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Anorexia Ayurvedic Home Remedies

It refers to loss of appetite and aversion towards food.

According to modern science there is no exact cause for it.They explain it as a comolex condition that arises from a combination of many social,emotional and biologic factors.

Anorexia Ayurvedic Home Remedies are-:

Intake of dried ginger before meals

Intake of powdered roasted cumin with honey.

Drinking fresh juices of pomegranate, orange,grape.

Taking ajwain powder with rock salt is also good.

Preparing jaggery water spiced with tamarind,cinammon,cardomom,black pepper and keeping in mouth before meals is also found useful in anorexia.

Anaemia Ayurvedic Home Remedies

It is defined as the decrese in haemoglobin level in the blood.Haemoglobin is a type of protien which carries oxygen from lungs to other parts of body.

Symptoms of anaemia includes tiredness,giddiness,pale look,breathlessness, palpitation and in sometimes even hairfall.

Anaemia Ayurvedic Home Remedies are-:

Drinking fresh juices of grape,amla,sugarcane

Intake of amla choorna with honey

Intake of triphala with turmeric

Taking figs with sugar can be helpful.

It can be cured easily by taking green leafy vegetables,dry fruits,brown rice,raisins etc.

Non vegetarians can prefer taking liver,oysters etc.

It is told that cookingin iron pots are also helpful as iron plays an important role in the production of haemoglobin.

Anaemia Ayurvedic Home Remedies

Acne Ayurvedic Home Remedies

Acne is caused by inflammation and infection of oil glands of skin caused due to clogging of oil glands leading to formation of bacterial spore.when the body fights against it there will be formation of pustules.

The plugged oil glands are called whiteheads.

Open oil glands which turns black when exposed to air are called blackheads.

When it becomes red and inflammed filled with pus,we call it pustules.

Remedies include-:

Making a paste of nutmeg with water and applying for 15 mins twice daily.

Also paste of clove made with water or paste of sandalwood made with water can also be used for application.

Spines of silk cotton tree made into paste with with milk is also useful.

Paste of red lentil and turmericwith lemon juice can also be applied over the acne for good results.

Gently rubbing raw garlic are also helpful in fast curing of acne.

Application of fresh aloe vera pulp is also found effective.

Intake of 4-5 neem leaves daily also helps to cure acne.

Acne Ayurvedic Home Remedies

Heartburn during pregnancy: Ayurvedic Home Remedies

During pregnancy heartburn can be caused due to hormonal changes.

During pregnancy there will be secreation of hormone progesteron which relaxes the valve which seperates oesophagus from stomach thus causing heartburn.

Some of the home remedies include-:

Make a paste of corriander seeds and ginger with honey and take 3-4 times daily.

Drinking lemon tea with honey can also be helpful.

Take one and half cup water and add lemon juice and drink every morning empty stomach.

Back Pain Ayurvedic Home Remedies

In the present time almost every one has the low back pain.The pain felt over the back .Now a days most commonly seen in the middle back and low back region.The pain can either from the ligaments that form the spine, muscles and tendons which support back orfrom the bones,nerves which exist in the spinal column and even the internal organs.There are many reasons for backache.it may be acute,sub- acute,or chronic depend on the duration .depending on the reasons there are different types of pain such as piercing type of pain, shooting type of pain,dull ache etc..

Causes

1. Sitting in same posture long hours
2. Arthritis
3. Lack of exercise
4. Less physical movements
5. Sleeping in wrong postures
6. Increased mental stress.
7. Straining of the joints
8. Problems which related to kidney
9. Injury to back

• Obesity
• Wearing heigh heel shoes
• Imbalanced diet
• During pregnancy etc….

Do’s and dont’s

1. Take plenty of water
2. Avoid sitting in long periods
3. Change the siting positions frequently
4. Quit smoking
5. Avoid exposure to cold weather and wind
6. Intake plenty of milk
7. Do proper exercise
8. Avoid excessive physical works
9. Avoid lifting heavy weights etc..

