नाभिखिसकना या धरण जाना घरेलू उपाय:

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नाभि खिसकना या धरण जाना आयुर्वेद और प्राकृतिक उपचार पद्धति का एक महत्वपूर्ण हिस्सा है। नाभि को मानव शरीर का केंद्र माना जाता है। नाभि स्थान से शरीर की बहत्तर हजार नाड़ियों जुड़ी होती है । यदि नाभि अपने स्थान से खिसक जाती है तो शरीर में कई प्रकार की समस्या पैदा हो सकती है। ये समस्या किसी भी प्रकार दवा लेने से ठीक नहीं होती। इसका इलाज नाभि को पुनः अपने स्थान पर लाने से ही होता है। आधुनिक चिकित्सा पद्धति में इसे नहीं माना जाता है। परंतु आज भी इस पद्धति से हजारों लोग ठीक होकर लाभ प्राप्त कर रहे है। नाभि का अपने स्थान से खिसक जाने को नाभि हटना, धरण जाना, गोला खिसकना, पिचोटी खिसकना, नाभि पलटना या नाभि चढ़ना आदि नामों से भी जाना जाता है। नाभि खिसकने के कारण पेट दर्द, कब्ज, दस्त, अपच आदि होने लगते है। यदि नाभि का उपचार ना किया जाये तो शरीर में कई प्रकार की अन्य परेशानियाँ पैदा हो सकती है। जैसे दाँत, बाल, आँखें प्रभावित हो सकते है, मानसिक समस्या पैदा हो सकती है। डिप्रेशन हो सकता है। अतः नाभि का पुनः अपने स्थान पर आना आवश्यक होता है। आधुनिक जीवन में खानपान आहार विहार, भागम-भाग की टेंसन भरी जिंदगी ऐसे में हाथ-पांव में किसी प्रकार झटका लग जाए या फिर चढ़ते-उतरते चलते समय ढीला पाँव पड़ने से नाभि में स्थित समान वायु चक्र अपने स्थान से दायें-बाएं या उपर-नीचे सरक जाता है तो इसे नाभि का टलना (Navel sidestep) कहा जाता है। आजकल आधुनिक जीवन-शैली इस प्रकार की है कि भाग-दौड़ के साथ तनाव - दबाव भरे प्रतिस्पर्धापूर्ण वातावरण में काम करते रहने से व्यक्ति का नाभि-चक्र निरंतर क्षुब्ध बना रहता है इससे नाभि अव्यवस्थित हो जाती है और परिणाम ये होता है कि पेट दर्द ,पेचिस-पतले दस्त ,पेट आम जाना पेट फूलना-अरूचि-हरारत आदि होता है और जहाँ तक इसे अपने नियत स्थान पर पुन:स्थापित नही कर दिया जाये रोगी का आराम नहीं होता है और लापरवाही करने पर ये हमेशा के लिए अपनी जगह बना लेता है वैसे नाभि पुरुषो में बायीं तरफ और स्त्रियों में दायी ओर टला करती है। योग में नाड़ियों की संख्या बहत्तर हजार से ज्यादा बताई गई है और इसका मूल उदगम स्त्रोत नाभिस्थान है कई बार नाभि के टल जाने पर भी कब्ज की शिकायत हो जाती है और जब तक नाभि टली है तब तक कब्ज ठीक नहीं हो सकता है अत:इसके लिए हमें सबसे पहले अपनी नाभि की जांच करवा लेनी चाहिए अगर नाभि स्पंदन केंद से खिसक गई है तो उसे नाभि टलना (Navel sidestep) कहते हैं इसके सही जगह में आते ही कब्ज की परेशानी दूर हो जाती है-नाभि में लंबे समय तक अव्यवस्था चलती रहती है तो उदर विकार के अलावा व्यक्ति के दाँतों, नेत्रों व बालों के स्वास्थ्य पर भी प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड़ने लगता है और दाँतों की स्वाभाविक चमक कम होने लगती है तथा यदाकदा दाँतों में पीड़ा होने लगती है और नेत्रों की सुंदरता व ज्योति क्षीण होने लगती है-बाल असमय सफेद होने लगते हैं-आलस्य, थकान, चिड़चिड़ाहट, काम में मन न लगना, दुश्चिंता, निराशा, अकारण भय जैसी नकारात्मक प्रवृत्तियों की उपस्थिति नाभि चक्र की अव्यवस्था की उपज होती है। नाभि स्पंदन से रोग की पहचान का उल्लेख हमें हमारे आयुर्वेद व प्राकृतिक उपचार चिकित्सा पद्धतियों में मिल जाता है परंतु इसे दुर्भाग्य ही कहना चाहिए कि हम हमारी अमूल्य धरोहर को न संभाल सके है यदि नाभि का स्पंदन ऊपर की तरफ चल रहा है यानि छाती की तरफ तो अग्न्याशाय खराब होने लगता है इससे फेफड़ों पर गलत प्रभाव होता है और मधुमेह, अस्थमा, ब्रोंकाइटिस जैसी बीमारियाँ होने लगती हैं। नाभि खिसकने का कारण यदि पेट की मांसपेशियां कमजोर होती है तो नाभि खिसकने की समस्या ज्यादा होती है । दैनिक जीवन के कार्य करते समय शरीर का संतुलन सही नहीं रह पाने के कारण नाभि खिसक सकती है। इसके अलावा शरीर की मांस पेशियों पर एक तरफ अधिक भार पड़ने से भी धरण चली जाती है, गोला सरक जाता है । पेट पर बाहरी या अंदरूनी दबाव नाभि टलने का कारण हो सकता है। सामान्य कारण इस प्रकार है : असावधानी से दाएं या बाएं झुकना। संतुलित हुए बिना अचानक एक हाथ से वजन उठाना। चलते हुए अचानक ऊंची नीची जगह पर पैर पड़ना। खेलते समय गलत तरीके से उछलना। तेजी से सीढ़ी चढ़ना या उतरना। ऊंचाई से छलांग लगाना। पेट में अधिक गैस बनना। पेट में किसी प्रकार की चोट लगना। स्कूटर या मोटर साइकिल चलाते समय झटका लगना। गर्भावस्था में पेट पर आतंरिक दबाव तनाव। बचपन से किसी कारण से नाभि खिसकी हुई हो।

