Archive for April, 2009
NAILS CARE: PROBLEM NAILS
Fragile: increase yeast, kefir, yoghurt, vitamin A.B.C. spirulina Horizontal Ridges: this uneven growth is due to either illness or injury to the base of nail whilst growing. Also due to change of diet and climate.
Vertical Ridges: shows nutrient imbalance, increase protein and fats. Over intake of carbohydrates, salts.
Hard brittle: an over intake of animal foods, salt, eggs, meat, cheese, poultry, and seafood.
Soft peel: an over intake of white rice, bread, milk, cream, kefir, yoghurt, honey, sugar, spices, frozen or canned food, tropical fruit, vegetables, stimulant brewerages.
Splitting: increase vitamin A, protein, cod liver, liver, carrot juice, cabbage, onions, egg yolk and meat. Calcium – milk, cheese, nuts, almonds, canned fish, soyabeans, lettuce, com, beans, spinach and rice.
White spots: zinc and B6 deficiency, over intake of simple sugars. Increase whole grains, meat, bran, sardines, cheese, eggs, pumpkin seeds and brewers yeast in diet.
Hang nails: a lack of folic acid and increase vitamin C.B complex, brewers yeast.
Slow growing: increase vitamin A, sulphur, amino acids and exercise. Nail growth slows down after the age of 50.
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SKIN DISORDERS: LEPROSY AND MEASLES
Leprosy
Urine: treat by washing with urine, applying compresses and by drinking urine.
Spice: a little powdered turmeric is mixed with the juice from half a squeezed lime and a little water to make a smooth paste. Put directly onto leprosy sores.
Oil: the use of products prepared from “Neem” are a good remedy for this disease. The body should be bathed with the water in which leaves of neem have been boiled. Neem oil can be massaged into the skin after it has been washed with neem soap.
Measles
Spice: a bit of powdered turmeric is mixed with the juice from half a squeezed lime and a little water to make a smooth paste. Put directly onto spots.
Essential oils: the virus is spread by air-borne droplets. Use anti-viral oils as an air freshener. Make up a synergistic blend of 15 drops lavender, 15 drops chamomile, 5 drops tea tree, and add 10 drops of the blend to 100 ml of water in a spray mist bottle. Make up a solution of 1/2 litre of warm water with 5 drops of the synergistic blend and use this to sponge down the child each day. To treat the spots, cover with calamine lotion, to which essential oils of lavender 5 drops and chamomile 5 drops can be added to 100 ml of calamine.
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SKIN SAVER REMEDIES: SPIRULINA KITCHEN COSMETICS
Spirulina Cleanser: Natural yoghurt 250 g, honey 5 g, spirulina powder 3 g, essential oils 0.25 ml. Mix ingredients together. Apply twice daily onto moist skin and massage in gently, then rinse well with water. Spirulina Toner: Cider vinegar 10 ml, spirulina powder 2 g, rain water 80 ml, essential oils 0.25 ml Mix ingredients together. Shake well before each use, apply twice daily as a splash on toner after cleansing. Spirulina Moisturiser: Apricot oil 30 ml, grape-seed 25 ml, vitamin E 1 drop, essential oils 0.25 ml spirulina powder 1 g. Mix ingredients together. Shake well before using, for spirulina powder sediments will separate. Use 5-10 drops massage oil into the skin twice a day after toner.
Spirulina Mask: Oatmeal fine 60 g, com Starch 40 g? spirulina powder 3 g, essential oils 0.25 ml Mix ingredients together and add water until a soft paste. Apply with a soft pastry brush. Avoid contact with the eyes. Leave mask on for 10 minutes. Rinse with warm water, following with a toner and moisturising oil. Use once a week.
Spirulina Fresh Fruit Facial: Avocado 1/2, pure honey 1 tsp., spirulina powder 3 g, fresh cream tsp. Mix ingredients together and apply to well cleansed skin. Lay down and relax with fresh cucumbers on the eyes. Leave on for 15 to 20 minutes. Rinse with warm water, then with cool water following with toner and moisturising oil.
