Posts Tagged ‘water’

What are different home remedies for Eczema? – Part 2

What is Eczema?
• Eczema is also called as dermatitis.
• It is a group of skin disorders.
• Eczema causes the skin to be inflamed and irritated.
• It occurs mostly in infants and children but adults are no exception.

Types of Eczema
There are different types of eczema like
• Atopic eczema
• Allergic contact dermatitis
• Irritant contact dermatitis
• Infantile seborrhoeic eczema
• Adult seborrhoeic eczema
• Varicose eczema
• Discoid eczema

Eczema Symptoms
• Itching
• Redness on skin
• Dry and flaky skin
• Itchy blisters
• Inflammation on skin
• Small bumps on forehead, neck and cheek
• Rough and thickened skin.

Areas of the body that are affected are:
• the face,
• neck,
• inner areas of the elbow,
• knees
• feet

Home Remedies for Eczema

6. Jojoba oil
• It is a light, non greasy and a versatile eczema home remedy.
• It will not clog your pores.
• Use it on facial skin.
• It can clear up a rash overnight.

7. Coconut Oil
• This oil is a rich, delightful natural oil.
• Use virgin, unrefined coconut oil for best results.
• This can also be used as an overnight moisturizer for hair.

8. Water is nature’s #1 natural remedy for eczema
• Drink more water to cleanse and hydrate your body and keep your skin moist and supple.
• Take a steam bath to open pores and hydrate your skin.
• Be sure to moisturize afterwards.
• Use cold compresses to relieve the pain, stinging and itching of eczema inflammations.
• Wrap your skin in a cotton towel that is wetted with cool water to help soothe arms or legs that have a lot of eczema inflammations.

9. Homemade Lotion
• Make a lotion out of crushed dandelion leaves, spearmint leaves, and a few drops of oil.
• Apply this lotion to your skin and allow it to remain on for at least 30 minutes before rinsing it off with cold water.
• This can act as an effective eczema cure.

10. Cleansing scrub
• Make a cleansing scrub by soaking a handful of nuts in a small quantity of water.
• Blend these nuts along with half an avocado as avocados contain healthy oils that help to protect and moisturize your skin.
• Massage your skin gently with this creamy natural exfoliating paste.
• You can then allow it to remain on your skin for about 10 minutes before you rinse it off.
• You can add a few drops of fresh lemon juice to this paste to help cleanse your skin of the uppermost layer of dead skin cells.

11. Fasting
• This gives your body and digestion a chance to rest.
• Most people do a vegetable juice fast or a raw vegetable and fruit fast.
• Some brave souls have done water fast but this is more intense and draining for the body.

12. Colonics
• This is a procedure done by a trained professional.
• He irrigates the colon with water.
• This helps to release toxins and impurities that may be lodged in the walls of the colon.

Diet for Eczema

1. Healing foods
Strengthen your immune system and reduce eczema symptoms by having proper food.
• A paste of raw strawberries applied to your eczema can reduce the pain, redness and inflammation.
• Apply directly to your face include cabbage leaf and grated raw potatoes.
• Honey will reduce eczema symptoms.
• Eliminate high inflammation and allergy producing foods.
• These include sugar, chocolate, wheat, and dairy products.

2. Eat alkaline
• An abundance of vegetables and fruits in your diet is a must.
• Create an alkaline environment for your body that will reduce inflammation.
• Drinking fresh vegetable juices is GREAT for the skin.
• Raw tomato juice, raw carrot and spinach juices are said to be excellent.

| More

If you found this post informative, why not sign up to receive new posts ?
It's simple, and free, and you can even opt to receive by email:
Subscribe in a reader
Subscribe to Good Health Tips by Email

What are different home remedies for treating Body Odor? – Part 2

What is Body Odor?
• Body odor is the term referred to any kind of unpleasant smell that is associated with an individual’s body.
• The condition that causes body odor is hyperhidrosis.
• Perspiration is the part of the cooling process of body.
• Water on the skin’s surface evaporates and gives a cooling sensation to the body.
• Perspiration or sweat doesn’t cause odor.
• The bacteria that gets accumulated on the skin releases unpleasant smelling chemicals.
• The body odor is strongly associated with the emission from our sweat glands.
• The armpits and genitals perspire more as compare to any other parts of the body.

Causes of Body Odor
• Any prolonged and chronic disease
• Use of drugs
• Certain foods and beverages
• Anxiety
• Menopause in women
• Over secretion of hormones
• Constipation

Home Remedies for Body Odor

11. Sage tea
• Drinking a cup of sage tea daily will reduce the activity of sweat glands.
• It will minimize the odor and acts as body odor remedy.

12. Tomato juice
• Blend tomato juice with fresh sage leaves.
• Apply this on the area for 10 minutes before bathing.
• This is also a very good body odor treatment.

13. Use of
• Zinc
• Ultimate Flora
• Probiotics
• Dygestive Enzimes
• Hydrogen Peroxide, or Peroxil

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT’S FOR BODY ODOR:

1. Vitamin A:
- Take 25,000 international units daily for two weeks.

2. Vitamin-B complex:
• Take a supplement containing 100 milligrams of each of the major B vitamins daily.
• Take an additional 50 milligrams of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) daily.
• 50 milligrams of vitamin B1 (thiamine) twice a day.
• Cut back to 20 milligrams every other day for three weeks.

3. Vitamin C
- Take 3,000 milligrams daily.

4. Zinc
- Take 50 milligrams daily.

5. Alfalfa tablets
- These tablets contain a lot of chlorophyll, which has a deodorizing effect.

6. Chlorophyll
• This is also available in soft gel capsules and chewable tablets.
• This helps reduce embarrassing body odors.

7. Parsley
• This is also is a good source of chlorophyll.
• Munching on several sprigs of parsley a day can help with body odor.

NATURAL DEODORANT FOR BODY ODOR:
• Make an herbal spray deodorant by combining 5 drops each of sage, coriander, and lavender essential oils with 2 ounces of distilled witch hazel.
• Shake before each use.

Remedies for Sweat
• Use antibacterial soap or deodorant soap to combat body odor due to sweating.
• Wear cotton clothes during summer so that the sweat is soaked up.
• Avoid using antiperspirant because they clog sweat glands, use alum instead.
• Avoid using deodorant.

Diet for Body Odor
• Try and follow a balanced diet.
• Cut down on the junk foods and oily foods.
• Including a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet.
• The high fiber content in fruits can also be supplemented with whole cereals which are rich in fiber.
• This will help with digestion.
• It will also improve the efficiency of your body’s detoxification system.
• Avoid refined sugar, white flour, hydrogenated oils and other processed foods.
• Avoid red meat because it releases many toxins into the blood stream.
• Avoid foods that lack fiber.
• Avoid alcohol, caffeine, cumin and garlic.

Eat a healthy diet which contains:
• whole grains
• lots of leafy vegetables
• sprouts
• fresh fruits
• soy products
• raw nuts

Other suggestions for Body Odor
- Never repeat unwashed clothes, especially undergarments during summer, it will aggravate the odor.
- Wax your armpits regularly.
- People who wear shoes for long time complain of foot odor.
- It is caused by rapid bacteria growth due to excess sweating of feet.
- To avoid foot odor wear cotton socks, never use socks repeatedly.
- Wash your feet properly.
- If possible wear open foot wear like leather sandals.

All the above mentioned remedies for body odor can be used for preventing foot odor.