नाभि खिसकने की जाँच : नाभि टलने या खिसकने का पता लगाने के बहुत आसान तरीके होते है। इनको जानकर आप भी नाभि खिसकने या धरण जाने का पता कर सकते है। थोड़े से अनुभव के बाद तुरंत पता चल जाता है। अधिकतर पुरुष की नाभि बायीं तरफ तथा स्त्रियों की नाभि दायीं तरफ खिसकती है। 1. नाभी के खिसकने का पता करने की विधि इस प्रकार है : 1. सीधे खड़े हो जाएँ। दोनों पैर पास में सीधे रखें। अपने दोनों हाथ सीधे करें। हथेलियां खुली रखकर इस तरह समानांतर रखें की दोनों छोटी अंगुलीयां (Little Finger) पास में रहें। हथेली की रेखा मिलाते हुए छोटी अंगुली (Little Finger) की लंबाई चेक करें। यदि छोटी अंगुलियां की लंबाई में फर्क नजर आता है यानि कनिष्ठा अंगुलियां छोटी बड़ी नजर आती है तो नाभि खिसकी हुई है। 2. पुरुष की नाभि चेक करने के लिए एक धागे से उसकी नाभि और एक छाती के केन्द्रक के बीच की दूरी नापें। अब नाभि से दूसरी छाती के केन्द्रक की दूरी नापें। यदि नाप अलग अलग आती है तो नाभि खिसकी हुई है। 3. सुबह खाली पेट चटाई पर पीठ के बल लेट जाएँ । हाथ और पैर सीधे रखें। हथेलियाँ जमीन की तरफ रखें। अब अंगूठे से नाभि पर हल्का दबाब डालकर स्पंदन चेक करें। यदि स्पंदन नाभि पर महसूस होता है। तो नाभि सही है। यदि स्पंदन नाभि के स्थान पर ना होकर नाभि से ऊपर, नीचे, दाएं या बाएं महसूस होता है तो नाभि अपने स्थान से खिसकी हुई है। जिस प्रकार कलाई पर अंगूठे के नीचे नाड़ी देखने पर स्पंदन महसूस होता है। इसी प्रकार का स्पंदन नाभि पर महसूस होता है। 4. सीधे पीठ के बल लेट जाएँ। दोनों पैर पास में लाएं यदि पैर के अंगूठे ऊपर नीचे दिखाई दें तो नाभि अपने स्थान से हटी हुई है। नाभि खिसकने से नुकसान : यदि नाभि नीचे की ओर खिसक गई है तो दस्त , अतिसार, पेचिश आदि की समस्या हो जाती है। नाभि के ऊपर की तरफ खिसकने पर कब्ज रहने लगती है। गैस अधिक बनती है। इसके कारण लंबी अवधि में फेफड़ों की समस्या, अस्थमा, डायबिटीज आदि बीमारियां हो सकती है। बाईं और खिसकने पर सर्दी, जुकाम, खाँसी, कफ आदि की समस्या बार बार हो सकती है। दायीं तरफ खिसकने पर लीवर पर असर पड़ सकता है। एसिडिटी हो सकती है, अपच या अफारा हो सकते है। यदि नाभि अधिक गहराई में महसूस हो तो व्यक्ति कितना भी खाये शरीर कृशकाय ही बना रहता है। नाभि को ठीक करने के उपाय : नाभि खिसके या गोला सरके हुए अधिक समय नहीं हुआ हो तो नीचे दिए गए तरीके अपनाने से जल्द वापस अपनी जगह आ जाती है। यदि समय अधिक हो गया हो तो थोड़ा अधिक प्रयास करना पड़ता है। यदि नीचे दिए गए तरीको से लाभ ना हो तो किसी अनुभवी से नाभि सही करवानी चाहिए। कुछ लोग खुद का पेट तेल लगा कर मसल कर नाभि सही करने का प्रयास करते है,जो उचित तरीका नहीं है। पेट को मसलना नहीं चाहिए। यहाँ जो नाभि ठीक करने के तरीका दिए गए है उनमे से अपनी शारीरिक अवस्था के अनुसार नाभि को वापस अपनी जगह ला सकते है। पैर के अंगूठे में काला धागा बांधने से नाभि बार बार नहीं खिसकती है। इस उपाय से आपकी नाभि भविष्य में नही खिसकेगी। जिस हाथ की छोटी अंगुली की लंबाई कम हो उस हाथ सीधा करें। हथेली ऊपर की तरफ हो। अब इस हाथ को दुसरे हाथ से कोहनी के जोड़ के पास से पकड़ें। अब पहले वाले हाथ की मुट्ठी कस कर बंद करें। इस मुट्ठी से झटके से अपने इसी तरफ वाले कंधे पर मारने की कोशिश करें। कोहनी थोड़ी ऊंची रखें। ऐसा दस बार करें। अब अंगुलियों की लंबाई फिर से चेक करें। लंबाई का फर्क मिट गया होगा। यानि नाभि अपने स्थान पर आ गई है। यही ऐसा नहीं हुआ तो एक बार फिर से यही क्रिया दोहराएं। सुबह खाली पेट सीधे पीठ के बल चटाई या योगा मेट पर लेट जाएँ। दोनों पैर पास में हो और सीधे हो। हाथ सीधे हो और कलाई जमीन की तरफ हो। अब धीरे धीरे दोनों पैर एक साथ ऊपर उठायें। इन्हें लगभग 45° तक ऊँचे करें। फिर धीरे धीरे नीचे ले आएं। इस तरह तीन बार करें। नाभि सही स्थान पर आ जाएगी। यह उत्तानपादासन कहलाता है। सुबह खाली पेट योगा मेट पर पीठ के बल सीधे लेट जाएँ। अब एक पैर को मोड़े और दोनों हारथों से पैर को पकड़ लें। दूसरा पैर सीधा ही रखें। जिस प्रकार शिशु अपने पैर को पकड़ कर पैर का अंगूठा मुँह में डाल लेते है उसी प्रकार आप पैर को पकड़ कर अंगूठे को धीरे धीरे अपनी नाक की तरफ बढ़ाते हुए नाक से अड़ाने की कोशिश करें। सर को थोड़ा ऊपर उठा लें। अब धीरे धीरे पैर सीधा कर लें। यह एक योगासन है जिसे पादांगुष्ठनासास्पर्शासन कहते है। इसी प्रकार दुसरे पैर से यही क्रिया करें। इस प्रकार दोनों पैरों से तीन तीन बार करें। फिर एक बार दोनों पैर एक साथ मोड़ कर यह क्रिया करें। नाभि अपनी सही जगह आ जाएगी। यदि आपकी मांस पेशियाँ कमजोर है तो बार बार नाभि खिसक सकती है, गोला खिसक सकता है।

अतः थोड़ा व्यायाम आदि करके उन्हें मजबूत करें। लेटकर नाभि को दबाकर महसूस करें तो छोटी सी गेंद जैसी कोई चीज़ धड़कती महसूस होती है,यदि ये धड़कन ठीक नाभि के नीचे हो तो सही मानी जाती है। यदि इधर उधर हो तो कब्ज़ ,दस्त की शिकायत होती है।नाभि हमारे शारीर की 7200 नाड़ियों का संगम है,इसी कारण सारा शरीर प्रभावित होता है, धरण ठीक करने के सैकड़ों तरीके सदियों से प्रभावी रूप में प्रचलित हैं। जिनमें से सबसे आसन तरीका बता रहा हूँ जो तुरंत परिणाम देता है। (1). धरण जांचने का तरीका ये है की अपने दोनों हाथों की रेखाए मिला कर छोटी उंगली की लम्बाई चैक करे, अंतर दिखने पर धरण की पुष्टि होती है,तब पीठ के बल लेट जाएँ,दोनों पैरों को 90° डिग्री एंगल पर जोड़ें,आप देखेंगे की एक पैर छोटा है, एक बड़ा है। ये टली नाभि जांचने के तरीकें हैं। पुष्टि होने पर इसे ठीक करने के लिए, छोटे पैर की टांग को धीरे-2 ऊपर उठायें 6,7,8,9, इंच तक उठायें,फिर धीरे-2 ही नीचे रखकर लम्बा सांस लें,यही क्रिया दो बार और करें,ये क्रिया सुबह शाम ख़ाली पेट करनी चाहिए। पैरों को फिर मिलाकर देखें दोनों अंगूठे बराबर दिखेंगे। यानी आपकी नाभि सही जगह पर बैठ गयी है। फिर उठकर 20 ग्राम गुड, 20 ग्राम सौफ का बनाया चूरन फांक लें पानी से इससे पुराणी से पुराणी धरण आप खुद महिना दो महीने में ठीक कर सकतें है पेट को कभी भी मसल वाना नहीं चाहिए। सबसे पहले आप दोनों हथेलियों को आपस में मिलाएं और हथेली के बीच की रेखा मिलने के बाद जो उंगली छोटी हो यानी कि बाएं हाथ की उंगली छोटी है तो बायीं हाथ को कोहनी से ऊपर दाएं हाथ से पकड़ लें-इसके बाद बाएं हाथ की मुट्ठि को कसकर बंद कर हाथ को झटके से कंधे की ओर लाएं आप ऐसा आठ-दस बार करें इससे नाभि सेट हो जाएगी। इसके अलावा उत्तानपादासन, मत्स्यासन, धनुरासन व चक्रासन भी नाभि सेट करने में कारगर होते हैं। कमर के बल लेटकर पेट की मालिश भी की जा सकती है इसके लिए सरसों का तेल लेकर पेट पर लगाएं और नाभि स्पंदन जो ऊपर या साइड में सरक गया है उस पर अंगूठे से दबाव डालते हुए नाभि केंद में लाने का प्रयास करे। दो चम्मच पिसी सौंफ, गुड में मिलाकर एक सप्ताह तक रोज खाने से नाभि का अपनी जगह से खिसकना रुक जाता है। मरीज को सीधा (चित्त) सुलाकर उसकी नाभि के चारों ओर सूखे आँवले का आटा बनाकर उसमें अदरक का रस मिलाकर बाँध दें एवं उसे दो घण्टे चित्त ही सुलाकर रखें आपके दिन में दो बार यह प्रयोग करने से नाभि अपने स्थान पर आ जाती है तथा दस्त आदि उपद्रव शांत हो जाते हैं। नाभि खिसक जाने पर व्यक्ति को मूँगदाल की खिचड़ी के सिवाय कुछ न दें तथा दिन में एक-दो बार अदरक का 2 से 5 मिलिलीटर रस पिलाने से लाभ होता है।

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दिन में सिर्फ़ एक बार यह साधारण सा उपाय करके देखिए, सिर के बाल से पैर की उंगली तक सारी नसें मुक्त होने का आपको स्पष्ट अनुभव होगा कि सिर से पैर तक एक तरह से करंट का अनुभव होगा, आपके शरीर की नसें मुक्त होने का स्पष्ट अनुभव होगा। हाथ–पैर में होने वाली झंझनाहट (खाली चढ़ना) तुरंत बंद हो जाती हैं,

◾पुराना घुटनों का दर्द और कमर, गर्दन या रीड की हड्डी (मणके) में कोई नस दबी या अकड़ गई है तो वह पूरी तरह से ठीक हो जाएगी, पुराना एड़ी का दर्द भी ठीक हो जाएगा।

◾इस उपाये से बहुत से लोगों के लाखों रुपए बच सकते हैं। पैर में फटी एड़ियां और डैड स्किन रिमूव हो जाती है और पैर कोमल हो जाते हैं और इसके पीछे जो विज्ञान और आयुर्वेद है.

