Category Archives: Home Remedies

ALOE VERA

The factor common between Ayurveda, Chinese herbal medicine and British herbal medicine is a small plant with prickly and bitter leaves called Aloe Vera. Seen as an important ingredient for home remedies, the design of prickly leaves saves the plant from animals and insects. The leaves house a gooey and translucent gel, which is extremely bitter, made of about 96% water, some organic and inorganic compounds, Vitamin A, B, C and E along with a type of protein which contains 18 of the 20 amino acids found in the human body. This gel is used in health products today. The aloe gel is primarily used as a skin remedy for issues such as burns, sunburn, frostbite, psoriasis and cold sores and it can also be taken orally for skin conditions including osteoarthritis, bowel diseases, constipation and fever.
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Food for Body Ache

vegetablesDifferent problems cause pain in different body parts and our food plays a vital role in alleviating or aggravating this pain in body, because different food products have different effect on our body. So just by managing and monitoring the food, which we eat, we can treat body pain and get relief from it.

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Camphor – Medicinal essential Oil

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Camphor (or Kapur as popularly known) has a significant role in Hinduism. Burning of Camphor is considered auspicious, mainly because of its medicinal and antiseptic, disinfectant and germicidal properties. Burning camphor is known to drive away insects, kills germs, cleanses environment and creates healthy atmosphere. Camphor is also used as a disinfectant and can be added to purify water. Lot of Ayurvedic medicines has camphor as their ingredient for its medicinal property and positive effect on body and mind. Camphora is the Homeopathic medicine made from Camphor and is used in treatment of number of diseases.  Continue reading →

Medicinal Uses of Tulsi

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Ocimum sanctum (commonly referred to as Holy Basil) or Tulsi is considered to be a sacred plant in Indian culture. In Hinduism it is said that the plant should be there in every household, taken care of and even worshipped. Worshipping of the plant puts emphasis on the importance of this plant in our lives. Leaves, seeds, stem and root of Tulsi, all has medicinal value and is very beneficial for our body and environment.

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Headache due to Flatulence

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In previous two posts, ‘Headache due to Sinus’ and ‘Insomnia can cause Headache’ we have learnt that more often than not, headache is not the problem, but a symptom of some other problem. Continuing in that series, another major cause of headache can be flatulence or gas (as commonly referred to as).

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Headache due to Sinus

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Like insomnia, another major diseases that causes headache is Sinus. In such situation it is important to identify sinus as the cause of headache and treat sinus, instead of taking medication for headache. Headache due to sinus is characterized by severe cold, mild fever and pain starting from eyebrows and effecting half head. If untreated, sinus can lead to other major diseases like asthma. Continue reading →

Insomnia can cause Headache !!!

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Headache is a common symptom of insomnia. Most of the times patients suffering from insomnia or lack of sleep, feels severe headache and keeps on taking medicine for headache, when the real problem is lack of sleep. Patient suffering from insomnia is not able to sleep at night and he thinks it is because of headache, when actually it is the other way round and headache is due to insomnia. So its important to identify headache caused because of lack of sleep in order to treat the correct problem. During headache because of insomnia, it is difficult to locate one part of head with pain. Also the headache is felt in back of the head and moves towards neck and shoulders. 
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Home Remedies for Headache

In today’s stressful work environment, headache has become one of the most common ailments, even in the younger generation. Although a very basic problem, but headaches cause as much discomfort as any other complicated disease. Popping a painkiller or two, seems to be the easiest and most effective way of treating headache, but is it the safest way? Unmonitored administration of painkillers can lead to lot of other health complications in body, including addiction. Drug dependency of any kind is never good and the frequency with which people are nowadays taking these painkillers can prove to be very dangerous. Ayurveda has lot of home remedies for treating and controlling headaches, which are effective, easy and non harmful. Continue reading →