Versatile vaseline

                                       Versatile vaseline

•       For cracked feet, it is an excellent remedy. Wash the feet ,dry,andapply vaselane all over the feet ,and wear socks before going to bed.
• Applying on cracked lips without licking it is also good.
• Application of it is effective in removing dryness , and blackness on the elbows, and knees.
• When the zips of  purse, bag, or pouch is not sliding properly, apply vaseline on both the sides of zip runners.
•  Earrings glide easily into ears’ hole when vaseline is applied on both sides of the hole.
• If the shoe polish is not there, vaseline can be substituted in its place. Apply vaseline on the shoes ,and rub them with a piece of cloth.

Juicy facts about juices

                                 Juicy facts about juices

•        Fruit juices taken at night provide energy , and heart will be healthy.
• Pomegranate juice generates new blood.
• Lemon juice with honey reduces cough.
• Orange juice with honey induces good sleep.
• Coconut milk with honey is effective in mouth ,and stomach ulcers.
• Ginger juice with honey is good for acidity.

Ancient codes for drinking water

                                    Ancient codes for drinking water



          Water is essential for health. But there is a method for taking it. Then only it is beneficial so say ancient codes.

•     Water should always be drunk sip by sip, slowly swallowing it.
• One should drink water in a sitting position, and not standing as it results in knee pain.
•     One or two glasses of water preferably warm water taken on empty stomach in the morning, gives freshness to the body by removing the toxins accumulated in the inner organs.
• It is said that one glass of water taken half an hour before bath is effective in controlling blood pressue.
• A glass of water half an hour before meals aids easy digestion.
• A glass of lukewarm water before bed is good for heart as well as for sleep.
• One should drink very cold water after coming from hot sun.

     

Cumminseeds - A friend in first-aid treatment

                           Cumminseeds- A friend in first-aid treatment

• Chewing cumminseeds with sugar crystals cures cough.
• Cummin powder when taken with honey is effective in Hiccups.
• Apply grounded cumminseeds on body  for relief from itching.
• Cumminseeds with banana taken on empty stomach is a cure for blood piles.
• Fried cumminseeds, added to hot water, and milk induce hunger.
• Cumminseeds with black pepper boiled in water, and filtered, when taken cures indigestion.
• Chew cumminseeds with salt and drink water or mere chewing of cumminseeds will give relief from stomachache and aids digestion.     

Hair care tips - For dryness and dandruff

                            Hair care tips- For dryness and dandruff

• Take a mixture of one cup curd and five tablespoons of lemon juice, massage gently on the head intto the hair. Wash after 20 mnts.
• Soak a handful of fenugreek seeds in water at night. In the morning, grind to a paste. Add two tablespoons of vinegar , and apply on the head into the hair before bath.
• Just cut one lemon, and apply ( gently rub) under the roots of hair half an hour before bath and wash with luke warm water.
• Add a half of lemon juice and a little camphor in coconut oil. Massage into the hair at night, and wash it in the morning, and comb after drying the hair.
• Applying a paste of dried Indian gooseberry powder ( amla) with water before the bath is also helpful in removing dryness and preventive early greying of hair , and falling of hair.
• You can soak dried gooseberry about 25 grams in water of ten times the gooseberries at night. Filter it in the morning and apply it on the head before bath.
• Soap-nuts ( Ritha in Hindi) is more effective than shampoo. Crush the soap-nuts and soak them in enough water at night. In the morning, filter it and wash the hair with it, then with lukewarm water.
• Massage the hair with coconut oil mixed with lemon juice at night, and rinse it with liukewarm water or water of  soap-nut then with lukewarm water.
• Soak shikhakai and gooseberry in enough water at night. In the morning, apply it on the hair. After 20 minutes, wash with water. Apply coconut oil after drying the hair.
• Boil 3 gms of crushed black peppercorns in 300 gms of coconut oil, strain it and store it in a bottle. Massage the hair mildly with this oil. It is helpful in retaining blackness of the hair.