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Purify the Body

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

 Relaxing bath home

This natural home relaxing bath helps the body to release the physical and emotional tension also serves to tone the skin and purify the body.

Relaxing bath home for toning the skin and purify the body

Ingredients:
• 250 grams of magnesium sulfate.
• 5 drops of lavender oil.
• 5 drops of sandalwood oil.

How to prepare:
• At 1 bath in water that is going to take to bathing add all ingredients.
• Stir well.

How to apply:
• Get into the tub, stay in the water at least 20 minutes for good results.

Recommendations:
• Performs the bath at least 2 times a year.

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Recipe for Stomach Ulcer Healing

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

 slice of ginger

Grandma’s trunk healing we took this recipe to prepare one of the juices very effective for stomach ulcers, aloe vera-based, pineapple and ginger. Take a glass every day on an empty stomach to get relief.

When you take care to avoid this juice flour, fat and fried foods.

Recipe for stomach ulcer healing

Ingredients:
• 1 slice of ginger.
• 2 glasses of water.
• 1 / 2 medium stalk of aloe.
• 1 / 2 cup diced pineapple.
• 2 tablespoons honey.

How to Prepare:
• Boil the ginger with water for 5 minutes and reserve.
• Blend of aloe and pineapple very well.
• Add the ginger tea and sweetened with honey.

How to apply:
• Drink immediately.

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Treatments For Malaria With Herbal Medicine

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

Leaves of myrtle

These treatments may help to relieve the symptoms of malaria based phytotherapy.

Remedies for malaria 1
Treatments for malaria with herbal medicine

Ingredients:

  • Fresno.
  • Water.
  • 8 lemons.

How to prepare:

  • Boil the water with the ash for 5 minutes longer warm.

How to apply:

  • Drink 3 times daily together with the juice of lemons.

Remedies for Malaria 2

Ingredients:

  • Leaves of myrtle or orange.
  • 1 liter of water.

How to prepare:

  • Make an infusion or tea with leaves of myrtle or orange.
  • Let simmer 5 minutes.

How to apply:

  • Take three times a day.
  • To prevent the infusion of myrtle take fasting for 7 days.
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Color Therapy: Intelligent Nutrition II

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Color Therapy

TRANQUILIZERS COLORS AND REFRESHING

Blue
The blues have antiseptic properties, invite calm and help sleep. They reduce stress and fight the pain.
The prized blueberry, lower anxiety and reassure.

Green
Psychologically means harmony and balance.
Foods that color, cover almost all vegetables such as lettuce, zucchini, green peppers, peas, beets … and some fruits like grapes and pears.
Since ancient times this key is attributed to nature.
Eliminate toxins and produce feelings of wellbeing and serenity.

Purple
It is the spiritual color.
Included in this group of plum, eggplant, cabbage and beets.
Improve the function of the spleen and are particularly beneficial at menopause and osteoporosis.

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Color Therapy: Intelligent Nutrition

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Color Therapy

No doubt, between health and the colors there is a very close relationship, especially in psychology, because of how much influence the various shades in the mood.

Red is associated with vigor, energy and fire. Yellow is the color of light, awake and stimulated. The color orange is a liberating, optimistic and vital. The green, the color of nature and freshness, hope and youth, invites serenity and balance.
White is the symbol of positivity and peace.

FOOD COLORTHERAPY
The combination of colors in a harmonious manner to achieve mental and physical balance is the definition of color therapy, a technique that until recently was used only in home decoration in order to alleviate many ailments such as stress, anxiety, nervousness or depression.
Today, the colors come to nutrition, getting physical and mental well as food color, as each one of them, nature reflects the properties and nutrients they contain. A good choice in the color of the food you eat every day, be one of the best complements to traditional medicine.

ENERGIZING COLORS

Yellow
It’s the perfect color for the day, awake and stimulated, to be very beneficial for learning and attention.
This group includes cereals, bananas, grapefruit, pineapple, plus all the foods.

