Wednesday, 12 September 2018

[www.keralites.net] HELPFUL GUIDE TO PSORIASIS

A Helpful Guide to Treat Psoriasis Naturally!
Psoriasis (pronounced suh-ry-uh-sus) is a chronic skin condition, that causes extremely dry, flaky, and itchy skin. It results from the formation of extra skin cells on top of the epidermis, causing the skin to become thick and almost scaly in nature. Unfortunately, it's regarded by conventional medicine as a lifelong condition, with no permanent cure available as of yet. For a deeper understanding on what psoriasis will prove to be very helpful. Meanwhile, in this post we take a look at 10 home remedies and herbs you may use to alleviate the itchiness.

Using Natural Remedies with Care
To get all the benefits from the following herbs, most will require that you use their essential oils (natural extracts from the core of the plant). These oils should be applied topically.However, as they are very potent, they should be handled with care. With this in mind, essential oils should never be rubbed directly onto your skin unless they have been diluted with a carrier oil (such as a cold pressed coconut oil, sweet almond oil, avocado oil, olive oil, grapeseed oil, or sunflower oil).
Take a bath: Add 6 to 10 drops of the oils in a bath, diluted in 1 tablespoon milk or honey, dispersed in water. Mix the water in the bath well before entering.
Apply Topically: Add 12 drops of the essential oil to 1 fl.oz (30ml) carrier oil, and massage directly into the skin.
DISCLAIMER: While these natural remedies will help alleviate the symptoms of psoriasis, it is always important to consult with, and get a proper diagnosis from, a medical physician.
1. Aloe Vera Gel

Available in a gel form, aloe vera is a favorite home remedy for burns, sunburn s, and insect bites. It's also one of the gentlest ingredients you can use for psoriasis, keeping your dry skin moisturized. It's especially useful when stepping out in the sun, protecting your skin from UVB-damage, and may also be used in the form of a carrier oil (as a base gel), whereby you can add 12 drops of one of the below oils to 1 fl.oz (30ml) aloe vera gel.
2. Calendula Essential Oil
The calendula plant, also known as pot marigold, works wonders on skin conditions because of its firming and hydrating properties. It can also prevent skin damage caused by the environment, aging, and w eather changes.
3. Peppermint Essential Oil
Due to peppermint's cooling sensation, it's an effective remedy in relieving itchiness and discomfort caused by dryness. Used in moderation, it will prevent damage to already irritated skin.
4. St. John's Wort Essential Oil

St. John's wort has long traditions in herbal remedies. It's a popular plant used for its anti-depressant properties. However, it may also be applied topically to treat minor wounds, burns and skin irritations. St. John's wort has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial properties, all of which are beneficial to people who suffer from this skin condition. Prior to use, it's important to consider any contraindications as it shouldn't be used with some medications.
5. Sunflower Seed Base Oil
Studies conducted on this base oil, have shown that it improves the health of the skin barrier, promoting elasticity and integrity, as well as improving overall hydration of the skin. It may be used alone, and is an excellent alternative to the more expensive moisturizing oils available, without compromising the oil's effectiveness to rehydrate the skin.
6. Licorice Essential Oil
The licorice plant has been found to alleviate symptoms associated with psoriasis. In a 2013 study, licorice extract was used on a dry, itchy, and inflamed scalp (similar symptoms to this skin condition). It was found that licorice was able to improve skin moisture and reduce itching and dryness. It was able to normalize the skin's lipids, improving hydration and texture of the scalp.
7. Tea Tree Essential Oil
Dry and cracked skin that results from psoriasis is often prone to wounds and infections. However, using tea tree essential oil can be beneficial in keeping skin bacteria-free. Tea tree extract is a natural antibiotic that can fight bacteria, viral, fungal, and protozoal infections found in the skin. Tea tree contains potent anti-inflammatory properties which can directly target inflammation caused by psoriasis.
8. Chamomile Essential Oil

Chamomile is an effective skin care ingredient for psoriasis. In a 2011 study, it was shown that German chamomile can relieve itching and inflammation when applied twice a day on skin lesions. Chamomile has also been shown to relieve the symptoms of atopic dermatitis by regulating the body's immune response system to allergens - this is especially important for people affected with psoriasis, whereby your skin immunity is altered and sensitivity is increased.
9. Gingko Biloba Essential Oil
This supplement is normally used for memory and neuronal health, however, it can also be used to maintain skin health. Applying the essential oil (blended with a carrier oil) to the skin will help moisturize deeply.
10. Garlic
This well-known anti-inflammatory agent is recommended for people with heart and blood vessel problems like coronary artery disease. Eating garlic, though, can also have effects on the skin too. Its potent anti-inflammatory property can improve skin inflammation that is caused by psoriasis.

