Monday, November 22, 2010

Is "JAADU KI JHAPPI" real Magic?




It's so much easier to express anger than love. The minute you see something out of line, you don't hesitate to say something in a firm voice, before losing your temper. We are always ready to shell out feelings of frustration and indignation but when it comes to looking at our loved ones and telling them how deeply we care, we draw a blank.


If we hate someone, everyone knows it, but if we love someone, we never dare to express our feelings. Sometimes even the person we love doesn't know about it. In our day to day relationships; spouse, children, siblings, friends we never express our love. We presume that they know, we love them, care about them, so what’s the necessity of expression?


The simplest and the most powerful way to show your love is HUG…


You may laugh off the predilection of the psychiatry community in the USA. But “Touch” is an important component of attachment as it creates bonds between two individuals.


Hugging is also a part of Reiki, the currently popular touch therapy based on the transfer of energy. The area of touch is much larger in the case of hugging and the contact is much more intimate, so the effects are subtler. Many spiritual gurus, hug their disciples a lot, perhaps to pass on the divine energy. Reaching out and touching someone, and holding him tight - is a way of saying you care.


Immediate Effects:
* Both, the hugger and the person being hugged, feel better.
* Healthy, for the body and the soul, reaches inside and touches your soul.
* Perfectly hygienic. It boosts self-esteem and brings about a sense of security in a way no word can.
* The world may heal a bit if hugging increases, so do your bit and get your body into action.


And always remember, the person who is the hardest to hug is usually the one who needs it the most… So people, spread your Jaadu Ki Jhappis…


FEW FACTS:
* We need 4 hugs a day for survival…
* We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance…
* We need 12 hugs a day for growth…

Thursday, August 5, 2010

"LAUGHTER" can change your Life :D :D :D

Is Laughter a medicine??? Researchers have their thumbs up.


Who needs it? We all do!


Laughter increases relaxation. Real belly laughter can relax the muscles more than a vigorous massage. Muscle tension remains low for up to 45 minutes after a session of vigorous laughter.






Why should you LAUGH?

* It strengthens your immune system.
* Relaxes tense muscles.
* Reduces blood pressure.
* Exercises the face muscles, diaphragm and abdomen.
* Causes the body to release pain-fighting hormones.
* It increases your intellectual performance and boosts information retention.















How to laugh on every thing you do?

* Find things that make you laugh and do them (See a funny movie, read a funny book memorize a joke and share it with your friends).
* Awaken a child in you and allow a feeling of playfulness to creep into your life. Let your mind be open to silly and uncensored thoughts. (What if everyone had to wear Yellow Pant, Green shirt, Red Scarf, Orange framed glasses and red shoes to work???).
* Share cartoons, jokes and other funny material. Put cartoons and posters that stimulates your laugh on walls and bulletin boards.
* Help others reduce stress and you make your own job easier. And people will just be more relaxed around you if they know you have a sense of humor.
* Recollect your favorite comedian. (Trikkum Trikkum Triyyum Triyyum, Lux Lux Lux Rupees, Nalla Balu… Nalla Tachu lekka)


Keep It Light
People will feel safe and comfortable around you if they know you can laugh - but not if you laugh at them. Humor that is cruel or sarcastic breeds a negative attitude in both the humorist and the audience. Stay on the light side. Life is funny enough without resorting to vicious humor.


ACT now and START sharing your LAUGHS… :D :D :D

Dreaded about Dark Circles???

Simple tips to keep dark circles away…

* Grate 2 cucumber pieces. Squeeze and extract the juice. Dip cotton and place on eyelids.

* Crush Mint leaves and apply the paste.



Monday, October 19, 2009

Donate Blood - Save a Life

A few years back, on a boring night shift at GE, someone sent a unanimous mail saying that a guy met with an accident and they need blood immediately. He had major injuries and needed to be operated.

I had called my parents to ask if I have to go to donate blood. My dad said YES and my mom said NO. Though not much educated, my mom is one of the smartest woman I had seen in my life, she didn't mean that I shouldn't donate blood...but, she is scared to death by injections and as I am the only child, she can't see me in pain, she says NO reluctantly to a few things. It became a family Mahabharat over phone and the result was hanging phone over each other.

Finally, a while later I had decided to go. I had approached the hospital, the doctor had taken me to the room, they started taking my blood. In less than 5 minutes, a nurse walked in with the news that the guy is no more. I walked out of the room to console his family. He had two small kids, the elder - 2 years, the younger - 3 months, the kid kept crying daddy ki emaindi (What happend to Dad?) ... I was speechless, as I cried equally with them.

LIFE... Natures biggest gift. The biggest boon for any human being is the ability of saving a life by donating blood... I learnt, for few things, time shouldn't be wasted as time wasted is time lost.

