HERBS FOR GOOD HEALTH

What Is Herbal Medicine?

   Herbal medicine is the extraction of herbs or plants which have a medicinal value in treating illnesses and diseases. A herb is known as a plant that does not have a woody stem and usually dies back at the end of each growing season. It is also known as a "natural" drug because they are derived from nature. This is unlike pharmaceutical drugs,which are synthesized from chemicals. Herbal medicine is the oldest and still the most widely used system of medicine in the world today. It is medicine made exclusively from plants. It is used in all societies and is common to all cultures.

Herbal Medicinal           

HERBAL TEA
Today market is full of herbal teas. Various forms and types of herbal teas are prepared. Even the herbal teas are also available as per the specific diseases. Herbal teas like arjun tea, laxa tea, diges tea, lean tea, stress tea, kof tea and green tea are among the most famous herbal teas available this time round. Popular in Asia for centuries, green tea helps to keep blood pressure under control. It also may help keep cholesterol from clogging arteries. The tea contains Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG) and other substances that protect the body against the dangers of oxidation, while helping to keep the harmful LDL cholesterol down and the helpful HDL cholesterol up. They also assist in keeping blood pressure under control.

                               

                              HERBAL GARDEN

                            
                                     

During the medieval period, monks and nuns developed specialist medical knowledge and grew the necessary herbs in specialist gardens. Typical plants were rosemary, parsley, sage, marjoram, thyme, mint, rue, angelica, bay, oregano, dill and basil. With the advance of medical and botanical sciences in Renaissance Europe, monastic herb gardens developed into botanical gardens. The section in which herbs were grown became known as a Garden of Simples.Herbs by Botanical Name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International nomenclature on plant materials. The purpose of formal name is to have a single name that is accepted worldwide for a particular plant.




Importance of Natural herbs in our body

 It has to be proven from different experimental and research studies that natural herbs have the enormous power to protect our body from different extra and intra-cellular pathogens. They also play an important role by enhancing the resistance power of our body. All the Ayurvedic medicines are made from natural medicinal herbs of Indian origin, which are used as herbal medicines, herbal extracts, herbal cosmetics, nutrition foods and other alternative medicines and herbal remedies for natural healings. Life according to Ayurveda is a combination of senses, mind, body and soul. So it is clear that Ayurveda is not only limited to body or physical symptoms but also gives a comprehensive knowldge about spiritual, mental and social health. Ayurveda is a natural form of treatment by natural remedies, which makes use of the power of nature to restore human beings to a state of balance.


 Home Remedies and Health Tips  

 

COUGH

  • To get immediate relief from an irritable cough, take a thin slice of freshly cut onion and pour two teaspoons of honey on it. Keep aside for 3- 4 hours and then remove the onion and lick the honey to get substantial relief from an irritable cough. To get rid of a persistent cough, eat a guava that has been baked in an oven or over charcoal. Try this home remedy for four to five days to obtain relief.

DIARRHEA

  • Chew raw guava leaves to get quick relief from diarrhea. Try it and enjoy relief the natural herbal way.

ACIDITY 

  • To cure acidity after meals, drink a glass of water with a piece of jaggery (raw brown unprocessed sugar) dissolved in it, after meals. Try this natural way, to get relief from a very common complaint in the modern world.

LOOSE STOMACH

  • Another quick cure for a loose stomach… Try fenugreek seeds in a glass of semi warm water.

TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF LIVER 

  •   Eating a refrigerated fresh pineapple piece dipped in honey, once a day. Experience a marked improvement within 15 days.

CONSTIPATION 

  • To get relief from chronic constipation, try eating half a cup of cooked spinach.

TEETH 

  • Chewing cloves a good way to protect your teeth and get rid of bad breath.To cure bad breath, boil a few (4-6) fenugreek leaves in one glass of  water and then gargle with this semi warm water. Try it for 7 days, twice a day, to see substantial improvement.
          

RELIEF FROM MUSCULAR PAIN

  •   Try a mustard bath! Take 15- 20 grams of mustard powder, tie it in a piece of cloth, dip it into a bucket of hot water for 10- 15 minutes and then bathe with that water. Get relief from muscular pains and cramps.

       TO REDUCE THE STING OF THE BEE BITE

  • Apply one tsp of onion juice to the affected area.  Then remove the stinger with a tweezers. Rub an aspirin tablet on a bee sting to stop pain. The aspirin acts as a local anesthetic!

ACIDITY AND STOMACH PROBLEM

  • Soak one teaspoon of wheat in 150 ml of water over night. Drink this water in the morning after filtering out the wheat to get immediate relief from acidity and stomach problems. Try it for 3- 4 days to find substantial improvement.

TO GET RELIEF FROM MENSTRUAL CRAMPS 

  • Add a pinch of asafetida to semi hot water (warm water) and drink it to get relief from menstrual cramps. This is a safe natural remedy to an age old problem and works well with most women.  To get relief from menstrual cramps, peel a few garlic flakes, fry them in clarified butter, cool add sugar and swallow a couple.  Find relief in 15 minutes.
INDIGESTION  PROBLEM
  •   One teaspoon of mint juice mixed with an equal amount of honey and lemon juice is a good cure for this problem. Try it for three days after heavy meals and enjoy the difference. One teaspoon castor oil taken with semi hot (warm) water early in the morning on an empty stomach is an excellent cure for indigestion. It also helps alleviate muscular pains. 
BURN
  •   Use the white of an egg as an emergency burn ointment.

ASTHMA 

  • Asthma patients can get some relief by drinking a teaspoon of honey mixed in a cup of boiled water daily.
TO REMOVE SMALL POX SCARS
  • Tender coconut water applied on a skin regularly for six months reduces and removes small pox scars.

RELIEF FROM ACHES 

  • For immediate relief from aches in your legs or hands, immerse the affected limb in hot water mixed with salt.