◾यह उपाय करने के लिए हमें घर में ही उपलब्ध कपूर और नींबू, ये दो चीजें चाहियें। इस उपाय को करने के लिए डेढ़ से दो लीटर गुनगुना पानी लें, जिसका तापमान पैर को सहन होने जितना गरम हो, उसमे आधे नींबू का रस निचोड़े और फिर नींबू को भी उस पानी में डाल दें

◾फिर दूसरी चीज कपूर है–कोई भी कपूर हो। कपूर की तीन गोलिय् बारीक पीस कर उसका पाउडर बना लें, यह भी उस पानी में मिला लें, फिर पांच से दस मिनट तक पैरों को इस पानी में डाल कर रखें।

◾जैसे ही आप पैरों को पानी में डालेंगे, तो आपको इससे सिर से पैर तक एक तरह से करंट का अनुभव होगा। आपके सिर के बालों से पैर तक की सारी नसें मुक्त होने का स्पष्ट रूप से अनुभव होगा। इसका कारण यह है कि हमारे पैरों में 172 प्रकार के प्रेशर पॉइंट होते हैं, जो हमारे शरीर की सभी नसों के साथ जुडे होते हैं।

◾यह नींबू और कपूर वाला गुनगुना पानी इन 172 प्रकार के प्रेशर पॉइंट्स को मुक्त कर देता है और इससे शरीर की सारी नसें एकदम से रीएक्टिवेट हो जाती हैं और पूरी तरह से मुक्त हो जाती हैं, ऐसा अनुभव होता है।

◾इस उपाय में सिर्फ पांच से दस मिनट तक इस पानी में पैर डाल कर रखने है और यह दिन में कभी भी सुबह या शाम को कर सकते हैं।

◾इससे हाथ, पैर में होने वाली झनझनाहट (खाली चढ़ना) बंद हो जाती हैं और कोई नस दबी या अकड़ गई हो, तो वह खुल जाएगी और सिरदर्द भी इस उपाय से बंद हो जाता है।

◾जिन लोगों को माइग्रेन की तकलीफ हो वह भी, पानी में पैर रखने के साथ ही बन्द हो जायेगी। अगर स्नायु अकड़ गये हों या शरीर दर्द कर रहा हो तो यह उपाय करके देखिए।

◾इसका कोई साइड इफैक्ट नहीं है और यह उपाय सरल रूप से किया जा सकता है।

◾यह उपाय पांच दिन करना है। यह उपाय दिखने में तो सरल लगता है मगर इस का रिज़ल्ट बहुत ही अच्छा और असरदार होता है....आपको इससे नुकसान कुछ नहीं होगा फायदा ही होगा....🙏

निरोगी काया के लिए घरेलु उपाय

👉 आंवला :- किसी भी रूप में थोड़ा सा आंवला हर रोज़ खाते रहे, जीवन भर उच्च रक्तचाप और हार्ट फेल नहीं होगा।

👉 मेथी :- मेथीदाना पीसकर रख ले। एक चम्मच एक गिलास पानी में उबाल कर नित्य पिए। मीठा, नमक कुछ भी नहीं डाले। इस से आंव नहीं बनेगी, शुगर कंट्रोल रहेगी और जोड़ो के दर्द नहीं होंगे और पेट ठीक रहेगा

👉 नेत्र स्नान :-
मुंह में पानी का कुल्ला भर कर नेत्र धोये। ऐसा दिन में तीन बार करे। जब भी पानी के पास जाए मुंह में पानी का कुल्ला भर ले और नेत्रों पर पानी के छींटे मारे, धोये। मुंह का पानी एक मिनट बाद निकाल कर पुन: कुल्ला भर ले। मुंह का पानी गर्म ना हो इसलिए बार बार कुल्ला नया भरते रहे। भोजन करने के बाद गीले हाथ तौलिये से नहीं पोंछे। आपस में दोनों हाथो को रगड़ कर चेहरा व कानो तक मले। इससे आरोग्य शक्ति बढ़ती हैं। नेत्र ज्योति ठीक रहती हैं।

👉 शौच :- ऐसी आदत डाले के नित्य शौच जाते समय दाँतो को आपस में भींच कर रखे। इस से दांत मज़बूत रहेंगे, तथा लकवा नहीं होगा।

👉 छाछ :- तेज और ओज बढ़ने के लिए छाछ का निरंतर सेवन बहुत हितकर हैं। सुबह और दोपहर के भोजन में नित्य छाछ का सेवन करे। भोजन में पानी के स्थान पर छाछ का उपयोग बहुत हितकर हैं।

👉 सरसों तेल :- सर्दियों में हल्का गर्म सरसों तेल और गर्मियों में ठंडा सरसों तेल तीन बूँद दोनों कान में कभी कभी डालते रहे। इस से कान स्वस्थ रहेंगे।

👉 निद्रा :- दिन में जब भी विश्राम करे तो दाहिनी करवट ले कर सोएं। और रात में बायीं करवट ले कर सोये। दाहिनी करवट लेने से बायां स्वर अर्थात चन्द्र नाड़ी चलेगी, और बायीं करवट लेने से दाहिना स्वर अर्थात सूर्य स्वर चलेगा।

👉 ताम्बे का पानी :- रात को ताम्बे के बर्तन में रखा पानी सुबह उठते बिना कुल्ला किये ही पिए, निरंतर ऐसा करने से आप कई रोगो से बचे रहेंगे। ताम्बे के बर्तन में रखा जल गंगा जल से भी अधिक शक्तिशाली माना गया हैं।

👉 सौंठ :- सामान्य बुखार, फ्लू, जुकाम और कफ से बचने के लिए पीसी हुयी आधा चम्मच सौंठ और ज़रा सा गुड एक गिलास पानी में इतना उबाले के आधा पानी रह जाए। रात को सोने से पहले यह पिए। बदलते मौसम, सर्दी व वर्षा के आरम्भ में यह पीना रोगो से बचाता हैं। सौंठ नहीं हो तो अदरक का इस्तेमाल कीजिये।

👉 टाइफाइड :- चुटकी भर दालचीनी की फंकी चाहे अकेले ही चाहे शहद के साथ दिन में दो बार लेने से टाइफाईड नहीं होता।

👉 ध्यान :- हर रोज़ कम से कम 15 से 20 मिनट मैडिटेशन ज़रूर करे।

👉 नाक :- रात को सोते समय नित्य सरसों का तेल नाक में लगाये। हर तीसरे दिन दो कली लहसुन रात को भोजन के साथ ले। प्रात: दस तुलसी के पत्ते और पांच काली मिर्च नित्य चबाये। सर्दी, बुखार, श्वांस रोग नहीं होगा। नाक स्वस्थ रहेगी।

👉 मालिश :- स्नान करने से आधा घंटा पहले सर के ऊपरी हिस्से में सरसों के तेल से मालिश करे। इस से सर हल्का रहेगा, मस्तिष्क ताज़ा रहेगा। रात को सोने से पहले पैर के तलवो, नाभि, कान के पीछे और गर्दन पर सरसों के तेल की मालिश कर के सोएं। निद्रा अच्छी आएगी, मानसिक तनाव दूर होगा। त्वचा मुलायम रहेगी। सप्ताह में एक दिन पूरे शरीर में मालिश ज़रूर करे।

👉 योग और प्राणायाम :- नित्य कम से कम आधा घंटा योग और प्राणायाम का अभ्यास ज़रूर करे।

👉 हरड़ :- हर रोज़ एक छोटी हरड़ भोजन के बाद दाँतो तले रखे और इसका रस धीरे धीरे पेट में जाने दे। जब काफी देर बाद ये हरड़ बिलकुल नरम पड़ जाए तो चबा चबा कर निगल ले। इस से आपके बाल कभी सफ़ेद नहीं होंगे, दांत 100 वर्ष तक निरोगी रहेंगे और पेट के रोग नहीं होंगे।

👉 सुबह की सैर :- सुबह सूर्य निकलने से पहले पार्क या हरियाली वाली जगह पर सैर करना सम्पूर्ण स्वस्थ्य के लिए बहुत लाभदायक हैं। इस समय हवा में प्राणवायु का बहुत संचार रहता हैं। जिसके सेवन से हमारा पूरा शरीर रोग मुक्त रहता हैं और हमारी रोग प्रतिरोधक शक्ति बढ़ती हैं।

घी खाये मांस बढ़े, अलसी खाये खोपड़ी,
दूध पिये शक्ति बढ़े, भुला दे सबकी हेकड़ी।

तेल तड़का छोड़ कर नित घूमन को जाय,
मधुमेह का नाश हो जो जन अलसी खाय ।।

Top 10 Fit Bride Tips

Get moving with these wedding workout pointers from certified fitness instructor and personal trainer Nikki Glor of Nikki Fitness.

