Ayurvedic Treatment for Skin Diseases

Can you identify skin problems? For instance, there you are, minding your own business, when a red pimple or rash appears on your skin – but why?

Home made skin packs

Here are some tips to enhance the beauty of your complexion. For Normal Skin • Blend sandal wood powder, rose petal powder and oat flour with milk in equal quantities. Apply on your face. Leave for 1/2 hour and then wash. • Make a facial pack with milk & cream and use. This removes the [...]

Teenage Times

Adolescence usually encompasses ages 10 to 19. It is the period between child hood and adult hood. The physical growth and maturity, specifically sexual maturation, occur speedily. The adolescent, during this period, is neither a child nor an adult. They undergo physical, psychological and emotional changes. Parents should have a knowledge of changes that occur [...]

For Natural Beauty

This ‘green’ plant is found throughout the warmer parts of india. It grows well in alluvial soil, marshes and swamps. It spreads over ground in small plants with dark green or yellow leaves, similar to the leaves of tamarind tree. Botanical name:- Alternanthera sessilis Botanical Family:- Amaranthaceae. Sanskrit: – Meenakshi mathsyakshi Telgu:- Poonnaganta kura. Kannada [...]

Toxic Truths

Every day in life, we get exposed to thousands of environmental toxins and pollutants. This kind of exposure to harmful chemicals happens when we travel to our working place, in our homes or through air we breathe. Also we imbibe toxins through the food we eat or through the water we drink. Otherwise also our [...]

Acne and Pimples

According to Ayurveda, acne, pimples and black heads are caused by aggravation of all the three doshas- primarily pitta. Pitta is increased by excessive alcohol, Smoking and caffeinated drinks, bad food habits such as eating white flour and white sugar products, greasy, fried and Spicy food together with stress, tension,? polluted environment and excessive use [...]

Skin Care in Winter

Many women think that the scorching sun in the summer is more harmful to the skin than the cold of the winter. Winter is quality harmful to the skin. The chilly winds of the winter could your skin of moisture and makr it too dry. Normal skin has sufficient water content to maintain its soft [...]

Liquorice – the sweet stick

(Glycirrhiza Glabra) Liquorice has been known to physicians for thousands of years. It is an important herb for Ayurveda and is one of the principal drugs mentioned by Susruta. Liquorice is a tall, erect and a hardy plant growing to a height of 1.5 metres. It has compound leaves, with purple or violet flowers in [...]

Vitamin A Fights Wrinkles

Skin-building compounds enhanced by retinol use in weekly treatments, study says Skin lotion with vitamin A (retinol) may help reduce wrinkles caused by natural aging and help boost production of skin-building compounds, say U.S. researchers. In a study of 36 elderly people (average age 87), researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School applied 0.4 [...]

Coconut oil – the oil for hair styling

Coconut tree is among the top plants that have benefited human – beings since the start of civilization. Every part of this tree is usable. One of its precious gifts is the coconut – oil. Coconut oil is extracted from ‘copra’ (the dried inner flesh of coconuts) with many applications. It is extensively used in [...]

Skin Care in Ayurveda

Skin is exposed to sun, dirt and germs, and then washed with various combinations of chemicals. It is also susceptible to the process of aging. But there is hope for lovely soft, clear skin, but first let us think about the skin, its functions and requirements: Skin is a barrier to keep your insides in, [...]

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