Complications

What are different home remedies for Bed Sores?

- Bed sores (or pressure sores) are also known as decubitus ulcers, are the result of skin being suffocated beneath the weight of the body.
- These lesions are caused by continuous extended pressure on the skin.
- They occur usually in an area over a prominent bone or cartilage structure such as the hips or tailbone.
- This pressure restricts the flow of blood and therefore the supply of oxygen and nutrients, to that part of the skin.
- The smaller blood vessels clot and a sore red patch of skin appears.

Home Remedies for Bed Sores

- Give the person a very gentle massage twice daily to improve circulation in the skin.
- Make sure they are totally dry after the bath.
- A light dusting of powder made from talc can be helpful in keeping the skin dry.
- Make sure their sheets and bedding are clean and dry as well.
- Moisturize the body with vitamin E oil or cream every day.
- Make sure the person is getting a healthy diet of fiber and vitamin rich foods.
- Avoid including meat in the diet as much as possible.
- Seek other sources of protein including soy or whey protein.
- Apply aloe vera to the sores directly to soothe them.
- You can disinfect the sores by sprinkling them with goldenseal powder.
- Washing the sores daily with witch hazel will help keep them clean and dry.
- They should be washed two to four times every day without fail.
- Avoid dragging the person out of their bed.

1. Vitamin C
- It is an anti-inflammatory.
- It is vital for the health of the skin and blood vessels.
- Take 500 milligrams of vitamin C.
- Take an equal amount of bioflavonoids three times daily.

2. Zinc
- Zinc supports the immune system.
- It also promotes wound healing.
- Take 15 milligrams three times daily.
- Take zinc with food to prevent stomach upset.
- If you take over 30 milligrams of zinc on a daily basis for more than one or two months, you should also take 1 to 2 milligrams of copper each day.
- This is to maintain a proper mineral balance.

3. Aloe vera
- Aloe vera can be applied topically in ointment, gel, or cream form, is known to be effective in healing sores.

4. Calendula cream
- Topical calendula cream is very soothing and healing to wounds.

5. Goldenseal and Vitamin E
- Goldenseal is a natural antiseptic.
- Vitamin E is healing and soothing to the skin.
- Make a paste by combining the contents of three 500-milligram capsules of goldenseal (or 1 teaspoon of goldenseal powder) and 800 international units of vitamin E (pierce capsules and squeeze out the oil).
- If the resulting mixture is too dry, add a few drops of olive oil.
- Apply this to the affected area three times daily.

6. Comfrey Leaves
- Take some dry leaves of comfrey and crush them to prepare a fine powder.
- Add slippery elm in equal quantity to this to make paste.
- Either put this paste over cloth and tie the cloth over area.
- One can apply the paste directly to the area and tie a clean bandage to the sores.
- It is one of the most effective home remedy for bed sores.

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What are different home remedies and exercises for Back Pain? Part 3

Causes of Backache
- Sedentary living habits
- Hazardous work patterns
- Psychological conditions associated with emotional stress.
- Spasms of the muscles
- Bad posture or illness
- Overweight.
- Muscular Tension, Straining of the Joints, Poor Posture.
- Kidney or Prostate Problems, Female Disorders, Influenza.
- Sitting for a Long Time, High Heels.

24.) Back Cushion
- Buying a seat cushion to help give you extra support is a great way to help relieve a sore back.
- Use a cushion for any seat you sit in including your car seats and your office chairs.
- Lean your seat back a little to help your back rest.

25.) Carrying Things Close, Home Treatment for Back Pain
- Instead of carrying things away from your body, you should carry them close to it.
- When you carry things holding them out from your body it tends to put stress on your back.
- Make sure to lift using your legs, not your back.
- Also avoid carrying over weights.

26.) Weight Loss Back Pain Natural Cure
- Watching your weight is another natural cure for back pain.
- The best way to maintain your weight at a healthy level is to eat a well-balanced diet and make sure not to overeat.

27.) The Ginger Root Back Pain Home Remedy
- Grab two ginger roots and slice them up into pieces and place them into a pan of water.
- Then place the pan of water and ginger root on a burner and bring it to a slow boil.
- After it starts to boil let it boil for thirty minutes and then remove it from the stove.
- Let it cool down and sit for thirty minutes.
- Once it has cooled down strain the water into a cup and add honey to it (for flavor), then drink it.

28.) Wheat Natural Remedy for Back Pain
- Take an ounce of whole grain wheat and soak it with water overnight.
- In the morning add in an ounce of khas khas grass and mix them together.
- After you have mixed the soaked wheat and khas khas grass you should add an ounce of coriander, 8 ounces of water into the mixture and heat it on the stove.
- Boil the mixture until there is only one third of it left then drink it.
- This will help strengthen your digestive system and the rest of your body.