1. Set goals that are realistic and specific, and having a set time period as your goal will help you stick to a new fitness regime. What better goal than to fit into your dress on the wedding day? Write down your plan of action for every day, week, etc. Make sure it is something you can measure and not just the end goal, but the milestones along the way. Start with a plan that you think you can accomplish or exceed. (Walking for 30 minutes at a time. Then running for 20 minutes and see how many times you have to stop and walk each time. Eventually work up to running for 30 minutes and so on.)

2. Figure out what your barriers to exercise and eating well are, and make a plan to conquer and avoid those specific barriers. Take each barrier or excuse and write down ways you can solve the problem.

3. Put one sneaker in front of the other. Many of us waste too much time saying we need to work out but dread the process. Trick yourself by just getting dressed for it and not really thinking about the next step. If you take it one step at a time, before you know it you will finish the cool-down and feel amazing.

4. Multitask your workouts! Cut your one hour workout into 30-minutes of multitasking toning moves (doing upper and lower body at the same time while involving the core) with cardio intervals to boost your metabolism and fat burn.

5. Invest in a gym membership, DVD or trainer if you don't have one already, and use it. If you don't have the money right now, buy an inexpensive workout DVD like my Beach Bride Destination Wedding Workout at nikkifitness.com or amazon.com.

6. Make yourself an upbeat iPod play-list or CD and dance around as you straighten up at home; find a hip-hop or African dance class at the gym; learn to bellydance at an adult education class or at the Y; plan a girls' night out dancing. You can find a great list on my website.

7. Make active dates to see friends and family and do something that doesn't involve eating and drinking. Walk through the park, go biking in summer, ice skate or cross country ski in winter, walk the mall, take a yoga or cardio class, or run on a treadmill right next to my friend.

8. Think of food as a fuel, not as a gift, which means passing on food that is high in fat and sugar, and taking HALF the portion everyone else heaps onto their plate at a party and packing up half your food in a restaurant in a doggy bag.

9. Follow the food pyramid daily, by focusing on whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean protein and calcium, not sweets and fats. Also, take a daily multi-vitamin. If you have to be at a restaurant, identify the 3 healthiest things on the menu and pick between those.

10. Weigh yourself every week to remember your goals and feel good about the choices you made yesterday.

Get Killer Legs with These Lower Body Moves

These ab and thigh exercises will have you getaway ready in no time!

Exercise 1: Side Lunge with Row

Targets: Quadriceps and upper back

Equipment: Set of dumbbells

Weight: Beginner: 5 lbs; Intermediate/Advanced: 5–8 lbs.

Hold a dumbbell in each hand, arms straight and palms facing inward. Lunge to the right, keeping your right knee over your toes. Bring the dumbbells to each side of your right foot. Lift your right dumbbell upward, keeping your elbow close to your body. Your elbow should be pointing towards ceiling. Return to the starting position and repeat on the left side.

Beginners: 1 set, 12 reps on each side; Intermediate/Advanced: 2 sets, 12 reps on each side

Exercise 2: Wall Sits with Fitness Ball

Targets: Quadriceps

Equipment: Stability ball

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart facing away from a wall. Place a stability ball between your back and the wall, then walk your feet about one foot forward. Slowly squat down, rolling the ball with you, abs contracted by pulling your navel to your spine and back straight, until your thighs are parallel with the floor. Pause, then stand up.

Beginner: 1–2 sets, 12 reps; Intermediate/Advanced: 2–3 sets, 12 reps

Exercise 3: Hamstring Curls with Fitness Ball

Targets: Hamstrings and core (abdominals and lower back)

Equipment: Stability ball and exercise mat

Lie face up on the mat with the stability ball under your heels, legs extended, arms by your sides. Pull your navel to your spine and slowly lift your hips off the floor, forming a diagonal line from shoulders to feet. Keeping your body still, pull the ball closer to you with your heels, then roll it back to the starting position.

Beginning: 1–2 sets, 12 reps; Intermediate/Advanced: 2–3 sets, 12 reps

De-Stress & Energize

If you're running around doing a million wedding things, chances are you're a little frazzled. Here are a few tips to keep you going until the big day.

Relax! Easy De-Stress Advice

If you’re feeling frazzled (and what bride doesn’t?), start each day with a few minutes of meditation. Here’s some advice from Erica Gragg, coauthor of Bikini Bootcamp:

Sit quietly on your bed, make yourself comfortable and close your eyes. Pay attention to your breathing. Picture the waves on your honeymoon beach: the sound, the sight, the feeling of warm water caressing your toes. Let all other thoughts go and focus on each breath, each wave. If your thoughts keep racing, quietly and non-judgmentally return your focus to your breathing. Do this as many times as necessary—and be patient. Give yourself two minutes. By then, you’ll feel more centered and relaxed as you get set to head out.

Peppy Foods (You Can Take with You)

To keep your energy up as you race to the finish line (the big day, that is!), pack some good-to-go snacks to take with you. Treats that have 100-200 calories and contain complex carbs, protein and fiber (which slows the absorption of carbohydrates for longer-lasting energy) are your best bet. Don’t forget to eat every three to four hours to stabilize your blood sugar levels—and of course drink plenty of water to stay hydrated throughout the day. Here are suggestions from Karen Collins, RD and nutrition adviser to the American Institute for Cancer Research:

A 1 oz. package of peanuts, almonds or other nuts A small plastic bag containing about ? cup whole-grain cereal, a ? cup dried fruit, like raisins or apricots, plus a few tablespoons of nuts or seeds A piece of reduced-fat cheddar or Swiss cheese (harder cheeses can stay unrefrigerated for a longer time) with a piece of fruit Half a peanut butter sandwich made with one slice of whole-grain bread and all-fruit spread Mini whole-wheat pitas stuffed with hummus, baby carrots and slices of raw red or yellow pepper or cucumber A low-calorie, low-sugar nutrition bar Peanut butter on whole-wheat crackers.

Fitness Tip of the Week

Work larger muscle groups first...