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[www.keralites.net] HERNIATED DISC

Identifying and Treating a Herniated Disc!
Many patients with leg pain, back pain, or weak lower extremity muscles are diagnosed with a herniated disc. When a disc herniation occurs, the cushion that lies between the spinal vertebra is pushed out of its regular position. A herniated disc wouldn't really be an issue if it weren't for the spinal nerves that are extremely close to the edge of these cushioning discs.

Spinal Discs

The spinal disc is the soft cushion that sits between each vertebra of the spine.

This disc becomes more rigid with age. In young individuals, the disc is soft and elastic, but much like many other of the body's structures, it gradually loses its elasticity and becomes more vulnerable to injury. In fact, even in individuals in their 20s, MRIs frequently show early evidence of disc deterioration.

As the spinal disc loses its elasticity, it can rupture. When a rupture occurs, a part of the spinal disc pushes away from its normal boundary, causing a herniated disc. When a herniated disc bulges out from between the vertebrae, the spinal cord and the spinal nerves may become pinched. If a herniated disc is pushed far enough, these structures may become compressed, and that's where the pain begins.

Symptoms of a Herniated Disc

There a quite a number of reasons behind why someone might develop a herniated disc. It may occur gradually with repetitive straining of the spine, or it might occur suddenly in an event such as an accident or a fall.

People who experience a herniated disc often already have spinal stenosis, a problem that causes narrowing of the space around the spinal nerves and spinal cord. A herniated disc would then further reduce the amount of space remaining, leading to irritation of the nerve.

Some of the most common symptoms of a herniated disc include electric shock pain, coupled with sensations of tingling and numbness. If these sensations are felt in your arms, then this indicates a compression in the neck region. If you feel electric shocks going down through your legs, then you've probably got a compression in your lower back.

If you've got a herniated disc, then you might also experience muscle weakness, due to the interruption of certain brain signals. Bowel or bladder problems are other common symptoms of a herniated disc, and these shouldn't be ignored since they may be a sign of cauda equina syndrome. If you're finding it hard to have bowel movements, urinate, or if you experience numbness around your genitals, then visit your doctor immediately!

Diagnosis and Treatment of a Herniated Disc

Typically, your doctor will be able to diagnose a herniated disc through a thorough physical examination, by testing reflexes, sensation, and muscle strength. An MRI is also commonly used to make the diagnosis more accurate.

While people diagnosed with a herniated disc sometimes have to undergo surgery, it is usually considered as a last resort, especially in less severe cases. There are many different treatments an individual can try out first, and the most effective include:

• Rest & Activity Modification
The first treatment is to rest and to avoid carrying out any activities that might aggravate your symptoms. Many disc herniations will resolve if given enough time.
• Ice & Heat Applications
These can be extremely helpful in relieving a disc herniation's most painful symptoms. By helping to relax the back's muscles, ice and heat applications can relieve muscle spasms and provide efficient pain relief.
• Anti-Inflammatory Medications
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) are often prescribed, and help to relieve some of the pain. By reducing inflammation, these medications can reduce some of the pressure on the compressed nerves. NSAIDs should only be used under a doctor's supervision.
• Oral Steroid Medications
These can be very helpful in episodes of an acute (sudden) disc herniation. Some of these medications include Prednisone and Medrol. Like NSAIDs, these powerful anti-inflammatory medications can relieve your symptoms by reducing inflammation around the compressed nerves.
• Other Medications
Other medications used include muscle relaxers and narcotic pain medications. Narcotic pain medications are useful for severe, short-term pain management. Be warned though, these medications can be addictive and can make you drowsy. It is important to use these for only short stretches of time. Muscle relaxers are used to treat the spinal muscle spasms often seen with disc herniations. Such muscle spasms are often worse than the pain from the disc pressing on the nerves, so muscle relaxers provide some welcome relief.
• Epidural Steroid Injections
Cortisone injections can be administered directly to the area of nerve compression. Like oral anti-inflammatory medications, the idea is to relieve the compression on the nerves. When an injection is used, the medication is delivered directly to the affected area, rather than traveling throughout your entire body, as is the case with oral medication.

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Tuesday, 11 September 2018

[www.keralites.net] PMS SYNDROME

HOW TO DEAL WITH PMS SYNDROME

I would like to address one of your possible issues
called PMS. At the monthly attack of the Mother Nature, women
undergo a terrible combination of physical, psychological and
emotional disturbances with varying severity. Though it is nothing to

worry about, it highly upsets the environment for a few days.

