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Originally posted 2010-01-17 14:45:12.

I used to have acne when I was a teenager. It was frustrating and annoying. Going out was often the cause of anxiety, because the acne – horrible red inflamed spots – covered my face. Gradually, when I got older, the acne went away. Imagine my relief.

However, acne is not just an adolescent’s problem. Adults get them too. It is not just a matter of genetics but a slew of problems playing a part in triggering these awful red spots.

Basically, acne is caused by the clogging of skin glands or spores, which in turn become infected. Acne in adolescents is triggered by the onset of puberty making the hormones work over-time and causing the oil glands to increase – gasp – the production of sebum, an oily substance. Sebum lubricates the skin but if it breaks the skin wall, it causes inflammation and pus. That’s right, you get a pimple.

For some, the problem of – argh! – acne follows them right into adulthood. Now, our life-styles are now more hectic and crazy. Stress will sometime trigger flare-ups of the dreaded acne.

What should we do about acne? Conventional skin care products are sometimes useless against an acne onslaught. Perhaps, you might want to start looking in your kitchen.

Yes, your kitchen. I am talking about home remedies for acne. What, My Kitchen!

If you are the type who only uses the kitchen for cooking, be amazed that it is also a source of home remedies for acne (and other things – but that’s another story). Simple herbs and plants found in your pantry or window-sill might just do the trick for your acne problem.

Let’s take a look around the kitchen, shall we?

Crystal-Clear Water

My mother used to tell me to drink a lot of water when I was a teenager (with the acne problem). She told me that water would flush out the poisons and toxins that caused the acne.

Water is a great purifier. Eight glasses is the recommended number for adequate water-intake. Your skin is an organ and water keeps it well hydrated.

You can also make herbal water by infusing the hair of one corn with water. The natural sweetness of the corn will make the water go down well. The hair of corn is a “cooling” agent and it will reduce the inflammation.

Of course, washing your face regularly with clean water is a wise choice.

Use Your Fruits and Vegetables

Our mothers were often right when they told us to eat our fruits and vegetables. Now, we can use them on our skin. It is as simple as opening up your fridge and looking at the types of fruits and vegetables. Our good old fridge is a good place to start looking home remedies for acne.

Cucumbers are a excellent choice. You can juice them, slice them or turn them into masks. Drinking cucumber juice is a good and tasty way to reduce pimples or acne. You can also mix in carrots and lettuces.

For fruits, you can try using fresh apricots. Juice an apricot and apply the juice on your skin. You can also eat the apricots. Yum!

Getting Serious With Cereals

Even your humble breakfast cereals can be a source of home remedies for acne.

Mix buttermilk and bran together to form a good paste. You can use the paste for cleansing. You can also use oats if you do not have bran in your kitchen. Bran and oats are great for masks as well. They also smell heavenly on the skin. Who says home remedies for acne cannot be delicious at the same time?

Convinced?

Convinced that your kitchen can be a great source for home remedies for acne? You can start by doing the basic – moderating your diet and including more fruits and vegetables. A healthy body will also ensure less acne and other skin problems. However, if your skin is unusually sensitive or you are unsure about using home remedies for acne, you should seek professional advice. This article is written as a general introduction to home or natural remedies for acne and should not be taken as absolute truth. Be discerning. Have fun in your kitchen!

Dr John Anne
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Originally posted 2009-10-27 17:13:59.

Wellness  is more than just having a healthy body – it’s also a mental game too.  . To have a healthy body, you have to be mentally well, and to relish mental peace, you have to feel good within your body. The two are inseparable and perpetually interacting to make us precisely what we are; emotional, cognitive, unique and complex beings.

Understanding the mind-body link means understanding that what you put in your body affects your views and emotions. If your body is weighed down battling disease and exhaustion, your mental wellness is also going to be affected. That is why it is so important to make sure your body stays clean, healthy and functioning the way it should be.

What stops your body from its normal functions? Well, food does not cause all problems in the body, but reckon of this: poor diet has been linked to cancer, diabetes, heart disease, liver failure, kidney failure, lupus, osteoporosis, gum disease, chronic sleep disorders, and memory loss, just to name a few.  If you are sick and ill your body will most likely be deficient in many nutrients and vital resources. This can lead to all sorts of more serious problems  .

