Health & Beauty Tips – Home Remedies

In our daily life, we are often facing some health issues like cold, cough, gastric & digestive problems and skin beauty issues like pimples & scars etc. Though there are medication, pills, and creams for these problems, people are afraid to take due to the negative effects that may cause. Here are some simple ideas you can try at home for the issues.

Simple Tips for Common Cold & Cough:

1. Make hot chicken soup with lots of garlic in it and have it when it is hot. It helps to clear your nasal passage.

2. Keep your feet in warm water helps in relieving nasal congestion.

3. Boil half a bowl of water and add few drops of eucalyptus oil and inhale the steam.

4. Blow your nose often, rather than sniffing back the mucous.

5. Put 2-3 drops of salt water in your nose in the morning and before going to bed. Salt keeps the nasal passage moist and helps thin the mucus so you can get rid of it at regular intervals.

6. Drinking warm water with turmeric mixing with it is very effective in fighting the cough.

7. Drinking tea with tulsi, ginger & black pepper helps fighting common cold & cough.

8. Boil water with flaxseeds until it becomes thick and then filter it. Add a few drops of lemon juice and honey in the filtered water and take it. It is very helpful for cold & cough relief.

9. Boil water with black pepper and add cumin & jaggery and take it, it will help relieving chest congestion.

Simple Tips for Acidity:

1. Chew a few fresh mints (pudhina) leaves early in the morning on empty stomach for one month.

2. Take a glass of lemon juice before your meal, it helps to relieve acidity.

3. Try to avoid too much intake of tea, coffee & fried food as they stimulate acid production.

4. Drink a glass of water mixing with a pinch of baking soda, it gives immediate relief for acidity.

5. Drink coconut water few times in a day.

6. Take cucumber or watermelon, it gives instant relief.

7. Boil a bowl of water with cumin seeds and take the filtered water after your meal.

8. Take a small piece of ginger and chew it to get relief from acidity.

9. Take a piece of jaggery and gently suck it until you feel relaxed from acidity.

10. Drink a glass of cold milk to get instant relief from acidity.

11. Take a glass of cabbage juice, it helps in preventing ulcers and good for acidity.

12. Take one or two glasses of water on empty stomach in the morning, it helps to avoid acidity.

Simple Tips to get rid of Dandruff:

1. Neem Leaves:

   1. Boil water with 20 – 25 neem leaves and make a paste and apply it to your scalp.

   2. Leave it for 30 minutes and then wash off with water.

2. Coconut Oil & Lemon Juice

   1. Take 2 tablespoons of coconut oil and heat it and mix it with same amounts of lemon juice.

   2. Apply the mixture to your scalp.

   3. Leave it on for 20 minutes and wash it off with shampoo.

3. Lemon Juice & Garlic Powder

   1. Take 2 tablespoons of garlic powder and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and make a paste.

   2. Apply to scalp and massage gently.

   3. Leave for 30 minutes and wash with shampoo and cold water.

4. Lemon Juice with Tea Powder

   1. Add two tablespoons of tea powder in half cup of water.

   2. Heat it until it becomes thick. Keep it for some time and filter the tea.

   3. Add one teaspoon of fresh lemon juice and stir well.

   4. Apply on the scalp when the mixture is in warm condition.

   5. Leave for 20 minutes and then wash your hair.

5. Yogurt

   1. Wash your hair with water.

   2. Generously apply yogurt on your scalp.

   3. Leave it for 15 minutes and wash it thoroughly.

6. Yogurt & Egg

   1. Add one cup of Yogurt and one whole egg and mix it.

   2. Apply the mixture to your scalp and hair.

   3. Leave it for 30 minutes and wash it with shampoo.

7. Yogurt & Lemon

   1. Take a lemon and make juice of it and add 2 tablespoons of yogurt and make a mixture.

   2. Apply it on your scalp and leave it for 30 minutes and wash with warm water.

Simple Treatment for minor burns:

1. Apply cool water over the burned area for few minutes that eases the pain.

2. Cut a slice of raw potato and rub it on the burned area, making sure that the potato juice should be released on the affected area.

