Ginger Root for Treating Sprain

Ginger Root for Treating Sprain 300x300 Ginger Root for Treating SprainGinger is usually something that can be found in the kitchen. Ginger is a common rhizome that is used as spice for various cuisines and drinks. Mostly, it is used in Asian cuisines such Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Japanese; ginger has a hot taste. In Western cuisines, ginger is used for various drinks and sweet foods, including biscuits and breads. In many countries, people use ginger as medicine. The common applications of ginger as medicine are for fatigue, common cold, nausea, vomiting, and headache. Then, some studies found that ginger has the ability to relieve joint and muscle injury. Some studies found that ginger is also good to treat sprain.

Ginger has painkilling properties that have been used for years as a herbal remedy for sprain. When you are accidentally twisted and get sprain on your foot or other parts of your body that hurt so much, you can use ginger as your solution to relieve the pain. You can use ginger paste to treat your sprain. You can take some ginger root, make ginger paste from it, and rub it on the sprained areas. You will feel the heat that comforts you. You can also use ginger compress as an alternative. You can take a half-cup of ginger root. Simmer it on a pan with a small amount of water, and then add cinnamon. Let it steep and dip a soft cloth to the warm mixture. Apply it on the sprained area and let it cool.

If you do not have fresh ginger root, you can use ginger powder. Although the result is not as good as fresh ginger, powder ginger is good for first aid. You can apply ginger paste or ginger compress twice or three times a day. For a perfect result, you need to avoid movement in the sprained area. If you experience inflamed muscle, ice compress prior to ginger compress may help you deal with the inflammation.

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Clove for Toothache, Respiratory Infection and Acne

Clove for Toothache Respiratory Infection and Acne 300x224 Clove for Toothache, Respiratory Infection and AcneClove (Syzygium aromaticum) is native to Indonesia and Philippine. Clove also grows in various tropical countries such as India, Brazil, Jamaica, and more. It is the flower bud, which used for cooking and as medicine. For centuries, clove has been used as medicine in China, India, Indonesia, Europe, and America. The common used of clove are to treat toothache, respiratory infection, and acne.

To treat toothache, the flower of clove could be used. You can dry the flower and then crush it into powder. Apply the powder to the painful tooth. The other way is using clove oil that you can buy it at local medical store. Clove oil has antibacterial power to disinfect root canals and it has the ability to relief toothache. You can use a cotton swab to apply the oil to the painful tooth and gum. It will give you a numb effect. However, the effect is only temporary that if you do not solve the real problem, the pain may occur again.

In respiratory infection, clove can help to fight bacteria and germs. Clove also has the ability to work as an expectorant that will dilute mucus in the throat. Then, it can help to loosen phlegm on the respiratory system to allow easier breathing. To take it, you can just chew clove and you will feel the effect soon. If you could not chew it, you can put some cloves on your tea and drink it.

To help you deal with acne, clove contains euganol that could help you to get the balance on your skin. Clove oil could help you to deal with acne and acne scars. You can apply clove oil on the acne using cotton swab. However, if you have a sensitive skin, you need to dilute the oil with coconut oil or olive oil first before you apply it on your skin.

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Low Sodium Diet to Lower High Blood Pressure

Low Sodium Diet to Lower High Blood Pressure 300x234 Low Sodium Diet to Lower High Blood PressureSodium inside the food could be dangerous for people who suffer for high blood pressure since sodium could increase blood pressure, especially for sodium sensitive people. In order to reduce the risk and prevent hypertension, you need to follow a low sodium diet. The most famous low sodium diet for hypertension is the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension). The diet plan could be different for different people but there are similar rules that you need to follow.

The first rule is you need to avoid salty food such as salty biscuits, chips, processed food that contain high sodium, salty cheese, seasonings that contain sodium, and more. The second rule is that you need to put a limit for some foods that are you can only take maximum 100gr meat a day, 1 egg a day, and 2 glasses of milk a day.

Foods you can eat are breads, rice, nuts, vegetables, fruits, cooking oil, and spices. You need to limit salt intake by reducing the use of salt in your cooking. In order to get the taste of your foods, you can add other seasonings and spices to your food such as sugar, vinegar, pepper, garlic, onion, ginger, and more.

