Showing posts with label Herbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herbs. Show all posts

Friday, April 19, 2013

8 Tips for Herbal Medicines Consumption




Traditional medicines made ??from herbs has long been part of the culture of Indonesian society. Alam Nusantara is very rich in herbal ingredients, even Indonesia called the third country in the world that has a diversity of plants in the world.
To increase the consumption of herbal medicines, Deputy Health Minister Ali Ghurfron Mukti had proposed that the herbal medicine is inserted into one of the treatment which is guaranteed in the National Social Security System.
However, herbal medicine is traditionally processed or home could not be ascertained precisely the amount of the ingredient, which can cause unwanted side effects if its use is not appropriate.


 To prevent this, consider the issue of safe consumption of herbal medicines according to Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
1. Do not take more than the dosage and use according to the rules stated on the packaging.
2. In the event of adverse effects, immediately discontinue use and consult a physician.
3. Inform the doctor who was treating you, because some of the ingredients in traditional medicines may interact with chemical drugs, which can cause unwanted effects.
4. Do not consume traditional medicines that contain ingredients that are known to cause allergies.
5. Liver-careful on sufferers hypertension, disorders heart function, kidney, and liver because of there are some ingredients which can aggravate circumstances.
6. Be careful if you are on a diet low in sugar, because in addition to containing ingredients nutritious, traditional medicine sometimes also contain ingredients such as sweeteners.
7. Be careful if you are pregnant or planning a pregnancy, because some ingredients may affect the fetus.
8. Be careful for breastfeeding women because some of the ingredients can be excreted through breast milk is likely to cause unwanted effects in the baby.


Wednesday, January 30, 2013

How to Wisely Use of Traditional Medicine




Throughout history, traditional medicine has helped many people. When used appropriately, traditional medicine can be safe health solutions.

However, when used inappropriately, such as traditional herbal medicines may cause losses. To use traditional medicines wisely, it is important to realize that there is always the element of risk.

Let us see what are the risks to be aware of when using traditional medicine. Although traditional herbal medicines are safer than modern pharmaceutical drugs, herbal not without risk.

Thus, the question arises, warnings and recommendations that should be kept in mind what a person when considering treatment with traditional medicine?

Precautions in Selecting Traditional Medicine

You should be wary of traditional medicines that you buy. There are many cases of traditional medicine circulation withdrawn from the market because it proved to contain certain chemicals that can cause serious side effects.

One way to detect the presence of a mixture of chemicals in traditional medicine among others, by observing the speed of usefulness. Traditional medicine like herbs usually do not merit an instant, if there is so suspicious of the additional chemicals.

In recent years, there are also reports of traditional medicinal products contaminated with heavy metals and other contaminants. In addition, there are traditional medicinal products that turned out to contain little or no ingredients listed on the packaging.

Of the cases above, it is clear that traditional medicinal products, as well as other drugs, should be purchased at places that are trustworthy and reputable. Yes, buy from a reputable source and already have a marketing authorization. And do not forget, watch the expiration period.

Dosage Use of Traditional Medicine
A practical guide book titled The Complete Medicinal Herbal Herbal stated, "?? Although most traditional or herbal medicine basically quite safe, it should be used with proper.

Do not exceed the recommended dose, do not continue use if the disorder is not abated, or even worsen, or if the proper diagnosis is doubtful. "??

Yes, make sure that you understand and follow the instruction manual. You need to know how much medication should be taken, when to drink, and for how long. You also need to know the food, beverage, and what other medications or activities that should be avoided when taking herbal medicine.

Circumstances not possible to use traditional medicine

Another warning, the use of traditional medicine is very risky for certain people. People who take certain traditional medicines should be careful when going to undergo a medical procedure that requires anesthesia.

Dr. John Neeld, president of the American Society of anesthesiologists, explains, "?? Based on experience, it has been reported that several kinds of popular herbs, including ginseng, can cause fluctuations in blood pressure. It can be very dangerous when anesthesia is given."??

