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Permanent Cure for Eczema

Eczema or Dermatitis, a skin disorder which doctors favors a lot, because there is no specific medicine to cure this skin disorder. So you will be investing a lot of your money paying for medicine and doctors that do so little to improve your eczema condition. If you know that medicine will not do much and the eczema will come back eventually, why not try the alternative medicine way?

Eczema is a chronic skin disorder characterized by itching rashes, which may be red, scaly, dry, or leathery. There may be skin blisters with oozing and crusting.Eczema is often called Dermatitis, and may be a symptom of an omega-3 fatty acid deficiency. Eczema can be due to allergies, allergies secondary to digestive disorders such as hydrochloric acid deficiency, rashes secondary to immune diseases, genetic metabolic disorders, and/or nutritional deficiencies, especially of niacin (vitamin B3) and B6, as well as other B vitamins.

Treat Eczema from the inside

Try to balance your food, foods with high acidity can worsen your eczema symptoms. The acid, that contain in the food, will create the irritation to your skin, and might lead to having eczema. Remember, its always better to cure from the inside first.

Always have a moisture skin and not having dry skin. It's easy to do. After finish taking a bath or shower, just apply your moisturizer to your damp skin, I repeat, damp skin. So, do not dry yourself completely after bathing. This is the best way to keep your skin moistured and eczema away.

Use unscented soaps and detergents. You might have a feeling that some of your clothing made you itch. But, after washing your clothing with unscented natural detergent, you would probably see that the same clothing isn't so itchy anymore. This is also a natural treatment of eczema.

Gels and creams made from herbal extracts of chamomile, licorice, and witch hazel have been explored to reduce symptoms of eczema. Consult a qualified practitioner before using any topical herbal applications. Some herbs, such as chamomile, are known to cause allergic contact dermatitis.

Quick Cure for eczema

If you need a quick cure and for external skin protection and soothing, try to use Sea salt bath. It will help to remove dead skin cells and restore your skin beauty. It is also a perfect cure for eczema. Sea salt is rich in minerals and helps to reduce pain, sooth inflammation and improve circulation and hydrate tissues. Sea Salt bath will also help to detox your body by widening pores and letting you swear without skin irritation.

Aloe vera juice can cure burns, reduce inflammation and sooth itching and moisturize skin. Apply multiple times to cure eczema.

Calendula cream has moisturizing, anti inflammatory, antiviral and antibacterial properties. It will help healing by increasing blood flow to the damaged area by helping body produce collagen protein, which are used to heal skin and connective tissue.

Olive oil is also a good cure for eczema, it is rich in vitamin E and excellent skin moisturizing agent. Use extra virgin, unrefined olive oil.

Eczema best treatment

A long lasting or permanent cure for eczema will need you to work hard to focus on your strong immune system and keep your skin stress at a minimum level.
  • Determine and avoid any foods and allergens that cause eczema to kick in.
  • Keep your skin away from dry water.
  • No scratching - it will irritate and damage your skin even more.
  • Avoid sudden changes in temperature.
  • Avoid too much sweating or getting overheated.
  • Use clothes made of cotton.
Proper Nutrition for treating Eczema
  • Avoid Coffee and Alcohol
  • Eat more raw and uncooked vegetables
  • Avoid food additives
  • Eat protein rich foods - nuts, fish, soy, seeds
  • Avoid junk food and refined sugar
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Natural Cures for Swine Flu (H1N1)

Intro

Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses. Outbreaks of swine flu happen regularly in pigs. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. Most commonly, human cases of swine flu happen in people who are around pigs but it's possible for swine flu viruses are very contagious and can spread from person to person also.

Symptoms

The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.

Medicines, Herbal and Natural Remedy

Oseltamivir, Tamiflu, Relenza for the treatment and/or prevention of infection with these swine influenza viruses. Antiviral drugs are prescription medicines (pills, liquid or an inhaler) that fight against the flu by keeping flu viruses from reproducing in your body. If you get sick, antiviral drugs can make your illness milder and make you feel better faster. They may also prevent serious flu complications. For treatment, antiviral drugs work best if started soon after getting sick (within 2 days of symptoms).

