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Cold Prevention – Ways to make common cold less common

Typical cold is relatively mild misery maker that goes away without special treatment after about a week. The upper respiratory tract which includes mouth, nose, and trachea is attacked by viruses which causes cold. It is a viral infection, antibiotics will not make it feel better. The medicines available can only relieve symptoms, not cure it.

- Sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep keeps you healthy and may keep colds away. Research suggests that a person sleeping for less than seven hours were almost three times as likely to get infected as compared to a person who is getting eight or more hours of sleep.

- Exercise
A moderate regular exercise or physical activity strengthens the immunological defenses. A study suggests people who have exercised five days a week had 43% fewer respiratory symptoms as compared to people who exercise one day a week or less.

- Zinc
Studies suggest that there is no benefit from zinc lozenges or zinc nasal spray but results of using zinc gel are better but these gels have also been linked to the loss of the sense of smell.

- Empathy
Doctors have varying standards on the level of empathy to be exhibited towards patients so in a study at the University of Wisconsion, two clinics were trained to exhibit different levels of empathy. These patients were studied over a period of 14 days. Results indicated that empathy does make a difference in getting over with the cold.

- Echinacea
Studies suggest that a preparation based on aerial parts of Echinacea plant might be an effective early treatment of colds in adults but prevention and treatment trials of echinacea have not been too encouraging.
Tests of nasal fluids showed that an empathic encounter seem to boost the immune system.

- Vitamins
It is a common belief that Vitamin C, when ingested in high enough levels, will prevent common cold. Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling had written a classic work in 1970 called Vitamin C in common cold; this book further added to this belief. But, medical research has not supported this belief; this was not shown in studies where large doses of thousand to two thousand milligrams per day did not prove effective. Another area of prevention of the common cold is being somewhat substantiated by studies – this is doing hard exercising in cold weather.

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Causes and symptoms of Diabetes – Natural Home Remedies for Curing diabetes

In Ayurveda, diabetes is known as madhumeha. It is classified as kapha type disorder. When body is not able to synthesize sugar because of the absence of insulin, the sugar gets absorbed and accumulated in blood and the blood sugar level increases leading to diabetes. Some causes of diabetes listed in ayurveda are:
- stress and mental tension.
- poor digestion and nutrition.
- nervous system problems.
- obesity.
The symptoms of diabetes include feeling hungry and thirsty, frequent urination, weight gain or loss, eyesight loss, tiredness, nerves problem, wounds not healing.

In Ayurveda, treatment for diabetes focuses more on yoga, diet and exercise. The treatment is on multiple levels. Initially, they start the treatment by balancing the diet pattern which includes no sugar, less carbohydrates and fats. After this, ayurvedic treatment called panchkarma is given or sometimes the ayurvedic treatment is decided based on the condition of the patient.

Some herbs that can be used to cure diabetes are :
- Some ayurvedic medicines recommended for diabetes are Vasanta kusumakara and Shilajatu.
- Juice of bitter gourd daily empty stomach.
- Turmeric along with aloevera is an effective remedy.
- Fenugreek, white pepper and turmeric taken with milk or honey is effective.
- Swallow garlic without chewing.
- Amla controls blood sugar.
- Neem juice is also an effective remedy.

Some precautions that need to be taken are:
- Avoid yourself from any kind of injury as healing becomes difficult for a person who is suffering from diabetes.
- Avoid fatty food.
- Maintain a good lifestyle and a healthy diet.
- Take good care of feet and eyes.
- Avoid sleeping in day time.
- Avoid high carbohydrate diet.