The doctor adds, "?? Plants other drugs, such as Ginkgo Biloba, Ginger, and feverfew, can interfere with blood clotting so it is very dangerous when epidural anesthesia is given-if there is bleeding near the spinal cord, paralysis can occur.


Among American anesthesiologists also recommend their patients to discontinue the use of certain traditional medicines at least two weeks before surgery because of the risk of interactions between herbal medicines and anesthetics, including increased chances of increased blood pressure or bleeding during the surgery which of course can be life-threatening.

Among pregnant and lactating women in particular must be aware of the risks that can be suffered by her and her baby due to a particular use or combine traditional medicine with conventional medicine given.

Clearly, it is important to know the reactions that can occur when traditional medicine is used alone or in combination with certain prescription drugs.

Therefore, patients are encouraged to discuss with your doctor or an expert in traditional medicine (herbalist) before deciding to use certain traditional medicines or if you want to combine traditional medicine with certain medications as prescribed.

The number of traditional medicinal products on the market would make you confused in choosing the right traditional medicine, therefore please read the article Recommendation of Traditional Medicine What's Right for Me? to get the information you need.

Monday, January 21, 2013

How to quickly smoothes rough palms



hmmm, no endless to talk about health.
because healthy is expensive if you ask me, as a writer.

This time the author would like some help for my friends who love everything with care.
especially skin care.

ya there are a few tips to smooth the rough palms.
these tips soften hands.

Rough palms impossible for men is not a problem that means but for a woman it is a very serious problem. Not a few women in the world is experiencing a dry hand skin and coarse textured.
In fact, with the palm of the hand is smooth and soft, we do not need to feel inferior to shake hands with others or join hands with our partners.
Conversely, if we have a rough-skinned hands, let alone to shake hands to see the course we're feeling shy and lacking in confidence.
If you are having problems with rough hands, the best step to overcome this by making sure you have the skin of the palms sufficient moisture. Use moisturizing lotion is the ultimate choice while trying to cope with the natural way.

Some natural ways to cope with rough hands and dry that you can do yourself at home is:
1. Wash hands with liquid soap that contains moisturizing scrub for exfoliating dead skin cells while gently massaging to improve blood flow ketelapak hand.
2. Use shea butter as a rub on your palms twice a day on a regular basis to provide moisture to the skin. Other benefits of using shea butter is as anti-aging creams.
3. Use this mixture 6 tablespoons cornstarch mixed with warm water and then used water immersion rough palms. Do this as often as possible to get faster results because the herb has no side effects at all.
4. Use butter as a rub on your palms dry and rough before you go to bed but do not forget to wear gloves after buttering it. Do this every night until a few days until your hands feel moist and tender.
5. Use herb olive oil 4 teaspoons and sugar to taste and rub this mixture on the palm of the hand for 1-2 minutes in length before you wash them thoroughly. Benefits of olive oil in addition to lift dead skin cells as well as an essential nutrient for the skin as well as a natural skin moisturizer is excellent.
6. Creating a natural moisturizer to reduce roughness palms with cornstarch herb and olive oil respectively with the same size to be pasta. Apply a paste and massage your palms gently used this herb for a while, then rinse thoroughly.
7. You certainly know with potatoes, yes potatoes was able to repair the skin of our hands rough and smooth making it back. Only by using the potatoes we can make finer palms. Using a potato is a natural way smoothing palms so no need to worry about anything happening with your favorite palms. So when shaking hands with friends or relatives are not ashamed. Steps to smooth your palms are: Take the potato tuber, then wash with water and peel until clean. If so, please scarring. Results grated potatoes just before you rub it on your palms over and over again. How to soften hands and then let it stick to the grater palms up to 20-30 minutes. If so, then clean with lemon juice. By making smooth palms over, your palms will be more subtle.


How to cope with rough hands and dry with a few ingredients above you can try yourself at home. In addition to the above the natural way, the use of cosmetics are also very good moisturizer applied to the skin of the palms were rough to accelerate the healing process.
By applying some natural ways to cope with rough hands over the skin and pamper your hands with skin care routine will provide natural softness throughout the day in the palm of your hand.

