How your daily choice of food & fruits can benefit your skin

Oranges, Lemons, Pineapple - brightens and exfoliates the skin and purifies the pores. Provides a dose of pure vitamin C. Pineapple is the strongest- It is a potent source of enzymes that soften the skin and is a natural astringent.

Yogurt - softens, hydrates, and has many enzymes that exfoliate the skin; cleanser; bleach.

Coconut Milk - the lactic acid smoothes out the skin.

Rose Water - gently balances and tones.

Olive oil - known for its great effects on the skin. The best for dry skin.

Avocado - moisturizes and is a good source of vitamin E and natural oils.

Milk - contains lactic acid which nourishes without stripping the skin of essential oils; refines pores; soothes all skin types; cools sunburn.

Aloe gel - an ageless remedy for burns.

Honey - a natural, gently astringent yet extremely moisturizing; refines pores; tightens skin; retards wrinkles; anti-blemish.

Chamomile - tones all types of complexions.

Oatmeal - soothes; heals; relieves itching.

Cucumber - reduces under-eye puffiness; reduces wrinkles.

Egg - conditions; whites best for normal and oily skin; yolks for dry to normal skin

Nuts - used in scrubs to refine pores and combat wrinkles, blackheads and dryness.

Tomato - unclogs pores.

Vinegar - refines pores; cleans; softens; aids blemishes, itchy skin, and sunburn.

Witch Hazel - reduces eye puffiness; deodorant.

Eye Care during the Summers

It has always been said that Prevention is better than cure and it cannot be more true and the same applies for the eyes as well.

Avoid

1. Touching your eyes without washing hands
2. Wiping your face with a towel or handkerchief with which you have wiped your hands / body
3. Exposing eyes directly to sunlight as they tend to wash away the tear films. Eyes may also absorb atmospheric pollutants which could be dangerous
4. Keeping big nails which allows for settling of dusts
5. Wearing contact lens during eye infection
6. Sharing lens, lens solutions or containers

Always

1. Wash your hands and face immediately when you get back indoors
2. Use a cleaning agent like Jiwadaya Netraprabha (http://www.herbsatwork.com/ophthalmics) regularly to keep eyes clean, dry and healthy
3. Use eye protection glasses when exposed to wind or dust

Jiwadaya Netraprabha is one Ayurvedic product, which can be used routinely on a daily basis. Just as a daily bath keeps you free from dust and dirt accumulated from daily activities, similarly daily application of Jiwadaya Netraprabha gives a cleansing effect to the eyes, thereby removing any dirt or dust particles from the eyes accumulated during routine work. There is no such product available that could be used continuously without any side effect.

Jiwadaya Netraprabha when applied stimulates the lachrymal glands leading to natural flow of tears rapidly flowing out of the eyes. These natural tears provide essential cleansing to the eyes. Further, this action takes place within 15-20 seconds after application thereby providing immediate relief from any feeling of irritation, heaviness or dryness in the eyes. (During this time, it is advisable to keep eyes lightly closed moving the eyeball in clockwise and anti-clockwise direction. Do not squeeze your eyes. You may experience a little burning but this would vanish within seconds.)

We have been provided with a natural mechanism by which our eyes start watering as soon as any foreign particle gets into the eye. However, to provide a wash to tired eyes to rejuvenate them and keep them clean, bright, healthy, and smiling for year in and year out, nature has provided us with Amla, Kapoor and Madh which we have accumulated for you into Jiwadaya Netraprabha.

Herb of the Week - Kushmanda

Kushmanda

Kushmanda is large annual or biennial tendril climber. Its Leaves are simple, alternate, large, with numerous hairs, flowers are yellow large and unisexual, fruits are cylindrical, hairy, and covered with ashy powder throughout.

Fruits contain numerous white colored embedded seeds. It is cultivated in tropical & subtropical parts of India .It is named as Kohala in Marathi,Ash Gourd in English, petha in Hindi.

Kushmanda is useful for medicinal as well as domestic uses. It mainly acts as a body coolant and reduces body heat. Its Fruit helps in cystitis, urinary tract infections, kidney stones and other urinary tract conditions since acts as diuretic

Digestive system gets strengthened by regular consumption of this fruit and reduces acidity. This helps to normalize digestion and prevent indigestion.

Its pulp can be applied on burns & skin rashes, reduces burning sensation and irritation caused by dry skin. The seeds help to reduce internal heat of the body in summer & is found very effective on intestinal parasites.

It normalizes sleeping pattern and is very helpful in patients with insomnia .If taken in morning, increases memory power and acts as a Brain Tonic.

