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Jumat, 26 Juni 2015

Earache Home Remedies and Relief

The earache pain can be sharp and very piercing like there’s a needle inside your ear but it also can be very dull and aching, if you go to medical store or doctor they will suggest you to buy antibiotics contain medicine, while actually you already have your home remedies in your home

Causes
There’s can be many possibilities which quite common cause an earache like cavities, infection in sinus, too much earwax, tonsillitis and teeth grinding.
The most common earache is AOM (Acute Otitis Media), the infection are in the middle ear area which made middle ear swollen, usually AOM caused by trapped fluid behind the eardrum.

Home Remedies for Earache
As for using home remedy for earache you must see what causing it first. If it cause by cavity you must look for home remedy for cavity instead. However if it causing by ear infection which actually can be cure without antibiotics and the best part is perhaps you already have bellow remedies in your home, so you can be using it right away.


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Earache - Pain inside the ear
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1. Analgesics
Analgesics like ibuprofen and acetaminophen are suggested by The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) association to reduce the pain in AOM, those medical are safe to use even without antibiotics as long you follow the dosage write on the label.

2. Cold or Warm Compresses
Many people using ice pack or warm compresses which usually used for relieving the pain through the body, and it can also be used for reduce ear pain.

3. Warmed Oil Drops
Another safe home remedies are warmed oil drops in ear canal, even there’s no scientific evidence that proven that oil can reduce ear pain but AAP response a positive value with this way.

4. Distraction
If your child affected by earache, try to distract them from the pain, ask them to play their favorite game, watch their favorite movie, or anything to make them focus on and forgot the earache, some earache are temporary and can be healed by body immune system.

5. Naturopathic Drops
If you want to use herbal based healer you can found Naturopathic ear drops in some drug store or even online, those ear drops usually contain herbal extract mix with olive oil as a base and some case has proven this ear drops can be very effective solution.

6. Chiropractic Treatment
You can go to meet a chiropractor to get a chiropractic treatment, your earache can be soothe alongside with back pain in your body as well.

There’s not many research that can prove those home remedies for earache really effective but there’s plenty of proven in society home remedies could be helping to soothe the pain associated with an earache. 


Kamis, 25 Juni 2015

Home Remedies to Treat Urticaria

Urtikaria usually caused by allergic or non-allergic reaction which causing the skin tissue releases histamine or other chemical into the blood stream, also called hives.

The symptom
Urticaria symptoms can be seen in several weeks to several months, it different in each individual, the most noticeable symptoms is when the skin are itchy, bumpy and usually colored change more redness.
Sometimes when the red bump getting pressed it will turn blanching white and can be a burning sensations after it pressed. In some case there’s can be also a fever, fatigued, digestive problems and muscle soreness.
This bumpy and itchy skin can be appeared suddenly anywhere in the body but they will not leave marks like scars or bruise after they gone.

The Triggers
Urticaria can be causing by allergic of some typical foods (like peanuts, egg, nuts and shellfish), some medications, insect sting, hot or cold temp changing, transfusion of blood, infection by bacterial, pet dander and some contact with poison plant.

Home Remedies
There’s several home remedies you can used to treat urticaria, however if the symptoms are still showing after a month, it suggested to see your doctor.

Cold Compress
You can compress the bumps with ice, just wrap some ice cube inside it and put those directly to infected area for several minutes (5-10 min). Repeat this few times a day.
Some people suggesting taking a cool shower to relief the itch and burning sensation.
Cold temperatures can help shrink blood vessel and blocking histamine releasing so can also reduce the itching, swelling and burning sensations.

Apple Cider Vinegar
Add 1 or 2 cup of raw apple cider vinegar to the warm water in the bathtub then soak inside for about 15 till 20 minutes once a day.
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Apple Cider Vinegar for Urticaria
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Alternate way, you can dilute it with equal amount of water and wash it softly to the affected area or you can drink a mix of 1 table spoon of apple cider vinegar with a glass of water twice a day.
Apple Cider Vinegar has natural medical properties like antihistamine and others, also it can fight the bacterial or other viral infections which causing urticaria.

Baking Soda
Mix a part of baking soda with 3 part of water, and then apply it on the affected area for a few minutes then rinse it clean with lukewarm water every day.
If you like you can add half cup of a baking soda to your lukewarm bathtub water and soak in it for about 10 minutes a day.
Baking soda can help to relieve the itching and inflammations also prevent further irritation.

