Black night shade plant -Solanum nigrum-an intro

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This plant is very common and found as a weed in wastelands and near crops.

Tamil name: Manthakalai

Telugu + Sanskrit name : kamanchi

Makoi in Hindi

This plant has many medicinal properties but the effect of the black-orange red berries is still very controversial.

The leaves are cooked and eaten in many parts of the world,some research claims that it has cancer -fighting potency too.

In case of headaches...

Breathing through the left nostril alone with the right nostril closed for a few minutes will reduce the headache or
 breathe in through the right nostril and breathe out through the left.This too works for some people to relieve headaches.

Dandruff is no longer a problem

Dandruff Inflammation of the superficial layers of the skin covering the scalp caused by excess fat in that area. This results in irritation and cells accumulate in the form of flakes or dust on the surface. Regularly associated with poor hygiene, fungal infection or hormonal changes that alter the secretion of sebum.

Causes
* Overproduction of oil.
* Lack of hygiene.
* Use of some shampoos, hairspray and hair dyes.
* Infection caused by microscopic fungi.
* Hormonal changes during adolescence.
* Zinc deficiency causes problems in the skin of the scalp.
* Dryness, which is accentuated by cold.

Symptoms
* Scalp irritation.
* Constant itching.
* Presence of grudges.

Diagnosis
* It is diagnosed when a person has these symptoms.

Prevention
* It is important to wash your hair regularly to remove grease, dust and pollutants.
* Moderately Use hair spray (spray, mousse or gel).
* Avoid sharing combs, brushes or other instruments for the arrangement of hair, as if the dandruff is the result of fungal attack can cause an infection.

Treatment
* Constant improvement of hygiene conditions of the scalp.
* We recommend using anti-dandruff shampoos, which are indicated to combat the disease.
* If the problem is severe, your doctor will prescribe lotions or ointments, whose use should be supervised.
* Include in the daily diet foods rich in zinc, such as meat, eggs, seafood, vegetables, peanuts and sunflower seeds. This contribution can be supplemented with vitamin supplements containing calcium.

Consult your doctor.

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A simple recipe to rectify all the Doshas

This simple Trifala recipe is given by Elchuri in the name of  "Sadananda Lehyam" to prevent most diseases.This rectifies the 3 doshas , generally boosts  immunity and also gives immense strength to the body.

Mix

• Triphala 
• Ghee,
• Honey
• Mishri 

in equal quantities and store in a clean dry glass jar.This lehyam has a very long shelf life.
1 spoon of this lehyam is taken with a glass of milk in the night.After a month  half a spoon may be taken even in the mornings.

Ayurveda for voice strain...

    

      My prayers to all  Baba devotees -May they find the strength to overcome their loss with the wisdom he gave them through his teachings.

Teachers,singers and some people who have to talk constantly strain their throats so much that they develop serious voice problems.Pandita Elchuri has recommended this goli which can be made at home.

Ingredients needed:

• Shade dry tender reddish Mango leaves and powder and sieve   -50 gm of this powder

• Athimadhuram powder * --of the root-available in stores -50 gm

• Amla powder-powder of the dried fruit -very easily available in stores or can be dried at home depending on the availability of the gooseberry fruit -50 gm

• Whole brown Chana dal powder -50 gm 

these are called Senagalu in Telugu and Kadalai in Tamil.

• small Elaichi  powder-Cardamom-50 gm

• Mishri -50 gm

Pound all the powders again with the juice of purple grapes .Make pea sized golis from this mixture and dry them.Store in a clean dry glass jar.

1 goli can be kept under the tongue and the flavour may be absorbed slowly.People with severe problems may take upto 2 tablets a day.This strengthens the throat and prevents frequent infections and also soothes the throat from voice strain and improves the quality of the voice.

More info on Athimadhuram can be found in this link :

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/11/medicinal-properties-of-liquorice-plant.html

A very simple tip for curing kidney stones

Old yellow Neem leaves are collected and dried and dry roasted and powdered and stored in a clean dry glass jar.
             When quarter teaspoon of this powder or basmam(ash)  is eaten along with one spoon honey the stones become smaller in size and are generally flushed out.One should not eat or drink anything for an hour after this .

Water Means Life

Although not generally considered water as an essential part of diet, it is actually the most important thing… you can live without food for weeks, even months, but we can die within a few days if do not take the vital fluid that is more than two-thirds parts of our body.

Our body loses water daily in various ways, always obeying different functions:
* By eliminating urine (1 400 ml)
* Through the skin when sweat (400 ml).
* When we breathe and talk (350 ml).
* To expel fecal matter (120 milliliters)

Drinking water with little fluid
We know if we take enough water by looking at our urine, because if it passes a lot and is light in color, then we can say that enough water is ingested, whereas when expelling small quantity, dark or intense odor, the amount of liquid you drink is inadequate.

An early sign of lack of water is nature or irritable mood swings, that due to the nearly 40 billion brain cells are made up of 80% of the vital liquid and beginning to fail you lose the ability to think clearly and functionally; sometimes, depression and irritability may be due to this cause.