The pulp of the matured fruit helps to increase quality and quantity of semen. Hence it is used in Vajikarana preparations. The herbal preparations of this fruit helps to increase the body energy level and strength.

Acidity in Metros

These days Acidity is aggravating rapidly and penetrating deep into the urban population mainly due the new lifestyle. This life style has also become a major reason for various illnesses, resulting to serious consequences. This life style is forcefully getting into our daily system and includes
· Stress, targeting adults and children alike education, exam tension, office work, finances etc.
· Improper eating habits like eating too late, eating too fast/too slow, skipping lunch/dinner etc.
· Eating non healthy – Junk food, fast food, too spicy, too oily, too pungent ,excess eating of sweet as well as ,excess intake of chocolate, tea, coffee, garlic for long, excess fermented food etc.
All these factors increase the secretion of Hydrochloric acid which is the important component of digestive juices leading to Acidity.

The stomach and some other inner organs which take part in breaking down the food secrete different ferments and hydrochloric acid. Although necessary, the stomach must also be protected from these ferments and acid. If the acid due to the temporary weakness in the normal sphincter mechanism enters the lower part of the Oesophagus it may lead to heartburn. Ulcers can occur if there is an imbalance between the different protecting stomach factors and the stomach juices which help to digest the food. Duodenal ulcers are much more common than gastric, because the first ones arise in the lining of the upper part of the small intestine, and gastric ulcers occur in the stomach.

Jiwadaya Antaj a purely Ayurvedic medicine has proven to be if use in the above conditions as well as for preventing them. It provides good result in immediate relief of symptoms like Heartburn, dyspepsia, abdominal distention, flatulence, headache, stomachache, burning in chest etc.

Jiwadaya Antaj also protects mucosa from ulceration and promotes healing of ulcers so is useful in curing damage done to the various organs of GIT such as duodenum, small & large intestine from ulcers tumours etc.

Jiwadaya Antaj contains all herbal ingredients such as suntha, amala, guduchi, kariyatu, jesthimadh which inhibits and regulates the gastric secretion in pylorus thereby decreasing excess Hydrochloric acid secretion and helping to improve the digestive function. It can be safely taken as one time dose daily to avoid problems in future. Such continuous use will not have any side effects and will keep the GIT well in place.

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Recipe - Appetite Booster

Ingredients:
1. Ginger – 8 pieces normal size
2. Lemon – 6 pieces normal size
3. Sugar - 1 kg
4. Water - 250 ml

Method of preparation:
1. Prepare juice of lemon & ginger
2. Take 250 ml of water & add 1kg of sugar mix well. Heat it on low flame till sugar syrup is formed.
3. Allow it to cool.
4. After cooling add juice of ginger & lemon to it & stir well.
5. Fill it in clean glass bottle.
6. Serve daily half an hour before meals approx ½ tsp..

This Recipe of Appetite Booster helps to increase the appetite.
Furthermore, it is tasty hence children will love it as well.

Herb of the week - Amla

Amla (Amalaki) – Botanical Name: Emblica Officinalis

Amalaki is one of the most commonly used and an important herb in Ayurvedic Medicine. Though all sour substances are said to enhance Pitta, Amalaki is an exception being Pitta shamaka.

It is a large deciduous tree with greenish grey or red bar. Fruits are berry, depressed globus, and flowers are densly fasciled along the branchlets .It is cultivated throughout tropical India. Amla is eaten raw or cooked into various dishes e.g. in making sweet dish like Amla Murrabha,to make pickles, chutney etc. Many use Amla powder for washing hairs since it acts as conditioner and keeps hair silky as well as healthy.

Amla also have many medicinal uses:

Dried seed powder 5gm twice daily for 4 weeks reduces the symptoms of Acidity. Dry powdered pulp of the fruit 1.0g/kg reduces the levels of serum cholesterol. Amla juice with turmeric powder is useful in Diabetes. Amla juice along with sugarcane juice helps in urinary problems like difficulty during micturation. In eye disorders the juice is found to be extremely helpful. In Asthma patients Amla juice is given with pippali powder and honey. A mixture of Amla pulp + teel + milk is useful as application for various skin disorders. Amla oil is used in hairfall, as it improves the texture of hairs. Amla powder acts as purgative so given in patients of constipation.