Oatmeal
Add 1 – 2 cups oatmeal to your lukewarm bathtub water, and soak in it for 15-20 minutes for about 2 times a day.
Another way is to make a pasta from half cup of oatmeal with a little water, mix it until well and applied it to the affected area for about 30 minutes and clean it with warm water, do it once a day.
Oatmeal contains an anti irritating, anti inflammatory and soothing enzyme prop which can help to relieve itching and swelling.

Aloe Vera
To cure uticaria, extract an aloe vera gel from the leaf and applied it to affected area for about 20-30 minute and clean it with warm water, do this for 2-3 times a day until the symptoms are gone.
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Aloe Vera for Urticaria
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Aloe vera have a natural properties as an anti inflammatory and anti microbial, it can reduce redness, swelling and itching, also it can soothing the skin when it used.

Basil
Make a tea of basil to use it as home remedies for uticaria and chill it then used it to wash the affected area 2-3 times a day.
Another way of using it, rub basil juice and directly applied it on the affected area and leave it to dry then wash it off with warm water, do it for few times a day.

Basil has a natural property of antihistamine, it can combat itching and also reduce swelling and burning sensations.

Rabu, 24 Juni 2015

Home remedies for Hemorrhoids



For many people hemorrhoids are still a secret, because most people think this are embarrassing disease. But there is no reason to feel embarrass, because actually everyone has them since birth.
Hemorrhoids are located at the end of the colon which called Hämorrhoidal cushions. This is a corpora cavernosa, which seals the intestines. If this cushion increases too much, then we can feel really suffer from hemorrhoids: we can feel itching, hot like burning, then bleeding hemorhoids that make you need to see a doctor. If you have these problems and want to cure it with natural cure, there are many good home remedies, remedy, or that help to prevent hemorrhoids.

Also visit "Home Remedies for Beleeding Hemorrhoids"


Home remedies tips to prevent hemorrhoids

Before you go to meet your doctor, or even during and after therapy prescribed by the physician you can try some of these tips with home remedies to cure hemorrhoids.

Take time when defecating. Softly Presses, not violently presses, because violent action can enlarge the Hämorrhoidal cushions, it will expand the veins which start hemorrhoids to expand. And the pain starts. Be sure, that you use multi-ply toilet paper with a moisture effect. Pull together your sphincter at least once per day in 2-3 second’s rhythm. At least 30 times: Moving in together, pause briefly, slowly release. Thus, you can get your symptoms under control and you should always drink plenty of water so there’s no blockage.

  • Oak Bark Extract

Treatments with oak bark extract are a very proven remedy for hemorrhoids. It can be used as an ointment from oak bark extract (pharmacy). Right after a bowel movement (as far as possible but not to be pressed), and clean it after: lukewarm water in the bidet or a hand shower. Dry it with a soft towel or with no chemicals wet wipes.

  • Fiber

Eat complete fiber with much whole grain products, fruits and fresh vegetables, which is raw or gently cooked. Drink plenty of water; the best are still mineral water.

  • Calendula cream

Avoid sweets, which can create the conditions for a blockage and thereby burdening the hemorrhoids. Mix Calendula cream and honey in ratio 1:1. Directly apply this mixture and leave. They inhibit inflammation and combat the unpleasant oozing of hemorrhoids very quickly.
Mix St. John's wort, mullein, milk thistle, yarrow, Chamomile, and chestnut blossoms in equal proportions. Boil a tablespoon of those mixes every day at morning and evening with a cup of water, strain it and drink.

  • Sweet Clover and Chamomile

Mix sweet clover and Chamomile in equal proportions, pour over 1 tablespoon with 1/4 liter of boiling water, and allow it cool about 10 minutes. Then drain, drink it three cups a day. You can also take a several times a day with a tea-soaked cotton ball to blot the hemorrhoids. The chamomile-clover tea has a calming effect on the skin and inhibits inflammation in the anal area. The active ingredients of the stone clover have a healing effect on the damaged veins and regress on ulcers.

  • No Jumping Sport


Avoid sports which can make the organs in the pelvis are violently thrown down, which charged that the pelvic floor and charged to the rectum: such sports are for example: jump rope, basketball and volleyball, tennis and jogging on a hard surface. 

Minggu, 21 Juni 2015

Natural Remedies for Heartburn During Pregnancy

Heartburn happened when the lower stomach muscle (esophageal sphincter) which responsible for keeping stomach contents in their place has begin to relax or even leak. This action will let stomach acids to flow upwards back into esophagus, that’s why those fiery sensation came in.

