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What are different home remedies for Jaundice? – Part 2

What is meant by Jaundice?

• Jaundice is the most common of all liver disorders.
• It is a condition in which yellow discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes occur.
• This yellow color is due to an increase in the bile pigments, namely, bilirubin in the blood.

Jaundice Symptoms

• Extreme weakness
• Headache
• Fever
• Loss of appetite
• Severe constipation
• Nausea
• Yellow discoloration of the eyes, tongue, skin, and urine.
• Dull pain in the liver region

Jaundice Causes

• Obstruction of the bile ducts
• Haemolytic anaemia
• Typhoid
• Malaria
• Yellow fever
• Tuberculosis

Home Remedies for Jaundice

Treatment using Vegetable Juices
• The juice of carrots and spinach juice has been found beneficial in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver.
• Prepare the juice by taking Spinach juice 200 ml which should be mixed with 300 ml of carrot juice in order. to prepare 500 ml or half a litre of combined juices.
• One can take 300 ml of carrot juice and combine with 100 ml each of cucumber and beet juices too.
• Vegetable juices are extremely easy to digest.
• They will provide the body with the nutrition required for the repair of damaged tissue.
• Damage of tissue in the liver is caused by highly complex foods.
• This causes strain on the liver and hence Vegetable juices are recommended.

Jaundice Diet

• Juice fast, thereafter an all-fruit diet.
• Simple light carbohydrate diet can be then taken.

1. Have Juice Fast
• The patient must refrain himself from alcohol in any form.
• He should undergo an initial liver-cleaning programme by going on a juice fast.
• This should be done for seven days.
• Freshly extracted juices from red beets, lemon, papaya, and grapes may be taken during this period.
• Alcohol adds to the toxicity levels in your body and puts severe strain on liver.
• It is important that you stick to a rigorous diet.
• Comprise foods that are healthy, nutritious and are easy to digest.

2. Juicy Fruits and Milk
• The patient should have three meals a day of fresh juicy fruits.
• The fruits like apples, pears, grapes, grapefruit, oranges, pineapples, and peaches, and a litre of milk divided into three parts should be taken.

3. Well-Balanced Diet Consisting of Nuts, Seeds etc
• The patient should embark upon a well-balanced diet.
• It should consist of seeds, nuts, grains, vegetables, and fruits.
• Vegetables such as beets, squashes, bitter gourd, egg-plant, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, and papaya are useful.

4. Avoid Fats, Oils Refined, processed and Canned Foods
All fats and oils should be excluded from the diet for several weeks. The patient should avoid:
• Refined foods.
• Spices and condiments.
• Strong tea and coffee.
• Fried foods.
• All preparations cooked in clarified butter, oil, or butter.
• All meats.
• All chemical additives.
• Use of salt should be restricted.
• Decrease fat intake by 20-30 grams per day.

Other Home Remedies

• Take one teaspoonful of glucose in one cup of water thrice a day in the morning, afternoon and night.
• Take juice of 2 oranges on empty stomach for 5-7 days.
• Take 50 grams of white radish leaves and stem.
• Add sugar candy in it and drink it every morning on empty stomach.
• Daily intake of a pinch of roasted alum with buttermilk twice or thrice daily is highly beneficial.
• Squeeze a lemon in 100 grams of water and add a pinch of salt and drink thrice a day for about 21 days.
• Buttermilk taken with a little salt and powdered roasted cumin seeds is beneficial.
• Keep a white-colored glass bottle filled with water in the sun for 6-8 hours and drink it after cooling.
• High carbohydrate intake is recommended to get good amount of energy.
• Livup supplement is an effective blend of herbs designed to help and maintain healthy liver functions which can be taken according to the prescription on the bottle.

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What are different home remedies for Lethargy?

What is meant by Lethargy?

• Lethargy makes a person drowsy and tired.
• It is a state where one feels lack of energy and indifference.
• One becomes sluggish and inactive in this condition.
• Other symptoms include fatigue and difficulty in falling asleep, pain in different parts of body.

Causes of Lethargy

• Depression
• Head injury
• Hypertension
• Hypotension
• Poor nutrition
• Alcohol or substance abuse
• Diabetes
• Thyroid
• Adrenal gland disorders
• Constipation
• Measles
• Mononucleosis

Home Remedies for Lethargy

1. Home remedies for Lethargy using basil leaves
• Drink a concoction from basil leaves.
• The tea-like drink is a proven home remedy for lethargy.
• It is effective in relieving a tired and sluggish condition.

2. Home remedies for Lethargy using grapefruit and lemon juice
• Regular consumption of a glass of an equal amount of grapefruit and lemon juice is also beneficial.
• One can practice is fasting on fresh sprouts bimonthly.
• A diet profuse with fresh fruits and green leafy vegetables and lots of water can also alleviate the lethargic condition.
• These will provide the needed nutrients.
• This will invigorate the body.
• Having a tall glass of fresh fruit juice is refreshing.
• Energy drinks such as coffee, tea or any herbal drink can sure wake up a lethargic person.

3. Home remedies for Lethargy with Proper Diet
• Processed foods are to be avoided.
• Munching on junk foods brings in plenty of saturated fats to the body.
• This goes as well for canned or processed foods.
• These foods contribute chemicals, some of which might be carcinogenic.
• Cold beverages like soda and heavy drinks such as rich cream milk are to be avoided.
• Regular exercise should be done for one’s physical well-being.
• Live a stress free life.
• Stress causes lethargy.
• Being proactive will give us a better view of life.
• Keep away from stressful activities and exchanges.

Herbal home remedies for Lethargy

Some herbs are considered best relievers from lethargy in Ayurveda like:
- Ashwagandha also known as Winter Cherry
- Shatavari
- Aamlaki or Indian gooseberry
- Guduchi
• These herbs have restorative qualities.
• One can make concoctions of the herbs.
• One can take the direct extract as medication.
• Panchakarma, an Ayurveda massage technique is beneficial to a lethargic person.
• Certain Ayudervic oil preparations are used in the massage which are said to revitalize the totality of the person.
• Another way of managing lethargy is through reflexology and acupressure.
• Pressure points on the palms and the soles of the feet are manipulated by firmly pressing.
• This helps to get the stimulate blood flow for better circulation.

Other Home Remedies for Lethargy

• Drink glucose mixed water for immediate retention of lost nutrients.
• Have electrolyte powder mixed water to retain loss electrolytes.
• Exercise, pranayama, yoga are best way of getting over lethargy.
• Have fresh air early in the morning.
• Have a brisk walk early morning as the air is fresh and pollution free.
• This will help in rejunivating the body.
• Having natural fruit juices, being in natural environment and therapies with the help of aroma, music and other will certainly help relaxing the body and mind.
• Meditation will also help emotionally.