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Food That Can Eliminate badmood




Bad moods can be experienced by anyone at any time and anywhere. This can be caused by various factors such as environmental factors, pekejaan, social relations, and so on. If it feels bad mood usually we so easily ignited emotions and become stressed. So how do I fix this? Is bad mood can be eliminated? You do not need to worry, because health tips will discuss several types of these foods can eliminate your bad mood. In addition to eliminating bad mood, some of the following foods are also healthy and safe for consumption. In addition to following safe food apparently does not cause fat.

Dark Choholate
By The studies were conducted by health experts, dark chocolate had a lower stress hormones. With seepotong consuming dark chocolate can reduce the hormone cortisol and kolamin that make you anxious.

apple
Besides fruits menganding many vitamins and nutrients, it is also believed mempu apples reduces resentment. Dr. Dolgoff one staff health experts suggest that eating apples with peanut butter dilumiri, because apples are sedangakan carb peanut butter is a healthy fat foods megandug.

green tea
Tea is a natural source of natural antioxidants. As we discussed in the last article, the tea is very effective to relieve anxiety and make us be quiet. Green tea contains a compound called theanine that mempu keep you focused and prevent you irascible.

Some of the foods above are based on proven research to eliminate or at least reduce your bad mood. By doing so, feeling angry, annoyed, irritated, and stress can be reduced. You need to know if the prolonged stress is not good for your health.


Benefits of Aloe Vera for Health




Aloe vera. Plant this one has been known since Roman times, it has been said previously by the queen Cleopatra used to keep the beauty of the face and soften the skin. Apparently, in addition to aloe vera is also useful as a hair treatment.
This one is a medicinal plant that contains a variety of benefits for beauty treatments especially for women and also can we consume in different variants of food products such as nata de coco, lunkhead and others. Aloe vera has amino acids, amino acids, enzymes, minerals, polysaccharides, vitamins, and other ingredients that are beneficial to health.

Here are some benefits of taking aloe vera:

1. Treat hemorrhoid, how to take half aloe leaf stems that have been washed and removed the thorns.
2. Treating Strep Throat, how to take a piece of aloe leaf that has been washed and peeled.
3. Treating diabetes mellitus, how to wash two aloe leaf stems that have been discarded needles and cut into pieces and boiled with three glasses of water.
4. Lowering blood sugar levels, how to take great midrib aloe approximately the size of your palm, then peel the skin and thorns and clean.
5. Treating constipation, how to wash and peel half aloe leaf stems. Cut into small pieces and makers use a half cup of water. Add a tablespoon of honey and drink twice a day when it's warm.
6. As a hair fertilizer, how to take midrib aloe vera leaves, wash and peel. Apply the contents of peelings on hair that has been washed at night and wrap with a cloth. Rinse the next morning. Do it every day for three months.

In addition to the health benefits of Aloe Vera beauty also including the following:

1. Cool the sunburned skin, especially for those who often work outdoors.
2. Skin problems caused by the weather, such as dry skin, redness, peeling, and mild irritation or rash.
3. Reddish in color fade bruises on the body.
4. Overcoming discomfort caused shaver.
5. Addressing minor burns.
6. Relieves blisters.
7. Can be used as an anti-aging cream or to address wrinkles.
8. Treating rashes due to exposure to the sap of plants.
9. Overcoming itching due to insect bites.
10. Use every day to diminish scars and strecth mark, white stripes or red due to pregnancy.

11. Treating minor wounds caused by a knife cut or scratched.
12. Fade dark spots on the skin spots.
13. Can be useful as a substitute for hair conditioner and jelly.
14. Can be used to reduce acne.
15. Used to speed up the healing of canker sores.
16. Can be used as a natural body lotion.
17. To relieve muscle spasms or tension.
18. Used to reduce the complaints on the issue of gum.
19. Reduce dandruff on the head.
20. Addressing water fleas.

Source: From various sources

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Savor Lime for Lowering Cholesterol



Orange juice is known to have a wide range of benefits for health. One is in relation to lower cholesterol or fat levels in the blood.

