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Massage with Ayurvedic massage oil
The exact meani... 2007-06-19 08:12:00 Massage with Ayurvedic
massage oilThe exact meaning of ‘Massage’ is to treatment the soft tissues of the body by the different techniques of hands. Massage has been used as medication since ancient time in India, china, Greece, Egypt, Rome etc. According to ayurveda massage has lots of benefit for making body fit and also for curing different diseases. Some of them are as follows-1) It helps to remove fatigue.2) Soothes the nerves.3) Makes skin smooth and also stronger the surface of the skin.4) Boosts up endurance.5) Stimulate to well sleep.6) Build up the total body system. It strengthens the immune system and enhances energy and vitality.7) Removes ageing etc.Massage also helps to cure different ailments like Insomnia, anxiety, indigestion, stress, infertility, sciatica, hormonal imbalance, skin disorders, lethargy etc.There are many different forms of massage therapies each of them having several benefits. It can be performed in standing position, sitting position or laying upo
Medicinal Herb Vasaka
Vasaka (Adhatoda vasica) a h... 2007-06-18 23:49:00 Medicinal Herb VasakaVasaka (Adhatoda vasica) a household remedy of numerous ailments. In early Indian ayurvedic medicine it was usually known as vasa. Though it generally found in waste but it is as much valuable as other medicinal herbs. In India it has been treated as grandmother’s medicine. Not only its leaves are used to aid but the flowers, stem and roots also very useful in curing cough, cold, asthma, bronchitis. The fluid extract from leaves is very helpful to treat diarrhea and dysentery.The root, bark and flower of vasaka can help to eliminate intestinal parasite. In this case intake one teaspoon of juice of fresh leaves thrice for three days or the decoction of its root and bark twice up to three days. Bruised some petal of vasaka flower in a pot, add some sugar. Keep this solution regularly in sun and should be stirred well everyday twice. It is very useful to aid tuberculosis and you can use this substance for a month. For cough, boiled the leaves in water and mixed hone Read more:Medicinal
Tips for beautiful nails
As we take care of our ha... 2007-06-23 04:22:00 Tips for beautiful nails
As we take care of our hair and our skin, nail should also be taken care of; as it is also a very important part of our body. It helps us to protect fleshy fingertips from getting hurt and even provide us aid to manipulate small objects. Since our nails protect us, so we should take proper care of it. Manicuring is the process of caring our nails and our hands. It isn’t a tough job to do manicure at home. Just follow the below steps to have a French manicure, which makes the nails healthy and shiny:1. At first, remove your nail polish with a nail polish remover dipped in a piece of cotton.2. Take tepid water in a small tub and add one teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide and shampoo to it.3. Soak your hand in the water atleast for ten minutes.4. Then clean your nails with a soft bristle brush and remove the dead skin with a cuticle cutter.5. Finally pat dry the hands and apply hand cream/ lotion. Massage your hands for around five minutes.Some of the very important t
Facial at home
We invest quite a large amount of ... 2007-07-06 04:38:00 Facial at home We invest
quite a large
amount of money on facial at beauty parlour. But many of us are unaware of the fact that facial can be done even at home. The steps for home facial are as follows:Step 1: Soak a soft towel into herbal tea liquor and press it onto the face, neck and shoulder. This should be done quite a number of times to open the facial pores.Step 2: Apply cleanser onto the face in circular motion with a piece of wet cotton and then clean the face with a soft towel, soaked in lukewarm water.Step 3: Apply toner all over the damp face, neck and shoulder with another piece of cotton. Avoid using toner around the eyes.Step 4: Now massage and apply mask according to your skin type (whether oily, normal or dry).Step 5: Finally apply moisturizer. It is always recommended to apply moisturizer on damp skin for maintaining humidity.For oily skin, the best facial packs are as follows:1. Brandy facial, which contains two crushed strawberries, two teaspoon of brandy, two teasp
Vegetables for Healthy skin For glowing skin and h... 2007-07-14 05:11:00 Vegetables for Healthy skin For glowing skin and healthy body, vegetables are always recommended. But many of us are quite unaware of the fact that vegetables can be applied directly to our skin as face masks and skin care treatment.The following tips are used to make the skin lustrous using vegetables:1. Take gauze and fill it with grated potato. Compress it around the eyes to remove dark circles. You can even use sliced cucumber onto your eyes for making the eyes relaxed and giving it a cooling effect.2. For smooth skin, grate a carrot and mix it well with one teaspoon of honey. Now apply the mask all over the face. Leave it for 15 minutes and wash it off. Feel the difference.3. Mix a spoon of fresh cream with a cup of pureed spinach. Apply all over the face and leave it for about half an hour. It gives a glowing effect to the skin.4. Mix grated fresh radish, one spoon of vinegar, one spoon of lemon juice and one spoon of honey with distilled water and store it in a bottle. Wash the Read more:Vegetables
