Natural Remedies At Home

Dry scalp can be due to many factors like lack of moisture, poor diet, stress, environmental conditions and etc. Regular massaging and oiling reduces the dryness in scalp. For natural oily hair, the oil comes out the next day itself after shampooing your hair, so its better to shampoo often for oily hair which keeps your hair and scalp clean. Before shampooing, comb your hair from the scalp with wide bristles. After ever shampoo clean your comb or brush well, and then use it. Some natural remedies are as follows.

•  Dry scalp occurs when there is a lack of moisture or natural oils on the scalp. Olive oil is best for dry scalps.
• It may also be due to infrequent shampooing of hair and not rinsing the hair properly. So wash and rinse hair several times in cold water. General preventive care for dandruff is to keep your scalp moistured well.
• Apply oil regularly and massage in circular motion. Heat oil and once it is warm apply it on hair and leave it on for 45 minutes and then wash off with warm water.
• Rinse hair thoroughly with mixture of vinegar and water so that there is no shampoo residue left in the scalp, because the shampoo residue itself will make the scalp dry and leads to itchness.
• One of the homemade shampoo is with fenufreek seeds. Soak it overnight and grind it to thick paste and use it as shampoo after oiling the hair. It gives moisture and good texture to hair.
• Neem leaf extract stimulates circulation to the scalp, promotes hair growth and thereby reducing the irritation of scalp. Rinsing with neem water treats drandruff and hair loss.
• Rinse hair thoroughly with mixture of vinegar and water so that there is no shampoo residue left in the scalp. As the shampoo residue will lead to itchness in scalp.
• Warm coconut oil and massage gently all over the scalp. Wrap a hot steamed towel over the head so that the oil gets absorbed. Leave it on for an hour. Then apply lemon juice on your scalp. Shampoo after 15 minutes.

Note: The warm oil softens the dandruff while lemon juice cleanses your scalp. Repeat it every 2 weeks unitl dandruff is completely gone.

Making soup is really simple and delicious. Soup may have many health benefits and full of nutrients. Soups are warming and satisfying, adding a nourishing comfort to your day.

Ingredients:

• Carrot
• Potato
• Beans
• Cabbage
• Beetroot
• Tomato
• Garlic
• Wholeblackpepper
• Small onion

Method:

1. To a boiling water add the above vegetables.
2. Grind garlic, whole black pepper, small onion, cumin seeds, ginger, curry leaf to a coarse paste.
3. Mix the grounded paste to the boiling veagetables.
4. Once the vegetables have become soft, mash it. Add salt to your taste. Add 2 tspn lemon juice and bread cubes for extra flavour. Ready to serve.

Spinach or keerai is one of the nutritious greeny leaf and a heart- healthy food.  Spinach is an excellent source of vitamin A and C and also an excellent source of iron. It can be eaten raw as salads.  Below is

a soup recipe using spinach.

Ingredients:

• Opo squash / sorakai[in tamil] – 1
• Spinach 1 bunch
• Moong dal – 3tbspn
• Whole black pepper
• Cumin seeds - 1 tspn
• Tomato 2
• Green chilli 2
• Red chilli powder
• Garlic  – 3 pod
• Curry leaf

Method:

1. Clean the spinach in running water and chop them finely.
2.  To boiling water add tomato, garlic and moong dal.
3.  Meanwhile grind chopped spinach, opo squash, green chilli, black pepper, cumin seeds, curry leaf to a coarse paste .  Add these to the boiled water and allow it cook in low flame for about 20 min.
4. Once done mash it nicely and finely add 1 tspn ghee.
5.  Add salt to your taste. Garnish with some pepper and ready to serve.

Pudina leaves is also known as mint leaves. It has got both medicinal properties as well as cosmetic properties. Pudina leaves is well known for its pleasant aroma andis  mainly used in cooking,

 for garnishing foods. Its one of the handy herb to have in kitchen. In India, pudina leaves are used in vegetarian dish as well as in non-vegetarian dish. It adds flavour and aroma to the dish.

 Here are some useful tips using pudina leaves:

For Indigestion:

Mint leaves juice mixed with a tspn of lime juice and honey treats indigestion. They are largely used in medicine for stomach disorders.

Morning sickness:

Mix mint leaves juice with ginger juice and honey and have it twice a day.  This gets relief from morning sickness.

Mouth freshener:

It also acts as an excellent mouth freshner. Boil the mint leaves in water and allow it to cool for a while. Gargle  this water to get rid from bad breath.

Abdominal pain:

In a glass of milk add few mint leaves and bring it boil and drinking it after it gets warm. This gets relief from abdominal pain.

Mint leaves juice is applied to insect bite areas, so that it gets healed quickly.

Winter has started and there are too many things to keep in mind to take care of ourself.  There are many common problems during winter like

cold, flu, dry skin, dehydartion, dandruff, chapped lips and many more. To get rid of these here are some useful tips.