Herbal remedies, although they can not cure the flu, can stimulate the immune system to better combat the effects of the flu while relieving symptoms and speeding recovery. There are a several herbs that are well known for their anti-viral and immune-boosting properties.

Echinacea is considered by many to be the best overall herbal remedy against viruses. Echinacea works best as a preventative measure and with the possibility of a swine flu pandemic.

Black elderberry extract has shown promising results in treating influenza viruses.

Flowers from the black elder bush were used to calm symptoms associated with colds, flu and sinus problems.

Natural Cures

Garlic, Onion, Ginger, Vinegar, Hot Sauce are all the wonderful natural antivirals plus vitamin C may help to improve your condition.

Prevention

Frequent and through hand wash with anti-bacterial soap. Wear protective face masks and reduce your stress level.


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The Benefits of Stinky Bean


Little did you know ...... after reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at Stinky Bean (Parkia speciosa ) or "petai" in the same way again!. Petai is pronounced as Pe as in "Pearl" tai as in "Tie") known widely in Malaysia and Thailand.

Petai contains three natural sugars -sucrose, fructose and glucose. Combined with fiber, petai gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proved that just two servings of petai provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder petai is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way petai can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.


Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND among people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating petai. This is because petai contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS(premenstrual syndrome):
Forget the pills - eat petai. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anaemia:
High in iron, petai can stimulate the production of haemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia.

Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the petai industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power :
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating petai at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert. Understand that bananas contain lot of potassium too so eat more banana. Just look at those monkeys, they are really active, alert, smart and cunny too!!

Constipation:
High in fiber, including petai in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers: 
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a petai milkshake, sweetened with honey. The petai calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn: 
Petai has a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating petai for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness : 
Snacking on petai between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites :
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of the petai skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves: 
Petai is high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight: 
Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers: 
Petai is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control : 
Many other cultures see petai as a 'cooling' fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Holland, for example, pregnant women eat petai to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affecti ve Disorder (SAD) : 
Petai can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan.

Smoking: 
Petai can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress: 
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium petai snack.

Strokes: 
According to research in 'The New Engla nd Journal of Medicine, ' eating petai as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%'.

Warts: 
Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of petai and place it on the wart. Carefully hold the petai in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, as you can see, petai really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals.. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around... So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, 'A Petai a day keeps the doctor away'.

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Natural Cures for Shingles

There is a Malay old folk tale says: " Apabila anda diserang penyakit kayap, dan apabila kayap itu membuat satu putaran lengkap mengelilingi badan, berkemungkinan anda boleh mati.". Which means when you are infected with shingles, and the shingle spread aroud your body in one full circle, you will be dead. Why dead? maybe because of the pain. Well that is just an old folk tale and its not true anyway.

Shingles are caused by herpes zoster virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox. You cannot catch shingles from someone else if you never had chicken pox. The symptoms begins with burning, itching, or pain in one part of the body; after a few days, blisters and a rash appear.

What Causes Shingles?
Anyone under severe stress or those who have been exposed to the chickenpox virus again.

How Dangerous Is Shingles?
  • Shingles is an infection of the central nervous system.
  • Shingles causes serious chronic, unbearable, horrible pain to the infected area.
  • The words used to describe the Shingles pain include sharp, electric-like jabs, burning, throbbing, aching, and skin sensitivity.
  • Shingles can cause blindness if it affects the eyes.
  • Shingles is a serious illness and before starting any treatment program you should consult with your doctor.
  • If you have shingles you should use caution being around pregnant women who have not had chicken pox because you could infect both the woman and her unborn baby.

Natural Cures For Shingles Treatment
  • Start Shingle Treatment by doing fruit diet and vegetables.
  • A good diet and reducing daily stress will help boost your immune system.
  • Have plenty of rests.
  • Dont do any stressful work or anything that can make you stress.
  • Be sure to smile even though you are in pain (smile releases certain hormones that calms you down), make yourself happy and always be happy.
  • Avoid heat as well as tight clothes and itchy fabrics like wool.
  • Applying Calamine lotion may relieve the pain and help dry the lesions.