In addition, the consumption of this element is important for therapy that is a sick person, because drinking water encourages proper immune function, facilitates the excretion of substances toxic and allows defense and mucous cells are in good condition. It also helps fight fever and acceleration metabolism that occur in most conditions.

Water prevents possible changes in our body, and helps prevent bladder infections, during perspiration leads to the outside waste substances that are harmful to our body and help to control weight, it calms the feeling of hunger, helps regulate the normal functioning of the liver (organ involved in the processing of fat), make more urine and remove excess salt.

Recommendations
If a person does not consume the amounts of liquid that your body requires, it will seem impossible to get used, but not so, which is why we provide the following tips to acquire a good habit:
* Start each morning drinking two glasses of warm water.
* Drink two more glasses between breakfast and lunch, and the same dose between lunch and dinner.
* During the night, while performing activity (watching TV, listening to music, talking) drink 2 glasses more.
* Drink fluids near body temperature, avoid alcoholic beverages with their food cold, as this reduces the amount of blood flowing in the stomach area, forces the process of assimilation of nutrients and causes indigestion for extra spending power.
* If you try to lose weight drink a glass the vital liquid every time you feel hungry, also a cup area can curb your appetite.
* Try to drink bottled water. The liquid chlorine kills germs, but also reduces cholesterol and increases beneficial harmful, while the filters do not remove all bacteria.
* If you suffer from heart disease or kidney, control your intake of fluids under proper supervision care.

Finally, consider the reasonable consumption of this element is necessary at any time of year to be renovated in our body and smooth flow, allowing thus maintain good health.

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Palash help for anger problem

--When tender palash flowers are cooked and eaten anger in a person is definitely reduced.

As mentioned by Asaramji Bapu....More more info on this tree refer previous posts .

More help for people suffering from sinus infections

Ajwain + Jaggery  are mixed in equal quantities.10 gm of this mixture is taken with curd 2 times a day for sinusitis symptoms to decrease.

Boiling a piece of ginger and drinking this tea also helps relieve the symptoms.

Tulsi leaves + 2 peppercorns tea taken with mishri also helps.

Milk should not added to both the teas .

(The previous post has more info)

Home made ayurvedic goli for Sinusitis and respiratory problems in children

This recipe helps children build resistance and prevent and cure breathing related and cough problems.Sinusitis is also called Peenasa vyadhi.
This home made recipe for the golis or Ayurvedic tablets is as told by Panditha Elchuri.
Ingredients needed:

Dalcini - Cinnamon-50 gm

Turmeric Powder-Haldi  /Pasupu  / Manjal  --  50 gm

Cloves /Lanvangam -50 gm

Japathri -Mace -50 gm

Jaggery -- 200 gm

Powder roasted spices and pound with jaggery.Make small golis or small balls approximately 5 gm each (larger than a pea).Dry the gutikas well and store in a clean dry glass jar.

This goli may be taken once or twice a day for excess phlegm in the body.These tablets have a shelf life of 6 months and is very effective in getting rid of most type of nasal and respiratory and sinus problems.

Remedies to Remove Wrinkles

The recipe is to take a green apple, washed, cut into pieces and put into the blender with everything and shell. Adds a tablespoon of milk and blend, after the mash applied it on the face, forehead and neck making sure it goes into wrinkles. Dried and then washed with warm water.

The process is repeated three times a week. The results are beginning to see in two weeks. Your skin will look younger, with better tone and wrinkles begin to fade.

Avocado: The avocado nourishes your skin with Vitamin E to provide moisture and elasticity. Mash the pulp of an avocado and apply it as a mask on face. Leave on for 10 minutes and wash.

Papaya mask: Mix two tablespoons of papaya pulp with one tablespoon of dry oatmeal. Apply and leave on for 10 minutes. Wash gently rubbing with a cloth. It also helps greatly eating papaya fruit as it slows the aging process and delay the appearance of wrinkles.

Egg White Mask: Beat egg white until stiff and apply for half an hour. Wash with warm water.

Potato and chamomile mask: Mix grated potatoes with a chamomile tea. Apply the paste on the face for 15 minutes and then wash with warm water.

Avocado Mask: Mash half an avocado pulp. Add in a tablespoon of juice of lemon and stir well. Add one egg white until stiff and mix to a paste. Apply and let stand for 20 minutes. Wash with warm water and cold.

Cauliflower Mask: Put a boil cauliflower until tender. Puree cauliflower and apply directly to the face.

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Some more medicinal uses of the Palash flowers

For the image refer
http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2011/04/few-tips-to-manage-diabetes-part-4.html

1  -  Arthritis pain can be reduced to a great extent if the steamed flowers(fresh or dried) are tied on the place where there is swelling.

2  -  It decreases intestinal infections and decreases ulcer symptoms.1-2 gm of the flower is taken along with mishri or candy sugar.

3  -  This same mixture is supposedly good even for men's health .

However Mishri cannot be taken by Diabetic people.

A simple oil recipe to darken gray hair

"Wish you all a very Happy Rama navami"

This oil recipe is as suggested by Panditha Elchuri:

Ingredients needed:

• 100gm Bringraj -Eclipta alba plant juice.