Most of heartburn patients are pregnant women, which caused by two most reason:
  1. Hormone relaxin, this hormone make digestion process more slowly than usual and of course it will triggers more acid production on stomach.
  2. Baby grow create pressure on both stomach and esophageal sphincter and increased the opportunity of the acids being push to esophagus.
Natural Remedies for Heartburn During Pregnancy
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To get rid of the heartburn fast at home, a pregnant woman can follow these tips:

1. Eat Less, but more often
When women pregnant, capacity of the stomach are smaller than usual, that’s why if she’s eating too much can trigger the heartburn because the pressure on the abdomen, that’s why it’s recommended for pregnant woman eating mini meal six time a day, not like other person which eat three times a day and stop eating if you feel almost full. 

2. Eliminate Trigger Foods
If you already know which food can trigger your intensify heartburn, you must banish them from your diet menu, commonly food which can triggers heartburn are usually acidic foods like citrus fruits and tomatoes, fried foods, spicy foods, chocolate, coffee, carbonated beverages and alcohol.

3. Food Contain Plenty of Liquids
Food like soup, smoothies, yogurt, milkshakes and pudding can be first choice of food since those foods have liquids based texture; they can be digesting faster than solid foods, if you or your wife still wants to eat solid food, do an extra chew to make sure those solid food almost liquefied states.

4. Sleep Smart
Don’t going to bed for at least 3 hours after eat and put under your pillow some other extra pillow or some book to elevate your head and back, to make sure the stomach acids cannot reach esophagus.



Senin, 15 Juni 2015

Natural Remedies For GERD

Acid reflux is a very common condition that affects millions of people. This painful condition, also called gastro esophageal reflux disease or known as GERD, this disease has a long list of possible symptoms, almost all of them annoying and painful. Acid reflux can damage the esophagus and lead to bleeding, which can lead to even more serious problems. For this reason, it is important not to ignore to acid reflux. If you think you have it, visit your doctor to make sure what the source is, and then you can take a medical drugs or natural remedies to solve the problem.

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X-ray showing radiocontrast agent injected into the stomach entering the esophagus due to severe reflux
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Natural remedies for acid reflux
It is often useful, natural cures for acid reflux at first try, since much gentler, can be to your body than over the counter medicines, not on the cost savings, with natural remedies that can be found to mention. Give this a try:

Baking soda
These natural antacids can quickly experience bloating, so much better after only one dose. But before you take the baking soda, make sure your stomach is not full - it must have room to work. Baking soda can work best on an empty stomach.

Fennel tea
The seeds of fennel tea have been proven to help with digestive disorders and related problems. Grind the seeds and use ½ teaspoon in a glass of water then drink it. This tea is gently enough even for infants but still strong enough to fight the indigestion which often came together with acid reflux.

Apple cider vinegar
If you are experience a severe attack of acid reflux, you may try to drink natural cures for acid reflux a tablespoon of the vinegar in a glass of water. It is proven to help calm the stomach. You can drink it before you eat to make your stomach calm down, just in case you worried to suffer from acid reflux immediately after meals.

Carrots
If experience acid reflux, can you chew a handful of carrots to make your stomach feel better. This is because, chewing carrots increase saliva production so can make enzymes in the stomach to digest food more quickly.

Aloe Vera juice
Aloe Vera is a miracle cure for all kinds of suffering. In this case, use Aloe Vera juice to treat the stomach upset, diarrhea and painful inflammation, which can be caused by many digestive problems. If the symptoms start, quick make a juice of two ounces of cold water drink mixed with ounce of Aloe Vera.

Ginger
For many years ginger root and ginger root powder was used to cure stomach ailments. Add a teaspoon of ginger powder to make a friendly stomach of food per day, or you can search them in capsule form.

Gum
If you chew gum, it can increase the production of saliva by up to 40 percent. The saliva then enters the stomach, which may for the prevention of the acid that the pain is caused by acid reflux.

Licorice
Long touted as a natural remedy for ulcers, licorice also can be a lifesaver for those who may be hurt by acid reflux. Try to chew two tablets before meals each day, or take it at bedtime to avoid night-time pain.

Limone extract

This extract was made from citrus peel; it can make the esophagus and stomach reduce of the acidity. Try a gram on an empty stomach, at least 30 minutes before eating.

Home Remedies For Psioriasis and Eczema

In the broadest sense psoriasis and eczema are the two metabolic diseases, Medical treatment to cure this disease with cortisone ointments or creams, but only cure on the surface. The sources of the disease itself are not treated.

Recently, the Science examines the naturopathic treatment of psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. However, it represents available alternative to chemical treatment.

Compare with eczema, psoriasis disease are the mostly great suffering, because the skin symptoms are very unpleasant and also visually outwards.

Psoriasis is hereditary; it can be triggered by climatic or mechanical stimuli, disorders of metabolism, medicines, a shift in hormonal balance and mental stress.

