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What are different home remedies for frequent urination? – Part 1

What is Frequent Urination?
• It is absolutely normal to urinate anywhere between 4 and 8 times a day.
• If one experiences the urge to urinate more than 8 times a day, it could mean that you are either consuming too much water in the day, or that you suffer from an underlying health problem.
• This problem has affected the strength and functioning of your bladder.
• Frequent urination could affect you throughout the day, even at night.
• There are many people who suffer from nocturia.
• This condition is characterized by the urge to urinate mainly during the night.

There are several factors which include:
• Color of the urine which is different from normal.
• Loss of control on bladder.
• A strong urge to urinate.
• Pain while passing urine.

Symptoms for Frequent Urination
• Moderate to high fever with urinating very often.
• A strong and sudden urge to urinate.
• Pain in your groin, sides or the lower abdominal area.
• Burning sensation or pain during urination.
• Changes in the color of the urine.
• Presence of blood in the urine.

Causes for Frequent Urination
• Water consumption
• Medication
• Excess amount of coffee, tea and aerated drinks
• Drinking alcohol
• Dietary and lifestyle habits

Special conditions can become causes like:
• Diabetes (Both, Type-1 Diabetes, as well a Type-2 Diabetes)
• Pregnancy
• Prostate problems
• Interstitial cystitis
• Use of diuretics
• Neurological diseases or strokes
• Bladder stones or bladder cancer
• Cystocele
• Infection in the kidney
• Undergoing radiation treatment
• Urinary incontinence

Home Remedies for Frequent Urination

1. Monitoring the Intake of Fluids
• Drink 8 glasses of water in the day and do not overdo.
• Choose to drink the right fluids.
• Stay away from coffee, tea, aerated drinks and alcohol.

2. Modify your Diet
• There are certain food items that can irritate the lining of your bladder.
• Restrict the intake of spicy food, chocolate, caffeine and tomato-based products.
• Eat a higher quantity of fiber through your diet.
• Constipation can lead to an overactive bladder.

3. Practice Bladder Control
• This exercise is usually included in overactive bladder syndrome treatment.
• Hold your urine for a longer time than you normally do.
• Over the course of 12 weeks the urinating intervals are also lengthened.
• Train your bladder to hold urine for a longer period of time.

4. Kegel Exercises
• These exercises require you to contract and release your pelvic floor muscles.
• By toning these muscles one shall improve overall bladder control.
• This will reduce the urgency as well as the frequency at which you urinate.
• Kegel exercises are effective when practiced with regularity.

Diet for Frequent Urination

- Some of the foods that can help prevent frequent urination are:
• Squash
• Cherries
• Blueberries
• Cranberries
• Brown rice
• Bananas
• Barley
• Potatoes

- Foods that should be avoided are:
• Caffeinated foods and beverages like chocolate, coffee, tea and aerated drinks
• Spicy food
• Beans
• Spinach
• Strawberries
• Nuts
• Rhubarb
• Beets
• Red meat
• Vinegar
• Fermented food
• Baked products

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What are different home remedies for Influenza?

What is meant by Influenza?
• Influenza is one of the most common health problems affecting thousands of men, women and children.
• It can be described as a viral infection that attacks the respiratory system.
• These include organs like your lungs, throat and nose.
• Most people commonly refer to this infection simply as “the flu”.
• This infection is highly contagious.
• People suffering from asthma, diabetes and heart diseases are most prone to this disease.

Symptoms for Influenza
• Runny nose
• Sore throat and throat irritation
• Nasal Congestion
• Muscle pain
• Mild to severe headaches
• Fever that is over 100 degrees F (38 degrees C)
• Weakness and fatigue
• Dry cough
• Sweats and chills

Home Remedies for Influenza

1. Warm water
• Gargling with warm salt water can help you loosen the phlegm in your airways.
• Simply add a spoon of salt to lukewarm water and gargle with it twice a day.
• Do it once in the morning and once in the evening.
• In addition to this, drink warm water with some turmeric.
• This will also help you to get rid of the infection and soothe the inflamed airways.

2. Fenugreek seeds
• Boil some fenugreek seeds in 250 ml of water.
• Remove from flame when one-third of it is left.
• Add one teaspoonful of ginger juice and one teaspoonful of honey in it.
• It is highly beneficial for the relief of congestion.

3. Onion juice and honey
• Mix equal amounts of honey and onion juice in a jar.
• Consume around 3 to 4 teaspoons of this mixture once a day.
• Administer this till the flu lasts.

4. Garlic
• Garlic is one of the more popular home cures for colds and congestion.
• Have chicken soup with lots of garlic or a drink made with raw crushed garlic to help with common cold.
• The patient should be given garlic cloves that are boiled in thirty grams of milk daily.
• The cold-fighting compound in garlic is thought to be allicin.
• It has antibacterial and antifungal properties.
• Allicin is what gives garlic its distinctive hot flavor.
• To maximize the amount of allicin, fresh garlic should be chopped or crushed and it should be raw.
• It is also available in pill form.
• Half a teaspoon of turmeric powder should be administered with half a glass of milk.
• It should be taken about two or three times daily.
• It acts best when taken on an empty stomach.

5. Ginger
• Prepare a mixture of half a teaspoon of the powder of ginger, pepper, and cloves.
• Take this mixture, three times a day.
• It may be coated with honey.
• It can also be taken as an infusion with tea.
• The mixture of these three ingredients has antipyretic qualities.
• It is effective in reducing fever accompanying bronchitis.
• It also tones up the metabolism of the patient.
• Ginger root is another folk remedy for cough, colds and sore throat.
• It’s used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat coughs.
• It is also for colds accompanied by runny nose.
• Hot ginger tea is a popular home remedy for cold symptoms and sore throat. Honey and lemon are sometimes added.

Diet for Influenza

1. Some of the foods that should be included in a diet for influenza:
• Leafy greens like spinach cabbage, Brussels sprouts and kale
• Broccoli
• Carrots
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Onions
• Grapefruit
• Oranges and orange juice
• Lemon
• Peppers

2. Some of the food items that should be eliminated from a diet for influenza:
• Spicy food
• Sugar and sweets
• Red meat or processed meat
• Refined flour and bakery products
• Alcoholic beverages
• Coffee, aerated drinks and other caffeinated beverages