So here you have a cycle: poor diet leads to disease; disease leads to an exhausted and overtaxed body; an exhausted and over-taxed body leads to depression, memory loss, hyper-activity, and more. Knowing approximately this cycle can tell us why healthy eating is important and why we need to cleanse and heal our bodies and minds.

To break old habits and clean away the junk and instability left by years of poor diet and thought patterns, we need a new way forward. A good purifying program offers just that. Both the body and the mind need to be balanced and clear if we are going to lead the kind of life we all want. A holistic approach to cleansing your body can help you rid yourself of the eating and thought patterns that keep you stuck and make you menstruating.  Cleansing your body can help you overcome poor eating habits from your past and empower you with new ways of eating  that make you feel distinguished; body and mind.

Originally posted 2010-11-28 10:31:25.

Learn home remedies to treat nighttime leg cramps from Pharmacologist Joe Graedon of the popular public radio show, The People’s Pharmacy.

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Originally posted 2010-01-12 16:32:10.

Boil is a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue in the skin. It starts off as reddened tender area and over a period of time, the area around it becomes firm and hard. The center of the boil full of pus is soft and is filled with infection fighting white blood cells, bacteria and proteins that eradicate the infection. Finally the pus forms a head, which can be surgically opened or drained out through the surface of the skin.

Boils most commonly occur on the buttock, ears, face, neck, nose, shoulders, thighs and underarms, mostly affecting teenagers and young adults, due to puberty and related hormonal changes within the body’s biological systems. However, in some instances, boils can develop in mature adults. In relevance to the individual presenting a boil, tenderness and pain is experienced.  Therefore, of those individuals suffering from this particular skin disease clinically termed as a boil, it is comprehendible that home remedies for boil are sought.

Symptoms of Boils

Skin on the face, neck, armpit or buttocks develop a pea-size lump filled with pus, that is tender to touch and is red in appearance having a tip or head accompanied by fever occasionally.

Home Remedies for Boils

Parsley leaves or ajmood also plays vital role in treating boils. Boil parsley leaves, till it becomes soft. Wrap the boiled leaves in clean perforated cloth and put is over boils. This will help in release of puss by opening boil’s mouth.

Bitter Gourd is an effective home remedy for blood-filled boils. A cupful of fresh juice of this vegetable, mixed with a teaspoon of lime juice, should be taken, sip by sip, on an empty stomach daily for a few months to treat this condition.

Turmeric to be an excellent remedy to treat boils and other staph infections. Turmeric is a traditional Ayurvedic spice that is often used as a blood purifier and anti-inflammatory remedy. It can be purchased in powder form from many Indian grocery stores. Using this powder, a simple and effective remedy for boils is the following:

•    Add 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder to a glass of warm water.
•    Drink 3 times per day.
•    Healing will begin within a few hours.
•    Repeat for 3 days.

Another effective remedy for boil treatment is to take equal quantities of honey, fresh lemon Juice, fresh orange juice and cod liver oil mixed and taken three times a day is an excellent tonic when You are feeling tired and run down.

Make a paste of 1 tsp of milk cream, 1/2 tsp of vinegar and a pinch of turmeric powder. When applied, it assists in ripening the blood boils and cure them without becoming septic. This is one of the good home remedies for boils.

John mathew
http://www.articlesbase.com/diseases-and-conditions-articles/home-remedies-for-boils-boils-causes-and-symptoms-473901.html

Originally posted 2010-02-10 17:32:17.

Influenza or most commonly know as \”the flu\” or \”grippe\” is cause by a virus that infects the upper respiratory tract. There are two types of influenza, type A and B, Flu infect the throat, nose, lungs bronchial tubes, and middle ear. There are vaccines for the flu but since there are so many viruses that can cause flu (about 200) however they are constantly mutating, making it very difficult to achieve success against these types of flu viruses.

The symptoms for flu are similar to those of a common cold, such as body aches, cough, hot and cold sweat, fatigue, headaches, fever, nausea, vomiting, throat pain, lack of appetite. Colds last for a week, but the flu can last for up to 12 days, and after all symptoms have disappeared a persistent cough remains for another week.
Influenza is one of the thousands of diseases that modern medicine has yet to find a cure for but herbs and natural remedies can relieve the symptoms.