29.) Mint Oil Remedy for Back Pain
- Grab some mint oil out of your cupboard and rub it on your back on the area of the pain.

30.) Khas Khas Grass Remedy for Back Pain
- Take Khas Khas grass and a little sugar candy and mix them together and take them like medicine.
- Do this on a daily basis.
- It will help prevent back pain.

31.) Bryonia Album Natural Home Cure for Back Pain
- To get rid of back pain try using the Bryonia Album homeopathic treatment.
- Bryonia Album is a homeopathic drug that influences both the muscular and skeletal systems in the body.

32.) Rhus tox Remedy for Back Pain
- Rhus Tox is another homeopathic drug that works along with Bryonia album in reducing your back pain.

33.) Arnica Montana Remedy for Back Pain
- Arnica Montana is homeopathic drug derived from plants that does wonders on pain in the back.

34.) Celery Juice Remedy for Back Pain
- Celery is called one of the best healing foods for people.
- The reason is that it is high in sodium content and it also alkalizes the human body.
- This will help you with the stiffness and inflation of your back.
- Put the celery in a juicer by itself and make a juice to drink out of it.
- You should do this twice a day for two weeks.

35.) Water Home Remedy for Back Pain
- Drinking eight to ten twelve ounce glasses of water a day is what people should drink on a normal day.
- Get plenty of water which will help keep the body hydrated.
- It also help the blood circulate in your body.

What are different home remedies for Amnesia?

Amnesia is a condition that implies total or partial loss of memory.
There are different reasons and causes of amnesia such as organic or functional.
- Organic amnesia is caused due to damage to your brain by external factors which can be due to physical reasons like trauma or disease.
- Functional amnesia is due to psychological factors.

There are different types of Amnesia
- Anterograde amnesia
- Emotional/hysterical amnesia
- Lacunar amnesia
- Korsakoff syndrome
- Posthypnotic amnesia
- Retrograde amnesia
- Transient global amnesia

Causes of Amnesia
- Head injury
- Severe illness
- High fever
- Seizures
- Emotional shock or hysteria
- Alcohol-related brain damage
- Drugs
- Stroke
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Brain surgery

Home remedies for Amnesia

1.) Rosemary
- Rosemary is the best home remedy for amnesia.
- This herb is also known as the herb of remembrance,
- It can effectively cure mental fatigue and forgetfulness.

2.) Rosemary tea
- Prepare rosemary tea by adding 1-2 teaspoons of the herb to a cup (225ml) of boiling water.
- Let it steep for 5 minutes, strain the decoction and add a squirt of lime juice.
- Drink the tea once or twice, on a daily basis.

3.) Perennail booti
- This herb is also helpful in curing forgetfulness.
- Dry about seven grams of this herb in a shady place.
- Grind it, along with seven kernels of almonds and half a gram of pepper.
- Add water to form a decoction.
- Strain the decoction and add twenty-five gm sugar.
- Drink this mixture, on an empty stomach, every morning, for about a fortnight.

4.) Walnuts
- Walnuts work as effective memory enhancers.
- Consuming 20 gm walnuts every day, in the morning, will prove to be highly beneficial.
- If you add 10 gm of raisins or figs to walnuts, it is more beneficial.

5.) Almonds
- These are traditionally, considered to be the most effective memory booster.
- Soak about 10 almonds overnight.
- Peel off the brown skin in the morning and make a paste of it.
- Intake this paste, along with a tsp of butter, every morning.
- This works as a powerful memory enhancer and reduces needless anger.

6.) Holy basil leaves
- These leaves prove to be an effective memory enhancer.
- Boil the leaves in water and strain the decoction.
- Drink the decoction, after it cools down.
- You can also eat the leaves directly, after washing them with water.

7.) Brahmi
- Prepare a decoction of the herb, by steeping it in boiling water and straining the water.
- Let it cool down and consume it in the morning, on an empty stomach.

8.) Biofeedback
- This has proved to be a useful technique.
- In this process, the patient is made aware of his quantifiable bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, blood sugar and skin temperature.
- This raises the patient’s awareness as well as his conscious control of the involuntary physiological activities.

9.) Other remedies
- Patients suffering from amnesia should try to memorize this and recall everything, first thing in the morning.
- The right diet also acts as a memory booster.
- Include a lot of phosphorous-rich fruits in your diet, such as dates, oranges, figs, grapes, apple, almonds and walnuts.
- They help activate the brain cell and reduce forgetfulness.
- The most simple of all home remedies for amnesia is to have a tsp of honey, sprinkled with finely grounded black pepper, once a day. This will also help enhance memory.