1. Work larger muscle groups first. Larger muscle groups utilize more energy to train, so exercise those muscle groups first before you get tired.
2. Save the abdominals for the end or your workout. Tiring your core in the beginning of the workout may lead you to compromise your forms when training other muscle groups.
3. Schedule a regular time throughout the week for physical activity. Putting a workout time in your daily calendar helps avoid “I’ll do it later” syndrome.
4. Start a daily fitness log! A log should record your workouts, both cardiovascular and strength training. Not only will it motivate you but it also tracks your progress over time.
5. Start  your own home gym for under $75. Simple things will get you results! Start with a set of free weights, a fitness ball, a mat and a good pair of sneakers.
6. Pack a lunch! It will save you hundreds of calories!
7. Park and walk. Park as far as you can from the entrance of the mall or grocery store. All those minutes of walking will add up at the end of the day.
8. Start slow. Most beginners make the mistake of doing too much too soon. If you haven’t exercised in a while, start with a walking program for your cardiovascular activity and use light weights when strength training.
9. If you don’t have 45 minutes to workout, break it down into three fifteen-minute sessions.
10. Don’t forget the water! At least 8 glasses a day!
11. Change up your cardio workouts, especially if you live with seasons. In the spring and summer, swim and bike. During the fall and winter, try jogging, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and ice skating.  Cross training is the most effective way to burn calories.
12. “No pain, no gain” is a myth. If you are in pain while exercising, STOP! Make sure your form is correct and you’re not using too much weight.
13. You can’t spot reduce! Doing 500 crunches a day will not get you those six-pack abs. Great abs are a product of genetics and losing the layer of fat that covers them. Cardiovascular exercise is the best way to burn those unwanted fat cells away.
14. Exercise alone cannot guarantee your ideal weight. Regular physical activity and a balanced diet are the most important factors for successful long-term weight management.
15. Don’t forget the goal! Tape a picture of your wedding dress on the refrigerator. This will help motivate you when you just don’t feel like working out.
16. Close the door and use your office as a gym. Get in a quick workout with triceps dips (using your chair), incline push-ups (use your desk), lunges, water bottle biceps curls and a few sets of crunches.
17. Sign up for a run/walk event. There are some great ones for charity.
18. Regular walking, house work and gardening for an hour a week has been shown to reduce heart disease and burn calories.
19. Genetics plays a huge role in how your body responds to exercise. People don’t react to exercise the same way. Throw out those celebrity magazines and those picture-perfect bods!
20. Exercise alone cannot guarantee your ideal weight loss. However, studies have shown regular exercise is the key to long-term weight management.
21. You cannot “bulk up” from strength training. Women do not produce enough testosterone for this to happen. Strength training helps decrease your body fat percentage and maintain muscle mass.
22. Make sure you take 10,000 steps everyday. The average sedentary person only takes 3,000 steps each day. Invest in a pedometer.
23. Any activity is better that none!
24. Keep your remote next to the television. Force yourself to get up to change the channel.
25. Exercising 3-4 times a week will help relieve premenstrual cramps. Regular exercise will help strengthen the muscles in your lower back and abdominals area where cramping occurs.
26. Be careful with sports drinks. They often contain high levels of sugar and salt. Water is great and has 0 calories!
27. Hate a particular exercise? Don’t do it! Because you’ll only do what you enjoy, and in the end sabotage your workout.
28. The best stress release? EXERCISE! Not only does exercise keep your anxiety down, it also raises your self esteem.
29. Want to stop smoking? Exercise can help! When you exercise, your body releases endorphins. They lift your mood and help keep depression away.
30. Give yourself some rewards. You lost 5 pounds? Great! Go treat yourself to a new sweater. 10 pounds? Wow! Now is the time to pick up those earrings you’ve been eying!
31. Strengthen your core. Sit-ups and crunches will increase core strength.
32. Buy shoes that fit. Shop for shoes at night or late in the day, as your feet expand over the course of the day.
33. Don’t exercise when you are sick. Your body needs to heal itself. Don’t use those resources for a workout.
34. When riding a stationary bike, practice riding one-legged. This forces you to ride more efficiently by concentrating on pulling up at the bottom of the stroke.
35. Pay for personal training sessions up front. This ensures that you will not cancel sessions (as there usually is a cancellation policy).
36. Stretch between sets. Research indicates it improves strength.
37. Work out opposing muscle groups, i.e. quadriceps and hamstrings. You’ll get a faster workout with less time to rest.
38. When you run, breath so that your belly rises as you inhale. This makes sure that your lungs are inflating with oxygen.
39. If you’re a runner, shoes last about 500 miles. Record your weekly averages to determine how long your shoes will last.
40. Start exercising today. Don’t wait until Monday!
41. Enroll in a wellness program at work. Take advantage of anything your job provides.
42. Bike to work and use the cash you save on gas to buy a new outfit!
43. Need motivation? Take “before” photos of yourself and place them somewhere you look at every day.
44. Try video games such as Nintendo Wii for a different kind of workout.
45. There’s no such thing as a “magic pill.” Weight loss comes from exercise and a proper diet. Period!
46. Change up your running route. Doing the same thing leads to boredom, which leads to doing nothing. Run in a new neighbourhood, run on the beach, jog with a friend.
47. Get inspired by reading about others who have been successful. There are tons of web sites and blogs that follow these stories.
48. Make over your running routine. Add sprints and interval training into your run for efficient calorie burning.
49. Keep your abs contracted while doing crunches. Most people lower their bodies to the ground while crunching. That’s doing half a crunch. Only lower your body 3-4 inches away from your bent knees.
50. Hit the dance floor! Dancing is a great calorie burner and helps build cardiovascular endurance.
51. Find a few great fitness DVDs. On a rainy day, you'll have no excuse not to get a fun workout in!
52. Get a dog. Yes, walking the dog 3-4 times a day is a great form of exercise!

5 Exercises to Get You Ab Fab

Look fab on your honeymoon in that brand-new bikini with these moves!

These five abdominal exercises focus on increasing core strength. Your core refers to the muscle groups that stabilize and support your torso while you perform everyday movements.

Doing 500 crunches a day is not the way to get a stronger midsection - you need to strengthen the surrounding areas. Many people make the mistake of thinking it’s okay to work out their abs every day. The abdominals are muscles, and like all muscle groups, they need time to heal and repair after being worked.

Beginners: 1-2 sets of 10-12 repetitions per exercise
Intermediate/advanced: 2-3 sets of 10-12 repetitions per exercise

Exercise 1: Trade-offs

Targets: Most of your midsection
Equipment: Fitness ball and exercise mat

1. Lie on the mat and place a fitness ball between your feet. Extend your legs toward the ceiling, squeezing the ball with the insides of your feet. Place your arms over your head.
2. Slowly crunch up, reaching for the ball with your hands.
3. Grab the ball with your hands and slowly bring it down behind your head, keeping your shoulder blades off the ground. Just before the ball touches the ground, contract your abdominals and reach back up with the ball, placing it between your feet.
4. Slowly lower your arms and body back down, again keeping your shoulder blades off the ground.
5. Repeat to complete the set.

Exercise 2: Right Arm/Left Leg Crunch

Targets: Upper abdominals and shoulders
Equipment: Set of dumbbells and exercise mat

1. Lie on the floor with your legs extended, feet slightly apart. Place a light dumbbell in each hand and raise your arms over your head.
2. Slowly crunch up, and bring your right arm and left leg up to meet each other. Once the dumbbell meets your left shin, slowly return to the starting position.
3. Repeat the move, crunching up so that your left arm meets your right shin.

Exercise 3: Fitness Ball Ab Pull/Push-up Combo

Targets: Abdominals and upper body
Equipment: Fitness ball and exercise mat

1. Get into a push-up position and place your toes on the ball, keeping it behind you.
2. Keeping your abdominals tight, pull the ball in toward your chest with your feet, then roll it back out.
3. Slowly bend your elbows and lower your body to perform a push-up, making sure to keep your abdominal contracted.
4. Repeat the combo move starting with the ab pull.

Exercise 4: Ball Pike

Targets: Abdominals and spine extensors
Equipment: Fitness ball and exercise mat

1. Kneel behind a fitness ball, then put your body over the ball and walk your hands forward into a plank position. Your arms should be in line with your shoulders, shins on the ball, legs straight and feet together.
2. Tighten your body, especially the core muscle groups.
3. Contract your abdominals, flex at your hips and draw the ball under your torso, pulling with your legs and feet. Keep your legs as straight as possible. Focus on bringing your hips toward your ribs so as not to place too much weight on your shoulders.
4. Slowly return to the starting position.

Exercise 5: Fitness Ball Weighted Twist

Targets: Upper and lower abdominals and obliques
Equipment: Fitness ball and one dumbbell

1. Sit on a fitness ball and place your feet flat on floor. Roll forward until the ball is at your lower/middle back.
2. Hold a light dumbbell at the end with your arms straight out in front of you.
3. Lean back slowly, being careful not to go too far. Contract your abdominals.
4. Twist your torso as far as you can to one side and then to the other side to complete a rep.

Drop Weight and Shape Up

Actress and Jenny Craig spokesman Sara Rue has lost over 40 pounds on her way to her wedding. Here, she tells Bridal Guide how she did it--and how you can too!

Sara Rue dropped 40 pounds--can you believe it?!?! The red-headed star checked in with Bridal Guide before her big day on everything weight-loss (and wedding!) related. 

Bridal Guide: What was your primary motivation for losing pounds?
Sara Rue: I wasn't happy with how I felt or looked, and I realized that my weight was keeping me from doing some things. I have too much ahead of me to allow my weight to be bumming me out.

BG: What is your weight-loss goal for your wedding?
SR: I want to get to the point where I look at myself in my wedding dress and think I look amazing. I'll know because at that point I'll be smiling ear to ear. I want everyone to weep as I walk down the aisle, because they've never seen a more stunning bride!

BG: What's been your biggest challenge?
SR: Probably the planning ahead. Whenever you try to stick to a diet routine, it takes some time to figure things out. The first couple of weeks of the diet were easy because I was home, but once things like work and travel and social events came into play, I had to figure out what and when to eat. You find yourself out somewhere and you're starving and the only restaurant you can find has no healthy options--that's when you might go off the plan.

BG: What keeps you motivated?
SR: The thought of public humiliation is definitely a factor! Before now I've dieted in secret, but it's a lot easier to stick with it when you tell people...just a few or a few million, as the case may be.

BG: Who or what is your greatest support?
SR: My fiancee gives me constant support. Kevin helps me prepare meals and is willing to join me in whatever exercise I'm up for. That's the best motivation for working out.

BG: Describe the rewards of the process.
SR: The greatest reward for me is very simple. I feel better and I'm happier when I'm healthier and feel good about my body. Also finding the person you want to be with for the rest of your life makes you want to take steps to make that life last as long as possible.

