Home Remedies for Constipation
August 3rd, 2010
Cures for Constipation
The key causes of constipation are lack of exercise and lack of fiber in the diet.
There are many natural home remedies for constipation. This post will list a few of the best ones which do not cost the earth, and are easy to apply. Several of these are fairly regular kitchen and fruit items.
Sometimes exposure to chemicals causes candida overgrowth. If this is the cause of constipation, then it is best to use the castor oil laxative. Avoid the tamarind recipe, as yeasts in dried tamarind will disagree with you until you have recovered. The kiwifruit recipe is also best avoided by ...
Low Vitamin D Levels
August 3rd, 2010
Vitamin D Deficiency:
We are all aware these days that low Vitamin D levels will affect the growth of bone and teeth tissue, hair and nails. If you are young, then you need adequate Vitamin D and Calcium so that your bones will grow properly, and your teeth will be strong. If you are old, then you need Vitamin D, plus Calcium, so that your bones do not become fragile and brittle: Strong bones are less likely to fracture.
Deficiency of Vitamin D is now thought to be a factor in many conditions of ill health and disease. Recent studies, as well ...
How To Make Ghee
August 3rd, 2010
Making Ghee
You need to learn How to Make Ghee if you want your Indian curries, and other Indian dishes to have that authentic ethnic flavour.
Medicinal Properties of Ghee:
Ghee is also commonly used as a medicinal agent in Ayurvedic medicine. Ghee has healing properties of its own which we will discuss here briefly, and it is also of great value in the making of medicated ghee oils, and in acting as a carrying agent in the body for the transporting of specific therapeutics in herbal remedies.
It Is Easy To Make Ghee
The Method:
All you need is a quantity of unsalted butter. It must be ...
Hawthorn Berries
August 3rd, 2010
The Hawthorn Tree, a Rosaceae.
Crataegus Monogyna and Crataegus Oxycanthoides are two common types of Hawthorn which grow in many parts of the Middle East, Europe, India, Africa and Asia. Its Chinese pharmaceutical name is fructus crataegi, commonly called shan zha in Chinese medicine.
The Hawthorn tree has special significance as a healing herb in the West, because, in the Christian tradition, it was supposed to have formed the Crown of Christ. It is known as 'the Mother of the heart' , perhaps with reference to the Virgin Mary, in traditional Western herbal medicine.
Hawthorn trees can be anything from the size of a bush to ...