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.

Difference between 6x and 6c potency

Difference between 6x and 6c potency

What is the difference between 6x and 6c and whether they have the same action?

I have tried to answer this question here. However, you might have different opinion.

As far as the preparation process is concerned, it is bit different in tissue salt and other homeopathic remedies. For record I mention here the process which will make it clear.

The cell salts are simply triturated in 1:9 ration and 6 steps are taken accordingly to reach the 6x whereas in homeopathic remedies, it is triturated to 3x, afterward the next 3 steps are done through dilution(the potency is sprayed onto the pellets or dropped in liquid at 1:99 ratio).

As both, the 6c and 6x, are made in quite different way, there is possibility that they will work in different way. But, to me, the 6c potency is higher than the 6x potency, keeping in view the preparation. Besides, in my experience, the 6c potency works better in acute cases and 6x works better in chronic cases.

No doubt this is a debatable point and I invite your further comments on it.

Difference between 6x and 6c potency

What is the difference between 6

As far as the preparation process is concerned, it is bit different in tissue salt and other homeopathic remedies. For record I mention here the process which will make it clear.

The cell salts are simply triturated in 1:9 ration and 6 steps are taken accordingly to reach the 6x whereas in homeopathic remedies, it is triturated to 3x, afterward the next 3 steps are done through dilution(the potency is sprayed onto the pellets or dropped in liquid at 1:99 ratio).

As both, the 6c and 6x, are made in quite different way, there is possibility that they will work in different way. But, to me, the 6c potency is higher than the 6x potency, keeping in view the preparation. Besides, in my experience, the 6c potency works better in acute cases and 6x works better in chronic cases.

No doubt this is a debatable point and I invite your further comments on it.

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.

Your Sleeping Postures

Your Sleeping Postures and your traits

Check here how you sleep and what your sleep style tells about you.

1. Tummy Sleeper
Sleeping on the Stomach

If you sleep face down all night, you are likely to be narrowing minded. You are probably self centered and always force people to comply with your own needs. You are also likely to be reckless and desultory. Time to change your sleep posture.

2.Back Sleeper
with arms and legs spread out

What a liberty loving soul! Well, this posture reveals your true identity. Comfort-lover and beauty worshiper, you are also a real spendthrift (but luckily you earn just as much). Your other undesirable trait is that you are a bit nosy and seem to enjoy gossiping.

3. Side Sleeper
Lying on one side

This posture indicates that you are a confident person. You will see success in whatever you undertake, owing to your un-relentless endeavor. People who sleep on their right side with their arm stretching over their head and lying on the right side are said to be blessed with power and fortune.

4.Side Sleeper
Lying on one Arm

You are gentle, polite, sincere and loving. Well, nothing is perfect. Build up your self confidence and learn to accept mistakes or imperfection. Happiness will then come your way.

5.Side Sleeper
With one Knee bended

You are inclined to be fussy, always whining and complaining. Nervousness is probably you second name. You tense up easily and get overly excited over small matters. Life is not such a big deal. Learn to relax.

6.Side Sleeper
Curling up

Selfish, jealous and vindictive are words that describe you. People around you got to be careful not step on your toes as you are easily irritated.

7. Unknown cuddled Up

You feel lonely and depressed because you are obsessed with your past failures and set back. You are hesitant and indecisive, giving others an impression that love has been missing in your life.

8. Back Sleeper with Legs Crossed

Anyone who sleeps crossed-legged is said to be self obsessed and finds difficulty in accepting changes. Solitude is your priority. Yet, your redeeming quality is threshold for your tolerance.

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Anti aging Tips and Secrets

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

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 murtiaticum 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.

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Cancer and Homeopathy

Cancer and Homeopathy

This information is by no means a substitute for professional help and no one should stop his/her treatment prescribed by a doctor.
There are several ways homeopathy can help cancer patients. First, there are specific remedies for various cancers. These remedies may be used whether a person has conventional treatment or not. A number of remedies can make conventional treatment easier for the cancer patient. Finally, homeopathic remedies can help with terminal pain and with the fear of dying.
Homeopathy can also help with the psychological issues which occur in cancer. There are remedies for ailments from bad news to fear of dying. Homeopathy can also help with terminal pain.
The cancer diathesis may first be antidoted with a dose of Scirrhinum 200 or 1000. The regular treatment can be started at least after 24 hours.

Intercurrent remedies for Cancer: Psorinum 200, Medorrhinum 200. Tuberculinium 200 can be used if history of T.B. is present in the family.

Phosphorus: Cancer of the forehead with an open sore with blood and pus.

Arsenic Album: For Leukemia and Stomach Cancer with burning heat and dryness of the skin; thirst, restlessness, apprehensiveness, shortness of breath and anxiety. Repeat 200 every week.

Nitric Acid: Pricking pain with some gnawing. Cancer of the stomach with burning pain, thirst, water producing an indescribleable nauseating effect, inability to retain food; vomiting of slime and blood; bloody dejections, face yellow, scrawny and emaciated.
Causticum: For pricking pain.

Alumen: Breast cancer.

Alumina: Cancerous growth in the rectum with pain after stool. Generally the patient is constipated.

Ruta: Cancer of rectum with pain which continues for several hours after stool.

Apis M.: When pain is stinging character and there is itching also with the pain.


Clematis: Cancer of the lip. If there is watery growth Dulcamara may be alternated.

Sepia: Scirrhous induration. Cancer of lips.

Conium: Head remedy of cancer of lips and prostate cancer.