1. Intense irritability and mood swings
2. Sadness and crying bouts
3. Poor concentration
4. Sleep disorders
5. Physiological changes including breast tenderness, headaches,
digestive problems, bloating and weakness.
6. Stress, anxiety and low self esteem

These are some changes that you experience during those days. Have
you wondered about their causes?

# Hormonal changes
# Changes in the brain chemicals
# Stress
# Poor nutrition and dietary habits
# Alcohol or caffeine consumption
# A family history of depression

The home remedies I am going to mention are suggested by different
women who had experience fighting their PMS symptoms.

1. Exercise. There is no question of what exercise and for how
long. You can do any moderate exercise that you are comfortable
with for at least 30 minutes. Some women also enjoy rigorous
physical activity for 15 minutes. Cuddling up in bed is not
recommended unless advised by the doctor.

2. A healthy diet with whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables.
Low vitamins and nutrients can aggravate PMS.

3. Sugary foods, excess salt, refined foods and caffeine should be
controlled.

4. Some women find relief by eating foods rich in magnesium,
Vitamin B6 and Vitamin E.

5. If you have digestive problems, don't go hungry. Eat small,
frequent meals.

6. See if milk can make you feel better.

7. Omega 3 acids may improve your irritability and mood swings.

8. Try pineapples. Who knows, manganese in pineapples, brown rice
or raspberries may work better.

9. Sleep well for at least 8 hours at night.

10. Cultivate a habit of going out with family, friends or engage
in creative habits, go to a spa, do yoga or just about anything
that would take the stress out.

I would be happy to answer any other queries you might have.
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Monday, 10 September 2018

[www.keralites.net] AHARVEDA - not a diet, but a way of life which could save your life!- Nagpur Times Article [1 Attachment]

'Aharveda' – not a diet, but a way of life which could save your life!

[ NB: Harish Shetty owner of Radhakrishna restaurant and Golden Chariot hotel both opp Stoppers shop , S. V. Raod, Andheri (East), Mumbai. ]

Nagpur: "No milk. No curds. No sugar. No oil. And no wheat, bajra or jowar either…absolutely no maida, no butter, cream, cheese, eggs or non veg.

"After I finish giving these 'commands' all my listeners want to run for their lives! Who can live with these restrictions?? I would rather live 10 years less, than live without eating all these things – say people."

"And then I invite them to enjoy the dinner buffet spread with me: we start with a 'cocktail' of vegetable juices; then a soup and then a generous spread that has all your favorite dishes – cucumber raita, dahiwada, aloo bonda, Veg Kolhapuri, Methi matar aloo, Thai curry, Tomato 'rice' and even very rich and creamy looking Gajar halwa and Kheer! People partake on this feast and then they are like 'we can do this all our lives!' "

People listen enraptured as Harish Shetty narrates all this – he is speaking to an audience that consists largely of Nagpur High Court Judiciary, many of them are already on 'Aharveda' and say they have benefited hugely by following the diet.

So what is the principle behind 'Aharveda' – a phrase also coined by Harish for his revolutionary diet, specially with the Indian palate in mind.

'Ahar' means food and as we all know Vedas are our ancient scriptures. As their web site says-

" Through the Aharveda way, we are combining age-old principles of wellness – centric food science as practised in ancient India and our decades of experience in creating tasty food. The Aharveda Way will prepare you to fight today's stress levels and ailments with lots of energy, a well-balanced body and a healthy, positive mindset. Our vision is to fight major diseases and we believe it's possible through systematic cleansing of body and by including body balancing diet in our daily food."

So what do you get to eat in the Aharveda plan?

Lots of fruits – they recommend upto 2 Kgs of fruits per person; lots of nimbu pani, or lemon juice, vegetables and vegetable juices, all kinds of dals and in lieu of food grains stuff like 'bhagar', Rajgira, Singhada atta (all the things that are allowed in 'fasts' ) and plenty of root vegetables like potato, sweet potato, yam/Suran and arbi.

Also all nuts and dry fruits.

So if you are wondering how 'dahi wada' and 'kheer' are made without curds or milk, here's the answer. The curds are made of peanuts and milk for kheer comes from coconut milk and/ or crushed badam paste diluted with water. And I guarantee they taste as good or better than the stuff we know!

How did Aharveda come about?

As we all know, the Shettys of India are all into the Food Business! Whether it is in South India or Mumbai or Nagpur – one can find many popular restaurants owned by Shettys.