In psoriasis, skin spots form on the skin like strong dandruff. This shed usually have no itching and heal by itself. Psoriasis attack area mostly at the elbow, the knee, the Palm of the hand, feet, the hairy head, and the back are affected. But such a formation of dandruff can occur also on the finger - and toenails.

Like many other diseases, medicinal herbs can help to alleviate the suffering from psoriasis like few medical herbs below.

The fatty oil extracted from the primrose and the borage can be used for relieve eczema and psoriasis symptoms internally. Those two contains very large amounts gamma linoleic acids. A lack of these acids in the human body can cause eczema.

Home Remedies For Psioriasis and Eczema

Borage oil
Borage oil is used to treat chronic eczema, especially in children; you can give teaspoon borage oil to your child once a day. To using it you must mix the oil with other ingredients like your kids food.

Oak Bark
Take 10 g chopped oak bark and douse them with a quarter liter of cold water. Then boil the mixture and let it drag for about quarter hour. After screening and allow it to cool. Soak a cloth into the mixture and place it on the affected area. This envelope relieves itching, especially eczema and skin inflammations.

Lavender Oil
Mixed lavender oil with sweet almond oil and rub in the concerned areas of the skin soft and gently.
Lavender is a naturally antiseptic, it can cure psoriasis or eczema also an open wounds, because it has antiseptic ability.

You can make your own Lavender water. To do this, take 0.1 liters of distilled water and 12 drops of lavender oil. Mix well with each other and using it to compress the affected area.


Mixed Herbs
Take equal parts of Birch leaves, horsetail, nettle and Yarrow.
Add 250 ml of water with a teaspoon of those herb mixtures on the stove and then boil it. Once it boil and you can remove it from the oven. Keep it an hour to soak and drink it before dinner, you can add honey or sweet leaves to make it more sweetener.

For psoriasis home remedies you can make this:

10 g oak bark,
30 g of willow bark,
10 g meadow goat,
10 g violet (tri-color),
20 g Fumitory
And 20 g wall nutshell

Mix together well all those herbs. On one liter of cold water, taking 5 tablespoons of this mixture of herbs and mixed it well before boiling it, please make sure it has more than 5 minutes boiling condition, you can drink 1/2 liter of this tea on a day.

Beside herbs to cure psoriasis, you must do regular sunbathing, but make sure don't overdoing it, because too much sun can irritate the skin again.

A well balanced diet can be helpful to kept away psoriasis.

Bathing in sea salt can alleviate psoriasis. The best are when you bathe in the sea, but if you are too far from sea bath with sea salt also can be used.

And finally be mentioned that also UV light can help. It would be good of course in this context, if you can go to the sea, there bathe in salty water, and can sunbathe afterwards.

Sunbathing at home is possible and can be useful. But, make sure that you don’t take too long in sunbathing and even get sunburn! This can aggravate psoriasis and skin cancer.

Minggu, 14 Juni 2015

Headache Remedies When Pregnant

Head pain is like knock in the head, the pressure is stronger, you can focus on nothing. Head pain while pregnant - what to do? Normal headache tablets would take the least expectant moms and that is a good thing. You should be taken only after consultation with the doctor. There are doctors who allow the ingestion of aceataminophen. Aspirin and ibuprofen are a no-go. Chemistry is not good for the unborn child, believe me, I have two daughter now and my wife always experiencing headache during pregnancy.

Especially in the first trimester, pregnant women often suffer headaches. What causes headache when pregnant?. This is due to the hormonal and circulatory migration of the body. The hormones are back under control, usually also the headaches disappear. You can find here a series of valuable tips of home remedies for headaches while pregnant which will help in the fight against the unpleasant humming in my head.

In addition to the hormonal changes, the headaches can have other causes. For example, stress, changes in weather, little oxygen, fatigue, improper posture or overexertion and fatigue. Women who suffer from migraines, are exempt during pregnancy often from the complaints - mainly if the complaints so far went with the menstrual periods.

For headaches, it makes sense to tackle the causes rather than the symptoms. This means that drugs should be off-limits during pregnancy. It is better to find out what triggers the headaches and to take action against it.

Often, take a walks in the fresh air help to replenish the oxygen content in the blood. Everyday stress can be remove by expectant Mommy with light yoga or exercises. Swimming also can provides relaxation. If you have an exercise bike, you can used it with light exercise which can promotes blood flow and strengthens the circulation. Hot tea on the comfortable sofa can be just as effective as a small NAP. So, the throbbing in the head can stop soon.