Orange
At dawn symbolizes emotional, liberating and joyful, relieved depressive states and encourages creativity.
Oranges, tangerines, carrots and pumpkins, help people become happier.

Red
The foods are red, according to experts, who bring more energy.
Uplifting and invigorating, while improving dermatological problems such.
Strawberries, cherries, peppers and tomatoes, are part of this group.

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Ebriorexia

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Ebriorexia
A anorexia and bulimia, two eating behavior disorders known, add the ebriorexia, manifested in the will of the sufferer to replace the lack of food with alcohol intake.

Anorexia and bulimia are two of the feeding behavior disorders known and disseminated by the media. While in the first case, the victim refuses food to limits of mortal danger to the health body for cosmetic reasons essentially alternate bulimics binge eating large with vomiting, laxatives and prolonged fasting, leading to dangerous swings weight.

According to the Ministry of Health and Consumption in Spain are diagnosed each year 80,000 cases of anorexia, a disease that mainly affects women and usually presents with the first warm spring when springs the desire to show off the type and they opt for these so unhealthy practices.

Erroneous Assumption
In these two disorders as well known around the world have to add a related pathology, the acronym ebriorexia-drunk and anorexia, also known as “drunkorexia” according to the Anglo-Saxon terminology.

Ebrioréxico replaced the lack of food in the stomach with calories that contributes to the organism’s rampant alcohol consumption, based on the assumption that the diet is well balanced.

In many cases, according to the few clinical descriptions of the syndrome, the disorder ebrioréxico passes through three stages.
In the first, concerned only drink alcohol to compensate for the calories that would provide the food. In the second, to hold food abstinence is using alcohol, or combined with methamphetamine to suppress hunger. And third there is a binge eating that can be followed by vomiting to empty the stomach.

Subject to this description, is a mixture of ebriorexia alcoholism, anorexia and bulimia.

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Medical Foods

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Medical Foods

Some foods are so beneficial and positive health, which foods are called “medicine”, discover what they are and do not hesitate to add them in feeding the whole family.

Garlic
Star ingredient of the Mediterranean diet, contains sulfur compounds, such as “Allicin”, which prevent and fight infections. Rate also reduces blood sugar, blood pressure and risk of cancers.

Virgin Olive Oil
Its benefits are proven cardiovascular level, due to its richness in monounsaturated fats, oleic acid and vitamin E, increase the rate of good cholesterol and reduce the bad, and contributes to balance blood pressure.

Onion
Used to relieve and combat respiratory diseases, is also an anti-infective and anti-cancer food. Effective in raising good cholesterol and decrease bad, thereby preventing circulatory problems.

Coles
Their antioxidant properties make sprouts in the vegetable anticancer excellence.

Ginger
Fresh consumption has properties that stimulate the digestive process, favoring the absorption of nutrients, preventing flatulence and enabling an overall improvement of digestion. They emphasize its antidepressant effects, improves circulation and reduces inflammation that cause diseases such as “arthritis.”

Lemon
It has a substance called “terpenes” that turn on cancer. Thins the blood and increases the number of white blood cells which fight and prevent infection. No less important is its power diuretic and purifier, cleansing the body of toxins. It contains “flavonoids” very powerful antioxidant, which assist the immune system.

Pomelo
Its slightly bitter taste, it denotes the presence of substances that have detoxifying effects.
Great content in vitamin C and “lycopene” which offers effective protection against a variety of cancers.

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Repair Your Skin While You Sleep

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Repair Your Skin While You Sleep
For healthy looking skin and light sleep is essential because sleep is directly related to growth hormone and cell renewal, repairing the damage that occurred during the day by the effect of sun, wind, pollution or stress. A good break is one of the best beauty tips and an effective method to reduce the signs of aging.

COSMETIC NIGHT
While cosmetics day protects your skin, the night the repairs to prolong the youth. In order to get a skin repair more effective and profound, cosmetics at night are your allies. Pamper your skin before you sleep and you’ll notice the difference.