Harish' family also ran a famous Vegetarian restaurant called Radhakrishna in Andheri. It served South Indian, Punjabi, Gujarathi, Chinese, Italian – the full range of international cuisine. It had seating for 500 and had been doing thriving business for four decades.

Harish had naturally joined the family business as soon as he was ready.
Then when he was just 36 years of age, one day he was suddenly gasping for breath.

"It was like someone was chocking me" recalls Harish.

He was rushed to the hospital where tests showed that all his parameters were off. His B.P., his blood sugar, his cholesterol, everything. Despite Harish being a teetotaler who did not smoke, drink or eat non veg himself.

So what had gone wrong? Life style, diet, habits, atmospheric pollution – everything seemed to have combined to make Harish very sick.

He had two alternatives before him: either begin on a regimen of pills that he would have to take life long and the dosages would only increase as he grew older or find alternative therapies for 'cure'.

There was a stint when he tried out everything, Homeopathy, Ayurveda everything. Nothing really helped. Naturopathic food and practises finally brought some relief but Harish realized the bland food they prescribed was not something one could eat life long.

"Why should healthy be tasteless?" He asked himself.

Then he turned his kitchen into a Lab. and began experimenting. He consulted scriptures, old cook books and any literature he could get his hands on. He really educated himself on Food and began by treating himself with natural foods. He became his own Guinea pig!

Almost rapidly and miraculously his 'parameters' regained normalcy. He not only lost weight and but he lost years as well!

Today when he is 50, he looks like someone in his 30s!! He is full of energy, is infectiously optimistic and cheerful and has a very positive attitude to life.

"It is absolutely true – a healthy body brings about a healthy mind and a feeling of peace and compassion towards all" he says.

"But it is not just food that will cure you" Harish cautions.

"The more important thing is breathing right, taking in plenty of oxygen. Practise deep breathing, breathing from your stomach as babies do, consciously twice- thrice a day."

"See, you can live without food for two days, but not even a minute without air" he reminds his listeners.

Along with the food you eat, you also need to follow good eating habits. Like dinner should be had before 8 p.m.

In the mornings, have as many fruits as you can, but only one fruit at a time. After a gap of an hour, you can have another..

Between 12 and 8 p.m. is the time for cooked foods.. (Cooked as per his instructions without oil – but you can use all the spices and condiments you want!)

"One should sleep by 10 p.m. and wake up as early as you can – 4 a.m. is ideal" he says.

He also generously allows you 65 days out of 365 as 'cheat days' when you can eat what you want! "Don't deprive yourself of anything you love. Just eat it on a Sunday" he says. He knows forsaking your favorite foods can lead to uncontrolled cravings.

"Also when you are on a Holiday, you can give your diet a holiday too – since there is no point in second guessing the 'health quotient' of hotel food!"

Over the years, his 'diet' – or his Aharveda – found many followers and many chronic and 'hopeless' patients found health again.

Like the case of this 80+ lady who had such bad arthritis that she had not come down from her 3rd floor flat for almost 15 years! (There was no lift in the building in Mumbai.) Then when movement inside the flat also became painful she seriously began contemplating knee joint replacement surgeries for both knees. That was when someone introduced Harish to her. He asked her to try his Aharveda for 6 months – if it did not succeed "I will pay for your operation" promised Harish.

She followed it faithfully and in 8 months she was climbing down from her flat twice a day! She felt like she had a new lease of life.

She offered Harish the – lakhs that would have been her operation cost.

"Don't give this to me, use it to buy fruits and other healthy food for poor people" he said.

There are many such people who have been restored health and are off most of their medications..

Every Sunday, Harish sees 100 'patients' in his 'OPD' and talks to them about the benefits of eating Natural and Live foods that is the soul of Aharveda. For those who want to follow it strictly he makes meal plans – even giving out recipes. He has hundreds of recipes to dole out and is in the process of writing a Cook Book. His sessions are full always, one has to do advance booking for seats!

Now Harish is endeavoring to take this Science of Healthy Eating all over the country. Even all over the world. This quest brought him to Nagpur where select Nagpurians got a taste of his unique cuisine.

His next plan is to start Health Food Restaurants all over the country.

He is a Shetty, remember??!

(You can check out Aharveda at

https://aharveda.com/

or on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/aharveda/.

You can also call 91-22-4072-2211 )

full article and more pictures in the link below

https://www.nagpurtoday.in/aharveda-not-a-diet-but-a-way-of-life-which-could-save-your-life/03180737

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