Health Advices
Benefits frutoterapia
The frutoterapia is a therapeutic technique in which substances are used in fruit healing in order to restore health and tackle the waste of energy.
In ancient Greece, Hippocrates used the pomegranate juice to cure various diseases, Ovid advised the use of the apple to cure fatigue and weakness loving summer. This suggests that the use of this technique is not new.
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Sinusitis
Sinusitis, some solutions
Do you suffer from sinusitis? Here we bring you some tips to relieve the discomfort. If you read Food, nasal congestion and chronic sinusitis, know they can avoid certain foods.
Does no harm to dodge the dairy, wheat, oranges and sugar. For on alternative medicine, these foods promote the formation of mucosa and sugar has a negative effect on immune function.
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Home Remedies for Corns
The feet are a part of the body to which more we use it, most of the day are transported from one place to another and if we are sitting, are also in contact with the ground.
Despite this sometimes do not give the importance they deserve and we do not remember them until a problem occurs in the feet, one of the most common are calluses.
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Thyme oil
Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is widely cultivated for use in cooking but has also been used as a medicinal plant for centuries, especially as an antiseptic for respiratory diseases and digestive disorders.
Thyme oil is extracted from the aerial parts of the plant through a process of distillation. The main component of thyme essential oil is thymol, which has great medicinal properties. Thymol is a very powerful substance can be toxic if not used correctly.
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Aromatherapy and psychology
With the development of psychoanalysis psychology created a field of study and a defined methodology. However, with the passing of the years and the improvement of discipline, psychology was innovating and adopting new ways to reach those destinations.
The theoretical paths have been obvious. Jung or Lacan and others have made fundamental contributions to theoretical development of psychology. Alternative medicine, more recently, has done so through aromatherapy.
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Palo blue
Medicinal plant: Palo blue
The blue stick is a traditional medicinal plant in northern Argentina, is a shrub with thick leaves and dense branching and is now endangered by deforestation of its natural habitat.
It is one of the plants that are adapted to hard surfaces in the region that have been used by native Indians as a medicine over the centuries.
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Alcohol Can Cause Drowsiness
You’ve probably seen this warning (“May cause drowsiness. Alcohol can intensify this effect. Use caution when driving or operating dangerous machinery.”) Prospects in medicines taken. The danger is real. Mixing alcohol with certain medications may cause nausea, vomiting, headache, lethargy, fainting or loss of coordination. Besides putting you at risk for internal bleeding, heart problems and breathing difficulties. Beyond these dangers, alcohol may decrease the therapeutic action of medication and, inclusive, it totally ineffective and convert as well, something harmful or toxic to the body.
Some medications that you may never would have suspected, including many that can be purchased directly, without a prescription, can react adversely with alcohol. Even some herbal remedies can have harmful effects when combined with alcohol.
This booklet provides a list of medications that can cause harm when ingested with alcohol and describes the resultant effects. The list contains the name of the brand most commonly recognized (eg Benadryl ®) and its generic name or active ingredient (in Benadryl ®, the component is diphenhydramine). This list is not all medications can be harmful when combined with alcohol. More importantly, the list does not include all the components of each drug.
The drugs are safe and effective when taken properly. The pharmacist or other health professional can help determine what medications interact dangerously with alcohol.
How To Reduce The Consumption Of Salt
When for one reason or another doctor recommended us to reduce salt intake is very important to pay attention. Undoubtedly, at first we may be bland food but there is something you can do to educate our taste, despite the shortfall.
What is made of salt?
Salt is not nothing but sodium chloride (NaCl), chemical name refers to two elements: sodium and chlorine. Although both elements are important, is the sodium which has a greater influence, positive or negative, depending on the amount consumed, in the normal development of physiological functions in the body.
Sodium is responsible for regulating the amount of water in the body, preventing excessive fluid loss or promoting their elimination in accordance with the dose is swallowed. Additionally involved in nerve and muscle activity. Therefore, when performing intense physical exertion in hot weather, salt loss through sweating can cause fatigue and cramps. This is the positive part of sodium. Now for the downside. There is a clear relationship between sodium (salt is the most important source) and hypertension that is characterized by excessively high blood pressure, in severe cases can lead to thrombosis or myocardial infarction or stroke. Undoubtedly, in the case of a diseased heart, you must maintain blood pressure.
