Pain Subsides This Way

'Ouch....toothache'. Immediately comes a reply from granny saying 'keep cloves between your teeth'. We act as if we haven't heard anything, thinking that it is a superstitious belief. But whatever granny said is 100% true. Scientists prove that there are many natural medicines for pain relief.

Suffering from muscle pain? Eating ginger must heal it. Muscle pain could be because of stress and tensions. If you are suffering from muscle pain from long time, add two tablespoons of dry ginger powder to boiling milk or water and have it daily for some months. Danish scientists have found that gingerols in the ginger powder help in controlling the release of pain causing  hormones thereby reducing the muscle pain gradually.

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Benefits of Tulasi (Holy Basil)

With the onset of rainy season, cold, infection and other common diseases show up. With tulasi we can find ready solutions at home. We shall look at what kind of solutions are available for different problems.

International Yoga Day

Have you even thought of why June 21 was chosen as International Yoga Day?

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United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution declaring June 21 of every year as the International Yoga Day (World Yoga Day). This declaration came after the call by India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi for it's adoption during his address to UN General Assembly.

Shower (Hydrotherapy) to Get Rid off Stress

Irrespective of the level of stress, taking a shower relieves us from it immediately. It brings a happy feeling to the body. For the relief to last longer, a new showering technique is explained by writer Vicky Vlachonis in her latest book The Body Doesn't Lie.

Yogasanas to Prevent Calcium Deficiency

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Once we cross 40 years our bones slowly become weak. So we start taking calcium tablets to prevent it. These asanas help you take in more vitamin D from the sun thereby prevent calcium deficiency.

You won't see either vitamin D deficiency or calcium deficiency. Vitamin D absorbed by body is activated by parathyroid hormone (PTH) which in turn helps intestines absorb calcium.

Stand facing towards the sun. Take water in a copper jug and pour the water slowly in front of you from above the head in such a way that sun rays reflect from water and fall on our skin. Do this 3 times. It is good for the skin.

Yogasanas to Burn Body Fat Easily

Fat gets deposited easily in some parts of your body. Particularly it gets stored in your buttocks, shoulders and belly very fast. These asanas help in burning the excess stored fat in these areas and get your body back in shape.

Vipareeta Noukasana

Lie face down on the floor and keep your legs close together. Then keep your hands behind as shown in the picture. Now breathe in and simultaneously lift your head, shoulders, hands and legs.  Try to stay in this position for 30 seconds. Then slowly bring your head, hands and legs back to original position while breathing out. Repeat this asana 6 times. 

10 Best Ayurvedic Tips for Healthy Living

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Here is how you can teach your body to stay healthy, by following these ayurvedic techniques daily. These tips teaches us the tools of living well and how to correct brewing imbalances through simple changes to daily routines through use of simple treatment protocols.

Health benefits of eating Almonds Daily

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Recent studies at Pennsylvania State University have confirmed that eating 10-15 almonds daily is good for heart. They found that having 42 grams of almonds daily as a substitute for cakes and biscuits which we have as evening snacks, will not only keep you away from hridroga (diseases related to heart) problems but also burns fat around your tummy. The other uses of almonds include:

• It lowers cholesterol
• It acts as anti-inflammation agent
• It strengthens bones and teeth
• It acts as immunity booster
• It regulates sugar level in blood

How to consume almonds?

Now the question is in what form to consume almonds? Whether to have them raw, roasted, blanched or to take them as supplements? Many suggest to have them the way you wanted. But the right way to consume them is to soak them in water for 12 hours and then consume them after that. The reason behind soaking is that almonds contain phytic acid which helps in their defense mechanism against predators that stop them from growing. This acid prevents easy digestion of nuts because of which you get to see some bits of nuts in your stool when you consume them raw.

Soaking helps to get rid of this acid, enabling easy digestion and good absorption of vitamins and other nutrients in almonds. Adding a little salt while soaking helps in neutralizing enzymes and also remove dust on almonds.

Note: Please don't re-use the water residue left after soaking almonds for any cooking purpose. This has all the harmful substances. Moreover, wash almonds before consuming them once they are taken out of water.

