A tip on managing bad and good cholestrol--- grind 1/2 tsp each of cummin seeds(jeera) and coriander seeds (dhania) and soak the powder in a cup of water overnight.Strain it well in the morning and drink in the empty stomach half an hour before taking coffee or any drink. This reduces bad cholestrol and converts bad into good cholestrol. Read this in a magazine under ayurvedic remedy.Seems to be harmless and good.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Tips on Lips
This is not for regular users of lipstick. This is only for those who would like to have natural smooth rosy, shining lips. I read all this tips somewhere and am sharing with you all. Those interested can try if time permits.
- Mix one tsp of butter with one tsp of glycerine and apply on the lips thrice a week before going to bed to get rid of dark shades on the lips.
- Grind coriander leaves well and apply it to the lips, the black shade will be gone!!
- To have beautiful rosy lips, get 3 fresh roses, grind them well with glycerine, apply it to the lips before going to bed, wash the lips well in the morning to have really rosy lips.
- Pudina juice is an excellent herbal remedy for soft and rosy lips.Apply the juice daily for 5 minutes to have smooth lips.
- If all these are laborious process, apply coconut oil or castor oil on the lips before going to bed regularly. Smooth shining lips will be yours.
- Mix one tsp of lime juice with one tsp of cream and apply it to lips as well as to the face one hour before taking bath to have a glittering face with smooth lips.
- Apply a small ice cube to the lips before applying lipstick.The lipstick will stay fresh for a long time.
- Mix 2 tsp of curd with one tsp of lime and apply it one hour before having bath. Wash the face preferably with gram flour to have a smooth face and shining lips.
- Papaya is the best beauty fruit. Mash it well and apply it to the face and on the lips just for ten minutes and then wash it well, tell me how you feel!!!
- Banana milk shake is good for drinking as well as for applying to the face before going to a party. Apply it for half an hour and wash it well.The feeling of freshness is something to experience.
ENJOY!!!!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tip on Water
Just read in a magazine that soft drinks and tea or coffee drains the water from the body to some extent.But we cannot be without them, To make it alright drink a cup of water after 10 to 15 minutes. Moreover, whenever you are agitated or tensed over something, drink 2 cups of water at a stretch, mind will cool down quickly. May be true, should try it out. The more I read about water, more I drink it.Good.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Some Beauty Tips
Some Beauty Tips
1.Grind ripe pappaya fruit with curd and apply the paste to face for 10 minutes and wash.You will have a smooth, shining face.A very simple facial to come handy before going to a party or function!!
2. Take a handful of Tulsi leaves, grind into smooth paste, apply to hair for 15 minutes and wash thoroughly to have shining and lice free hair.Good for school going kids.
3. Do not throw away the tea leaves after extracting dicoction. Mix the tea dust with lime juice and apply to hair before headbath.Keep it for half and hour and wash to have a silky shining hair, with a beautiful colour.
4. Munch apple pieces daily to have healthy gums and strong teeth.
5. Take 10 black pepper and 2 garlic flakes,grind them to a smooth paste.Add 3 tsp of ginglee oil and heat it well.When warm, massage well on the head and rest for half an hour.Then have a nice warm bath. Any type of headache due to tension or heat or bright light will go away and you will have a sweet and peaceful sleep.
6. Make fresh grape juice with a little saffron.Drink half a cup of this juice daily to have blemish free soft skin.
7. Banana stem ( vazhai thandu) juice taken daily will help in reducing unwanted grid around the tummy!!!
8. Add a tsp of salt in a bowl filled with warm water.Keep your feet in it for half an hour and clean the nails with an old toothbrush.No pedicuring is necessary. Save money!!!
9. Apply a little coconut oil to hair before going to bed daily and brush the hair at least 20 times.Sure to get a long and thick hair in course of time.Don't forget to have a towel over the pillow!!!
10. Take a tsp of thick milk cream, add one tsp of lime juice to it, mix well, apply it to the face and neck 15 minutes before having bath.After bath, you will have a clean fresh and smooth facial skin.
1.Grind ripe pappaya fruit with curd and apply the paste to face for 10 minutes and wash.You will have a smooth, shining face.A very simple facial to come handy before going to a party or function!!
2. Take a handful of Tulsi leaves, grind into smooth paste, apply to hair for 15 minutes and wash thoroughly to have shining and lice free hair.Good for school going kids.
3. Do not throw away the tea leaves after extracting dicoction. Mix the tea dust with lime juice and apply to hair before headbath.Keep it for half and hour and wash to have a silky shining hair, with a beautiful colour.
4. Munch apple pieces daily to have healthy gums and strong teeth.
5. Take 10 black pepper and 2 garlic flakes,grind them to a smooth paste.Add 3 tsp of ginglee oil and heat it well.When warm, massage well on the head and rest for half an hour.Then have a nice warm bath. Any type of headache due to tension or heat or bright light will go away and you will have a sweet and peaceful sleep.
6. Make fresh grape juice with a little saffron.Drink half a cup of this juice daily to have blemish free soft skin.
7. Banana stem ( vazhai thandu) juice taken daily will help in reducing unwanted grid around the tummy!!!
8. Add a tsp of salt in a bowl filled with warm water.Keep your feet in it for half an hour and clean the nails with an old toothbrush.No pedicuring is necessary. Save money!!!