Drink enough liquid is also very important. So there’s a question: you drank enough today? At least two litres of water are required during pregnancy. The body needs more liquid at this time because pregnant women sweats more and stores more water. Increasing the amount of blood, so the placenta and the uterus can be supplied with enough oxygen. An ideal drinks are low-sodium mineral water, unsweetened herbal and fruit teas (lemon balm and hibiscus), milk, buttermilk or fruit milk. So, the body is supplied with adequate magnesium, calcium and protein. Avoid coffee and black tea. A warm vegetable broth with some fresh parsley has proven itself too.
A low blood sugar can leads to headaches, it can cause pregnant women to eat less and more often. So, the body gets fed sugar regularly. Granola bars, grape sugar, or a piece of chocolate in the bag are good helpers. But avoid sweeteners because they can trigger headaches in many people.

Jumat, 12 Juni 2015

Home Remedies for Cold and Flu for Toddlers

Your child has a cold or flu and you would like to do something to make it up to him? Then try these safe, gentle and effective home remedies for cold and flu for toddlers
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Honey (for children aged 12 months and over)

Honey can help to soothes the throat and relieves when your kids has the cough.
In a study of Pennsylvania State University's College of medicine involving the parents of more than a hundred children from age 2 to 18 has founded if using honey to treatment nocturnal cough is more useful and better acts as a cough syrup.

Honey is often hard at room temperature. Fill a few spoonful of honey into a container and heat it in the microwave or bring hot water in some pan and put glass contain honey inside that hot water for five or ten minutes in order to make it softer.

You can used this home remedies for cough for kids if your child age is already one to five years old and you can gave your kids only half a teaspoon of honey. If your kids already reach six until eleven years old, you can give a teaspoon dosage of honey.
Some parents will mix the honey with hot water and add a splash of lemon, which delivers a little vitamin C along with the soothing honey.
Because honey has a naturally sticky sweetness, it is very important to brush your teeth, especially before going to bed.

Mild salt solution
According to a report published in 2008, experts have studied 390 children aged from six to ten years and found out that a nasal spray, which is made from sea water, gave cold symptoms faster relief than the standard medications for colds. It is not sure whether the salt just helps to remove the mucus, or positively affect trace elements in water. But other scientists who have studied the effect of saline nasal irrigation, also found benefits as a home remedies for cold and flu for toddlers.

You need a nose pot that looks like a small watering can or a tea pot. It is usually made of ceramic or metal. Nose pot can be purchased in pharmacies, health food store or health food store, drug stores and also online at a mail order.
Your child must be willing to cooperate and to participate in the procedure. They don't hurt, but initially a little strange. This is most definitely not for babies or toddlers. Older children (and adults) do with this perhaps. Some people find it great, while others find it terrible.

You must evaluate it first before you show your child how to use a nose pot. If you use it your kids can follow your lead to used it also

Here is the basic method:
  1. Fill a pot with warm salt solution.
  2. Lean over a sink, tilt your head to the side and place the spout of the jug deep into the nostril. The water flows gently through the nasal cavities and comes out of the other nostril. (Breathe during the flushing through the mouth.)
  3. Repeat this with the other nostril.
  4. It is perhaps the easiest, to practice this with your child in the bath or shower.


Note: Do not force a kid to do it. This must be a very gentle procedure. If the child struggling when doing this, it can possibly traumatized or damaged his nasal passages.

Nose Clean (for children from 2 years)


If the nose is free of the mucus, it helps your child breathing, sleep better and it feels better. And it looks even better!

What you need
  1. A pack of soft tissues.


How do you do that?
Many children do not have mastered this art before her fourth birthday, but some are willing to do that at the age of two.

Tips on how to teach a child the blowing your nose:
  1. Tell your child to do nose blowing or you can show it to the kids, some children no longer need example.
  2. Explain that the blowing your nose is like "inhale or smell in the opposite direction".
  3. A nostril to keep to your child and practice gently blow out the air from the other. A mirror or a small piece of tissue under the nose helps him to see his breath, too.
  4. Teach him, to blow the nose gently. To hard snorting can hurt the ears.
  5. Give your child his own small Pack of colorful paper handkerchiefs.
  6. Teach him to throw used tissues in the trash and to wash his hands after the blowing the nose.
  7. If your child's nose all full of snuffs and wounded because of too much brushing, you can apply a little Vaseline or some other ointment suitable for children to the nostrils.


Balloon Shot (suitable for babies)

There’s some case when you clean the nose of children who are too small to blow their own nose. A balloon shot is really useful, you can use it to a stuffy nose when breastfeeding or bottle drinking. Apply them 15 minutes beforehand.
Cleaning stuffy nose with a balloon syringe is for small babies. This procedure can be using to older children but there no reason to apply this.

