gallon filtered water, 1/8 cup hydrogen peroxide, ¼ cup apple cider vinegar. Be sure and wash all fruits and vegetables in this solution before eating.

6. Stress Reduction – If you’re under continuous stress, it’s not a matter of if you get sick, it’s a matter of when. You can only be happy if you think happy thoughts, angry if you think angry thoughts. Reduce stress all day, every day.

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Anti-Aging Herbs and Spices

Every time you flavor your meals with herbs or spices you are literally "upgrading" your food without adding a single calorie. You are taking something ordinary and turning it into something extraordinary by adding color, flavour, vitamins, and often medicinal properties. Here's why:
Spices and herbs maximize nutrient density.

Herbs and spices contain antioxidants, minerals and multivitamins.
Spices and herbs create a more thermogenic diet. Because spices are nutrient dense, they are thermogenic, which means they naturally increase your metabolism. As your metabolism revs higher you will burn more of the food you have already eaten as fuel, and store less as body fat. At the dinner party, finish off the meal with coffee or tea sprinkled with cinnamon.

Spices and herbs create a more thermogenic diet.

Because spices are nutrient dense, they are thermogenic, which means they naturally increase your metabolism. As your metabolism revs higher you will burn more of the food you have already eaten as fuel, and store less as body fat. At the dinner party, finish off the meal with coffee or tea sprinkled with cinnamon, which contains dozens of nutrients.zens of nutrients.

Some spices and herbs increase your overall feeling of fullness and satiety, so you'll eat less. One study conducted at Maanstricht University in the Netherlands showed that when one consumes an appetizer with half a teaspoon of red pepper flakes before each meal, it decreased their calorie intake by 10-16%. ….think of starting with a tomato soup sprinkled with red pepper.

You can eliminate salt. When you flavor your foods with spices instead of salt you'll immediately see health and physical benefits. Excessive salt intake keeps water inside your body. Once you kick the habit you will no long have excessive bloating and water retention. You'll also lose the salt and salty snack craving. That's because using salt begets using more salt: after a while it's impossible to use just a pinch, because you've trained your brain to require a salty taste for everything you eat. Over time, using spices will also lessen your cravings for simple, nutrient poor carbohydrate snacks because you will not be yearning for a savory, salty taste. Stay clear of the chips and dips and you're doing your brain and your body big favour.

Spices and herbs have real medicinal properties. Study after study shows the benefits of distinct herbs and spices. One study at Malmà University Hospital in Sweden showed that up to two hours after eating, people who ate cinnamon-spiced rice pudding measured significantly lower blood-glucose levels than those who had eaten the unspiced version. Other studies suggest that cinnamon may improve blood-glucose levels by increasing a person's insulin sensitivity. One 2003 trial of 60 people with type 2 diabetes reported that consuming as little as two teaspoons of cinnamon daily for six weeks reduced blood-glucose levels significantly. It also improved blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, perhaps because insulin plays a key role in regulating fats in the body. So if you start adding spices to your diet now, you might be able to see real health benefits in (a few months) …
Every little bit counts, so spice it up!

* Rosemary and basil for their anti-inflammatory power
* Cumin and sage for their dementia-fighting power
* Cayenne and cinnamon for their obesity-fighting power
* Coriander and cinnamon for their sugar regulating powers
* Lemon grass, nutmeg, bay leaves and saffron for their calming effects on your mood
* Turmeric for its cancer fighting power
* Oregano for its fungus-beating power
* Garlic, mustard seed and chicory for their heart-pumping power
* Basil and thyme for their skin-saving power
* Turmeric, basil, cinnamon, thyme, saffron, and ginger for their immune-boosting power
* Coriander, rosemary, cayenne, allspice and black pepper for their depression-busting power

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How Homeopathy can help you for looking younger:

Homeopathy is the best way to treat your ailments. You can trust on homeopathy as it provides a complete cure to all types of acute and chronic diseases. It never damage you immune system. Rather it enhances its functioning.

Ø So incorporate homeopathy into your everyday life. Taking immune boosters on a daily basis can help prevent disease and keep you healthier longer.

Ø For better results always select the best homeopath.

Ø Describe your symptoms in as much detail as possible. Many homeopathic treatments are disease-specific and to boost your immune system in the right way, you'll need to pinpoint the cause of your symptoms.

Ø Enjoy better health and the increased longevity you get from homeopathic treatment. Make sure you visit your homeopathic practitioner regularly to evaluate the ongoing success of your treatment plan.

Here are the glimpses of few important homeopathic remedies. However, this is only for information purpose. You should contact some professional before using the remedies.

1. Aurum Metallicum
Aurum metallicum is renowned for its ability to cure the deepest imaginable depressions: suicidal states by providing hope, feeling of worthiness and esteem. This type of person is usually idealistic and goad oriented. It is very surprising to see that a single patient with a lifetime of joyless existence bloom into happiness after Aurum pays for every hour of our years of study.

2. Ignatia Ammara
Iganatia relieves the depression caused by an event of grief and sadness.

3. Natrum Muriaticum
Natrum muriaticum is one of the most psychologically complex and poignant remedies in Homeopathic Materia Medica. There is an opposite presentation in which the patient seems abnormally open and can discuss even intimate aspects of his life, apparently not at all embarrassed. When a loss or a serious rejection occurs the patient experiences abnormally prolonged grief and depression. Natrum mutiaticum helps to overcome the deep sorrow that people suffered in silence.

4. Sepia
Sepia is a Homeopathic remedy that helps with bouts of depression from loss of sunlight, but it can be differentiated from aurum by its grief, fatigue, sarcasm and irritability aspects. Sepia is especially helpful in treating depression caused by indifference, weepy, angry, overwhelmed, exhausted and depression associated with menopause.

5. Pulsatilla
In external use, the fresh plant of pulsatilla is an irritant herb and produces a benumbing sensation when chewed. It is a powerful herb in treating people with signs of manic depression.