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SKIN SAVER REMEDIES: DON’T THROW YOU RUBBISH AWAY! CUCUMBER AND EGG SHELLS
Cucumber – has anti- wrinkle properties. Apply the inside of the skin around the eye and neck area. With regular use it can be used for the prevention of pimples, blackheads, wrinkles and dryness of the face. Cucumber juice from the skin is rubbed onto the scalp to increase hair growth.
Recipe: Place 2 chopped unpeeled cucumbers into a blender, add just enough cream to make a smooth thick mixture. Then add 1 tbsp. of olive oil and blend again. Sit in the refrigerator for 1/2 to 1 hour. Scrub your face with fresh lemon, but don’t wipe dry. Then apply the cucumber cream mixture and leave mask on for 1-1/4 hours. Rinse well until clean, then dip your finger into fresh cream. Rub in to skin and let it dry. Use this mask as often as you like to obtain wrinkle free skin.
Egg shells – Rub the remaining egg white from the shell underneath the eyes to minimise fine lines then rinse. Remove the membrane from the inside of the shell. Then apply the egg skin to enlarged pores, let it dry before peeling off.
Crush the egg shells of one dozen eggs to a fine powder and add to one pint of apple cider vinegar then seal.
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PREVENTIVE MEASURES FOR CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY
Natural gas, oil fumes etc
The idea that people can be sensitive to natural gas is a contentious one, but it is claimed that some people have made dramatic recoveries after removing the gas supply from their house. Just turning gas appliances off is not sufficient apparently – small amounts of gas still escape from the joints of pipes.
The sort of symptoms reported in gas-sensitive patients are faintness, mental confusion, irritability, aggression, lack of coordination and facial flushing. A holiday in a gas-free house is the best way to test if gas is a problem. Sensitivity to oil fumes, coal smoke, paraffin fumes and other odours from heating systems can be tested for in the same way.
For most people, a couple of weeks ‘away from it all’ is the only way to test for
sensitivity to exhaust fumes. But for anyone who does a lot of travelling by car or lorry, simply reducing the amount of travelling can significantly lessen exposure to exhaust fumes. This may be enough to alleviate the symptoms.
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FEET, PAINFUL GROWTHS ON SOLES OF
Description and Possible Medical Problems
As we grow older, we become attuned to the little aches and pains that, although they may not totally restrict our movement are nevertheless there—and they weren’t before. A creak in the knee during a walk or a knuckle that begins to swell the second you type for more than a certain number of minutes—these things are annoying, but we can still carry on.
When a pain occurs on the bottom of your foot, however, and makes it difficult to walk, it’s probably not just any old ache or pain but a plantar wart, also called a verruca plantaris. A plantar wart is caused by the same virus that’s responsible for the warts that appear on your hands, and it has a characteristic dark spot in the middle. One way in which it differs from the wart on your finger is that it is usually level with the surface of skin because of the pressure of walking, which makes it recede into the skin.
You can usually let an ordinary wart clear up by itself or use an over-the-counter preparation to freeze it so it falls off. With a plantar wart, however, you usually don’t have the luxury of time, since it hurts with every step.
If you have a plantar wart, you should see your doctor. He will use cryotherapy to freeze it off, lasers to burn it off, or topical medication such as an aspirin derivative or a mild acid, which will cause the wart to eventually dry up and fall off. Whatever removal method is used, it is not painful, and the wart should fall off in about four days.
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BODY SIGNAL ALERT VAGINAL DISCHARGE WITH BLOATING AND GENERAL MALAISE: TREATMENT
If your doctor suspects you have ovarian cancer, he will use a sonogram, a CAT scan of the pelvis, and a physical examination to make a positive diagnosis. There is also a blood test that can detect the presence of ovarian cancer and also track its progression. However, this test isn’t a standard part of a regular gynecological exam because it is very expensive. In addition, the test is not 100% accurate: in other words, a negative result does not mean you are free from cancer, and a positive doesn’t necessarily mean you have cancer.