What you need:
  1. A balloon shot
  2. Salt water solution


You can buy saline nose drops in bottles in the pharmacy or make your own.

The recipe for homemade saline nasal drops: Dissolve half a teaspoon of salt in 240 ml of warm water. Make it fresh each day and store it in a clean jar with lid. Bacteria can grow in this solution. Therefore, you should not more than 24 hours have to keep the salt solution.

How it is applied
  1. Tend your baby's head to the back and press salt solution into each nostril 10 to 20 drops, to dilute the mucus and to solve. Try then, approximately 10 seconds to keep his head still.
  2. Squeeze the balloon syringe and carefully insert the tip into his nostril.
  3. Slowly release the syringe to suck so the mucus and the salt solution.
  4. Remove the syringe and press the balloon, where you catch the mucus in a tissue.
  5. Wipe off the syringe and take the other nostril.
  6. Repeat the procedure if necessary.


Vacuum the nose of your babies only a few times a day free, because they may irritate the mucous membranes. Use the saline drops no longer than four days, because you can dry out the nose with the time, what may be exacerbated the condition.

If your baby with the syringe is really unhappy, use saline nose drops, and then gently wipe the nostrils with a cotton ball. This method doesn’t have the sucking force of the syringe, but it’s better than nothing!

Attention:
Please be careful to not hurt your kids when doing home remedies for cold and flu for toddlers methods above, go meet your doctor for futher help if those method do not work for your kids.

Kamis, 11 Juni 2015

Home Remedy for Dandruff and Itchy Scalp


Everyone must already know even for those who do not affected by dandruff itself, through commercial in TV that shows a situation someone meet an acquaintance in dark clothes in society. There’s laying some white dusk on the shoulders and on the upper back that we all call dandruff, it’s very clearly see on the dark because the contrast between fabric and light made it very visible. One finds it disgusting. But no one says anything. You are not talking about scales which are a taboo subject. Who suffers from dandruff, is regrettable. That person needs to see a doctor.

A scientific study of the Munich-based opinion Research Institute EMNID showed: 67.3 percent of those polled feel dandruff as distasteful and repugnant. 60 percent people with strong dandruff kept it for unkempt. And 96.5 percent are of the opinion that one should immediately undertake something against dandruff.
Even if people can believe it: it's important that there's dandruff. They are the result of a process which runs numerous times in the human organism. Our skin renews itself constantly. In doing so, old cells are transported upwards and spread on the surface. It takes about 28 days for its cycled. It's called exfoliation. Normally no one noticed about the cell operation, because the cells are so tiny, that they are seen only under a microscope.

Too much fast food
When dandruff got visible, it means something goes wrong. The exfoliation process is extremely accelerated. Thus, the horny layer cells are not mature, so it has a kind of glue, so many cells stick together. Thus emerge the ugly, large shed.
A false excessive hair care is by frequently washing the hair with aggressive anti-dandruff shampoos can irritates the skin so they feel itch and dandruff begins. But the lifestyles can also be blame for dandruff. Prolonged work, too many parties, not enough sleep and many eat the fast food can cause dandruff.
Basically, the rule applies: when there is plenty of dandruff in your hair, you should consult to a skin doctor. Especially when you see red spots, or when there’s any pustules between the hairs form.

Home Remedies for Dandruff
Apart from a targeted treatment, you should set some measures in your life:

  1. Provide for enough sleep.
  2. Pay attention to balanced, varied diet with plenty of vitamins, minerals and some element. Especially with zinc which you can find it in oatmeal, sea fish, oysters, whole grains, and chicken, especially breast meat.
  3. If stress and fears rule your life, you have to think what you can change to reduce the stress.
  4. Use your spare time to the total relaxation. Lie down in the bathtub or find other ways to switch off: Yoga, meditation, autogenously training.
  5. Especially carefully, deal with your hair. Keep clean all your combs and brushes. Hats, caps, bandanas, headbands and jewelry Combs, clean it regularly.
  6. Before you wash your hair, you need to first thoroughly rinse them with water - so good it is - remove the scales.
  7. The water temperature during hair washing may be hot, but only lukewarm. Hot water can help to removes the skin fat.
  8. Also it is not very recommended to use blow-drying too close to the head. Heat air from hair dryer can stimulates the scalp. It is better to air dry in the Sun.
  9. After hair washing, you should rinse well and long with water. Remaining stock of shampoos can stimulate formation of dandruff.
  10. It is particularly dangerous to wash the hair with conventional SOAP. SOAP scum, which have left behind can irritate the scalp and promote the formation of dandruff.