TIP: Did you know that the Flu shot or vaccine is made from chicken embryos? If you are allergic to eggs, avoid Flu shots the allergic reaction is worse then the flu symptoms, besides, the effectiveness of the vaccine is not very good ether.

Do not buy any over the counter drugs to deal with this virus, most of the medications in the market today only suppress the symptoms and block the self defense mechanism of the body making it more difficult to recover.

TIP: Do not use Aspirin, this can irritate the mucus membranes.

Home remedies for Flu we recommend

Home remedies for Flu #1: Take Vitamin C to boost immune system and increase the number of white blood cells

Home remedies for Flu #2: Take Zinc lozenges, it boosts the immune system as soon the symptoms develop.

Home remedies for Flu #3: Colloidal silver kills viruses.

Home remedies for Flu #4: Take Garlic capsules to decrease de growth of the virus.

Home remedies for Flu #5: Make a tea mixing:

1 tsp. bayberry bark.
1 tsp. grated ginger root.
½ tsp. cayenne powder.
1 cup of boiling water.
Let it sit for 20 minutes.

Home remedies for Flu #6: Take \”cold and flu\” tablets this homeopathic preparation has help people avoid getting infected with the flu virus by taking 1 tablet a day throughout the flu season.

Home remedies for Flu #7: Take arsenicum album if thirsty but feel better drinking warm fluids, lack of appetite, body aches, and feel worse during the night.

Home remedies for Flu #8: Take bryonia if cough, throat and chest pain, dry mouth and lips, very thirsty.

Home remedies for Flu #9: Take eupatorium perfoliatum if you have pain in your bones and eyeballs.

Home remedies for Flu #10: Take Gelsemium if feeling chills, aches, fever, not thirsty.

Home remedies for Flu #11: Nux vomica  is used when a simple cold has develop into influenza.

Home remedies for Flu #12: If the fever is too high, take catnip tea and ½ tsp. of lobelia tincture every 4 hours. Do not use if pregnant or breast-feeding and do not give to a child less than one year old.

Home remedies for Flu #13: Cat\’s claw shortens the duration of the flu.

Learn more here and get your copy of The Home Made Medicine E-book

cleveland
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Originally posted 2010-02-17 13:56:35.

Eyes are considered the most beautiful part of the body. Even this can help you to see objects also beautiful eyes can adds beauty to a woman. If the eyes have any of the problems like dark circle this could be very bad as well as health and beauty purposes. The under eye dark circle is a very common problem which is affecting most of the people all over the world.

Causes-The problem can be caused due to fatigue, lack of sleep, stress, deficiency of balanced diet, some kidney problems and hereditary factors. The problem occurs generally when a person reaches to the age of 30. If a person having under eye dark circle he may have skin around the eye is dark and also delicate and thin.

Home Remedies for Dark under Eye Circles

Home remedies- The remedies for dark circles are not fast but effecting. Using some of the effective and simple home remedies can solve the problem and some of the important ones are mentioned below. If you want to get rid of dark area around the eyes, you should prepare a juice of potato and cucumber. Now, dip cotton balls in the mixture and put it on the eyes for 15 minutes. This method will provide relief to the stressed eyes.

The best thing to get relief from dark circles under eyes is to take a sound sleep. The person who is having dark circles should take 7-8 hours sleep a day. Lack of sleep gives way to paleness of skin as it reduces the circulation of blood.

If you are having boils around eye, you may apply a drop of refined castor oil. You can apply cool tea bags, an ice cube wrapped in soft cloth, or cucumber slices to your eyes daily as this can soothe your eyes. The tannin in tea bags is used to reduce swelling and discoloration and cucumber slices have long been used to reduce puffiness and refresh the appearance of skin around the eyes.

You should wash your eyes with rose water as this can provide cooling to your eyes. Two slices of cucumber should be kept on both the eyes for half an hour. This gives bleaching effect but also gives cooling to the eyes. You should wash your eyes with Epsom salt regularly as this can reduce the darkness of circles.

Dr John Anne
http://www.articlesbase.com/skin-care-articles/home-remedies-for-dark-under-eye-circles-545194.html

Originally posted 2010-02-08 14:14:35.

