Tulsi

Tulsi (Holy Basil) is used in Ayurveda from ancient time. In indian (Hindu) families the plant has religeous place. Any one can find tulsi plant outside the Hindu houses in beautiful concrete structures known as Tulsi Vrundavan . In charak Samhita the medicinal use of Tulsi is mentioned by charak.

Tulsi plant plays vital role in preventing pollution by acting as a filter. Scientists has suggested to plant large number of tulsi plantation near Taj at Agra(India) to prevent blackening of the famous Taj Mahal. The leaves can be used in any form like herbal tea, raw leaves or mixed with ghee.

Medicinal Use :

1)Tulsi extract is used as ayurvedic remedy in common cold, headaches, malaria, inflammation, heart deseases.

2) Epilepsy(fits)

Tulsi leaves in combination with camphor is given for smelling to patient.

3)Bad Breath :

Chew well four leaves of tulsi in morning and drink glassful of water.

4) Insect Bites :

Crush some leaves of tulsi and rub extract on affected part of the body.

5) Diabetis :

It controls blood glucose level because of its antioxidant properties.

Papaya

Papaya fruit originally came from Mexico,Northen South America and Central America. Now a days it is cultivated in countries having Topical Climate. Fruit is high source of Vitamin A,B1,B2,B3.We can get crop of papaya throughout year.fruits of papaya are initially green in colour and turns greenish yellow when ripen.
Green or Riped Papaya fruit has great medicinal value in both stages. Green papaya can be used as vegetable, in salads,in curries. It plays role of softening (Tenderizing)agent if added while cooking meat as it contains Papain Enzyme.Raw papaya is used for manufaturing of jellies. Ointment made from fermented pulp of papaya is used in treatments of minor burns,stings,rashes and cuts.
Ripe papaya can treat ringworms.The seeds of papaya are black in colour and are spicy in taste. They are used as substitute for black pepper in some parts of world.
In some part of world(Asia) fruit is used as contraceptive. It is advised that pregnent women should not eat papaya as it may leads to abortion.

Chat Dish Cut the fruit in to long pieces and sprinkle little red chillie powder and salt. It will tastes great in your evening chat party.

Gas Trouble

When we eat food which contains milk products,legumes,vegetables like cabbage,cauliflower,root vegetables like potatoes,colas,pan fried and deep fried foods which result gas in stomach.
There are some home remedies suggested which are very useful:
A) Chewing of two garlic peels in morning on empty stomach is beneficial.
B) Chew some quantity of Ajwain for some time and eat it and then drink warm water. It will give instant relief from gas problem.
C) In case if infant is crying of stomach pain, just warm little quantity of Ajwain on pan and wrap it in dry cloth and place it on stomach of infant.

Good Morning -Say No To Constipation

Constipation starts when one do not take enough fibrous food and fluids. Basically now days majority prefers junk food which donot have any fibre.Such morning problems can be avoided by eating enough rich fibrous food like fruits and fluids. Prefer wholemeal fibre bread instead of white bread.
There are some simple home remedies in such cases.
a)When you get up in morning, clean teeth and drink a glass of cold water.After that squeeze a lemon in glass full of lukewarm water and drink it. Then do for toilet.
b)Take two spoonful of fleawort(ISABGOL)with cold water or milk before going to bed.
c)After lunch suck few pieces of myrobalan(Indian Gall Nut) for some time and then chew and eat it. If any one has acidity problem then myrobalan must be avoided.
e)Boil fig and two seedless currants in cup of milk and drink the mixture before going to bed.

Health Of Your Pet Dog

Health of your favourite pet dog is now easy to examine. Wetness in nose of your pet says the your dog is healthy. Research were done on dogs nostrils and breathing technique in Pennsylvania University. Dogs have 220 million smell-sensitive cells. This inborn power can detect cocaine and cancer. Urine samples of patients were tested by dogs by smelling.After observing the changes in behaviour of dogs some 64 samples were predicted to be positive.Further medical tests performed on these 64 urine samples found confirmed cancer.

Neck Pain

Modernisation has made our work easy. In air conditioned cabins we are working on computers for long hours. Which results neck pain. If any one is delebrately avoiding treatment on neck pain which further results to spondylosis,spondilities and spondytisthesis.
If we follow some simple steps of exercise it will be helpful to reduce such pain.
1) Neck And Head Isolation:
Keep your neck straight and place your right palm in between your right ear and right side eye.Press your right palm gently. Then follow the step again on your left side. While performing these steps one must keep neck straight and erect.
2)Shoulder Shrugs:Stand straight.Bring both shoulders in upward direction near both ear but leave your hand loose. Stand for 10 to 15 seconds in this position.Repeat this steps 3 to 4 times a day.
3)Shoulder Rotation:Bring both shoulders in upward direction near both ear but leave your hand loose.Then rotate the shoulder in clock wise direction for five times.

Olive Oil -Source Of Reducing Belly Fat

Gaining weight rapidly is a major problem mainly discussed these days through out the world .My wife is planning to cook without using oils. Can you imagine a food without oil. I think it will be biggest punishment in the world of eaters.
Here is good news for health cautious people.Olive oil in small amount on each day may help to keep our body figure on middle.After testing diets of high carb and other made from olive oil by experts.It is known that diet based on using olive oil which contains healthy fats helps to keep bellies flatter.
Fat around our abdomen on higher side incresaes chances of high blood sugar and other health problems. Recent observations done by experts says the olive oil contains higher proportion of monounsaturated fats. These monounsaturated fats reduce risk of coronary heart diseases.It also lowers the chance of saturation of fats around abdomen to prevent expansion of tummy.

Lastly I would like to say that just use of extra olive oil will not help you to trim your body but with that you must give time for exercise.