Combs and brushes: use no metal and no sharp bristles.
Researchers and doctors focus on the power of certain medicinal herbs in recent years in the fight against the scourge of scales in the first place. There are two "soft" cures natural herbal based on developed:

Anti-dandruff cure No. 1
Dry dandruff without redness of the scalp can be cure with the Coltsfoot lotion, as well as a Coltsfoot Shampoo (pharmacy). Both contain essential oils of the burdock root and lemon balm in addition to the stimulus softening and anti-inflammatory Coltsfoot. The burdock root stimulus inhibiting effect, the lemon balm soothes the scalp.
Important in the application: not too much of the shampoo should be used, at most a portion the size of a walnut, for short hair please reduce the quantity of a hazelnut. When rinsing, you should apply twice as much time as you have massaged the shampoo. Especially when treating dandruff, you must ensure that no shampoo residue left on your hair.

Anti-dandruff treatment no. 2
In greasy, coarse, highly adherent scales with redness and itchiness, a willow tar Shampoo (pharmacy) acts first and foremost. The Willow creosote is combined with thyme oil, sulfur and salicylic acid. The shampoo gently replaces the dandruff of the scalp; it has an antiseptic effect and stops the over-production of sebum glands.
After 6 times hair washing with the Coltsfoot shampoo and intense massaging of the shampoo, the scales amount will reduce by two-thirds within two weeks. At the harder-to-treat greasy scales, there are also clearly visible achievements after 3 weeks treatment with willow tar shampoo. In some case, the scales are often eliminated, if in addition a Coltsfoot lotion was used for the Willow tar shampoo for hair care.

Natural Remedies For Pneumonia and Bronchitis

Pneumonia is a common illness caused when respiratory tract infected by bacteria or viruses. Adults can be affected as well as babies and toddlers. Pneumonia has several symptoms like fever, cough, pain in the chest, mucus in the throat, and is not unlike a bronchitis. Even mild pneumonia without fever can occur. The doctor usually gives treatment with antibiotics in inflammation of the lungs due to bacterial infections.  There are a few home remedies for pneumonia that can help as the alternative treatment without antibiotics at home and relieve the symptoms.

The most common causes of pneumonia are:

  1. Bacterial infection
  2. Viral infection


Lung Inflammation

For many reason, the pathogens caused inflammation are inhaled by droplet infection (after sneezing / coughing) with the air we breathe, there's several factors that increase the risk for pneumonia:

  1. Weak immune system
  2. Inhalation of some irritant chemicals
  3. Smoking
  4. Alcohol
  5. Some medications


The most common symptoms of pneumonia are:

  • Cough
  • Fever
  • Chills
  • Shortness of breath
  • Head pain
  • Muscle pain
  • Sweating
  • Loss of appetite
  • Diarrhea
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • rapid heart beat
  • Pain in the chest
  • bluish discoloration of the skin


Natural home remedy for pneumonia

Alternative Treatment Of Pneumonia With Garlic As An Antibiotic
Raw garlic is a strong natural antibiotic that can helps against bacteria, viruses and fungi infections. Garlic relieves fever and solves mucus from the bronchial tubes. This home remedy is recommended also for small children and babies.

  • A hot soup with plenty of garlic is a good remedy for the treatment at home. You can chop, or used 3 to 4 cloves raw garlic on a bowl of soup. Every soup can be consumed as 2-3 plates per day to relieve phlegm, fever, and pain.
  • Alternatively enrich a cup of warm milk with 4 chopped cloves of garlic and drink several times daily slowly.
  • Alternatively chopped garlic with lemon juice and honey into a paste mixing the Teelöffelweise throughout the day spread is taken.


Home remedies with ginger
The Ginger can be a natural remedy against bacterial and viral pneumonia. Especially for budding and mild inflammation, this means it can positively influence the course of the disease itself. It have ability as decongestant, dissolves the mucus from lungs and frees the throat airways.

  • You can eat plenty of raw for the treatment of respiratory tract infections.
  • A strong ginger tea is made from 2 teaspoons chopped ginger and put it on a cup of warm water. Simmer it for about 10 minutes, and then drink it with honey.
  • Alternatively you can chop ginger with honey, then mix and consumed it throughout the day.


Mucus-dissolving home remedy for pneumonia and bronchitis: Chili
Chili can be very helpful as a natural expectorant to prevent congestion due to bronchitis and pneumonia. The capsaicin in Chili promotes the circulation of the respiratory tract and speeds up the healing of viral and bacterial pneumonia.