Food for treating Shingles

Dont take sugar during treatment of shingles and add these important nutrients to your daily diet:

  • Vitamin C - Kiwi, Pineapple, Peaches, Lemons, Grapefruit, Melon, Orange, Strawberry, Apple, Persimmons, Berries
  • Vitamin E - Avocado, Mangoes, Tomato
  • Vitamin B12 (B Complex) - Apricot, Fortified Soy Beverage

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10 Best food you should eat


Alternative Use Of Viagra

Viagra (Sildenafil Sitrate), is used in the treatment of sexual function problems or known as erectile-dysfunction problems for men. Viagra is a drug taken orally from four hours to one-half hour before sexual intercourse, as the need arises. It takes one hour before this blue pill reaches its peak effectiveness.There are 3 doses of Viagra: 25 mg, 50 mg, and 100 mg.

Several alternative use of viagra that you dont know

ED Drugs May Boost Orgasm Hormone
Viagra may increase production of oxytocin, a reproductive hormone released during orgasm.

Viagra May Help a Man's Heart
Researchers found that arterial stiffness decreased for men taking Viagra.

Relieve Symptoms of Raynaud's Phenomenon
Viagra causes blood vessels to dilate in a different way from other vasodilating drugs, which may explain why it helped Raynaud's patients who didn't respond to standard treatments. The researchers conclude that drugs like Viagra could offer "a promising new approach in patients with microcirculatory disorders."

Viagra May Help Crohn's Disease
In Crohn's disease, chronic inflammation causes ulcers within the digestive tract that can lead to severe gastrointestinal symptoms, including abdominal pain, persistent diarrhea, and rectal bleeding. The researchers tested this theory and found that blood flow to the infected area improved.

Drug May Ease Pulmonary Hypertension
The best evidence so far of an alternative use of Viagra is for treating high blood pressure in the vessels of the lungs, known as pulmonary hypertension.

Jet lag
Viagra may speed up recovery from jet lag, according to research at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes in Buenos Aires.

Stroke
Doctors believe that if given within three days of a stroke, the drug could help both men and women regain and improve movement, speech and thinking via its effect on the molecule cGMP, which is thought to create new cells in the brain.

Multiple sclerosis
"It has been shown to protect multiple sclerosis patients from neurodegeneration through increased grey matter perfusion in the brain," the researchers from Auburn University.

Memory and learning
A number of studies have suggested that taking Viagra can boost memory and learning skills. Just how it does so, however, it not clear.

Viagra may cure diabetes
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Mexico showed that Viagra lowered levels of compounds associated with heart disease in patients with type-2 diabetes. The drug also improved glucose control.

Underweight babies
Doctors have been using Viagra in a trial with pregnant women as a therapy for intrauterine growth restriction, in which the fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of the pregnancy.

Erectile Dysfunction (ED) Drugs May Treat Urinary Problems
Medications commonly used to treat erection problems in men may also relieve the bothersome urinary symptoms associated with an enlarged prostate gland, researchers said.

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References:

http://www.21menshealth.com
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070727182359.htm
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/61605/
http://www.webmd.com/news/20061025/viagra-treatment-for-lung-disease
http://www.webmd.com/ibd-crohns-disease/news/20060224/viagra-may-help-crohns-disease
http://men.webmd.com/news/20050519/viagra-may-help-a-mans-heart
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20051107/viagra-may-treat-other-ailments
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20051116/drug-may-ease-pulmonary-hypertension

Top Alternative Medicine by Consumers Verdict

Top rated Alternative Medicines and Alternative Therapy Rated in Consumer Reports Survey.

The consumers' verdict:
  1. Chiropractic ranked ahead of all conventional treatments for back pain.
  2. Deep-tissue massage was very popular. It was particularly effective for osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia.
  3. Exercise helped a wide range of conditions: back pain, allergies, respiratory problems, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression, insomnia, and prostate problems.
  4. Herbal remedies and dietary supplements often ranked below over-the-counter remedies, while for most conditions prescription drugs ranked at or near the top.


Source - Medicinenet