20 Ways to De-Stress - Part I

Take a breather from your to-do list with one of these peaceful suggestions.

When you have a moment between your latest gown fitting and the newest cake tasting, try out one of these tips to unwind.

1. After a hard day, leave the TV off and put on some soft, sexy music. Have a glass of wine with your fiance.

2. Take off from wedding planning and go to the zoo or the beach. Act like kids and laugh yourself silly.

3. One big bowl of pasta, two forks. On a Friday night, put the bowl in the middle of the table and share, a la "Lady and the Tramp."

4. Call a girlfriend. This will help boost a sense of well being and reduce stress.

5. Work out with your guy. Join a gym together or go for weekend bike rides.

6. Hold hands with your man. A recent study showed that holding hands reduces stress levels—as long as the hands are his hands. Reach out!

7. Visualize the waves on your honeymoon beach. Imagine the sound and the warm water on your toes; focus on each breath. Do this for two minutes.

8. Frazzled over the seating chart? Have sex! It de-stresses by releasing a hormone with a soothing effect.

9. Go back to nature—viewing the outdoors can lower your heart rate and relax you. Don't bother with digital versions of nature—only the real thing works.

10. Speaking of nature, place a vase filled with flowers near your bed. It will help you start the day feeling calmer and kinder toward the world.

20 Ways to De-Stress

Take a breather from your to-do list with one of these peaceful suggestions.

When you have a moment between your latest gown fitting and the newest cake tasting, try out one of these tips to unwind.

1. After a hard day, leave the TV off and put on some soft, sexy music. Have a glass of wine with your fiance.

2. Take off from wedding planning and go to the zoo or the beach. Act like kids and laugh yourself silly.

3. One big bowl of pasta, two forks. On a Friday night, put the bowl in the middle of the table and share, a la "Lady and the Tramp."

4. Call a girlfriend. This will help boost a sense of well being and reduce stress.

5. Work out with your guy. Join a gym together or go for weekend bike rides.

6. Hold hands with your man. A recent study showed that holding hands reduces stress levels—as long as the hands are his hands. Reach out!

7. Visualize the waves on your honeymoon beach. Imagine the sound and the warm water on your toes; focus on each breath. Do this for two minutes.
8. Frazzled over the seating chart? Have sex! It de-stresses by releasing a hormone with a soothing effect.

9. Go back to nature—viewing the outdoors can lower your heart rate and relax you. Don't bother with digital versions of nature—only the real thing works.

10. Speaking of nature, place a vase filled with flowers near your bed. It will help you start the day feeling calmer and kinder toward the world.

4 Natural Home Remedies to Ease the Pain of Sunburn

At some time or another, we’ve all experienced the effects of sunburn – be it a light burn or a more heavy burn.Although the sting of regret of inadequate protection (from UV exposure) can be an excellent incentive to plan more carefully on ‘future’ occasions, it’s of little help in soothing the immediate physical sting (i.e. pain) accompanying sunburn.

However if you ‘have’ found yourself having spent a little too much time in the sun, — here are 4 natural home remedies to help ease the pain of sunburn, and assist in the body’s healing process:

1. Cool Milk Compresses: – The fat and lactic acids in milk are known to have soothing qualities for sunburned skin. Soak a soft cloth or cotton gauze in cool whole milk, and dab carefully onto the burned skin. Do this for around 20 minutes, and follow by rinsing off with cool water. (Due to the importance of the milk’s fat content, it’s important that whole milk be used in this treatment).

2. Cool, sugarless tea: – The tannin in tea is the active ingredient here, which helps to soothe and relieve some of the discomfort of sunburned skin. After brewing a big pot of tea, and allowing it to cool completely, slosh the affected areas with a soft sponge or washcloth. As with the vinegar (4), you could also fill a spray bottle, and spray the tea directly on the skin. And don’t throw away the used (cool) teabags. These are especially good for sensitive areas around the eyes – simply place the teabags over your eyes if they feel hot and tired. (If you have ‘St. John’s Wort’, consider using this as it contains cooling properties, which can help tone down some of the heat in your skin, as well as soothing the nerve endings damaged by the sunburn).

3. Aloe Vera: – Aloe Vera is commonly used to treat sunburn. As well as providing soothing relief, it may also assist in the healing process. Apply to the affected areas as needed. Although the gel extracted directly from an aloe Vera plant works best, if you don’t have ready access to one, you may use an ‘over the counter’ Aloe Vera Cream that contains the gel. For this to be effective, just ensure that the cream contains a high concentration of Aloe Vera than it does water or other solutions.

4. Water: – When exposed to the sun, your body loses water and essential body salts. Dehydration occurs when your body loses too much fluid, and begins to reabsorb fluid from the blood and other body tissues. To prevent the consequences of dehydration, increase your fluid intake to ensure you adequately re-hydrate your body for optimum recovery and health.

Sunburn should of course be avoided where possible — particularly as it’s adverse affects not only include damage to the skin, but also the increased risk of skin cancer. Prevention and protection should always be considered the best treatment for sunburn, and will assist in ensuring your optimum long-term health!

8 Natural Health Beauty Tips

The number one natural beauty tip I can give you is to take your health seriously. In Chinese medicine, we know that natural external beauty is a reflection of inner health and well being. Often, the solution to external beauty problems is an internal one. That means foods and herbs. In the case of skin problems, herbs can be use to create creams or wraps and applied directly.

In Chinese medicine, we treat problems like acne, blemishes, and other skin problems, hair loss, and premature graying of the hair. Some of this you may need to see a Chinese medicine herbalist for, but some of it you may be able to deal with yourself. I’m going to give you natural beauty tip after natural beauty tip to help you do just that.

Natural Beauty Tip #1 – Eyes Lacking Luster
What does it mean? You can see it in babies and young children – bright, glowing eyes. Our oldest Chinese medicine classic (written between 200-500 B.C.) states that “the essence of the internal organs ascends to the eyes.” The Bible says something similar, “Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light.” Clear and glittering (shining) eyes indicate vitality of mind and essence. Dull, clouded eyes reflect a disturbed mind, and weakened essence – this often happens in people with long term and deep emotional problems.

How can you fix it? Well, first of all, if you have some emotional problems, work through it with a professional- either a counselor, therapist, or someone within your religion. This is one part of getting to the clear, vibrant personality that shines through in bright eyes. It may take a while to get there. Second, you can take herbs and eat foods that benefit the eyes. Probably the best Chinese herb for the eyes is lycium fruit (gou qi zi). Other herbs are black sesame seeds (hei zhi ma), and privet fruit (nu zhen zi). Good foods for the eyes include shepherd’s purse, undried raspberry (fu pen zi), and animal liver.

Natural Beauty Tip #2 – Bags Under Your Eyes
Bags under the eyes indicate Kidney-system (root energy) deficiency, blood stagnation, or allergies. Respectively, the solutions are to increase energy and minimize overwork; get more movement and circulation; and find the allergy cause, eliminate it, and take anti-allergenic herbs and foods.

The Kidney-system energy is limited. If you overwork, have too much sex, or use more energy than your digestive system can produce, you’ll dip into this limited energy fund. This can lead to more than circles under your eyes- you can end up with premature aging and hair loss, impotence and infertility, and ankle, knee, and lower back problems. If that’s your problem, try to practice moderation, eat better, and take supplemental herbs and foods like black cohosh, Chinese chive, mutton, walnut, oysters, pork, dried rehmannia (sheng di), Chinese yam (shan yao), and horny goat weed (yin yang huo).

Blood stagnation can mean sharpn stabbing pains; clots and dark blood in the menstruation; irregular menstruation; and hard spots in the abdomen. If you have this, try celery, rose, yellow soybean, seaweed, mung bean, corn, eggplant, cucumber, and hemlock parsley (chuan xiong).

For allergies, get both IgG and IgE done for both external (skin test) and food allergies (blood test). If you find something substantial, avoid it! For food and herbs, try garlic, fresh ginger, royal jelly, chicken, beef, chestnut, astragalus (huang qi), kudzu vine (ge gen), and welsh onion (cong bai).

Natural Beauty Tip #3 – Acne
This is literally too much heat – your face has become a volcano just to let it out! Try mung bea, seagrass, seaweed, Chinese hawthorn (shan zha), Job’s tears (yi yi ren), and purple sage (dan shen). Avoid spicy foods, greasy foods, and fried foods. Try some raw vegetables, too.

Natural Beauty Tip #4 – Dry Skin
Moistening herbs and foods are soy, spinach, asparagus, millet, barley, salt, seaweed, apple, tangerine, pinenut, persimmon, peanut, pear, honey, oysters, and clams. A seaweed facial wrap would be nice, too!