The culprit for the whole thing is the thought of a very slight pain at time of needle puncture.


Many hospitals and medical centers are always having a shortage of blood due to a lack of donors which often results in delayed surgeries and treatment, which can lead to complications and even death in patients. Just as you would want aid from others in times of emergency, it is important that we help to save the lives of others as well.


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DID YOU KNOW???
* Every two seconds, someone needs blood. One blood donation could save three lives.
* More than 1 million blood donations are needed every day. One out of every 10 people admitted in a hospital needs blood.
* Total blood transfusions in an year is 50 million. The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
* Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives. More than 10 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
* A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood.
* A small percentage of first time donors may feel a little dizzy while some may get tingling in the lips and nose and chills, but only for a short while.
* Blood is renewable by your body, and you can donate every 56 days. After that, your body will again reproduce the lost blood and that will replace your blood with new and fresh. It takes about 30-45 minutes of your day.

" The list of requirements is quite simple: must be 17 years of age, must weigh a minimum of 110lbs and be in generally good health.
Individuals who have had any piercing other than ears cannot give for 12 months. If the ear piercings were professionally done, donation is allowed. You cannot donate within six months of a heart attack. If you have visited or vacationed in an area where malaria is endemic, you cannot donate blood until three years from the departure date. A woman must wait six months after having a child before donating. Anyone who has received a blood transfusion cannot give for 12 months."

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Homemade Packs for Hair

Homemade packs do not show immediate effect. You need to use these treatments for at least a month to see the difference.

For softer, silkier hair
Make a paste of 2 tbsp triphala, 2 tbsp amla powder, 1 cup yogurt. Apply the paste on your hair for 20 minutes before shampooing. It nourishes and conditions the hair.

For shiny hair
Make a paste of 2 egg yolks, 1 cup of yogurt and 1 tbsp amla powder. Apply the paste on your hair for 20 minutes before shampooing. Adding two teaspoons lemon juice to this pack will activate the glands that produce oil to give hair a shiny look

For dandruff-free hair
Mix 1 tsp neem juice, 1 cup coconut oil or olive oil, 1 cup beetroot juice. Add the neem juice to the oil and use it to massage your scalp for 10 minutes. Then apply the beetroot juice on your hair. Leave it on for 20 minutes before shampooing. Neem takes away itchiness that dandruff causes. Beetroot removes stickiness, reduces dandruff and makes the hair shine.

For stronger hair
Regular oil massages are a must to make your hair stronger. Massage your scalp with warm coconut oil added to coconut milk. Make a paste of 5 hibiscus flowers (red), 1/4 cup of methi seeds soaked overnight, 1/4 cup of curry leaves, 1/4 cup of fresh coconut. Grind only the petals of hibiscus with the other ingredients. Sieve the ingredients and massage into the scalp. Leave on for 10 minutes before washing off. This pack will curb hair loss and make your hair healthier. Follow this once a week.

For treated hair
Fruit and Vegetable juices help softening and revitalising the hair. 1 cup ripe papaya paste, ½ cup coconut milk, ½ cup banana paste, 4 drops rosemary essential oil. Mix all the ingredients and apply on your scalp and hair for 20 minutes. Do not shampoo your hair immediately after this. Rinse the hair with water. Rosemary removes grease and dandruff from the hair. Papaya, banana and coconut act as conditioners.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Hair Care - Herbal Tips

Shampoo and Conditioner

People who have dandruff, hair fall, grey hair have to wash hair preferably every alternate day ot atleast twice a week. Apply Conditioner whenever you wash hair. Keep your damp hair in a towel for about 15 minutes. Comb it in a gentle massage like movements and only brush gently.

Oiling hair every time before wash, isnt a gr8 idea. Once a fortnight oiling is fine. To wash your hair, always wet it first before applying shampoo. Then, lather it by massaging with your fingertips. Rinse thoroughly until clean.

Avoid using shampoos with alcohol. Dont use dove or pantene. Use something like herbal essence. Condition your hair every time after you wash it.

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Dandruff:

Unfortunately there is no cure for dandruff yet.once you get it you may continue to have it, but there are ways that you can control and limit dandruff.

If you have mild dandruff, shampooing your hair with a regular shampoo daily will usually yeild good results. Stronger shampoos can irritate and dry out your hair making flakes more. An anti-dandruff shampoo should improve your dandruff signifigantly in a couple of weeks. Once you have found an anti-dandruff shampoo that works for you, keep on using it or your dandruff will most likely reoccur.

Poor health may be the cause of your dandruff, so be sure to get enough sleep, eat nutritiously, and avoid stress inducing activities. Something in your diet may cause you to have an allergic reaction and trigger dandruff. Some foods that commonly cause an alergic reaction causing dandruff include nuts, choclate and shellfish.