Here are the tips:

1. Choose fresh lemon and rinse with clean
2. Cut the lemon into quarters, then thinly sliced
3. Enter the last slice into the glass. Sliced ??lemon slices earlier is complete with its skin
4. Pour the hot water until it is full, then cover tightly
5. Wait about 30 minutes, then drink it down
6. Do it regularly, twice a day morning and evening


Based on the research, lemon peel contains oils that are useful for kesahatan. In addition, lime is not cause pain in the stomach.

Sources: kompas.com

Eliminate Scar with Traditional Medicine




You've fallen right? Either falling from the motor or from stairs or falling from a certain height. Yes, since we are old toddler can walk, we must often fall many times. Well, it turns out the marks fall kitadari small we can also heal you know, with some traditional medicinal herbs. What is it?

1. Apply olive oil olive oil into the scar area. This method can also help lift scars.

2. Honey One of the most effective ways is claimed by smearing honey several times a day. This will make the skin look naturally and simultaneously raised scars.

3. Apply aloe vera liquid aloe vera sap to the wound area is still new. This method effectively prevents the formation of permanent scars.

4. Make a paste of sandalwood blend of sandalwood with rose water. Apply this paste to the scarred area at night and wash off in the morning. This method is declared as one of the best ways get rid of scars.

5. Lemon juice Lemon juice is a natural bleach and can help disguise scars and mottled skin.

6. Tomatoes
Eating tomatoes is also believed to rejuvenate the skin. Paste also fresh tomato chunks in places scarred for approximately 20-30 minutes regularly every day before bathing.


7. Mint leaves. Take some mint leaves and then puree. Furthermore, take the juice of mint leaves that have been smoothed by using a cloth. Next apply to the face or other areas that have scars.

8. Green tea. Dampen a cotton swab with green tea and then apply to the scar. This is a great natural way get rid of scars.

9. Coconut oil. Try massaging the scar area with coconut oil. This method can disguise but can not eliminate it completely.

10. Aloe vera. Apply aloe vera gel to the area fresh wounds hurt. This method effectively prevents the formation of permanent scars.

 Hopefully I eliminate scar above can help restore the condition you want to treat wounds.

Source: i-herb

Medication Natural Thrush / Thrush Traditional Medicines




Thrush (or also called stomatitis) is an inflammation that attacks the mouth, may in the oral cavity, inner lip, tongue, gums and palate. Thrush does not include dangerous diseases, but very annoying. Because in addition to pain, also may feel very sick.

Below we will convey the following factors causes canker sores natural remedies / herbal and non-herbal medicine to treat it.





Some of the common factors that cause thrush include:
  • Poor oral hygiene
  • Sores in the mouth, can be caused by a drink or food that is too hot, fried in cooking oil that was not good.
  • Lack of vitamin C
  • Body condition is less fit, any allergies, infections and other

Some drugs thrush natural / traditional medicine for canker sores that are often used include:

  • Drink boiled water sage leaves or reeds
  • Rinsing the mouth with turmeric water scour
  • Drinking water boiled guava leaves. A handful of fresh guava leaves plus one knuckle cashew stem bark boiled in 1 liter of boiling water. Her drink filtered water 2x a day
  • Drinking green coconut water young
  • Drink honey water, apply the honey to the wound sariawannya
  • Betel leaves, take two pieces of fresh betel leaf, washed and then chew until creamed. Leave it on the wound for a while.



In addition to traditional medicine as above, some non-herbal drugs that are well known include:
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  • Albothyl, which is applied directly on the wound. These drugs are very sore, so many people avoid it
  • Rinsing the mouth with mouthwash / mouthwash. There mouthwashes containing betel leaf.
  • Drinking refreshing solution
  • Increase the consumption of fruit and drinking water


Source: i-herb

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Overcoming Dental Pain In Traditional


Overcoming traditional toothache cure is certainly an endeavor that cost is minimal and of course also the risk was minimal if done correctly.

Toothache, anyone would be sad if one day suffer. The advent can sometimes suddenly, especially if the pain persist for days. Eat and sleep seemed uncomfortable. Withstand tremendous pain. And I'm sure most of you will be embracing the expression "better than toothache pain" hehe ...