Well i have this pimple and its BOTHERING me so , i need it gone for my date with my boyfriend tomorrow , can someone please help me . Its just this pimple thats bothering me and i need it gone =[ . please help me and i only need home remedies and no websites thanks .

i just tryed this and my pimples went away in about 5 hours!
i swear by this! it works!

first..
get a cup of warm water and put tons of salt in it.
then grab a cotton ball and soak it in the water for about 60 seconds.
then squeeze the cotton ball so its damp but its not dripping w/ water.
take out the cotton ball, put it on the pimple and leave it on the pimple for about 3-6 mins.
then take it off, dry the skin, and put salt on it.
leave on for about 3 mins then put toothpaste on it and leave on overnight..
but if you dont go to sleep keep putting on more toothpaste on about every 2 hours..
[it does burn at first]

keep doing this and they should all be gone.

Originally posted 2010-02-13 05:39:13.

For those of you who have been looking around for home remedies for hemorrhoids for a long time now, there is great news awaiting you. You can now get rid of hemorrhoids or piles in a natural way, without having to worry about harmful side effects. Holly Hayden has come out with what is known as the ‘H Miracle’ system, that can help you wave goodbye to hemorrhoids once and for all. The treatment system has already helped cure scores of people till now.

No longer do you need to feel embarrassed about your problem. The H Miracle system guides you through the various home remedies for hemorrhoids. For instance, it is a well known fact that lack of fibers is one of the main causes of hemorrhoids. This treatment program will tell you about what are the fruits and vegetables that you need to include in your diet in order to increase the fiber content. Similarly you will also get to know about certain particular fruits and vegetables that can help the reoccurrence of the problem, as part of the treatment program.

The home remedies for hemorrhoids that form part of this treatment system, can be easily found in your local grocery mart. In fact you will be amazed at the power of these easily available natural ingredients in curing hemorrhoids. Even if you were to incorporate these ingredients as part of your diet for just a day or two in a week, you are sure to feel the difference. No longer do you need to suffer from the burning, itching, swelling and pain associated with hemorrhoids.

sidana.abhi
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/home-remedies-for-hemorrhoids-using-easily-available-natural-ingredients-729885.html

Originally posted 2010-07-28 07:08:04.

Stretch Marks During Pregnancy

Stretch Marks During Pregnancy

Stretch Marks During Pregnancy are a common pregnancy-related issue. But having stretch marks is not a disease. Stretch Marks During Pregnancy is a particular condition of the skin, due to additional burden, responsibility thrown on a particular part of the skin. There is no cut and dry method for the removal of Stretch Marks During Pregnancy. Still, you can try some home remedies to annihilate Stretch Marks During Pregnancy totally or partially.

The best method to treat Stretch Marks During Pregnancy is to take precaution when they are about to appear. You need to treat Stretch Marks During Pregnancy as soon as you feel that stretch marks are making their initial effort to appear on your skin. When they are just beginning to be visible, you will realize that the skin is failing on the elasticity front.

Use moisturizing agents like vitamin E and cocoa butter and almond oil on the affected area regularly. You can also use lavender oil and vitamin K. These have shown encouraging results in many cases.

The main reason for Stretch Marks During Pregnancy is uncontrolled weight gain.

So, control your weight gain by following an intelligent diet and exercising regime during the pregnancy. Walking and stretching are also highly recommended thus during pregnancy. With these precautions, weight gain will follow the normal pattern and your skin will not be subjected to abrupt stretches.

After your mind your skin is the most stressed part of your body during the pregnancy. It is on the natural expansion spree. Drink water in liberal quantity, for you need to see that the skin remains moist and supple. When elasticity of the skin is maintained, you are removing the major cause for the stretch mark. It is also advisable for the expectant mothers to take daily oil massages with vitamin E and C. The additional burden on the skin is effectively countered and the skin will remain in the original condition.

At this juncture, the diet aspect also takes priority. The diet should be well balanced. Eat the food that is skin-friendly. Never forget that excessive weight gain is the prime cause of stretch marks.

All in all I can say, pregnancy is a special condition. Stretch mark is the special after effect. So, you need to make special, intelligent efforts to go to the root of the problem and solve it accordingly.

Home remedies for Stretch Marks During Pregnancy.

Ashish Jain

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Taking the time to address Stretch Marks During Pregnancy in the beginning will yield results.

Stretch Marks During Pregnancy

Originally posted 2011-05-04 20:00:33.