Ginger Drink Home Remedy for Bloating

Ginger is a common spice in our environment.  It is hot spice used as food and medicine. It  is a carminative which means it relieves the pressure of bloating by helping gas pass through the digestive system. It also thins the blood to improve circulation. It contains gingerols, which act as pain relievers  and shogaols, which soothe and relax the intestinal muscles.

Method 1:

• Peel and slice a piece of fresh ginger root.
• In a cup, mix the slices with lemon juice and honey.
• Pour in hot water and let steep 10 minutes.
• Drink regularly before and after meals.

Apart from ginger, lemon and honey, there are other natural foods that helps relieve bloating such as Cucumber, yogurt, garlic,  and straberries.



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I have Personally Tried these two Simple Ingredients to Soften My Hair

Your hair especially the female folk is usually regarded as an addition for your beauty.  However, with our increasing modern busy and hectic life, it is becoming increasingly difficult to come up exactly with something that will make your hair soft and beautiful naturally without resorting to the hairdressers who in most cases fall short of our expectation.  "Hair are called the beauty ornament for women, so keep secure your ornament"

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5 Home Remedies For High Blood Pressure

 
 Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a common, yet serious, condition that if not treated properly can lead to kidney failure, a heart attack or a stroke. In general, anything above 140/90 Hg is considered high (Your age and gender will play a role in determining your Hg level and thus what is considered high for you).
Some of the common reasons for high blood pressure are genetics, excessive alcohol consumption, a high intake of salt, a lack of physical activity, stress, obesity, frequent use of pain relievers, birth control pills, and adrenal or kidney disease.
This condition is usually treated with medications, but there are also many effective natural treatments that can give amazing results.
Below are some of the most common ways to naturally treat high blood pressure.
1. Lemons
Lemons contain an extremely high amount of vitamin C and antioxidants to help neutralize the negative effects of free radicals in the body. Also, lemons have the ability to keep blood vessels soft and pliable. Maintaining soft and pliable blood vessels helps reduce high blood pressure. Consuming lemon juice regularly can help control your high blood pressure.
One way to consume lemons regularly is to add it to your water. Maintaining proper hydration is another important aspect to your health and by adding lemon juice to your water throughout the day can help keep you hydrated and help control your high blood pressure. This also comes with an added taste benefit to your water!

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DID YOU KNOW?

Onion juice or mono diet is excellent for any condition with excess mucus, lung complaints, sinus congestion, colds, middle ear or Eustachian tube congestion?

and DID YOU ALSO KNOW?

That Apple juice or mono diet is a good alkaline diet for acid conditions such as gout or other inflammatory conditions?

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EASY TO USE REMEDY TO GET RID OF SHINGLES (HERPES ZOSTER)

Contracting an illness is already a huge mess but there are certain problems and illnesses that accompany with them certain other hidden problems that remain dormant for a time being and with some external trigger rise to the surface to produce and inflict its own harm. How to get rid of dandruff or hair fall or skin issues might seem not much of work but there are a couple of problems that do not appear in the beginning and when they do they are already in quite a stressful stage. When your kid (or often adults) contract chicken pox, there are certain situations when the person is also attacked by a viral infection that usually gets to the surface after the disappearance of chicken pox, or even after receiving a vaccine. The target area for this virus to occupy space, is the spinal area. Plus the symptoms and the infection also appear only on a single side of the body instead of all over. The target areas arise from the side of the spine, like the ribs and/or a shoulder. This particular viral infection is called Shingles (Herpes Zoster). A quick scan of the article will reveal to you what exactly this problem is all about and provide you with one very effective remedy that helps soothe out not only the pain but also the rashes caused by Shingles. One must take in to account that Shingles attack the individual where it finds lack of immunity or when the body is already pre-occupied under the reign of another heavier medication or treatment. The pain caused by shingles arises from the point in nerves where the viral infection has stretched out its camps and travels all the way through till the nerve disconnects or merges.

The rashes under the process of Shingles form an area of clustered blisters and there might be immense itchiness and pain in those blisters. There might be a range of 10-15 days in which the blisters appear, take their peak, turn dry into a scab and finally heal. But the remedy we are here to share not only soothes the pain but tries to reduce this time period as much as possible.

Cayenne pepper and aloe vera gel mixture for shingles:

So the substances we will need to prepare this home remedy to get rid of the pain caused by Shingles are Aloe Vera gel and Cayenne pepper. Why do we choose these two ingredients over the rest is because of a set of goodness they provide. Aloe Vera gel as most of the people know is effective in smoothening of the skin. It is anti-inflammatory which means that it works effectively in order to reduce inflammation in the area affected by the Shingles. The itchiness and pain in the skin/area around the blisters feel a sense of relief after the application of Aloe Vera. This gel thus paired up with Cayenne pepper increases the effectiveness of the remedy to ten-folds. Since, Cayenne pepper is composed of a natural compound known as Capsaicin. This very compound is rich in substance P that is known to target the pain affecting  transmission of the body. Hence, the pain that travels through the nerves during Shingles is targeted with the help of Cayenne pepper.