Calendula: For any stage of Cancer. It allays the pains and gives great comfort to the patient.

Hydrastis: Scrofulous and cancerous cachexia. Cancer of the lips or breast. Cancer hard; adherent; cutting like knives in breast. Mother tincture of this remedy may be applied locally for cancer of lips.

Aurum Ars: Cancer of face and lips.

During Radiotherapy: Belladonna and X-ray.

Aconite N. Fear of death

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Irregular or Missing Menstrual Cycle

Irregular or Missing Menstrual Cycle

What Causes Menstrual Cycle

When a girl reaches puberty, her hormones become active. A hormone called estrogen is made in the ovaries. Estrogen affects the lining of the womb and makes it grow and develop. After 10 to 14 days, the ovaries release an egg, and begin to produce another hormone called progesterone. The egg has now moved from the ovary to the uterus through the Fallopian tube. If the egg has not been fertilized by a sperm, the production of progesterone stops. When that happens, the lining of the womb comes away with a some blood and the woman gets her monthly period. The entire process takes about 28 days.

Irregular and Missing Menstrual Periods

Menstrual cycles that vary more than a few days in length from month to month are considered irregular. Most menstrual cycle intervals occur about every four weeks, with the normal range between 24 and 35 days. To measure your menstrual cycle, start counting from the first day of your last period and stop counting on the first day of your next period. Don't worry if you have one or two irregular cycles; Occasionally all women have variations. True irregularity persists over several months so if you do notice wide fluctuations in your cycle, speak to your doctor about it.
Periods are often light or widely spaced both when a young woman starts having periods and when a woman is nearing the menopause. This is normal because the woman is not producing an egg every month. Many women experience widely spaced periods typically having one or two periods every six months. The common cause of infrequent periods is a condition called polycystic ovaries. This is a common condition affecting as many as 10 per cent of women. There are a large number of very small (less than 1cm) cysts on the ovaries and these are in association with a hormone imbalance. The result of this is that women do not ovulate regularly and so their periods are usually infrequent.
Some of the factors associated with temporary cessation of periods are: 1) Calorie-restricted diets 2) Strenuous exercise3) High levels of stress. Some women with no previous symptoms also miss periods after discontinuing use of oral contraceptives. Typically, in each of the above situations, moderation in diet, and exercise, stress reduction, and the passage of time, help return normal menstrual function. Depending on the cause, there may be too much or too little estrogen produced by the body. Over a long period of time too much estrogen can cause overgrowth of the cells in the lining of the uterus, (which can lead to cancer), while too little estrogen can cause calcium loss from the bones (leading to osteoporosis).
Homeopathic remedies to help you during Menstrual Periods

Remedy and Symptoms

Magnesia phosphorica (Magphos)

Excellent remedy for menstrual and other type of cramps. Pains are neuralgic preceding the flow. A great indication for the use of this remedy is the relief from warmth and aggravation from motion.

Cimicifuga

Pain flying across the pelvic region from one side to the other. Menses are irregular, too soon or too late.

Caulophyllum

Spasmodic dysmenorrhoea, the pains are bearing down in character. Hysterical convulsion with dysmenorrohoea pain shooting to various parts of the body.

Viburnum Opulus

Excruciating pain relieved by bending over double - usually occurring before menses.

Xanthoxylum

Pains are adjoining, burning, extending down thighs along the crucial nerves with a feeling as if limbs were paralyzed.

Pulsatilla

Menses are dark in color and delayed, the flow will be fitful and the more severe the pains, the colder the patient will get.

Belladona

There is pain preceding the flow and a sensation of heaviness as if everything would protrude from the vulva, relieved by sitting up straight. The pains come on suddenly and cease suddenly. The flow is offensive and clotted.

Colocynth

Menstrual colic before menses which appear too soon, blood blackish often in clots. Acrid leucorrhoea. Menstrual colic is relieved by bending double and by hard pressure.

Borax

Painful menses with leucorrhoea like the white of an egg and ropy, several days before menses. Pain labor like.

Calcarea Phos

Pain in uterus connected with puberty. Labor like pain with some bearing down.

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A home remedy for diabetes treatment

Sugar Diabetes Treatment at Home 

(Lady Finger Treatment of Sugar)

Please note that another name for Lady Finger (Bhindi ) is " OKRA ".Last month in one of TV program I learnt of a treatment of Sugar (Diabetes). Since I am diabetic, I tried it and it was very useful and my Sugar is in control now. In fact I have already reduced my medicine.

Take two pieces of Lady Finger (Bhindi) and remove/cut both ends of each piece. Also put a small cut in the middle and put these two pieces in glass of water. Cover the glass and keep it at room temperature during night. Early morning, before breakfast simply remove two pieces of lady finger (bhindi) from the glass and drink that water.Keep doing it on daily basis.

Within two weeks, you will see remarkable results in reduction of your SUGAR.

My sister has got rid of her diabetes. She was on Insulin for a few years, but after taking the lady fingers every morning for a few months, she has stopped Insulin but continues to take the lady fingers every day. But she chops the lady fingers into fine pieces in the night, adds the water and drinks it all up the next morning. Please. try it as it will not do you any harm even if it does not do much good to you, but U have to keep taking it for a few months before U see results, as most cases might be chronic.

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Drinking Hot water after meals

Drinking Hot water after meals

Drinking Hot water after meals This article is not only about the hot water after your meal, but about heart attacks. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or hot water/tea after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks - You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.

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