Spa for healthy mind, body and soul
The concept ... 2007-07-20 01:51:00 Spa for healthy
mind, body and soul The concept of spa came from the time of Roman Empire in 14th century, when the exhausted military men returned from the battle field and are trying to find out a way to have a speedy recovery of the wounds and ailment. So, they started hunting for hot wells and put up it as bathing places to heal their aching bodies. They called these places as ‘aquae’ and named the treatment as “Sanus Per Aquam”, that is SPA. This means healing through or by using water.Now-a-days, spa treatments are gaining popularity, since it is used as a refreshment treatment as well as has a manifold wellbeing benefits. The atmosphere for a spa massage should be like a ‘castle in the sky’, which will help to relax mind, body and soul completely in a quiet ambiance.There are different types of spa treatments. Medicinal spa, health spa, destination spa, beauty spa, resort spa and day spa are some of them. Each and everyday, new healing processes are added to the list
Take care of your skin in Monsoon
‘Rain’ – to he... 2007-07-22 23:48:00 Take care of your skin in Monsoon
‘Rain’ – to hear this word for the first time, the foremost thing which comes to our mind is cooling effects and relief from scorching heat. But it has also some negative effects on our skin, just like the way we suffer in other seasons. The foremost harmful effect is the fungal infection, which basically occurs in toes and armpits due to wet clothes and footwear. So everybody should take care of their feet. Use anti fungal soap while bathing and apply anti fungal powder after bath. It is easily available in any medical store. To get soft and smooth feet, rub petroleum jelly and wear socks (if possible, since it will help to soak up the jelly) before going to bed. To get rid of bad odor of feet, mix rose oil, lavender oil with milk and apply it onto your feet.Because of humidity, our skin gets easily attracted to pollution and dirt. So, proper cleansing, toning and moisturizing are required at a regular basis for healthy and glowing skin. Some hom
Homemade Remedies for Acne Acne is generally found... 2007-07-25 00:55:00 Homemade Remedies
for Acne
Acne is generally found among teenagers having oily skin on their face, neck and back. Here are few homemade recipes for preventing acne and reducing their marks left on the skin:1. Make a paste of orange peel powder with water. Then apply it to the effected areas.2. Make a paste of fresh fenugreek leaves and water. Apply it all over the night and then wash it off the next day morning.3. Mix equal amount of lemon juice and rose water. Apply it on the acne with a cotton ball. Leave it for half an hour and wash off well. Continue with this recipe for atleast twenty days.4. Remove all the makeup at night and wash your face with lukewarm water using Neem based soap.5. Several times in a day, rub the acne with garlic cloves. They are really helpful.6. Squeaky clean your face and dab egg white with a cotton ball on the acne. Leave it for an hour and wash off well.7. Only on acne spot apply some toothpaste at night time. Make sure that you do not apply it on your sk
Herbal way to remove under eye dark circles
Dark c... 2007-08-07 07:51:00 Herbal way to remove under eye dark circles
Dark circles are a common beauty problem. Some of the basic reasons behind it are lack of sleep, hormonal imbalances, lack of proper nutrition, too much exposure to sun, due to stress or it can even happen due to heredity. This under eye dark circles gives an appearance of tiredness and illness. So, the following are some of the essential tips to get rid of the dark circles in herbal way:1. Grate potato and apply it overnight atleast three times a week.2. Make a paste of lemon juice, tomato juice, orange lentil flour and turmeric powder. Apply it on under eye dark circles and leave it for fifteen minutes and finally wash it off.3. Squeeze juice out of grated cucumber. Dab two cotton balls into the juice and keep it onto your eyes. This will help the eyes to relax and make it tired-free.4. Mix lemon juice, tomato juice and potato juice all together. Apply it on the dark circle and keep it over a night.5. Massage your under eye dark circles with Read more:Herbal