Natural Beauty Tip #5 – Eczema
Try guava, clam, irish potato, he shou wu, wild chrysanthemum, mugwort, Job’s tears (yi yi ren), and asian dandelion (pu gong ying). Avoid spicy foods, greasy foods, and fried foods.

Natural Beauty Tip #6 – Psoriasis
Try turnip root leaf, vinegar, grapefruit, black plum (wu mei), cloves (ding xian), and dang gui (aka dong quai).

Natural Beauty Tip #7 – Prematurely Graying Hair
This can happen for two reasons- either you have a root energy (Kidney system) deficiency (for more information and solutions, see the Kidney deficiency information up under natural beauty tip #2), or you have what is called ‘hot blood.’ The second one happens with bleeding, nosebleed, skin ulcers, and urinary difficulties. For hot blood, take black soybean, processed dried persimmons, processed rehmannia (shu di huang), and dried rehmannia (shu di huang).

Natural Beauty Tip #8 – Premature Aging
This is another Kidney-system deficiency. Try walnut, chicken, duck, he shou wu, Chinese ginseng, deer antler velvet (the deers aren’t harmed! Lu rong), astragalus (huang qi), lycium fruit (gou qi zi), horny goat weed (yin yang huo), caterpillar larva fungus (dong chong xia cao), and red date (da zao).

References:
Sionneau & Gang. The Treatment of Disease in TCM: Volume 2. Lu. Chinese Herbs with Common Foods: Recipes for Health and Healing. Pitchford. Healing With Whole Foods. Maciocia. The Foundations of Chinese Medicine.

6 Steps to Clear, Acne-Free Skin

Hundreds of medications, treatments, cleansers and cosmetics are available for people with acne, but the most important elements of an acne-fighting program won’t cost you a cent.1. Nourish your skin by eating a healthy and balanced diet.

Most health care specialists agree that a healthy diet will benefit your skin. Cut down on caffeine, sugar and refined carbohydrates, all of which can activate the hormones that tell your sebaceous glands to produce more oil. Add more fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, juices and other healthy treats to your daily diet, and you’ll see in improvement in your skin.

2. Drink lots of water to maintain the skin’s elasticity.

Plenty of water is essential to the health of your skin. One of the main activities of the body’s self-healing system is to filter the blood, a job performed mostly by the kidneys, with help from the skin in the form of perspiration. This self-healing system removes the toxic wastes of metabolizing food and of other harmful substances that get into our bodies one way or another.

This purification system operates efficiently only if the volume of water flowing through it is sufficient to carry away the wastes. 6 to 8 glasses (64 fluid ounces) of water a day is the recommendation. To reach your quota, carry bottled water with you in your car, your purse, your briefcase—wherever you go.

Get the water habit, and your skin will thank you for it.

3. Exercise regularly for good circulation.

Get into a regular routine of exercise. Do it for at least half an hour, five days a week. Exercise improves your blood circulation, helping your body clear toxins from your system, including your skin. Better circulation also increases the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to your skin. Exercise also relieves stress, which is a common cause of acne flare-ups. Last but not least, exercise releases endorphins, the “feel good” substance in your brain that puts a smile on your face—the best beauty secret of all.

4. Cleanse your face—then tone, moisturize, and exfoliate.

At night

* First remove your makeup with an oil-free makeup remover and a cotton ball.

* Then wash your face with lukewarm water and an oil-free, non-comedogenic (doesn’t block pores) cleanser.

* Pat (don’t rub) it dry with a soft towel.

* And apply an oil-free moisturizer.
In the morning

* Wash your face as directed above, then use an alcohol-free toner.

* Next apply moisturizer.

* Then apply makeup—all oil-free and non-comedogenic.

Once or twice a week use an exfoliator with alpha hydroxy acid or glycolic acid. This will aid in the shedding of dead skin cells, the “food” for the bacteria that cause pimples.

If you exercise during the day, you’ll need to wash your face a third time, immediately afterward.

5. Protect your skin from the sun and harsh weather.

One popular myth about acne is that tanning will clear it. It may seem so at first, but soon you will notice that your tanned skin becomes less pliable, making it less able to shed oil and dead skin cells, which clog your pores. Your acne will become worse, not better.

Always wear sun block with at least an SPF-15 UVA & UVB rating. If you’ll be outside in the sun for long, wear a wide-brimmed hat.

6. Get plenty of good-quality rest.

Your immune system requires energy to do its work, including the work of protecting your skin from acne. The deep sleep the brain needs for “recharging” comes several hours into the sleep cycle. That’s why a few hours here and there won’t do. Most people need at least 6 to 8 hours of sleep a night. Consider it beauty sleep.

If you make these 6 items part of your daily routine, you’ll look better, feel better, and have less need of expensive acne treatments and cosmetics.

4 Natural Home Remedies to Ease the Pain of Sunburn

At some time or another, we’ve all experienced the effects of sunburn – be it a light burn or a more heavy burn. Although the sting of regret of inadequate protection (from UV exposure) can be an excellent incentive to plan more carefully on ‘future’ occasions, it’s of little help in soothing the immediate physical sting (i.e. pain) accompanying sunburn.

However if you ‘have’ found yourself having spent a little too much time in the sun, — here are 4 natural home remedies to help ease the pain of sunburn, and assist in the body’s healing process:

1. Cool Milk Compresses: – The fat and lactic acids in milk are known to have soothing qualities for sunburned skin. Soak a soft cloth or cotton gauze in cool whole milk, and dab carefully onto the burned skin. Do this for around 20 minutes, and follow by rinsing off with cool water. (Due to the importance of the milk’s fat content, it’s important that whole milk be used in this treatment).

2. Cool, sugarless tea: – The tannin in tea is the active ingredient here, which helps to soothe and relieve some of the discomfort of sunburned skin. After brewing a big pot of tea, and allowing it to cool completely, slosh the affected areas with a soft sponge or washcloth. As with the vinegar (4), you could also fill a spray bottle, and spray the tea directly on the skin. And don’t throw away the used (cool) teabags. These are especially good for sensitive areas around the eyes – simply place the teabags over your eyes if they feel hot and tired. (If you have ‘St. John’s Wort’, consider using this as it contains cooling properties, which can help tone down some of the heat in your skin, as well as soothing the nerve endings damaged by the sunburn).

3. Aloe Vera: – Aloe Vera is commonly used to treat sunburn. As well as providing soothing relief, it may also assist in the healing process. Apply to the affected areas as needed. Although the gel extracted directly from an aloe Vera plant works best, if you don’t have ready access to one, you may use an ‘over the counter’ Aloe Vera Cream that contains the gel. For this to be effective, just ensure that the cream contains a high concentration of Aloe Vera than it does water or other solutions.

4. Water: – When exposed to the sun, your body loses water and essential body salts. Dehydration occurs when your body loses too much fluid, and begins to reabsorb fluid from the blood and other body tissues. To prevent the consequences of dehydration, increase your fluid intake to ensure you adequately re-hydrate your body for optimum recovery and health.

Sunburn should of course be avoided where possible — particularly as it’s adverse affects not only include damage to the skin, but also the increased risk of skin cancer. Prevention and protection should always be considered the best treatment for sunburn, and will assist in ensuring your optimum long-term health!

5 Insider Beauty Secrets Other Women Don’t Want You To Know! Part 1

Imagine what you would do if you knew miracle working beauty secrets.  And what you would do if you had the self confidence that comes with being beautiful.  No need to imagine any more, read this article and turn your dreams into reality. Imagine what you would do if you knew miracle working beauty secrets. And if you had the self confidence that comes with being beautiful.

Now before you laugh and say you’ll never be beautiful, listen up.

I know where you’re coming from! At one time I didn’t know any beauty secrets. Before I learned any beauty secrets I was plain, even bordering on ugly.
I had acne, chapped lips, weight issues, wardrobe disasters, and not so white teeth. But thats all become past with the 5 beauty secrets that have changed my life.
I pulled through all of my beauty nightmares and learned some valuable beauty secrets as a result.

Now people are always commenting to me on my beauty. Saying I should be a model, etc…. And guys are no longer even an issue! I don't have to look for them, they come to me.

It turns out the best beauty secrets are those that are won by personal knowledge and experience. Not just by reading general tips in magazines.
So by experimentation over the years and by perseverance, I’ve found out what really works and what doesn’t.

Beauty Secret 1

Unchap and beautify your lips with this technique.

For soft, beautifully kissable lips, you need the following: a washcloth (Im not kidding either), warm water, and your favorite brand of lip balm.

First you apply a coat of lip balm. Then wet one corner of the washcloth, put the warm wet corner of the washcloth between your lips, press them together and hold for 5 seconds.