• Keep yourself well protected while you are out of your house.
• Its better to carry water bottle of your own for drinking. Using your own water bottle may avoid flu and cold. If you see any symptoms

            of cold with runny nose its better to do  steam inhaltion immiediately.

• To avoid dry scalps and itchy flakes apply oil regularly once a week and leave it for whole night. Wash it next day. Do not wash often which may lead to dry scalp and itchy flakes.
• Drinking lots of water will keep your skin healthy and hydrated. Eating fresh vegetables and fruits will keep you hydrated.
• Before going to bed apply some moisturize lotion all over your body for healthy soft and supple skin.
• If your lips are chapped and dry apply some ghee. This will soften your lips and avoids from chapping.

Sun tan is one of the major problem with the darker skins. Many of them like to have their skin tanned in summer but some wants to get rid away from sun tan. The affected areas are mainly face, neck and arms. Avoiding over exposure to sun may get rid of  tan. While going out in sunny days you can  can apply some sunscreen lotion like SPF 30. Protect ur exposed skin with  this lotions and after returning home apply some home made facepack. By these way you can protect your skin from getting tanned.
Here are some home made remedies if you are already affected with tanned skin.

• Grind potato to a fine thick paste. Add some lemon to juice to it. Apply it on the affected areas like face, neck, and arms. Leave on until it is dry like say about 25 to 30 minutes. Then wash with cold water. Repeat this procedure twice in a week.
• Before going for a bath rub the lemon slice on the affected skin. Let it dry and take bath after half an hour. Lemon is one of the best remedy to get rid from tan.
• Apply yogurt daily on your face. This makes the skin softer and also reduces darkness. This can be applied daily. It acts as a deep cleanser.
• Squeeze some tomato juice and apply it directly on to your face and leave it for 15 minutes. This caan be done in alternate days which helps to reduce the sun tan.
• Mix grounded powdered almonds, oatmeal, plain yogurt, milk and allow it soak for few minutes. When they are mixed well apply to your face. Leave it for 30 minutes and when fully dried wash it warm water. Repeat it twice in a week.
• Aloe vera is one of the best remedy for sun tanned skin. This can be applied daily at bedtime.

Here are some useful remedies using dried ginger powder. As everyones knows ginger has got many medicinal and herbal properties. In earlier days, ginger was the main ingredient for all medicinal uses. They are dried in sun and then made them to fine powder. It has got good healing properties. Listed here are some of the useful remedies.

Grind the dry ginger to a fine powder. Apply it on the forehead to get relief from
headache. It can also be applied for the joint pains.

Toungue infection and mouth ulcer:
 Mix the dried ginger powder with coconut milk and drink it slowly. This will
heal the infection and ulcer.

Cough and throat infection:
Mix dried ginger powder with black pepper and honey.  Strain and drink it to get
relief from cough and throat infection.

Stomach pain:

Mix dried ginger powder with honey and drink it which reduces stomach pain.

For dizziness:

You need:

Fennel seeds        -20gm
corainder seeds     – 10gm
Dried ginger powder – 5gm

Grind all the above ingredients to fine powder and then add it to 500 milli litre water. Allow it to boil and when water comes around 250 milli litre mix with jaggery powder and have it. This will reduce the dizziness.

Split ends:

1. Split ends are mainly seen in dry hair.

2. To avoid split ends don’t comb your hair when its wet. Combing hair in wet may damage your hair and cause split ends.

3. Its better to trim your hair regularly to avoid split ends.

4. Drink lots of water as water is a good therapy for many problems.

5. Apply almond oil once in a week.

6. Before using any kind of heating products use heat resistant spray which protects your hair from damaging.

7. Take medium sized papaya and mash it well to a thick paste after taking all the seeds. Mix the paste with 1 cup of curd and then apply to the hair strands and hair ends. Leave it on for 30 minutes. Rinse hair thoroughly with warm water.

8. Dry the fenugreek seeds and grind it to fine powder. Mix with curd and little water then apply to the hair. Wash it after 1 hour. This can be done once in a month.

9. Wash hair with cold water and rub scalp with fingers gently.

10. One of the best remedy for split ends is coconut milk. Take coconut milk and apply all over the scalp, hair ends and give a gentle massage to the roots. Leave it for half an hour and then wash with water.

11. Take 1 whole banana, mash it well and then apply it on head. Wash it after 45 minutes. Repeat it once every month.

12. Avoid tying your hair tightly with a plain rubber band, use covered rubber band to prevent damage to your hair.

Here are some simple home remedy for heartburn.  The below given remedies reduces the burning sensation in the chest.

1. Eat one full banana to reduce the heartburn.

2. Drinking one full glass of water reduces heart burn.

3. Cold milk, ice cream are also one of the good remedy for heart burn.

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Here are 5 simple tips to keep in mind for healthy lifestyle:

1.  Eat thrice a day with some healthy snacks in between.

2.  Daily drink 8 glasses of water.

3.  Daily exercise for one hour.

4.  Fast for atleast once in 2 weeks.

5.  Meditate and pray everyday.