How much salt do we need?
Should know: the body only needs between 3 and 4 grams of salt per day (slightly more in people who perspire a lot). In fact, the amount of salt that is in a balanced diet is quite sufficient. No need to add salt in cooking water or on the plate, except in a strict vegetarian diet containing no animal products.
Diets Low in Sodium
Most hypertension are mild, but long-term harmful.
* Control your weight if overweight lose weight helps lower the voltage
* In most mild Hypertension, changing lifestyle is enough to keep tension under control.
* Dramatically reduce salt intake, better delete it. Cuesta used to, but then most food taste.
* All foods contain some sodium (salt), but much more elaborate (preservatives, flavor enhancers, sodium bicarbonate and monosodium glutamate), the more a food is manufactured more salt and other substances contained therein,
therefore: MAKE YOURSELF THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DISHES AND MEALS WITH NATURAL FOODS.
* Reduce intake of fats and proteins, and increase fruit, vegetables.
* Avoid coffee, tea, cola drinks, chocolate and cocoa. Reduce alcohol consumption.
* Practice exercise regularly soft according to their fitness, their tastes and age: brisk walking, running, swimming, cycling.
* In women of childbearing age, estrogens have beneficial effects on blood.
* Natural remedies that can help, the mixture of hawthorn, lemon balm hypericum and work with mild hypertension.
Salt substitutes for sodium-controlled diets.
The seasonings and spices help to improve the taste of foods and dishes of the diets in which the salt is contraindicated.
In case of hypertension and fluid retention, usually prescribed diets low in sodium. To make it more palatable food can be used various seasonings:
* Acids: vinegar and lemon.
* Garlicky garlic, onion, scallions, chives, shallot, leek …
* Herbs: basil, fennel, cumin, tarragon, bay leaf, thyme, oregano, parsley, marjoram …
* Spices: pepper, paprika, saffron …
In addition, vinegar and oil (olive and seeds) can be marinated with herbs and
in the preparation of sauces, wine or other alcoholic beverages as an ingredient can do more tasty flambe different recipes.
The following are suggested two methods based on combinations of spices and seasonings:
* Plan R
100 g white pepper, nutmeg 15 g, 15 g clove, cinnamon 15 g,
15 g ginger, coriander 15 g, 15 g thyme, bay leaves 15 g basil 15 g
* Formula II
Paprika 50 g, 10 g white pepper, nutmeg 5 g,
5 g black pepper, clove 2 g, 5 g thyme, bay leaves 5 g, 5 g coriander,
5 g ground cinnamon and mint 5 g.
How to prepare:
- Grind all dry ingredients well.
- Sift and store in tightly covered glass jars.
Stay Away From Foods That are Always High in Sodium
Stay away from foods that are always high in sodium. Some of these common foods are:
* Processed foods such as cured or smoked meats, bacon, hot dogs, sausage, bologna, ham and salami
* Anchovies, olives, pickles and sauerkraut
* Soy Sauce (soybeans) and Worcestershire, tomato juice and other vegetables, and most cheeses
* Many dressings and salad dressings, mixed bottles
* Most of the snacks such as chips, cookies and other
When cooking, replace the salt for other seasonings such as pepper, garlic, herbs and lemon. Avoid packaged spice blends as these often contain salt. Use garlic and onion powder, not garlic salt and onion. Do not eat foods with mono sodium glutamate (MSG).
When eating, always ask for food steamed, grilled, baked, boiled and gold without any salt, sauce or extra cheese. If you think the restaurant could use mono sodium glutamate, ask you not to add to your order.
* Use olive oil and vinegar on salads and add fresh or dried herbs.
* Choose fresh fruit or sorbet when eating dessert.
* Remove the salt shaker off the table and replace it with a mixture of salt-free seasonings.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist which laxatives and antacids contain little or no salt, if you need these medicines. Some contain sodium.
If you have a softener or household water softener, do not drink tap water. Drink more bottled water. Which is the salt softens the water.
Ask your doctor if a salt substitute is safe for you, as many of them contain a lot of potassium. This can be harmful if you have certain medical conditions or are taking certain medications.