You need to aware that sodium in the food is not only sodium from the salt used. Some foods naturally contain sodium and something from animal such as meat contain more sodium than vegetables. Additives used for food such as mono sodium glutamate and sodium bicarbonate could also increase the sodium level in the blood and you need to avoid it.

Before you buy any processed food, you need to check out the nutrition label to ensure the product is low sodium. At the restaurant, you can ask for low salt food or it would be better if you ask no salt foods. For ultimate health, take exercise and change your lifestyle into a healthy lifestyle.

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Red Fruit Juice for Cancer Alternative Medicine

Red Fruit Juice for Cancer Alternative Medicine 300x198 Red Fruit Juice for Cancer Alternative Medicine Red fruit or Pandanus Conoideus Lam is native to Papua, Indonesia. The color of the fruit is red (merah in Indonesian) and that is why people of Indonesia call it buah merah (red fruit). Papuans call the fruit kuansu while people of Papua New Guinea call it Marita. The fruit mostly grows in Papua highland and mountain area such as Jaya Wijaya Mountain, Manokwari, Nabire, Timika, and more. The fruit could grow in different places but it may not contain the same substances with one grow at the highland.

The people of Papua have been using this fruit as medicine for eye diseases, skin diseases, and more. Then, a study found the fruit is rich of antioxidant such as karoten, tokoferol, betakaroten, omega 3, omega 6, and more substances that could help people to fight cancer or at least to slow the grow of cancer. Therefore, red fruit is believed to be useful as alternative medicine for cancer. In Indonesia, red fruit supplements are widely produced and consumed. So far, many people feel the benefit.

To get the benefit of red fruit, people take the oil. However, only ripped fruit about 3-4 months old could be used for high level of active substances and the process should not use high temperature that could increase levels of peroxide inside the oil. Filtering as the last process to take the oil is very important. Three-time filtering is recommended to get the pure oil. To store the oil, people need to keep it away from direct sunlight that may reduce betakaroten level inside it.

As a supplement to cure cancer, it is recommended to take 1 spoon of red fruit oil 2-3 times a day. When taking the supplement, people should not take aspirin and several medicines that could dilute blood since tokoferol inside the fruit has the same effect that double effects would be dangerous for the body.

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Anthill for Cancer Treatment

Anthill for Cancer Treatment 300x231 Anthill for Cancer TreatmentThere are many reasons why people tend to look for alternative solutions to their health problems rather than just follow what the doctor recommends. One of the excuses expressed by the patients is the worry about the chemical contents of the given drugs. Although the medical field has been more advanced, the natural remedies seems still offering the safer solution and equal effectiveness to treat various diseases. It is also including the cancer.

Everything that has been available naturally on the earth has advantages to humans. There is no exception to with anthill. It is more than just a home for the ants or a place where they can store foods. Anthill is now known as one of natural and alternative medicine for cancer treatment. Well, anthill or myrmecodia pendans that comes from Papua are different with the common species of anthill found at home. By the native people in the eastern part of Indonesia, the anthill has been used as a natural treatment for various diseases from generation to generation. Finally, experts have discovered what exactly owned by these ants nest. They found some active ingredients like phenolic, antioxidant, flavonoids, tocopherols, various minerals and anti-cancer substances. And now, the advantages offered by the ants nest from Papua have been able to be obtained by many people in the world. Many of them get recovered from serious diseases including cancer without having to take chemotherapy, biopsy or surgery.

The way to consume the anthill is not too complicated. It is quite easy and a person does not need to explore Papua just to get the ant nest. It has been marketed both nationwide and internationally. With the proper packaging, dry powder and water extract capsules, the consumption gets easier too. Here is one of the recommended serving ways.

  • Pour 1 tablespoon full (around 10g) powder into a stainless steel pot with 2 glasses of water (500ml)
  • Cook until boiling, fire, stirring occasionally reduced for about 15 minutes (2 cups water to 1 cup)
  • Cook the stew results
  • Strain the cooking liquid water and water of stew is ready to drink.