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How to keep your stomach happy in the monsoons

First showers of monsoon are heartily welcomed by everyone after experiencing the scorching heat of summer. But monsoons reduce the immunity of our body and make us susceptible to many diseases which aasre commonly assowasarciated with this season. It is time for us to keep our body resistant against diseases by boosting our immunity and taking precautions against these diseases.The digestive system gets weakened due to dehydration in summer. This leads to low digestive power. This is further weakened by vitiation of doshas and dhatus due to monsoon. Hence following diets which increase power of digestion and strengthen the digestive system

According to Ayurveda:

Happily Consume ( PATHYA)

Cereals	Vegetables	Grams	Root Vegetables	Fruit	Milk	Non-Veg	Other	Water
Red rice	Brinjal	Green Grams	Ginger	Lemon	Milk	Meat	Jaggery	Boiled
Wheat	Lady finger	Black Grams	Onion	Grapes	Curd	Chicken	pudina	warm
Milo	snake gaurd		Garlic	Mango	ghee		Black pepper	Rain water
Roasted	Pumpkin		Suran	Dates			Coriander
				Dry coconut			Rock salt
							cumin
							asofoetida

Don't even think ( APATHYA)

Cereals	Vegatables	Grams	Root vegatables	Fruit	Milk	Non - Veg	Other	Water
Barley	Spinach	Greenpeas	Potato	cucumber	paneer	Fish	oily food	cold water
Corn	Karela	Lentil	carrot	water melon	Boffaloes milk	dry meat	Squash	unboiled
	Cabbage	Turdaal		jambu			juices
	Dry vegetables			biwa fruit

Avoid:

1. Eating food from road-side since it is reservoir of many insects & files
2. Eating oily-spicy food
3. Uncooked vegetables
4. Consuming stale food
5. Water to stagnate to prevent breeding of mosquitoes & other flies.

Always

1. Drink boiled water for drinking ( Boil atleast for 15 min.)
2. Keep food items properly lid to protect from flies & mosquitoes responsible for various diseases.
3. Vaccinate kids as this season is prone to epidemics.

Jiwadaya Antaj is an ayurvedic proprietary medicine which will help to solve problems related to Gastrointestinal Tract such as indigestion, acidity. Etc.

Jiwadaya Antaj helps to sub side increased pitta so found very useful in conditions severe headache, acidity, burning sensation in chest, throat, dyspepsia, hiccups etc.

As digestive capacity gets weakened during this season Jiwadaya Antaj helps to increase the capacity .

Due to excess eating of oily food items digestive system gets disturbed & leads to abdominal distention, hyperacidity,heartburn etc.Herbs such as Guduchi,Amla, present in Jiwadaya Antaj provides quick releif from above symptoms thereby improving digestive function.

Jiwadaya Antaj protects mucusa from ulceration & promotes healing of ulcers so can be used in conditions like gastric,peptic ulcers.

It also contains Sunth,which increases the gastrointestinal motiltiy du to its antiserotoninrgic activity. It also inhibits gastric secretion in pylorus so can be useful to increase digestion.

Eye Care during the Summers

It has always been said that Prevention is better than cure and it cannot be more true and the same applies for the eyes as well.

Avoid

1. Touching your eyes without washing hands
2. Wiping your face with a towel or handkerchief with which you have wiped your hands / body
3. Exposing eyes directly to sunlight as they tend to wash away the tear films. Eyes may also absorb atmospheric pollutants which could be dangerous
4. Keeping big nails which allows for settling of dusts
5. Wearing contact lens during eye infection
6. Sharing lens, lens solutions or containers

Always

1. Wash your hands and face immediately when you get back indoors
2. Use a cleaning agent like Jiwadaya Netraprabha (http://www.herbsatwork.com/ophthalmics) regularly to keep eyes clean, dry and healthy
3. Use eye protection glasses when exposed to wind or dust

Jiwadaya Netraprabha is one Ayurvedic product, which can be used routinely on a daily basis. Just as a daily bath keeps you free from dust and dirt accumulated from daily activities, similarly daily application of Jiwadaya Netraprabha gives a cleansing effect to the eyes, thereby removing any dirt or dust particles from the eyes accumulated during routine work. There is no such product available that could be used continuously without any side effect.

Jiwadaya Netraprabha when applied stimulates the lachrymal glands leading to natural flow of tears rapidly flowing out of the eyes. These natural tears provide essential cleansing to the eyes. Further, this action takes place within 15-20 seconds after application thereby providing immediate relief from any feeling of irritation, heaviness or dryness in the eyes. (During this time, it is advisable to keep eyes lightly closed moving the eyeball in clockwise and anti-clockwise direction. Do not squeeze your eyes. You may experience a little burning but this would vanish within seconds.)

We have been provided with a natural mechanism by which our eyes start watering as soon as any foreign particle gets into the eye. However, to provide a wash to tired eyes to rejuvenate them and keep them clean, bright, healthy, and smiling for year in and year out, nature has provided us with Amla, Kapoor and Madh which we have accumulated for you into Jiwadaya Netraprabha.