Uses of Aromatherapy
May 15th, 2008 in Aromatherapy
Essential oils will help to heal the body like anything. It is also best for body-circulatory, digestive respiratory, nervous, glandular, urinary, reproductive dermal and musculoskeletal as well as section on ears and eyes, immunity and children. It is quite possible to treat common oilment at without the help of the doctor. Essential oils will help to cure diseases like headache, indigestion, simple burns, insect bites and stings and muscular aches and pains. These are all common problems faced by the people and break their head like anything to cure. People can obviously get satisfied with the help of essential oils in the use of aromatherapy. People used to take some pills or drugs to get rid of these problems.
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Margosa in Herbal Medicine
April 11th, 2008 in Herbal medicine
The Margosa is a very popular tree which grows to a height of over 20 meters. The compound leaves of the tree are pinnate with 9 to 12 leaflets which are sub-opposite, obliquely-lanceolate and serrate. The white fragrant flowers are found in branched panicles. The green fruit turn bright yellow when ripe and is one seeded.
Asteracantha
April 10th, 2008 in Herbal medicine
Asteracantha is a hardy, upright, herbaceous plant which is hydrophytic in nature, or found growing in wet and marshy areas. The hairy stem is square and thickened at the nodes. Six stalkless lanceolate leaves forming a whorl are produced from each node. Four pairs of purplish-blue bilabiate, or two-lipped, flowers are put forth from the nodes. The capsule which is produced contains 4 to 8 seeds with white hairs.
Mexican Poppy
April 10th, 2008 in Herbal medicine
The Mexican poppy grows in waste lands and is a perennial herb which grows to a height of about 1 meter. The leaves have spines and are sessile or without petioles. The flowers are yellow. The fruit consists of a capsule bearing several small spines and seeds which resemble the mustard. It grows in tropical and sub-tropical countries.
Drying therapy in Ayurveda
April 9th, 2008 in Ayurveda
Drying therapy involves the intake of pungent, bitter and astringent substances like cakes made of mustard and sesame, as also honey. Sexual indulgence is prescribed. This therapy is recommended for patients suffering from diseases where the channels of circulation are obstructed and there is an excessive dominance of the aggravated dosha which is manifested in the vital organs of the body through spasticity of the thighs, gout and serves urinary disorders.
Celery for Holistic Life
April 9th, 2008 in Herbal medicine
Celery is a biennial, erect, branching, garden herb. The root is fleshy and bulbous. The stem is angular and furrowed. The leaves are opposite, dark-green, incised and coarsely toothed. The flowers are gray-white and arranged into compound umbels. Seeds of the plant are small, ribbed and ovate.
Psoralea
April 8th, 2008 in Herbal medicine
Psoralea is a common weed found everywhere. It has a grooved stem, simple leaves which are subcordate, ovate or roundish in shape with mildly serrated leaf margins. The 10 to 30 very small bluish-purple flowers are seen close together on axillary solitary racemes. The single-seeded pods are 5 mm. long ovoid-oblong, somewhat compressed and black in color.
Okra (Ladies Finger)
April 7th, 2008 in Herbal medicine
Okra is an annual, erect, stout-stemmed, bristly herb, growing up to 2 meters. The leaves are angular, long-stalked, and coarsely toothed. The single flower located in the axiles of the leaves is pale yellow on color. The fruit is an elongated pod. It is slimy when cut for cooking. It is grown in tropical and subtropical countries.