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Using Soursop Fruit for Cancer Treatment

Using Soursop Fruit for Cancer Treatme 300x300 Using Soursop Fruit for Cancer TreatmentCancer is one of top killing diseases in the world. There are many types of it, depends on where it starts to damage the body cells. Take for example, leukemia, breast cancer, colon cancer, oral cancer and back bone cancer. The growth of cancer cells is usually unrecognized at the beginning because people are not too aware of its symptoms. However, the earlier diagnoses usually widen the chance that the patients can survive.

One of ways to treat cancer is chemotherapy. It is a method that utilizes drugs to kill the cancer cells. Though it works well sometimes, this treatment can cause negative effects to the healthy cells. Fortunately, there are many alternatives offered by the nature to treat this disease. Soursop fruit kills the cancer up to 10,000 times than chemotherapy drugs without any side effect and even harming the healthy cells. This flowering, evergreen tree native grows in tropical regions of the world, especially Mexico, Caribbean, Central America and northern South America. And today, with the fast distribution, people can find this fruit at groceries and healthy food stores. There have available juice forms that offer easier consumption. The recommended ways to use soursop fruit is by eating it directly or drinking the juice. Here is a simple recipe of juice that you can make at home.

Soursop Fruit Juice

  • Peel the ripe soursop with your fingers and discard the skin. Cut the fruit in half lengthwise and remove the fibrous core as well as the seeds. Cut the fruit into cubes.
  • Place the cubed cut soursop into the blender and add 1 ½ cups of water or milk. Blend it until the soursop incorporated into liquid.
  • Taste it and add sugar if it is needed.
  • Add a cup of crushed ice plus the lemon or lime juice if you want to. Blend them again and serve.

Seeing the native growth of soursop fruit, it is found out that this fruit has been used for years by the Jamaican people as favorite beverages. And they have taken the advantages of it, including treating the cancer.

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Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy 300x300 AromatherapyIt is not strange anymore to hear the word of aromatherapy. Although it is very popular nowadays, it does not mean that it is a kind of modern treatment. Aromatherapy has been known from the ancient times in Egypt, China, India and Italy. But today, it widely practiced in the worldwide including North America and Europe.

Aromatherapy is a branch of herbal medicines that utilizes medicinal properties of the essential oils of herbs and plants. It is usually included into holistic treatments and spa treatments with candles, massage oils and other relaxation products. The essential oils used are usually taken from leaves, stems, flowers, buds, roots and branches which have been extracted using steam distillation, cold-pressing or water. It works effectively to affect the whole part of the body without the direct touch. When the aroma is inhaled, the molecules enter the nasal cavity and stimulate the limbic system in the brain. It then influences the memories and emotions which regulate the heart rate, stress, hormone balance, memory, blood pressure and breathing. It is no wonder then if aromatherapy becomes the most favorite treatment taking for relaxation. Besides effectively offering the pharmacological effects, the essential oils used in aromatherapy can also treat some conditions such as allergies, bruises, diarrhea, burns, stress, PMS, cold, insomnia, headache, muscle and joint pain, sinusitis, restlessness, menopause and nausea.

Aromatherapy is very popular. You can find many places that offer it as their main service or additional one combined with massage, acupuncture and other alternative treatments. Besides seeing the professionals, it is also possible to use aromatherapy as home remedies. One of recommended recipes is for respiratory conditions. Steam inhalation involves 2-3 drops of essential oil of eucalyptus, tea tree, rosemary or other oil to hot water and holding the face over the pot with a towel draped to form a tent. It is also possible to add a few drops of oil to baths, massage or compresses.

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Cupping as Alternative Medicine

Cupping as Alternative Medicine 300x257 Cupping as Alternative MedicineCupping is another ancient Chinese form of alternative medicine. The first practice is believed being started from the beginning of 3000 B.C. the same type of treatment with different methods and names are also found in other countries including Egypt and Arabic. Cupping is also known with several names including baguan, banki, bentusa, kyukaku, Hijamah, singhi and others. In China, this treatment is usually combined with acupuncture and herbal therapy. The technique involves the cup that is filled with warm air, placed the open end down on the part of the body.