Yogasanas for kids and teenagers to grow taller

Due to various reasons, lot of kids don’t grow in height on par with their age. For some, this problem is also hereditary. There is a solution for this in yoga. One should practice the below yoga asanas along with suryanamaskara daily. For fruitful results, this should be particularly practiced by people in the age group 12-16.

Halasana

The name comes from sanskrit word Hala meaning plough, a large farming implement used to cut furrows for planting seeds.

First, lie on the floor on your back. Slowly, lift your legs and keep them at 90 degrees without bending your knees. Then start lifting your hip and buttocks by slowly moving your legs over the head and place them behind your head as shown in the picture. You can keep your hands in a direction opposite to your legs or you can keep your hands on your hip as a support. Stay in this posture for 3 minutes. Then slowly lift your legs and come back to your original position. Then be in shavasana and breathe in and breathe out 5 times slowly.

Note: Don't be in a hurry to do the asanas. Do them slowly. You should not speak, move, laugh or move your head side ways when you are in this halasana posture.

Benefits: This asana will help on the elongation of the backbone. This will heal any body posture defects and make them look taller.

Vrikshasana

The name comes from sanskrit word Vriksha meaning tree.

From Tadasana weight is shifted onto one leg. Stand on your feet keeping your legs together. Now bend the right knee and place the right foot on the left inner thigh or in half lotus position. Your hips should be open and your knees should be facing right side and not forward. Toes of your right foot should be facing down. Now slowly raise your hands above your head pointing upwards clasped together in anjali mudra. You should stretch your hips, shoulders upwards while clasping your hands. Stay in this position for 1 minute and slowly come back to original stance. Repeat the same asana with your left leg.

Benefits: By doing this asana, growth and concentration will improve in kids. Bones in your legs will stretch and you can see faster growth in them too.

Sarvangasana

This asana is discussed in greater detail in one of my previous post which you can access here

Benefits: This asana will stimulate thyroid gland in kids which helps in faster growth in height

Yogasanas for healthy and beautiful hair

Hairfall, dandruff, greying of hair by the age of 25. These are some common hair related problems everyone is facing these days.There is a solution for all these problems in yoga.

Kapalabhati

Sit in padmasana posture with your legs bent inwards and in a upright position with your backbone straight. Make chin mudra with your fingers. Then exhale very fast by pulling your stomach inside. after that breathe in normally. Do this asana 60 times in a minute and repeat it  for 3 minutes. After 3 minutes don't get up immediately. Do breathe in breathe out normally and come to normal stance. Then take rest for 2 minutes.

Benefits: This will pump more oxygen into brain thereby reducing stress and strengthening hair roots. Hairfall will reduce. You can see quick results with this asana.

Practical Meditation as a healer

Practical meditation is highly recommended for those who are beginning to discover the beauty and strength of their own inner world. More and more, we human beings are realizing the need to develop the power of the mind, as we try to keep up with the ever-increasing pace of life and its complexities. By introducing meditation into one's own practical life, one not only gains real peace of mind, but also a very positive and healthy attitude towards life. The aim of meditation is to provide a means by which you can become the master of your own mind and your own destiny, and thus acquire constant peace of mind. So, it is essential for you to proceed at your own pace, in a way which feels comfortable. Above all, you need to develop a faith in yourself. 

Having faith in yourself means not only having confidence in your previous experiences, but also having the courage to explore what you are going to experience. So, when you sit in meditation you can see if your experience matches up to the information you have been given. If you practice soul-consciousness during the day, you can see if it has the result that the knowledge predicts. By doing meditation you are not aiming for something you have never known before. Your aim is simply to rediscover that forgotten feeling of being so peaceful. When you experience peace in meditation, it feels so natural and easy. It is an effortless thing. Your aim is to be in that experience constantly. Whatever you are doing, whoever you are speaking to, whatever is happening around you, you remain 'Om Shanti', lost in the peace, spreading vibrations of peace to others. Faith needs both understanding and experience to sustain it.

So, make sure that you combine ongoing study of this knowledge with the practical experience of meditation. In this way your life becomes an inspiring source of positivity and happiness for yourself and for those with whom you interact.

Treatment for Cough

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Cough is most widespread disease. The cure for this disease lies with Betel leaves.

1. Apply 4 drops of eucalyptus oil to Betel leaves and eat them.

2. Apply 2 or 3 drops of peppermint oil to Betel leaves and eat them.

                                                                

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