3. Cut a small piece of Aloe vera leaf and apply the gel directly on the burn.

4. Take one teaspoon of Aloe vera and one teaspoon of turmeric and make a mixture paste of it and apply on the burn.

Simple Tips for Pimples:

1. Take a fresh tomato juice and apply on your face and wait for 1 or 2 hours and clean it with warm water.

2. Drink a good amount of water every day, it helps in curing pimples and other skin problems.

3. To get rid of skin itching and pimple problems, take one or two medium sized balls made of neem leaves daily.

4. Apply and massage your face skin with fresh mint leaves juice and leave it for the whole night, this helps in clearing pimple problems and makes the skin smooth.

5. Applying lemon juice along with pure honey on the face helps in curing pimples very fast.

Simple Tips for Black Marks:

1. Apply and massage your skin with fresh aloe vera gel taken from the plant, it is very useful in getting rid of black marks on the skin.

Simple Tips for Skincare:

1. Drink a glass of apple juice every morning, it makes your skin shiny and beautiful.

2. Apply and massage your skin with castor oil every night, it helps in making your skin smooth and supple.

3. Before you go to bed at night, massage your face skin with pure cow ghee and wash it on the next day morning, this beauty tip is very useful in making your skin white and bright.

4. Drink 1 or 2 glasses of water in the early morning once you wake up from the bed, this daily routine helps in clearing toxins and making your skin glow naturally.

5. Massage your body with pure coconut oil twice a week, this routine increases blood flow in your body and makes your skin glow like never before.

6. Eating 4 to 5 dates every day for a certain period of time makes your skin look bright.

7. Eating few papaya slices everyday helps in moisturizing skin and increasing memory power.

Other Common Tips :

1. Take bath with cold or light warm water on early mornings, it will help in being active for the full day.

2. Drink warm water every day, it helps in losing weight naturally.

3. Washing hair with rainwater makes them look very fresh.

4. Fasting with only fruits or milk once in a week reduces toxins in the body.

5. Eating few slices of cucumber every day during summer keeps you hydrated.

6. While taking bath add fresh lemon juice to the bathing water, it helps in preventing body odor.

7. Daily intake of raisins along with the water (soaked for one night ) for 45 to 60 days can cure anemia.

8. Sleeping without a pillow under the head is very useful in strengthening heart and brain.

9. Taking pomegranate every night 3 hours before you go to sleep, helps in increasing sperm count.

10. Consume a boiled egg every day, this helps in boosting your immunity power.

11. Consuming hot water along with honey makes you strong & healthy.

12. Eat 2 to 3 bananas every day, it helps in gaining body weight naturally.

13. Consuming fresh lemon juice before having meals or before going to bed for 30 to 45 days is the best home remedy for curing asthma.

14. Drinking water immediately before and after meals suppresses the digestive fire, and it leads to gaseous problems.

15. Eat garlic along with pure cow ghee for 45 to 60 days, this is most beneficial in curing Nervous Weakness and other nerve disorders naturally.

16. Eat carrot along with cow milk and honey, this helps in boosting your memory power.

17. Consume papaya every day for a certain period of time, this is the best home remedy for constipation.

18. Eat a pear fruit twice or thrice in a week, it helps in curing the constipation problem.

19. Better avoid the habit of reading while lying down on the bed, it is harmful to the eyes.

20. Overeating causes indigestion, so Ayurveda suggests to eat only that amount of food what you can digest.

21. Eating on regular time everyday maintains health and energy.

22. Chew 5 to 10 basil leaves with fresh water in the morning on empty stomach helps in increasing immunity power.

23. Excessive use of cold drinks reduces immunity.

24. Consume one tablespoon of pure honey daily, this helps in leading a long and healthy life.

25. Eat some papaya every day, it is very good for the liver.

26. Have dinner at least 2 to 3 hours before going to bed. Don’t go to bed directly after having dinner.

27. Excessive talking reduces body oxygen, it exhausts body strength and power, so better avoid over talk.

28. For a toothache, apply powdered clove or clove oil on the affected area, it relieves pain within minutes.

29. Spray some pure turmeric powder over skin cuts and burns, it helps in stopping the bleeding and also prevents swelling.

30. Eat one or two bananas daily morning, these are the natural source of energy for your complete day.

31. Practice Pranava Pranayam meditation for a while every day, this is very useful in treating depression.