Then gently massage any remaining lip balm from lips with the wet corner of the washcloth, and dry lips with a corner thats dry.

Apply lip balm again to keep your lips chap free. You may also apply lipstick or lip gloss on over the layer of lip balm.

I learned this was the best way to keep lips from chapping, after going through too many winters with dried, and chapped lips.

Beauty Secret 2

Clear your acne, and get beautiful skin.

For clear glowing skin, a little home remedy does wonders for my complexion, as it should with yours too. Steam your face for 20 minutes every night after washing it, then every other night after steaming your face, massage a half teaspoon castor oil over face.

Leave it on at night while you sleep and wash off immediately upon waking.

Steam face for twenty more minutes in the morning after washing. When you finish steaming your face splash your face with cool water and dry it.

If your skin starts to show any signs of a pimple forming. Take one night off from steaming and applying castor oil and apply Benzoyl Peroxide over face.

Take the next night off also from the steaming, castor oil, and benzoyl peroxide. Continue facial regimen with steaming and castor oil the following night.

This beauty secret will moisturize your face at the same time it will help clear up acne and pimples. But only if you work at it consistently.

Beauty Secret 3

Good taste in clothes.

When shopping for clothes try to stay away from really big prints, or weird mixes of colors (eg. green, pink and blue flowers combined on a white background, for instance).

Clothes like these just scream Im color blind! And if you in fact, actually are color blind, always shop with a friend who isnt and has good taste in clothes.

Buy basic colors. Solid reds, pinks, blues, whites, and blacks. Or things with small tasteful prints and designs.

Then mix and match each basic color with a corresponding one (blue goes well with white, pink, and sometimes with red, and different shades of the me color almost always go well together).

Put these beauty secrets to use, and start seeing the benefits today. Be sure to read Part 2 of this article, which contains the last 2 beauty secrets.

In Part 2 I’ll teach you the beauty secrets for whitening your smile without draining your bank account. And how to use clothes to your advantage by hiding figure flaws and defects.

5 Steps To Healthy, Beautiful Long Hair

1. Have you ever started a new project full to the brim with enthusiasm only to have your enthusiasm and motivation wane as the months go by? When we’re pursuing something of worth in our lives, enthusiasm and motivation are two very important factors. They act as driving forces for us and keep us on course to achieve our goals. So how can we maintain high levels of both? Try these ideas:1. The most important one: Have at least one person in your life who is like-minded. This means someone who wants to be the best they can be, who has dreams and goals and takes action to make them a reality. I know such people can be hard to find! They don’t have to be following the same course in life as you. My best friend is studying to become a pilot and I enjoy computers and writing, yet because we love what we do, we help each other stay focused and motivated. But where can you find similar people? Try clubs and associations connected with your interests, the workplace, and of course, the Internet. Pick any subject and I guarantee you will find groups and forums for it online. Be proactive – seek out positive people. What they bring into your life – and you theirs – is priceless.

2. Watch inspirational movies. This is going to be down to personal taste, obviously, but here’s a selection of films that inspire me: The Star Wars films, Rocky I & II (the rest are no where near as good!), Shawshank Redemption, Twelve Angry Men, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, The Count Of Monte Cristo – There’s many more but these are my favourites and never fail to give me a boost. You could also add to this videos and DVDs of your favorite sporting moments – in fact anything that inspires you. Build your collection and watch them when you feel enthusiasm levels dropping.

3. Related to the first tip: read biographies about people you admire. Again, personal taste will dictate who you read about but here’s some people I admire greatly: Martin Luther King, Lance Armstrong, Helen Keller, Sir Winston Churchill, Lord Horatio Nelson, Franklin D and Eleanor Roosevelt, Muhammad Ali to name but a few. The beauty about this is that you read about people who achieved so much with their lives. You are learning about people who “walk the talk” rather than listening to people who haven’t done anything and may well be negative about life. If you want to achieve your dreams it is absolutely vital to stay positive. Reading about people you admire will do for your positive attitude what pizzas do for your waistline, i.e. expand it!

4. Have a picture board and fill it with pictures of your goals: Type of house, views of the area where you want to live, car or boat or bike you want, jewelry, clothes – whatever it is you want! This is to give you a visual reminder everyday about the goals you are pursuing and reminds you that what you are working towards is something very worthwhile. It boosts enthusiasm and keeps you focused and on track.

5. Read quotations everyday. I’m a big believer in the use of quotations to inspire and I’m always on the lookout for new ones to add to my list of favourites. My list is 6 pages long and growing! Here’s a couple of good websites to checkout: www.quotationspage.com & www.motivatingquotes.com

And to practice what I preach and to close this article nicely, here is the lastest quote I’ve added to my list and the one that inspired me to write this article:
“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.”

– Vince Lombardi
And there you have 5 tips to help you maintain your enthusiasm and motivation. Put all 5 to use and you will stay positive and on course to achieve your goals!
Until next time.

7 Beauty Tips for Looking Younger

Ever since Eve took that first bite of the apple, the human race has been obsessed with beauty.

The truth is we begin the aging process just as soon as we pop out of the womb. Every day of our lives our bodies slough off and regenerate new cells. The speed at which that process takes place when we are children is vastly different as we get older.

Every day you are bombarded daily with commercial messages and beauty tips that attempt to lure you into believing that the most recent miracle drug is just what you need to fight off the ravages of Mother Nature.

We are living longer as a whole. Singularly, that can be a curse or a blessing, depending on your perspective. The best route to natural beauty and healthy skin is to take care of what you have. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? The truth is that your skin takes a beating from the environment every single day. Here are some of our favorite beauty tips for keeping your skin fresh and healthy:

1: Stay hydrated and do it with plenty of water! That does not mean soda, caffeine or any other type of liquid, even if it is low cal. Soda (even diet soda) has a high concentration of sodium. Sodium retains fluids. You need fluid that will hydrate and flush your body free of toxins. Make sure you are drinking at least 8 glasses a day!

2: Protect your skin from harmful ultra violet (UV) rays. We all love the sun. We love being in it and we love having a beautiful tan. The truth is you can poison yourself with too much sunshine. UV rays cause skin cancer and if that isn’t bad enough it causes your skin to age faster than it should, contributing to unsightly wrinkles. If you must play in the sun, make certain you are using an adequate sun screen. Don’t leave home without it!

3: Keep your skin clean. Use a soft warm cloth. Skin does not require scrubbing. You will do more harm than good if you do.

4: The best cure for wrinkles is to never have them in the first place! If you are like most of us, you didn’t listen to your Mom when she tried to tell you to stay in the shade, stand up straight and stop squinting!

5: Eat healthy. Knowing how and what to eat, can make a huge difference in how you feel. Improper eating habits can cause depression, weight gain, illness and an overall lethargy.

Weight gain causes your skin to stretch. As you get older, it loses it’s elasticity and you’re left with sagging skin. The best solution to this is to maintain a proper weight.

A rule of thumb for eating habits are…don’t eat more calories than you consume. Don’t go one single day without doing something extra and physical for at least 30 minutes per day. This can be three ten minute walks. Or 30 minutes of vigorous aerobics, or 12 minutes of weight lifting and 18 minutes of walking. 6: Don’t worry, be happy. A happy outlook appears to trigger the release of endorphins. Endorphins relax the cardiovascular system and cytokines which alert the immune system to pay attention in detecting abnormalities like cancer cells. Listen carefully to yourself. If you have put yourself down since childhood, over a lifetime, negative subliminal messages can take their toll by turning you into a pessimist. Spend one week writing down the phrases you use in your “self talk.” Chances are you will find that you repeat a dozen or so phrases over and over again that reinforce that negative image. If you know about them, you can change them. Outer beauty and inner joy go hand in hand.

Here are a few quick tips for increasing joy, hope and optimism that will work no matter what your age:

Make a list of at least 50 great things that happen to you every day.

Laugh a lot. You’ll heal your body and your mind.

Discover a new challenge each month.

Try meditating for just five minutes each day.

7: Sex After 50 – Ha! How many of you jumped ahead to this section?

The importance of physical intimacy actually depends on the couple. An alarming number of men used to give up on sex after 60 and many women used to feel that their sex life ended with menopause. Thankfully, that is no longer the case.

Sex at middle age can actually become better and more satisfying than ever before. Maturity gives a couple more experience in lovemaking. The children are usually grown and left home. The pressures of building a career and day to day life are usually less stressful than in younger years.

Is beauty really skin deep?

The answer is yes and no. It’s a paradox, isn’t it? True beauty begins from the inside out. Don’t you wish there was some way to “wriggle your nose” and regain that soft skin you had as a child? Well, until someone comes up with the true “Fountain of Youth” we are stuck with what we have.

Just remember that getting older doesn’t have to mean getting old.