If you do have ovarian cancer, you will need surgery to remove the cancer and help determine whether the cancer is in an early or advanced stage. In addition to your ovaries, your fallopian tubes, uterus, and lymph glands will also probably be removed to make sure that the cancer has not spread. After surgery, you will likely be treated with radiation or chemotherapy to keep the cancer in check.
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BELCHING WITH HEARTBURN, AN ACID TASTE IN THE MOUTH, AND A SORE THROAT: DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
Heartburn is probably the most common digestive complaint among people in their 40s and 50s—witness the sizable industry that offers pills and liquids in all shapes, sizes, and colors that profess to treat the condition. Most often, heartburn is a sign of stress and/or culinary overindulgence. To help determine the cause of your heartburn, ask yourself the following questions:
1. Do I have heartburn after every meal?
2. Do I sometimes find it difficult to sleep?
3. Does the pain occur in the middle of my abdomen between the upper left and right quadrants?
4. Do I frequently take over-the-counter heartburn remedies?
5. Is the heartburn painful?
Fortunately, heartburn is rarely a sign of a serious underlying illness. If you have persistent heartburn with a bad taste in your mouth and bad breath, then you may have a hiatal hernia, a physiological condition in which the valve between the esophagus and the stomach is not working
right. With a faulty valve, the stomach breaches the area directly below the diaphragm and actually rises up into the chest area. This allows stomach acids to enter the esophagus and the mouth. The high acid content of the stomach juices can irritate the esophagus, and this is known as heartburn.
If you have a hiatal hernia, it’s probably a by-product of too many years of eating rich food and leading a sedentary lifestyle. The obesity that usually results can also cause the stomach to push up into the esophagus. In addition, eating heavy meals just before you lie down to go to sleep can cause the valve to malfunction. And alcohol, cigarettes, spicy foods, and antibiotics can aggravate heartburn even more. When belching occurs in combination with sweating and a general malaise, it can be a sign of heart disease.
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BODY SIGNAL ALERT COUGH, PRODUCTIVE AND ACUTE: DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
The first thing you should realize with a cough that has appeared suddenly and brings up mucus or phlegm is that this is the body’s way of getting rid of an irritant that has entered the lungs. With an acute, nonproductive cough, the cause is usually an inhaled irritant, like dust. A productive cough, however, is probably caused by an underlying illness that is irritating the lungs and causing them to produce more phlegm than usual.
If you have an acute, productive cough, ask yourself the following questions:
1. What color is the secretion: grey, brown, green, red, yellow, or clear?
2. Am I coughing up a lot of phlegm or mucus—more than about a teaspoon—and is it thick or thin?
3. Am I coughing only at night or all day long?
4. Do I have a fever, chills, body aches, or lethargy?
6. Have I recently lost weight?
7. Was I a heavy smoker in the past?
8. Do I have night sweats?
If you have thick, copious secretions that are grey, yellow, brown, or green, you probably have a bacterial infection, which means you could have pneumonia. Some other symptoms could be fever, chills, or fatigue. If you have these symptoms, you should see your doctor.
If you’ve recently lost weight and have night sweats along with an acute, productive cough, you may actually have tuberculosis.
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PIMPLES: DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
I bet you thought you left acne and the occasional pimple behind in your 20s.
Guess again. Though acne flare-ups in adults do not occur to the degree they do in teenagers, midlife and older adults can indeed get pimples on their faces—and elsewhere on the body.
A pimple forms when an oil gland that sutrounds a hair follicle becomes plugged by sebum, the oil produced by the gland. The male hormone androgen, which is produced by both men and women, plays a role in sebum production because an increase in the amount of androgen in the body means an increase in sebum.
There are several reasons why pimples may suddenly make an appearance in an adult. Androgen levels, for one, can be affected by medications such as birth control pills. But acne can also be aggravated by the use of certain cosmetics, especially heavy moisturizing creams, which can block the oil glands and produce a buildup of sebum or encourage an allergic reaction that produces pimples. Creams can also aggravate preexisting acne. Heredity can also play a role.
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