The logic to pair the two ingredients together is to cancel out each other’s negatives. During the blistering phase, the skin gets exposed and hence application of Cayenne pepper might increase the sensation of pain and burning. Hence, aloe vera gel acts as a soothing agent to reduce inflammation and cancel the burning sensation.

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A Dietician shares the five favorite foods in her kitchen and why

No doubt. Eating wholesome, nutritious food helps you maintain a healthy weight, aids in preventing major health issues, such as diabetes and heart disease, and gives you the energy you need to tackle your busy days.
And it’s because of those busy days that it’s so important to have nutritious foods on hand at all times. When hunger strikes, you need to have good-for-you foods at the ready. Otherwise, you might be tempted to reach for fatty, sugary, or salty snack foods that offer you a quick hunger fix, but little in the way of nutrients.
Kristen Kizer, a registered dietitian at Houston Methodist Hospital, concurs: “We often know the right foods to eat, but following through can be difficult, which is why it’s important to make healthy choices as convenient as possible.”
Here, Kizer shares the five nourishing foods she always keeps stocked in her kitchen. They’re all easy to prepare and so tasty too.
1. Nut butters – Whether it’s peanut butter, almond butter, or cashew butter, these convenient spreads are chock full of heart-healthy, monounsaturated fats that help combat heart disease—all with a creamy texture and satisfying taste. Kizer likes them as a dip for apple slices or carrot or celery sticks, spread on whole-wheat toast, or mixed in plain Greek yogurt.

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7 Most Important Things I Do When Pain(s) Strikes

Yes, many of us have experienced pain at one time or the other, what are the causes of pain(s).  Obviously pains are the results of inflammations,  and inflammations are the bodies way of telling us that something is wrong, we feel pain when there is an inflammation.  What are we supposed to do at this time.
1. The first thing I do is to identify the inflammatory foods in my diet and begin to eliminate them gradually. Check the inflammatory food list in my previous posts.
2.  The next thing is to eliminate caffeine at least temporarily completely.
3. I also reduce my calorie intake. Much calorie also tend to suppress my immune system.
4.  The next important thing I do  is to reduce stress.  The stress includes mental and physical stress.  You can check my post on foods that reduce stress, for more.
5.  The fifth thing is to reduce saturated fats from animal source and replace them with low calorie nutrient dense foods like Moringa leaf powder and some low sodium foods. Check my posts also on Health benefits of moringa leaf powder.
6.  The fifth is to apply regular massage using natural shea butter mixed coconut oil  at the point of the pain if it is external.
7.  Observe my Water Therapy more religiously.

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Natural Immune Boosting Drink for the Family

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Using natural and herbal remedies are gaining more popularity by the day, Many of us are probably aware of the health benefits of ginger root and even lemon when used alone. However, not many are family with the synergy that are delivered when you combine them. Ginger root promotes the elimination of intestinal gas as well as relaxing and soothing the intestinal tract. Both the lemon and the ginger root are rich sources of antioxidants that inhibit inflammation. Combining the benefits of both ginger and lemon is not only tasty, but a winning combination for great health beneficial to the entire family

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Here is the The Secret Ingredient to My Home Made Bathing Soap

Lemon and all its  derivatives especially the peels have so many health benefits.  Lemon Peel is the secret ingredient in my home made bathing soap.  I use lemon peels to make my own bathing soap using our local soap  (Ghana Soap), honey then ferment for 2 days.  This mixture keeps the skin youthful while keeping skin infections like eczema and other skin problems under control.  It has a calming and an antiseptic effect.  I discovered that its calming effect relaxes the muscles and reduces aches and pains, helping me enjoy a good night sleep.  Here are 28 other known uses of Lemon peels you probably did not know.

1. Lemon Zest
Lemon zest is a common ingredient in both sweet and savory dishes. Zest some of your peel, use some now or freeze it for later.
2. Lemon Pepper
 Lemon pepper is also easy to make using them to preserve foods
3. Lemon Olive Oil

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See How a Woman Reversed Whit low Attack

What is Whit low?

Have you ever suffered a Whit low attack?  It usually manifests in the form of severe inflammations of the fingernails and very painful too.  It is actually an infection which usually attacks the fingernails and some severe cases leaves the affected fingernail disfigured.  It affects, male, female, young and old.  Usually hospitalization is always the quick and life saving effort by most victims.  However we advocate prevention and suggest natural remedies to shorten the duration of the attack, reverse, or even prevent the infection.