Skin Cleansing
The first step of your nightly beauty ritual is proper hygiene of the skin give way to the subsequent application of cosmetics.
Cleans nightly facial skin with deep cleansing wipes, gels, soaps and lotions, which entirely eliminate the traces of makeup and dirt accumulated during the day.

Remember that once a week is recommended to have a gentle exfoliation of the epidermis.

Application of cosmetics night
Once the skin clean and responsive, it’s time to apply cosmetics suited to each skin type. If normal, you can choose a moisturizing gel texture, if too dry, you’ll appreciate a creamy dense, nutrient and very moisturizing, which is able to immediately reduce excessive dryness and tightness. Conversely, if the skin or fat is mixed, betting on a fluid or a hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic serum.
In any case, apply by gently massaging with fingertips on face and neck.

You can not forget to repair the delicate skin around the eyes, which shows a high muscle activity during the day. Choose a good gel or cream applied around the eyes and on the lower lid, from inside to outside, making the fingertips touch soft, repeated until complete absorption.

At this point you’re ready to take a short rest, your skin … dedicated to regeneration.

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Renew Your Mattress

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Renew Your Mattress
And enjoy a restful sleep!
Approximately one third of our life was spent sleeping, having an optimum surface according to our needs, is vital to enjoy a restful sleep.

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD MATTRESS

Our rest area must meet the three features listed below:

Firmness
The mattress should be firm to ensure that the backbone adopt bad postures, but flexible enough to adapt to the movements.

Uniformity
The mattress should not be sinking to maintain optimal support of the entire body surface.

Adaptability
Which satisfies both the characteristics of the mattress should respect the curves of our body to prevent excessive pressure to bear muscles during rest.

TIPS

  1. In the event that you or your partner you may have a silhouette robust or suffer from back problems, spring mattresses offer the strength you need.
  2. If you warm avoids synthetic latex mattresses and choose those that have a cotton cover to facilitate transpiration.
  3. If you suffer from allergies, especially to mites, choose a mattress made with hypoallergenic materials. The latex is a convenient option.
  4. Always choose mattress size larger than the space allows and spare no expense when you settle on the mattress that best suits your needs, health and welfare must come first.
  5. To keep your mattress in good condition should be rotated every 3 months and renew it every 8-10 years.

The ideal complement to your rest

Also choose a good pillow that suits your needs, complement and get that rest is 100% satisfactory.
As the head needs to support the spine and neck retain a natural, relaxed posture, is ideal to choose a pillow flexible and not too thick to avoid awkward positions.
Latex pillows are highly recommended medium hardness, are well adapted to the shape and weight of the head, with the advantage of not nest mites.

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Deep Relaxation With Meditation

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Meditation

Jnana mudra, or gesture of knowledge, is the hand position used in the current Hindu. The thumbs are together with the indices forming a small circle, a symbol of Yoga which means union. The fingers are stretched and relaxed the back of his hands rests on the knees.

Breathing
We must master our inspiration (Puraka) and expiration (Rechaka), as these rates are a reflection of our mental state. Every time we breathe in we have to realize that life is entering into us, as to hold your breath with full lungs and expand it represents life in the body, diffusing it, perceive it in its entirety. The expiration, however, is associated with sadness and abandonment, a symbolic death, which is why whenever we become aware that exhale the breath of life out and away from us.

Abstraction or Pratyahara
It is “isolate the senses”, to escape all that is external, any material form. That feeling, which produces rid of everything that surrounds us is an experience, but is not readily available. You can only achieve by being faithful to exercise and very consistent.

Concentration
Develop a strong concentration is similar to the development of physical strength. The goal is to help control the mind to concentrate on a particular item, either an object or a sunset.

Visualization
Seeing with the mind, is what we do in the transition between concentration and meditation is this intermediate stage through which we create images in our mind, we envision a situation that makes them stop our mental rhythms.

Meditation
It is the goal that we looked at the outset, we have inside. Only from this nothing can begin a genuine process of knowledge.

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