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Put the defense on guard with apple

This fruit, faithful friend of the intestine, promotes stamina and improves cardiovascular health. It is digestive and fortifying, thanks to its content of digestive acids, tannin and soluble filters, the block facilitates the absorption of nutrients through the intestinal wall.

In the content of a diet low in animal fats, eating two apples a day reduced to 10% the level of bad cholesterol.

Apples are rich in pigment, quercetin, which can reduce the risk of cancer. This substance also antioxidant attenuates the symptoms of allergies, asthma, fever, iron ….

One very curious to know that applesauce is the ideal lining of fatty meats such as lamb, pork or duck, as it improves digestion, reduces the absorption of lipids and helps compensate for their salt content. Stress and emotions resulting in tension, ie creating knots are leaving our body. Thus tries to undo with the aid of these plants.

Stomach pain. If the nerves will cause a pressure sensation in the stomach, cramps or nausea, uses infusions of balm, a soothing balm digestive, if you cause heartburn, then drink a mauve tea after meals.

Headache. For tension-type headache, nothing like valerian herbal tea or extract hípulo. In external use, is very well massaged his temples with tiger balm or a drop of essential oil of lavender and mint.

Cervical pain. To reduce inflammation and relieve discomfort fresh verbena leaves boiled in olive oil for ten minutes, let cool and apply on the painful area with a gentle massage. Taken internally, try to take decoction willow, a plant of triple anti-inflammatory, analgesic and sedative.

Urinary tract infections. If you suspect that stress is the trigger for cystitis that suffer, making cranberry juice or tea of birch.

Sodium bicarbonate. An ancient method of cutting is a cold, sip, water with baking soda. It is suggested to be a concentration of 1 / 4 teaspoon to a tablespoon of baking soda per cup of water. Taking an aspirin, or its equivalent, with the liquid, raise profits.

Garlic. In addition to its antibiotic and decongestant properties, garlic can stop flu in its infancy, if taken two to four cloves minced, or if it remains a clove of garlic between the gums and inner cheek, slightly bitten with teeth, but without chewing or swallowing.

Onion. It contains a volatile oil exerts a disinfectant, antibiotic and antiviral. For this reason, loan on a preventive and therapeutic, it is recommended to increase their consumption, add to salads.
Honey. Stir two tablespoons of honey and two of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water, hot or cold, and drink three glasses during the day, plus another before going to bed.

Milk. At the first sign of a cold or flu, hot, without actually boiling, one cup of milk, pour into it a tablespoon of butter, sprinkle black pepper, and drink it while still warm. Instead of butter and pepper, you can take in 112 milk teaspoon ground cinnamon or ginger, more honey to taste, or a spoonful of honey, one teaspoon butter and 1 / 2 teaspoon garlic powder. Other options include: boiling, simmering, six chopped dried figs in a liter of milk for one hour and then drink a cup of liquid three times a day.
Poultice. The Mustard is the favorite folk remedy against chest congestion, but neither he nor the other should be applied on an irritated skin. To prepare a poultice, forms a paste with equal parts dry mustard and flour, mixed with warm water or with egg pasta Spread between layers of gauze and cover the breast with olive oil before applying the poultice. Instead of mustard, you can use cooked onions and crushed.

With the blossoming of summer comes back one of the most common problems of the period, the presence of mosquitoes and insects atria annoying that afflict us with their stings.
It ‘true that the market now exist a number of chemicals that act as repellents to prevent insect insidino our skin left uncovered because of the heat, but many of them have this problem, considerable, not only to be repellent insects but also for our fellow men because strong and sometimes unpleasant odor emanating.

First, one of the remedies necessary to sustain the insects away is to create a barrier of odors that bother them and keep them away: using plants such as citronella, thyme lemon, Nepeta Catha’s, the geranium lemon grass, all plants of easy availability you can have on the windows and balconies, and containing substantially the same substances found in most common repellents on the market today.

This contributes significantly to reducing the amount of insects in the environment without having to slather chemicals directly on the skin.

If you just need more protection you can use different essential oils extracted from herbs such as eucalyptus, bay leaf, thyme and lavender. Lately you can also easily find name oil, extracted from the homonymous tree used in Ayurvedic medicine, is particularly bitter, and its repulsive power is remarkable. Read the rest of this entry »

The employment of homeopathic remedies can be done in several ways: the most classic and effective way is to assume the granules drops prescribed or specified in the morning, upon rising, placed directly under the tongue as possible without touching the product with your finger prevent the greasy usually present on these can make it difficult to absorb the remedy.

The granules are dissolved under the tongue for absorption perlinguale is among the most rapid and that there are immediate, and allows the substance or water that dilutes to pass directly into the circulation in the body.

It is absolutely true that Homeopathic remedies should be taken on an empty stomach, as well as the assumption of not being able to drink tea with mint, chamomile or aromatics in general. To recruit sufficient remedies usually do not eat or drink for another few minutes before and for a few minutes later.
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