2007-08-23 08:14:00 Relax with spa treatment at homeSpas are an excellent way to rejuvenate body, mind and soul. It is the easiest way to pamper yourself and make your skin refreshing and gorgeous. All through the week days, we lead such a hectic life that at weekend, a spa treatment is always preferable. But generally spa treatments are quite expensive. So, here are some of the essential tips which you can follow even at home for an exquisite spa therapy.The followings are some of the homemade herbal packs for rejuvenating your skin:1. Mix two tablespoon of dried lavender with two tablespoon of plain yoghurt. Stir it with thinly chopped oatmeal until the mix becomes a paste. Then pull back your hair and wash your face with normal water and pat dry it. Apply the mix all over the face avoiding eyes and mouth. After 10 minutes, remove the mask with lukewarm water.2. In a bowl, take half a cup of brown sugar, one-forth cup of honey and some essential oils and mix it well. Scrub your body during shower with a
2007-10-09 02:07:00 Medicinal values of Bitter GourdMomordica charantai or Bitter gourd is also known as Karela in Hindi Language. It is one of the common vegetables used in India, China, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and in Vietnam. Bitter gourd is a source of all necessary vitamins and minerals such as, vitamin A, B1, B2, iron, Calcium, Potassium, Phosphorous, and Copper. Regular use of bitter gourd can help us to prevent many diseases like hypertension, indigestion, eye complication etc. It purifies blood tissues and stimulates liver functions. Following are some diseases where bitter gourd plays a major role in order to get rid of them: Diabetes: Researches revealed that it contains insulin like property which is very helpful to lower the urine sugar level. Taking the juice of four and five fruits every morning is quite helpful for diabetic patients. Cholera: Mixture of two tsp. of bitter gourd juice with the same quantity of onion juice and one tsp. of lemon juice is effective in the early stage of c
2007-11-07 22:56:00 Effectiveness of CucumberScientific name of Cucumber is Cucumis sativus. There is a question that cucumber is a fruit or vegetable. There are enormous effectual assessments of cucumber shown in below - Nutritional value:-Cucumber is a very good source of the vitamins C (9.2%) and the mineral molybdenum (6.9%). It is also a good source of vitamin A (4.5%), potassium (4.3%), manganese (4.0%), folate (3.4%), dietary fiber (3.3%), tryptophan (3.1%), and magnesium (2.9%) and also contains silica. Health Benefits:-This fruit is a great source of ascorbic acid and caffeic acid, which helps console skin irritations and reduces inflammation. High Blood Pressure:- Cucumber is quite useful to reduce high blood pressure.A Radiant Complexion:- Cucumber is excellent for making skin soft and fair. Cucumber juice is a good source of silica which is an essential element to improve the complexion and health of the skin. It helps to maintain the moisturizer balance of skin. It’s very good to remove sun
2007-12-03 03:35:00 Winter Skin Care with Fruits Winter is the most problematic season for our skin. Skin becomes rough, irritated and lifeless in this season. Soft, smooth and glowing skin needs lots of moisturizer. But only moisturizer is not enough. Fruits are the key ingredient of healthy skin. Fruits contain essential vitamins and minerals that are good for our healthy skin. There are some winter skin care tips with fruits which are as follows:- 1. Orange juice helps to make instant glow of our skin. Apply the juice in cotton on your face, neck and hand. Leave it for ten minutes and wash it off with plain water. 2. Mix one tablespoon of fresh apple juice with one fourth teaspoon of lime juice. It can be a good refreshing tonic for the skin. You can use it as an effective skin cleanser. 3. Mix one medium very ripe tomato with one cup of un-boiled milk. Apply it on your face and neck. Leave it for fifteen minutes and wash it off. It’s also a good cleanser. 4. Make a paste
2007-12-21 00:15:00 Hair Care in Herbal way How do you keep the natural look of your hair? Your hair is an important part of your beauty. Proper care should be taken to influence the healthy grow of hair. Dandruff, thinning hair, balding, premature graying, split ends these are the causes of hair spoiling. Here are some herbal remedies for healthy and shiny hair:- Homemade Remedies for Dandruff: 1. Mix a tablespoon of neem oil or coconut oil with the same quantity of castor oil and mustard oil. Massage this oil mixture on your scalp every night and wash with a natural shampoo on the next day. Herbal Tips for Shiny Hair: 1. Make a paste of eight strawberries and one tablespoon of mayonnaise. Massage this into wet hair. Wrap your hair with a shower cap and then a warm towel. Leave it for fifteen minutes. Lastly rinse with herbal shampoo and apply conditioner. You can use it as an effective hair mask which will give you a wealthy shiny hair. 2. Mix one tablespoon of honey into f
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