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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Home Remedies for Asthma

Asthma is a disease that is creating waves around the world. It has been a trouble some diseases that causes lots of worry in and around the world. It is a diseases of respiratory tract in which our bodies mechanism over reacts to a foreign substance to make contraction in our bronchioles and alveoli and thus making breathing difficult. Below are some of the Home Remedies that will surely make you relief from these remedies.

Asthma Home Remedies

1. Drink a cup of black coffee, the warmth will break up the flem and the caffine will help the tightness in your chest/throat.

2. Avoid night time asthma attacks, by taking Vit C right before you go to sleep. Best wishes ...may you breathe well.

3. Garlic is another effective Home Remedy for asthma. Ten garlic cloves, boiled in 30 ml of milk, make an excellent medicine for the early stages of asthma. This mixture should he taken once daily by the patient. Steaming ginger tea with two minced garlic cloves in it, can also help to keep the problem under control, and should be taken in the morning and evening.

4. Among fruits, figs have proved very valuable in asthma. They give comfort to the patient by draining off the phlegm. Three or four dry figs should be cleaned thoroughly with warm water and soaked overnight.

5. Grind kheel of borax (heat borax in an iron vessel so that it spreads and store in a bottle) and dilute it. Take half gram to one gram of it twice or thrice with honey or warm water.

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Monday, June 25, 2007

Home Remedies for Arthritis

Arthritis is one of the most common of all the problems that is almost ruling man kind of this era. Though there are many reason that causes the arthritis but one really can’t ignore the involvement of the wrong dietary habits and other mistakes that we commit.

Well why to cry now. Below are some of the arthritis home remedies that will surely help you in making you relived from this travesty.

1. Warm coconut oil or mustard oil, mixed with two or three pieces of camphor should be massaged on stiff and aching joints. It will increase blood supply, and reduce inflammation and stiffness with the gentle warmth produced while massaging.

2. A tea made from the herb alfalfa, especially from its seeds, has shown beneficial results in the arthritis treatment. One teaspoon of alfalfa seeds may be added to one cup of water. Three to four cups of this tea should be taken daily by arthritics for at least two weeks.

3. Research suggests ginger root inhibits production of prostaglandins and leukotrienes, which are involved in pain and inflammation. In an uncontrolled 1992 Danish study, 56 patients who had either RA, OA or muscular discomfort took powdered ginger. All of those with musculoskeletal pain and three-fourths of those with OA or RA reported varying degrees of pain relief and no side effects, even among those who took the ginger for more than two years.

4. Although both ice packs and heat packs can provide some relief, don't use either for more than ten minutes at a time, advises Dr. Caldron. Usually ice is used to prevent swelling but may also douse pain; heat in small doses may promote muscle relaxation and soothe pain.

5. Potato water is another popular home remedy for arthritis. Soak sliced potatoes in water overnight and drink the juice. Another popular drink is apple cider vinegar. Drinking blackstrap molasses mixed with fruit juice is also a popular home remedy.

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