  • Mix chili powder with some honey and mix it with water. Drink it 3 times a day or you drink carrot juice mix with chili powder or chili raw juice.


Natural remedy for pneumonia: oregano oil
Essential oil of oregano has the ability to fights viruses and bacteria in the lung and accelerates the healing process.

  • Mix 4 drops of oregano oil with a glass of water and drinks it three times a day.


Turmeric for pain and mucus
Turmeric is another natural antibiotic. It can loosen phlegm and relieves chest pain.

  • Mix a glass of warm milk with one teaspoon of turmeric and drink it slowly for several days. Added pepper can makes this even better if you have lots of mucus in the lungs and throat.


Basil and black pepper can cure Pneumonia
  • Basil is the best natural remedies for respiratory diseases and Pepper can enhance the expectorant effect and easing the expectoration.
  • One chops of a dozen basil leaves and a pinch of black pepper, Dissolve it in a glass of warm milk and drink slowly, you can drink this remedy 3 glasses a day.


Dandelion is a natural remedy for the treatment of pneumonia

A dandelion tea made from dried leaves or roots can be very helpful to relieve the discomfort.

  • Mix one teaspoon of dried dandelion and a cup of hot water, simmer it for 10 minutes, and you can drink with honey, you can consume this home remedy 4 cups per day.



Simple tips on what can you do against pneumonia?
Consume fresh vegetable juices like carrot juice, spinach juice, cucumber juice, etc. Support the healing of pneumonia with plenty of natural vitamins and minerals which can increase the immune to help from inside against an inflamed lung. 
  • Avoid refined flour and products from it such as bread, biscuits and pastries.
  •  Also, refined sugar and fatty foods should be avoided because the pathogens thereby get more food.

Rabu, 10 Juni 2015

Natural Remedies For Pimples

Home Remedies / 
natural remedies for pimples overnight

Pimples are shows up when the sebaceous glands become overactive in producing oil and then get infected with bacteria, until it became swell up and then fill up with pus, this glands located at the base of hair follicles, mostly the area affected by pimple are the face, chest, neck, shoulders and back.

If you looking simple pimple home remedies, below are few fast home remedies for pimple you can do at your own with low cost.

Ice
You can use ice to effectively reduce the redness, swelling and inflammation of pimples. To use this effective natural remedies for pimple you need to wrap the ice block with piece of cloth and place it on the affected area for a few seconds and after short break for a few minute you can put the ice at the same place again.
Ice are very useful to increased the blood circulation and tightening the skin pore.

Lemon
Lemons are rich in vitamin c, and lemon extract can naturally fastening pimple drying, but please used only fresh lemon, you can used many method to applied it to your pimple.
You can use cotton bud to applied lemon juicy extract directly to your pimple or you can apply it using cloth or cotton swab to your pimple and wash it at the morning with warm water.
But please do remember these remedies are not recommended for a sensitive skin person, the lemon extract can irritated your skin.

Toothpaste
Everyone must already have this item at their household, but not all toothpaste can be used as home remedies for pimple, only the white toothpaste can be used and not the gel one, some people recommended to applied right after you used ice to treat pimples, only a small quantity are used to apply on the affected area for about a hour of before going to bed, and at the morning make sure you clean your face with warm water.

Steam
Steam are very effective homemade remedies for pimples, because its capable to open up pore and allowing your skin to breathe, you can used steam mostly in any condition, just put hot water in large container and let the steam contact your face after that wash your face with warm water and used moisturizer after it, you can also put inside the steam another ingredients like lemon, or green tea to get another benefit using steam process.

Garlic
Garlic already knows have plenty of used like antiseptic, antioxidant, even useful in diet process, especially in treating pimples, the sulfur in garlic very helpful to healing pimples quickly.
Before used garlic as your natural remedies for pimple overnight you better clean your face first with face foaming and warm water, after that cut a fresh garlic and rub the new cut side to your pimple softly and wait for about five until 10 minute before you wash your face again with warm water.

Mustard
Mustard contain natural enzyme called salicylic acid, vitamin c, omega 3 & 6 and zinc, which is very good for your skin
For your pimple home remedies treatment, you can used 1 tea spoon of mustard powder and mix It well with honey and then apply it to your pimple for about 15 minute then you can wash your face.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes contain plenty of antioxidant enzymes inside it and beside it have a good taste and have a lot of vitamin, also it’s good for your skin. Some people even used it as facial mask to heal acne scar, to used tomatoes as natural remedies for pimples just cut the tomato and rub the newly fresh cut side to your pimple and leave it for 10-20 minute before washing with warm water.