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 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 simple tip for headaches

Eating 1-3 cloves of garlic with one gram of salt with a little rice will lessen the head pain.

Kalanchoe laciniata- for headaches

Kalanchoe-image author:Leo Michels -in the public domain.

Kalanchoe  - image in the public domain by Leo Michels

This plant is interesting to watch as a mature leaf has many tiny plants growing in the leaf nodes.It is an ornamental plant for the same reason.Similar plants are classified under Bryophyllums.

Telugu - Patra beeja (which means the seed is the leaf )
Tamil - ( similar plants) Katti pottal kutti podum  - (Which literally means -the leaf gives birth to young ones.)

Some similar species are known as  -Leaf of life, Pregnant plant.
The leaf is needle like ,dark green ,succulent and corrugated at the leaf nodes.

The leaf is crushed well and the juice is massaged on the forehead for the head pain to reduce.

Carrot leaves help for Migraine

carrots with leaves-image in the public domain from wiki.

The leaves of carrot are washed well and patted dry.Smear a few drops of ghee on them and  heat  for a few seconds.The wilted leaves are crushed and the juice is used as nose drops.

2-3 drops in each nostril will make the person sneeze and the migraine pain eases away in minutes.

There are many posts in this blog to reduce the one sided migraine pain-Do click on the"Migraine" tag below this post.

Carrot -  Gaajar in Hindi

An apple a day....for migraines

Eating an Apple on an empty stomach in the morning relieves one of migraine pain.
This must be done for a few mornings.

This one sided headache can  upset a persons normal life but the few tips given below work really well:


http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/remedy-for-migraine.html

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2010/01/for-migraine-pain_21.html

http://simpleayurvedichealthtips.blogspot.com/2011/06/effective-remedy-for-most-kinds-of.html

Clicking on the  'migraine ' tag will give more tips.

An effective remedy for most kinds of headaches

Mix 150 gm of   Triphala  churna and 150 gm of powdered mishri .
Mix both the powders thoroughly and add ghee to the mixture  till the powder gets the consistency of a thick paste.
Store in a clean dry glass jar .

Eating 5 gm of this lehyam twice a day with water will definitely improve the headaches.
Children can take half the quantity prescribed for adults.
It can be slowly increased to 10 gm a day if symptoms persist.

Pressing the entire thumb from the tip to the base also reduces headaches.

An effective home remedy for headaches

Pound 2 garlic cloves-mix a pinch of salt and a little rice.Eating this mixture will reduce the pain.

In case of headaches...

Breathing through the left nostril alone with the right nostril closed for a few minutes will reduce the headache or
 breathe in through the right nostril and breathe out through the left.This too works for some people to relieve headaches.