A Woman recently helped herself with the use of natural remedies affecting her nails, the disease could not be prolonged.  Mrs Ojonugwa is a 50 year old Nigerian Woman, who believes that  the body has all it takes to repair, restore, and heal itself no matter the disease given the right building materials.  In this case, she woke up on a cold weather, and found a swollen painful fingernail which she promptly applied the juice of a fresh lemon on the first day of the pain.  Before mid day, the pains had subsided, and she discontinued the use of the lime.  To her surprise the infection re enforced and became more swollen and painful the next day.

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Here are My 14 Latest Natural Remedies for Constipation

 

What is Constipation? There could be various definitions, but I see constipation as a situation where elimination (i.e passing stool) takes longer than 2 to 3 days, and comes hard creating stress at the anal region. Many of us do not consider constipation as a problem, but it definitely is one of those warning signs that all is not well inside. A healthy person taking in food , fruits, and sufficient water is expected to eliminate naturally at least ones or twice a day, better still every other day. When it goes outside this regularity, and continues for up to 2 or 3 days, then there is need to do something fast. One secret with constipation is that the longer it gets to eliminate, the longer it would want to stay. So it is always advised to act fast, before the stool hardens more and becomes more difficult to eliminate. 

Some years back, I remember drugs and laxatives were used in most cases to ease constipation, but as knowledge increased, it is now understood that nature does it better if  you make the right material available, definitely, there would be no need to use pharmaceutical drugs and laxative in order to eliminate. Incidence of constipation do occur amongst children, teens, youth, adult and the elderly. It is however more common amongst the elderly and inactive people. Most cases of constipation amongst children are definitely due to diets, low water or fluid intake and too much refined carbohydrates. This is however not the case with the elderly.

My Experience.

Talking about constipation is something you rarely hear people discuss freely with friends, why ? Definitely because they consider, that it is not a problem. I have heard serious cases of constipation some 3 years back and in most cases I tried most remedies and they rarely work. After series of efforts and with final victory over constipation, I therefore want to state practically that there is no single remedy that really works, it depends on what caused your constipation. It is important to identify your own cause or source of constipation.

Here are a few known causes:

1. Inactivity: This is a major cause of chronic constipation especially in the elderly. If you will experience regularity, then daily exercise must be part of your regular routine. Walking is particularly beneficial in this regard.

2. Too Much Refined White Carbohydrates: These includes white bread, noodles, transfats,

3. Poor Hydration: Intake of sufficient water especially at the right time is a must if you will enjoy regularity. Water therapy is particularly beneficial. By this I mean taking at least 5 – 6 glasses of water upon waking up in empty stomach. Depending on body weight, and allowing it to work for at least two hours before breakfast everyday. It is important to state also that, There is a scientific way to take water. I see a lot of people take plenty of water with meals. This is ignorance, Water is better taken at least 30 minutes before a main meal and not during the meal or immediately after. This habit dilutes and disrupts the hydrochloric acid production and  concentration to help digest the food. Clean Pure Water is a critical point in overcoming constipation, irrespective of age or gender. I have also observed that women after child bearing seem to be more prone to constipation than the men, the reason for this is unknown to me. My investigation and consultations reveals however that the women complain more of constipation than their male counterparts. Children and young people should be encouraged from home to observe the Water Therapy wherever they may be. This ritual helps keep at least 60% of what we call diseases away.

Read Also: How And When To Drink Water For Maximum Benefit

4. Lack of Probiotics: Our traditional culture of including fermented foods like yoghurt, some non gluten grains like millet sorghum , cabbage, soya beans etc are gradually disappearing from our tables and this is one habit sponsoring constipation amongst us.  There is always an imbalance in our gut created by lack of probiotics. Click here to read: probiotics and its health benefits

5. Lack of Raw Food: The role of raw food in our in relieving constipation and boosting our immune system cannot be overemphasized. Fruits are more in this category. Do not overdue it anyway due to sugar in some fruits. Fruits are particularly beneficial especially those of the citrus family and cruciferous vegetables like onions, and cabbage.

My 14 Latest Natural Remedies Against Constipation: Read also:natural-foods-and-tips-against constipation

1. Cold Pressed Olive Oil with Lemon Juice: Check out when my stomach is virtually empty and just take a teaspoon in empty stomach mixed with a teaspoon of lemon juice, preferably first thing in the morning and allowed to work for at least two hours before breakfast. The breakfast must be rich in protein to enable the body push out the waste and use the protein rich food to build new cells.

2. Garlic and ginger water: Crush some garlic and a few slices of raw ginger. Mix with water in a bottle and allow to stay for at least 3 days. Thereafter, take at least 3 tablespoons first thing in the morning if you are weighing up to eighty or less quantity depending on your body weight. 