Home remedies for back pain

1. Take 3 grams of sugar candy and 3 gms of cuscus grass aand mix it.take this mixture twice a day with a glass of milk.
2. Take little mint oil and massage in the low back
3. Take little lemon juice and mix it with common salt.take this mixture twice a day
4. Add 5 black pepper cors and 1 gram dry ginger powder and 5 cloves in your tea.take this twice a day
5. Include vitamin c rich fruits and food items in your diet.such as citrus fruit,tomatoes,blueberries,and strawberries etc..
6. Apply ice pack(crushed ice cubes taken in a bag) to the affected area.give relief to back pain and inflammation.

7. Take a cup of water and add some fresh ginger pieces in it.boil it for 1 hour.after becoming cool consume this with honey.
8. Take uncooked rice which is packed in a piece of cloth.it should be heat in microwave for 30-60 seconds.Then kept it over the back region.
9. Take little castor oil and massage over the painful area.

• Take 1 tsp of honey and mix it with warm water.
• Keep warm water bag over the back region or lie over the bath tub filled with warm water.
• Take eucalyptus oil and garlic oil then massage over the painful area will help to reduce the pain.
• Intake of 8-10 glasses of water daily.
• Take 2-3 cloves of garlic in the morning.
• Oil prepared by 10 cloves of garlic in 60 ml of mustard oil on low fire till garlic turn brown colour.after cooled apply it over the back.allowed to remain for 2-3 hrs.later take bath with warm water.repeat it for 2 weeks.

Back Pain Ayurvedic Home Remedies

We all know that small children are used to crawl and little grown up children are used to touch anything they saw. They will be even playing with mud and soil. After doing all these activities they will put their finger into mouth or they will eat food without washing their hands

Now all these cause worm infestation in Children, through all the above mentioned activities eggs of worms are brought into human body. And they develop into worms and sticks to the walls of intestines

Symptoms shown by Children due to Worm Infestation

By the infestation of worms like Tapeworms, Intestinal worms, Flatworms, Children will have stomach pain. In pinworm infestation, the child feels itching around the anus.

In severe conditions you can observe weight loss, restlessness, irritability and loss of appetite

The basic line of treatment for Krimi (Intestinal and other parasites) in Ayurveda can be classified into:

1. Apakarshan`a (Extraction measures)
2. Prakriti Vighaata (Antagonastic measures)
3. Nidaana Parivarjana (Avoidance of causative factors)

1. Apakarshan`a

Extraction of the parasites should be done

With appropriate therapies:

2. Prakriti Vighaata:

Drugs and diet which are pungent, bitter, etc to avoid development of Krimi.

3. Nidaana Parivarjana:

Factors which produce the parasites and similar substances should be avoided.

The patient should be given oleation and sudation therapies for a period of 6 / 7 days. Following day he should be fed with foods such as milk, sugar candy, curds, etc. to bring about Udeeran`a i.e. propel the parasites to move to the alimentary canal; then if the food consumed previous day is properly digested, should be givenAasthaapana Basti (enema), Vamana (emesis) and Virechana (purgation) therapies on the same day if the patient is Arha (fit) for the therapies.

In order to get rid of the worms, the patient should be oleated and should be given emesis followed by purgation with drastic formulations.

When the non – unctuous enema comes back, the patient should be bathed with warm water and fed with anti – helminthic food without delay, followed by unctuous enema.

Avasthika Chikitsaa:

The worms / parasites situated in head, heart, nose, ear, and eye should be managed particularly with collyrium and various kinds of Snuffs.

Drug of choice:

In all the types Surasaadi Gan`a drugs should be used as the drug of choice. (S.U.54/38)

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Ayurvedic Home remedies for worms infestation in children

• Give 1 cup of grated Carrot in the morning 1 hour before breakfast for 4 to 5 days.

• Take 1 tablespoon of raw Papaya juice mixed with 1 teaspoon of honey (shahad) and give this to the child in the morning on an empty stomach. This should be followed by a glass of warm milk mixed with 1 teaspoon of Castor oil. Do this for atleast 2 days.

• Make the child to eat a small piece of Jaggery (gudha) after each meal.

• Give a piece of Garlic (lehsun) clove a day until the worms are removed.

• Grind a fresh coconut finely and mix it directly into some milk or boil it with milk. Give this decoction to the child for about four times in a day.

• Take a handful of Pomegranate (anar) leaves, crush them and boil with a glass of milk. Drink half of it early in the morning on an empty stomach and the rest after two hours.