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Recently I suffered from fever and with Gods grace got quick recovery with this simple home made remedy drink. So I would to share my experience and reciepe here. Fever Story I woke-up with with pain or stiffness in my foot. So just to make my foot relax did warm coconut oil massage to my legs and foot for 15 mins and then took bath. Started feeling little coldness in the body since the afternoon and night got my temperature higher along with body pain and coldness. Slept with double bedsheet and woke up early morning with body sweating after which temperature has lowered, but was not completely cured. Next day morning prepared this simple home remedy drink in the morning had this multiple times in smaller quantities instead of normal drinking water. By evening I felt much better. Conitned the same for second day and by the evening of second day I'm completely all right. So going forward, I will surely have this as my very first aid drink for fever if it is manageable with th...

Smoke gives a kind of pleasure, relief from stress and many more may be... In our everyday lives for sure we knew at least one smoke lover. Though I don't smoke, this is my experience with my smoking friends around. Knowingly and unknowingly smoking habits affects all of us. Here I'm penning my experience of smoke impact. I have migraine problem. I'm trying all my possibilities to avoid getting migraine. I have done life style changes, change in eating habits. Below are few which I completely stopped. No cholocates No ice cream No packed food or snacks No aerated drinks Here are my lifestyle change 1 hour of brisk work out morning at least 4 days in a week Early to bed, early to rise Home cooked food. All credits to my family. Special mention to my husband and mom-in-law, who makes sure of my home cooked food. No to all possible medicines. I always prefer to follow home remedy or natural therapies though they take longer time to give me relief wh...

My story of discomfort in my eyes  I'm a Software Engineer by profession. As any other software professional, I too spend lot of time sitting in front of computer. Off late I have been complaining about mild pain in the eye, not being able to see bright display especially projector display for not more the 15 minutes. Few months back, this discomfort in my eyes become severe to an extend that I was unable to see computer screen not more than ten minutes. Visited multiple hospitals and every where I heard the same "COMPUTER VISION SYNDROME" and "DRY EYES" . All the doctors I have visited prescribed me tear drops to be used 3 to 4 times a day and no end time mentioned for its usage. This drops are supposed to prevent the eyes getting dry. As soon as the doctors suggested that this drops can be used life long and as and when I have discomfort in my eyes, I have decided that I am not going to use it for life long. Eye Massage  Then I googled lot about ...

Here is how Castor Oil playing important role in regular routine. Though I knew Castor Oil and seen its several usages from childhood, but some how I forgot to use it in my kitchen in the beginning. For sure our lifestyle changes and health often reminds you to get back to your roots. Such instances made me to kick start it again. Right now following are my usages of Castor oil 1. As Cooking Ingredient While making plain toor dal (uppu parrupu recipe in tamil) along with jeera, red chilli, pepper, turmeric powder, I will just add 1 table spoon of castor oil in it. This addition will enhance the taste and also avoid the over flow of dal when it is not pressure cooked i.e when cooked in open vessel or pot. Use it as thickening agent in all pulli kulambu recipes i.e tamarind based vegetarian curries. I do not prefer adding coconut in my curries just to make it thick, so I add 1 table spoon of castor oil to the recipe 5 mins before getting it off from the stove. 2. As M...

Castor Oil for Migraine This is based on my and my mom's personal experience. Both of us suffer from Migraine every now and then. Recently while mom had severe headache on a different aspect I have put a drop of castor oil to her both the eyes. Next day morning she was so relieved from her usual headache pain. Castor oil did its best of reducing the pain 90%, what else a migraine sufferer would ask for. Rest 10% is completely bearable pain. None of us knew before that castor oil can be a remedy of migraine.  Then immediately I have decided that I will certainly follow this. In the past 4 times I have used Castor oil as an eye drops as preventive medicine. I will feel little uncomfortableness like eye tiredness, sensitive to sound smell etc. By knowing these symptoms I have used Castor oil as an eye drops before going to sleep and certainly that helped me a lot.  I should mention that castor oil eye drops is not very pleasant to eyes. It will give you a slight burni...

Suffering from Migraine? Simple breathing practice comes as effective remedy I have been suffering from migraine i.e one sided headache with high sensitivity to sound, light, smell along with nausea. This suffering is from the past 6 years though. It would last for 2 to 3 days for me. I have tried medications, stopped eating ice creams, chocolates, soft drinks, carbonated drinks and many other packed items hoping to avoid getting headache. But none helped me.  Thought provoking Yoga experience Two years before once I was doing my yoga practice with migraine. Fortunately that session had lot of breathing practices. Especially after long alternate nostril breathing, I felt much better and for 20 mins or so I was free from the intensive pain of migraine. Though it is small duration when compared with 2 to 3 continuos days of suffering. This short relief made me to realize there is some connection with breathing and  migraine relief. From then onwards every time I get mi...

This drink or kashayam is wonderfull home remedy for cold, running nose, cough and fever from our kitchen shelves Suffering from cold or running nose or cough or fever because of cold, this kashayam will do wonder by drinking 3 or 4 times a day. This kashayam does wonders for both adults and kids too. This always works for my family and stops us from running to hospital. Ingredients  Turmeric powder - 2 tea spoon or fresh turmeric - 2inch Cloves - 12 nos Cinnamon - 2inch Pepper - 10 nos Fresh ginger - 2inch or dry ginger - 2inch Jeera - 1 tea spoon (Optional) Beetal leaf - 2 nos Fresh Tulsi leaves - 15 nos (handful) karpooravali leaf (Optional) - 1 Note: If you are preparing this kashayam for kids or infants you can add some brown sugar or jaggery to subside spiciness of this drink. Procedure Add all the above mentioned ingredients in 1 liter water and bring it to boiling point. Get it to low flame after water started boiling. Keep it on low flame a...