If you have to scratch your head, avoid using your fingernails to scratch, instead use the pads of your fingers. Wear a hat outdoor, on days that are extremely cold, windy, and when you're going to be out in the sun for a lengthy period.

Make sure that you get an adequate ammount of B6 in your diet, which will help prevent dandruff. Ready-to-eat cereals are rich sources for B6.

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Tips to stop Dandruff:

(1) Fenugreek (called menthulu in Telugu) seeds is one of the most easiest and important remedies in the treatment of dandruff. Two tablespoons of these seeds should be soaked overnight in water and ground into a fine paste in the morning. This paste should be applied all over the scalp and left for half an hour. The hair should then be washed thoroughly with shikakai. Use a teaspoon of fresh lime juice for the last rinse, while washing the hair. This not only leaves the hair glowing but also removes stickiness and prevents dandruff.

(2) Hair should be washed twice a week with two tablespoons of green gram powder mixed with half a cup of curd. Massage scalp with the finger tips while wash.

(3) Rub the scalp with snake gourd juice over the scalp every night and was hair next morning. Do this for a week and you would find good result.

(4) Dandruff can be removed by massaging the hair for half an hour with curd which has been kept in the open for three days or with a few drops of lime juice mixed with amla juice every night, before going to bed.

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How to prepare a herbal shampoo:

(1) Immerse 100 gm multani clay in water. After two hours make a paste and apply gently in the hair. Wash the hair after 5-10 minutes in winters with warm water and normal water in summers. If hair is very dirty do it twice a week; the hair becomes soft, silky and long.

(2) Make a paste of gram pulse flour and apply on the hair twice a week and wash after an hour. The hair becomes black, dense, clean, shining and soft. It also relieves itching or cures boils in the head.

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How to make Herbal Hair Color:

One can make a hair pack by taking henna powder, adding limejuice and curd to it. Leave it on hair for at least 30 minutes and wash it. It's a very good conditioner to the hair and gives them a nice color.

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Egg white make wonders on hair. Apply it 30mins before headbath.

+ It acts as a good conditioner

Beat 2 egg yolk. Add a spoon of henna and a spoon of curd. Apply on hair for 45mins and wash. Do this once a month.

+ Prevents dandruff
+ Prevents hair fall
+ Prevents premature graying of the hair.

Beat 2 eggs and apply on dry hair and wash it after 45 mins.

+ Makes hair smooth and silky.

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Mash a banana, add a bsp of honey and mix well. Wet hair with lukewarm water and apply the mixture over the hair. Put the shower cap on and wash it after 60 min.

+ Volume Hair growth
+ Prevents hair fall
+ Shines your hair

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Boil Curry Leaves in coconut oil for few minutes. Cool it and then remove the curry leaves, mix olive oil(1/2 the amount of coconut oil). Store it in a bottle and use it to massage on your hair and scalp

+ Useful to those who have boils and itching on their scalp.

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Take coconut oil, mix 1/4 th mustard oil to it and one lime's juice. Apply this to hair and wash it after 30 mins.

+ Get rid of dandruff
+ Makes the hair shiny

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Make a paste of amla, reethi and shikakai powders. Apply it on hair ans wash it after 45 mins.

+ Makes hair silky smooth
+ Prevents hair fall

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Heat two teaspoons butter in microwave for a minute, add a spoon olive oil to it and massage hair with it. Wash it after 30mins.

+ Makes strands extremely silky

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Soak fenugreek seeds in mustard oil overnight. Boil them in the same oil in the morning. Remove the seeds from the oil and store the oil in a bottle. Apply this oil twice or thrice a week.

+ Prevents hair fall
+ Prevents premature graying of the hair.

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Apply two-spoonful vinegar on hair and scalp and wash it after 15mins.

+ Give volume and life to dull, lifeless hair.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Remedies for headaches

Dip a small towel in cold water and apply to forehead. Once the towel gets warm, flip it to the other side, or dip it into cold water again.

Lying down in a dark room n getting a 1/2 hour of sleep, will always make you feel better.

A decoction of half a teaspoon mustard seeds powder and three teaspoons water, if instilled in the nostrils, reduces migraine.

Ripe grape juice is an effective home remedy for a migraine.

For a sinus headache, eating a jalapeno pepper gives relief ASAP. Within minutes sinuses will start to drain and the sinus headache will subside.

A peppermint steam inhalation provides quick relief for sinus headaches.

Mix 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon in 1 teaspoon water and apply on the forehead. It is very effective in headache due to exposure to cold air.

Make a paste from dry ginger with a little water or milk, apply to the forehead for sinus relief.

Grind Basil leaves with cloves and dried ginger into a paste and apply to forehead for sinus cure.

For a painful sinus headache, hot footbath along with a cold compress on the forehead is a sure releif.