There are two forms of cupping commonly used. The first one is wet cupping that offers benefits to increase blood flow and speed up the toxin removal from the body. The second form is dry cupping. The suction is created using the fire (heat) or mechanical devices (hand or electrical pumps). The used cup is usually made of glass, metal or hardwood. If it uses heat for the treatment, the common flammable substance used is paper, alcohol or a mixture of herbs. There are many health problems that can be healed with this cupping treatment. They are including lung diseases, pain, gastrointestinal disorders, limbs and paralysis. Although this method is one of alternative treatments to choose from, not everyone can take the advantage of it. Cupping should be done on fleshy areas of the body and not recommended to be applied on inflamed skin or abdominal and lower back during pregnancy. This therapy affects the body up to 4 inches into the tissues and promotes them to release toxins, activate the lymphatic system, activate and clear veins, arteries and capillaries, clear colon blockages, improve the appearance of varicose veins, activate the skin and clear stretch marks.

Cupping has been popularly used as alternative medicine too nowadays. However, it is important for patients to consult it first to the specialist before taking the treatment. It is important to prevent side effects like mild discomfort, bruises, burns and skin infections. The used of cups must be hygienic too.

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Acupuncture as Alternative Treatment

Acupuncture as Alternative Treatment 300x300 Acupuncture as Alternative TreatmentAcupuncture is one of methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). This therapy promotes the natural healing of the body. For some conditions, the body can heal itself. However, its low metabolism and other related factors prevent the way of it to heal by itself. It is then needed particular therapy to open the blockage, so the body can heal naturally without any medication. It means that, by taking the acupuncture, a person can avoid the use of chemical medications that may cause unwanted side effects if it is taken in a long run.

Originated in China, acupuncture started to be used since over 5,000 years ago. This method is done using very thin needles inserted into specific points along the meridians of the body. This technique is relatively safe and effective to treat many kinds of health problems in the nervous system, digestive system, muscles, genitourinary system, bones and skins. It is stated by the expert, Du Yuanhao, from Chinese Acupuncture Clinic Research Center that this therapy can treat 461 diseases with different effects on each. And here are some benefits to list about the use of acupuncture:

  • To assist the prevention against disease
  • To relieve pain without drug
  • To approach the holistic to illness, linking body, mind and emotions
  • To treat the causes and symptoms
  • To treat many common ailments effectively

Although it is a traditional method of medical treatment, acupuncture is the result of high intelligence of ancient Chinese. It contains of many theoretical concepts including Yin & Yang Theory, 5 Element Theory, Meridian Theory, Exogenous Pathogenic Factors Theory, needling techniques moxibusion and herbs. And now, this alternative treatment has been widely practiced in the world wide. It is not only in China, but also Canada, Australia, US, Korea, Japan and other countries in Europe. The practice is done by the many medical practitioners including physicians, dentists and licensed acupuncturists. Before the acupuncture therapy given, a patient will be asked about his lifestyle, health condition and behavior.

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Neural Acupressure as Alternative Treatment

Neural Acupressure as Alternative Treatment 266x300 Neural Acupressure as Alternative TreatmentAlternative medications to treat various health conditions have been so much popular nowadays. People get more aware with the benefits of back to nature. Many of them look for alternative options to treat the body conditions which is safe and affordable. Not only taking the medications from herbal sources, various traditional methods are also introduced to treat disease. One of them is called as neural acupressure.

Just like acupuncture, acupressure is also a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It has been used for thousands years. This method relies on the pressure application to certain points of the body to relieve the symptoms of various complaints. Although it looks like simple bodywork, it is highly recommended to get the treatment from the competent specialist. After the massage, a patient can feel energized and less stressed. The acupressure helps to release the blockage of energy flow. When it has been opened, natural energy will flow throughout the body, the tissues surrounding will relax, followed by the nerves. The principal of this treatment is almost the same with reflexology that focuses the pressure on certain points of the body. It has benefits to treat pain, nausea, cancer, arthritis, depression and anxiety. One of the samples of application is the pressing applied directly to the ball of toes will relieve frontal sinuses problems. For stomach ailments, the pressure is given to the acupoint along the arch of the foot. Shoulder problems are able to be treated by applying the pressure directly below the pinky toe.

Although modern medications are so popular, the traditional treatments also have their own place in the medical field as an alternative choice. The neural acupressure is well accepted in China, Japan, Indonesia and other countries in the UK and US. When the treatment is being given, the patients can take off all the clothes or not. It depends on the way they comfortable in. But sometimes it is just recommended to uncover the area where the problem is occurred.

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