A tip for delayed periods

3 teaspoons of fenugreek seeds are boiled well in a glass of water . The water should have reduced to half its quantity. Drinking this concoction when its still warm will regularize delayed periods. 

* Care must be taken to ensure that the lady is not pregnant while drinking this tea.

Coriander for nose bleeding

Green coriander juice is rubbed on the body on a regular basis to reduce the nose bleeding problem,

A small green tip for better eyesight

Walking barefoot on green grass early in the morning improves eyesight. Seeing a lot of greenery has a calming effect on the mind and also improves the vision of a person.

Simple tips with mint for the summers

* Massaging the forehead with mint leaves juice reduces headaches.

* Pudina juice (10 ml approx)  is mixed in a glass of cold water and rock candy sugar.Drinking this will be beneficial in summers.

A tip with mint leaves for scanty periods (amenorrhea)

Some ladies have a problem of less flow during their periods with painful cramps.This tip relieves the problem.
A few fresh leaves of pudina (5-10 gm) are washed and boiled well in water. Drinking this decoction will reduce the symptoms.

This decoction should be avoided by ladies with heavy periods.

A tip for increasing strength in children

3 spoons of carrot juice can be given to children 3 times a day .This makes them healthier and stronger.

A simple remedy for joint pains

Extract 2 spoons of ginger juice.
Mix a pinch of rock salt and asafoetida* in the juice.
Massaging this mixture on the painful areas on the joints will reduce the pain.

* hing in Hindi and many Indian languages.
  inguva in Telugu
  perungayam in Tamil.
  kaayam in Malayalam.

Ajwain water recipe for many ailments...

Ajwain aka :Thymol seeds,Vaamu,Omam,Trachyspermum ammi
Method of preparation:
A teaspoon or ~ 8 gms of ajwain is washed well.It is added to 1 liter of clean boiling water.The water should be reduced to half its original volume.The decoction is cooled and filtered.
Drinking this will reduce gas problems, increase the digestive power, decrease general lethargy, helps in indigestion problems, the common cold and diabetes.
This can be done for a few days.
Ajwain is said to increase the internal heat of the body according to Ayurveda.So it is used less in summers.

A juice for dry skin

image source:wiki-individual images combined are  in the public domain.

Mix the juice of :

1 cucumber

3 small pieces of ginger and

2 oranges.

Drinking this on a regular basis will improve the complexion and reduce dryness of the skin in a person.

Tulsi for weight problems

Drinking a glass of buttermilk with 2 leaves of Tulsi  helps in reducing weight and makes a person thinner and feel energetic all day long.

Coriander help in summers

Some people suffer from headaches during summers because of the heat.This tip reduces the head pain to a great extent.
Coriander seeds (dhaniya) are made into a paste and the paste is applied on the forehead.
If fresh green coriander is available,then the leaves are made into a fine paste and rubbed on the forehead.
This relieves the pain.

A tip to control drowsiness while studying

Dried dates are chopped into small pieces .Chewing on one or two pieces and gulping down a little milk after,  will keep drowsiness in check while studying. This also works well for students who suffer from headaches while studying. 3-4 dates can be eaten in a day. Excess amounts are not recommended.
Dried dates aka
endu karjuram in Telugu
Chuhara in Hindi
Ularntha perichai in Tamil.
For the picture you may refer:
http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.in/2010/11/bed-wetting-problems-in-children-tip-4.html

A Neem cure for ringworm infections.

Ringworm is a fungal infection of the skin which can be recognized by the raised reddish circular type of border patches on the skin.(sometimes it is asymptomatic ).
Grind a few Neem leaves *  and mix an equal quantity of curd in the paste.Apply the mixture over the affected areas for the patches to disappear.
the link below gives another tip for the ring worm infection and the image
http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.in/2010/04/tamarind-seeds-cure-for-ringworm.html

* Neem -Vepa in Telugu ,Veppai in Tamil.

Some tips for Asthma - 2

image source:publicdomainpictures.net : figs.

2 dried figs are soaked for 24 hrs .The figs are boiled with the water till soft.These figs must be eaten very slowly on an empty stomach . After chewing well on them - one must also drink up the water .

Before this one must practice this Pranayama  ---  Sit comfortably where there is a lot of early morning sunshine and breathe in and out  with the eyes closed.It is important to visualise that you are  breathing in and inhaling the Suns healing energy and breathing out the symptoms related to asthma.This conscious breathing in and out should be done for at least  15 times.Reciting  a known mantra is more beneficial.The inhalation should be faster than the exhalation. This is a healing type of pranayama which works well for many diseases.

Some tips to gain weight

• 1 gm of Aswagandha churna is taken with warm milk to gain healthy weight.
• Eating 2 spoons of ghee before and after dinner helps one to gain weight easily.

It is recommended that the person who wants to gain weight should avoid junk food and other fried food with very high calorific value .This may not give the desired results.

The two tips mentioned above are from the book  " Arogyanidhi"  a compilation of health tips as told by Pujya Sri Asaramji Bapu.

For more info on aswagandha and image click on this link 

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/04/aswagandha-or-withinia-somnifera-leaves.html

The churna is available in most ayurvedic stores.

5 tips for good sleep

These tips are as mentioned by Pujya Asaramji Bapu

1.  3 gm of white melon seed powder and 3 gm of khus khus * powder mixture  is taken once a day for 1 week.
2. 6 gm of khus khus powder is taken with 250 ml water and mishri  in the evenings.(the poppy seed powder is filtered away)
3. Eating Apple murabba helps a person to get good sleep
4. Drinking Buffalo's milk after dinner induces good sleep
5. Chanting Om for 10-15 minutes in the night helps a person to sleep well.

* khus khus--Poppy seeds 

For more info on khus khus  refer: 

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/10/poppy-seeds-khus-khus-aid-for-loose.html

A simple tip for students to remain awake...

This is a simple tip as described by Pujya Asaramji Bapu to avoid drowsiness when we need to remain awake.

Fold a Betel leaf with two cloves *  inside it and chew well. This will keep the person awake.

For image of betel leaf and more info refer :

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/04/betel-leaves-for-curing-heat-boils.html

* Cloves  --Laung in Hindi ,Lavangam in many some South Indian languages.

A cure for bleeding piles

Mix a little butter in powdered black sesame seeds.Eating this mixture regularly will cure bleeding piles*.

Piles --Bawaseer in Hindi

Black sesame seeds--Kala til in Hindi , Nalla  nuvvulu in Telugu.

A simple tip for rheumatic arthritis pain (Jodon ka dard)

Mix 1 spoon of dried ginger powder (Sont/Chukku)  with 10 parts of sesame seed powder.Store.Eating 5 gms of this twice a day will reduce the pain considerably.

For babies to sleep well-2

If a baby gets up in the night and cries loudly and unable to sleep again,then placing a piece of Alum under the pillow of the baby helps.

(Care must be taken to see that the child does not eat it or the piece is not sharp.)