Before I discuss the traditional recipe to overcome a toothache, it is worthwhile to discuss in advance about what causes toothache? By knowing what causes it then we will be more vigilant and take proper care to prevent it.

In general there are 4 things that cause tooth pain, namely:

1. Dental Caries
Caries is the collective name for tooth decay in enamel, cementum, and dentine (the substance in the middle between the crown and roots). Cavities usually caused by certain bacteria for producing lactic acid from fermented carbohydrates such as sucrose, fructose, and glucose. So do not forget to brush your teeth regularly 2 times a day I'll not be a nest of bacteria that cause cavities. If tooth decay already then it should be treated immediately patched to the doctor to let me not get worse and cause recurrent toothache.

2. Loose teeth
Many of the causes why teeth become loose, such as gum disease (gingivitis, periodontitis), collision accidents, and others that cause tooth pain while chewing food. If the pain is because of this that should get immediate care dentist. Your doctor will know better how the solution will be taken after the first check either directly or based on x-ray.

3. Erosion of gums
If your gums erode over time will expose the roots to become sensitive to food / beverage hot, cold and acid. There are several things that can cause it such as brushing your teeth too hard or because you suffer from gum disease. If the cause because the toothbrush that you use are too harsh or abusive manner you rub the toothbrush should be replaced with a soft bristled brush and change the way of brushing your teeth softer. If the cause is due to gum disease, you should immediately receive dental care.

4. Root canal infection
Infected root canal can be very painful with pain that spreads to other areas of the face and skull. Root canal infection can make the dead tooth should be removed. Maintaining your dead tooth means you have to bear the risk of recurrent toothache and also the risk of subsequent infection that can trigger a variety of other diseases such as cancer, heart disease, rheumatism, diabetes and even abnormalities in the brain.

If one day you are not yet mmeiliki time or cost to go to the dentist when suffering from a toothache, maybe some of these traditional medicines could be a temporary remedy to relieve your toothache pain.

Still, the best solution is to immediately see a doctor. Traditional medication following tooth can only relieve or cure a toothache temporarily not cure it permanently.


1. Clove oil
The trick is to apply clove oil to the tooth cavities because it has the benefit of clove oil antiseptic to kill germs.

2. Garlic
Siapaka.n a clove of garlic and then puree with a little salt, and stick it on the sore spot.

3. Avocado
Prepare the avocado seed tumbuklah until smooth and then sprinkle on the area of ??pain.

4. Shallots
Prepare onion then blend it and then stick it on the sore tooth.

5. Pepper / Pepper
Take 1 teaspoon of pepper powder and mix it with salt. Insert the mixture into a tooth ache or cavities. This herb is also a good remedy toothache and effective way to treat toothache.

6. Peppermint
Take 5 grams of peppermint and boil it in a cup of water with a little salt. You can drink this decoction 2 times a day. It is a good remedy for treating toothache. You can also use a mouthwash containing extracts of peppermint.

7. Asafetida
Asafetida is a pain killer outstanding. Take 1/2 tbsp asafetida and mix it with 1 tablespoon lemon juice. It is an effective remedy for toothache.

8. Treating Toothache with Spinach
Take some fresh leaves of spinach and chew. It helps to make gums strong because it is a natural remedy for toothache.

9. Treating Toothache with Cucumber
Cucumber is the best way to relieve toothache. Take a slice of cucumber and sliced. Enter cucumber potongon gets tooth ache. It also gives effect to relieve toothache. This is one of the best natural remedy for toothache.

10. Treating Toothache with Ice Cubes
Ice has some numbing properties. Take an ice cube and rub it on the sore area for a few minutes. The pain will be reduced due to the excellent in suppressing pain at nerve endings. It is very helpful treatment for toothache. You can also chew ice cubes on the side of the mouth of the sick.

Things to avoid
Sugar intake should be limited because it can have an impact on the dental infection. Snack intake is often harmful to the health of the teeth, and therefore should be avoided.

That was a few ways to treat your illness and all use natural material that is easy to find. May be useful

Source: from various sources