For image and more info refer:

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/03/for-nasal-problems.html

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/09/eclipta-alba-bringraj-oil-excellent.html

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2011/02/migraine-and-sinusitis-cure-with-8.html

• 100 gm Tridax procubens juice:refer previous post for more info.
• 200 gm sesame seed oil.

Mix the plant juices.Heat oil on low flame add the juice mixture to the oil when the oil is not hot.Heat till all the water in the juice evaporates and only the oil remains.
Cool-filter and store in a clean- dry- glass bottle.

This oil must be slightly warmed and  must be massaged well with finger tips in night time into the scalp.

The hair may be washed off in the morning  with a good herbal shampoo.

When this is done regularly the grey hair definitely darkens.

Tridax procumbens -An introduction

picture in the public domain from wiki.

Tridax procumbens is the Latin name the other names are

English : Coat buttons,Tridax Daisy,Wild daisy

Tamil :
Vettukaya thalai ,Thatha poo --The name vettukaya thalai is because of the bulbous and easily snappable flowers on long delicate stalks.

Telugu  :
 Gayapu aku ,Gaddi chamanthy or Palaka aku.

         Palaka means slate in Telugu---It was common for young children in rural areas to use the leaves to polish their sates to a shining black....hence the name.
Gayam means wound and this plant has fantastic wound healing properties so the plant I think has this name too ...

Hindi: Khal muriya ,Tal muriya,Ghamra
Sanskrit : Jayanti veda.


This plant is very common along roads in India and attracts a lot of low flying butterflies.This is generally a weed found in tropical and semi tropical climates.

This plant has proven anti bacterial,anti inflammatory properties and it also prevents and helps reduce  high blood sugar levels.
As mentioned earlier the leaf juice has wonderful wound healing properties.

A good cure for skin rash caused by sticker bindi

Vermilion kumkum is replaced with ready made velvety stickers with an adhesive on the reverse side.This may mimic the effect of the bindi /bottu but some people with sensitive skin have allergic reactions and on prolonged usage a grayish dot appears on the forehead.
This particular cure as told by Elchuri  to cure this localised skin rash  is very simple.
Aegele marmalos or the wood apple tree is quite common and especially found near Temples for Lord Shiva.It is called Maredu chettu in Telugu ,Vilvam in Tamil  and Bel in Hindi.
The leaves are collected after a sincere prayer dried and powdered and stored.A few pinches of this powder is mixed with 2 pinches of  turmeric powder * and water.This paste is applied on the affected area.The patch disappears in a month.

(The trifoliate leaves have this deep religious significance -It is believed that it represents Shiva tatvam)


Pasupu in Telugu,Manjal in Tamil,Haldi in Hindi.

Ways to Combat Stress

Stress is very tied to our perceptions and ways of interpreting specific situations in which we are involved. For this reason there is no "recipe" that works for everyone.

In our society, common symptoms of stress camouflage taking medication. However, the absence of symptoms does not mean that the stress is removed. Despite the absence of external symptoms continues to stress its insidious destructive work in the body. In fact, relying on drugs to relieve stress can aggravate the situation because, by ingesting drugs, what we are doing is removing the warning signs your body gives us and tell us that we must reduce the burden we are imposing our body.

From a psychological perspective, the various stress management strategies can be divided into two main types. Those that focus on emotion and those that focus on the problem.

The first sought to change the way we interpret or evaluate stressful situations. Suppose your spouse decides to divorce you. Instead of grieving and despair you may decide that, after all, he or she is not his favorite kind of person. This type of strategy can sometimes result in a distortion of reality. But it is also true that it can result in a very effective way of handling a stressful situation allowing reinterpret it in a more positive emotional states and avoiding unhealthy.

The second type of strategies is problem-solving strategies that work directly with the stressful situation so that it is reduced or eliminated. These strategies usually what is done is identify the problem, or generate and apply appropriate solutions to the problem. Once this is achieved is expected to stress disappears. Usually the better is a better problem-solving person may use such a strategy. For this reason it may be trained in effective techniques and strategies of solving problems.

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A few tips to manage Diabetes - Part 5

It is always best to massage sesame seed oil all over the body and wait for at least 15 minutes before the bath.
This  prevents skin diseases and even help to normalise sugar levels and also prevent excess weight gain.

A few tips to manage Diabetes - Part 4

The Palash flowers tea is very effective in controlling high blood sugar levels.

For more info on Palas tree refer

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/04/palash-tree-leaves-as-healthy.html

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/12/2-simple-ayurvedic-tips-for-cataract.html

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/10/importance-of-cookware-in-ayurveda_06.html

The common names are Flame of the forest, Modhuga chettu in Telugu.The Latin name is Butea monosperma.

copyright of J.M.Garg under GNU documentation license--Dhak tree

5 dried palash flowers are soaked in water overnight in a glass of water.The water is boiled well in the morning with the flowers till a little more than half remains.This orange tea is filtered.This tea is taken on an empty stomach for best results.After a week the doasage should be increased to 6 flowers.In the subsequent week 7 flowers must be used.This is done for 4 weeks.

The blood sugar level should definitely decrease in a month's time after drinking this Palash flowers tea.