3. Lemon water with Honey: This is already a popular remedy for constipation but still works. This is mostly beneficially to people that are overweight and trying to loose weight. If you already have a normal weight or need a weight gain. This remedy is definitely not for you. Constipation however is common amongst the overweight individual.

4. Water Therapy: At least 6 cups first thing in the morning upon waking up. Always ensure to have your dinner not later than 7.30pm the previous day. This habit will give you the best result when applying the Water Therapy.

5. Garlic and Honey: This one is definitely new and effective to me. Just a large clove of garlic dipped in honey and chewed in empty stomach first thing in the morning. This must be allowed sufficient time to dissolve the stool in the intestine. About two hrs is usually okay for me. Thereafter, follow with a protein rich meal.

6. Bananas: Raw bananas are great for bulking the stool for easy passage and I have personally used it and it is very effective. This also includes using ripped plantain raw. You must not forget that they work best in empty stomach not when the stomach is already filled the offensive foods.

7. Apples: Apples, especially green apples  are effective for constipation too. Especially in empty stomach. The reason we do not get result most times results from the fact that we do the right thing wrongly.  Green apples contain vitamin C  which helps devolve some free radicals feeding constipation.

8. Vegetables: We all are aware already that vegetables are good in combating constipation, but there is a secret unknown to many people. It is the fact that their chronic constipation was actually caused by vegetables with insufficient water intake, particularly popular vegetables here like Ugu (pumpkin leaves) They cause chronic constipation if not eaten the right way and given sufficient water follow up.

9. Fermented Millet:  This is very effective.  I ferment millet and use for pap or swallow as in eba or foo and constipation cannot stand this one, as this goes down to the colon supplying proteins, B vitamins and fibre for the clean up.  More importantly life cultures to help repopulate the gut.  You can use it to thicken your soup in some cases and still get minimal result.  Best for me is to use for swallow or pap.

10. Good Sleep: If constipation becomes chronic, try a good night sleep, you will be surprised that sleep may fix the problem.

11. Take Sufficient Meal Rich in protein and Fibre:  Many at times, we become so health and diet conscious, we measure everything, calorie and the like.  I did some of these things and they actually contributed to my constipation.  Release yourself when you are hungry and eat satisfactory and the stomach will have no option but to release the stool.

12.  Lime Juice with Honey and Water:  This is also great for me in empty stomach, occasionally, I let it go with green tea.  It works well too.

13. Oats:  Make your oat to have more water and take with either black eye cowpea or other beans, as a main meal after taking some raw fruits and watch your colon bringing all the garbage out.  If you do not make your oat with sufficient fluid, you may get the opposite result. 

14.  Use the Staircase or take at least 30 minutes Walk:   Where inactivity appears to be the  problem,  I go for a 30 minutes walk after applying one of the above remedies.

If you do nothing and allow the constipation for too long, then what we call a disease is already on the way, because the colon failed to function well.   You could go for some bitter herbs mixtures, like those containing Aleo Vera.  They are great for constipation  too.  The aleo vera will also deliver a beautiful skin in addition and settle gum issues as well.

With all the  above remedies,  No constipation can withstand with moderate exercise.

If your constipation however continues after trying one or all of the above, then quickly see your Doctor for thorough examination to rule out more serious disease.

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9 Natural Remedies for Ear pain

Most people while growing up have at one time or the other suffered ear infection(s) whether chronic or minor. Common causes and contributing factors that lead to ear infections are wax buildup, upper respiratory infections, food allergies, environmental allergies, fetal alcohol syndrome, genetics, nutritional deficiencies and internal injuries. Regardless of the cause, running to your Doctor for antibiotics will not address the infection any faster than many natural remedies, most without any side effects compared to conventional drug treatment.
What Are Ear Infections?
Ear infections are often defined by whether they are acute (acute otitis media) or chronic (otitis media with effusion).
Acute Otitis Media (AOM). Acute otitis media (AOM) is an infection in the middle ear that causes an inflammation behind the tympanic membrane.
Often it develops during or after a cold or a flu.
Middle ear infections are extremely common in children but are infrequent in adults.
In children, ear infections often recur, particularly if they first develop in early infancy.
Otitis Media with Effusion (OME) . Otitis media with effusion (OME) occurs when an effusion (fluid) builds up in one or both middle ears. When this is chronic and severe the fluid is very sticky and is commonly called “glue ear.”;
It is not painful and the only clue that it is present is a feeling of stuffiness in the ears, which can feel like “being under water.”;
Children who are susceptible to OME can have frequent episodes for more than half of their first three years of life.
The episodes can last from weeks to months.

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