9. Apply a little coconut oil to hair before going to bed daily and brush the hair at least 20 times.Sure to get a long and thick hair in course of time.Don't forget to have a towel over the pillow!!!
10. Take a tsp of thick milk cream, add one tsp of lime juice to it, mix well, apply it to the face and neck 15 minutes before having bath.After bath, you will have a clean fresh and smooth facial skin.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Wonderful
A wonderful small script from Mangaiyar Malar
Do not eat banana, potato and all, they will produce gas.
Ok doctor
Eggplant and karunai kizhangu will produce itching.
Ok doctor.
No tomato, kidney stones will form.
Ok doctor.
No mango and jack fruits, sugar in the blood will increase.
Ok doctor.
Reduce salt or else BP will shoot up.
Ok doctor
Reduce savour and hot foods, or else ulcer will get formed in the stomach.
Ok doctor.
Reduce the intake of rice, at night take just one or two chappathis, weight will reduce.
Ok doctor.
Avoid fried things,good for cholesterol.
Ok doctor.
Let us take a scan first and see.
Oh doctor, I took noodles for the first time yesterday, so had loose motion. Thought you will give me some mixture to drink.But you are asking me to stop eating all that I was eating in the past, so saying walked away 90 year old paati!!!!
Do not eat banana, potato and all, they will produce gas.
Ok doctor
Eggplant and karunai kizhangu will produce itching.
Ok doctor.
No tomato, kidney stones will form.
Ok doctor.
No mango and jack fruits, sugar in the blood will increase.
Ok doctor.
Reduce salt or else BP will shoot up.
Ok doctor
Reduce savour and hot foods, or else ulcer will get formed in the stomach.
Ok doctor.
Reduce the intake of rice, at night take just one or two chappathis, weight will reduce.
Ok doctor.
Avoid fried things,good for cholesterol.
Ok doctor.
Let us take a scan first and see.
Oh doctor, I took noodles for the first time yesterday, so had loose motion. Thought you will give me some mixture to drink.But you are asking me to stop eating all that I was eating in the past, so saying walked away 90 year old paati!!!!
Do not EAT
Do not Eat under the following conditions
71. Do not EAT:
a. When you are not hungry
b. Food that does not agree with your body
c. When you are tired
d. When you have too much work to do
e. When you are angry
f. When you are indisposed
g. In hurry
h. Left overs
i. Untimely, under unhygienic surroundings
j. Without vegetables
k. too spicy foods
l. food with dalda
m. food with too much of ghee
n. in the evening between 5.30 and 6.30
o. before sunrise in the morning.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
SOME MORE TIPS TODAY
Some More
61.Elephants will catch a man running by just walking towards him.
62. Dolphins will not sleep for more than 5 minutes at a time!!
63. Fish do not close the eyes because they do not have eye lids.
64. Put watermelon as face pack and wash after 10 minutes, you will have a glowing face.
65. If you feel feverish, munch some Thulsi leaves, you will become all right soon.
66. Tea has a very good property to fight against cancer.
67. Can you drink tender coconut juice when you have fever? Yes you can. That will reimburse the minerals and salts drained from the body due to the heat of fever.
68. For heavy cough, make a syrup of pan leaf and black pepper and drink.Cough will get reduced.
69. Make a paste of 2 thulsi leaf, a little salt and a little pepper powder and keep it on the paining tooth, you will have immediate relief.Grandma's treatment but will be effective.
70. Asafoetida is a very good medicine for all stomach indigestion.Adding it in the cooking is mainly for good digestion.
61.Elephants will catch a man running by just walking towards him.
62. Dolphins will not sleep for more than 5 minutes at a time!!
63. Fish do not close the eyes because they do not have eye lids.
64. Put watermelon as face pack and wash after 10 minutes, you will have a glowing face.
65. If you feel feverish, munch some Thulsi leaves, you will become all right soon.
66. Tea has a very good property to fight against cancer.
67. Can you drink tender coconut juice when you have fever? Yes you can. That will reimburse the minerals and salts drained from the body due to the heat of fever.
68. For heavy cough, make a syrup of pan leaf and black pepper and drink.Cough will get reduced.
69. Make a paste of 2 thulsi leaf, a little salt and a little pepper powder and keep it on the paining tooth, you will have immediate relief.Grandma's treatment but will be effective.
70. Asafoetida is a very good medicine for all stomach indigestion.Adding it in the cooking is mainly for good digestion.
Tips After a Gap
49. Do you know the names of the three monkeys -- the one closing the eye is "MISARU", one closing the mouth is "IVASARU", and the one closing the ears is "KIKASARU"
50. World Bank gave a loan first to India in Asian Countries and the amount is $3.40 crores.
51. In summer go in for watermelon and cucumber instead of coffee or tea to maintain body temperature balanced.
52.Earth revolving round itself once is a Day, Moon revolving round the Earth once is a Month and the Earth revolving round the Sun once is an year.
53. Do not spend what all you have; do not believe what all you hear;do not speak out what all you know -- Nice and thought provoking statements!!!
54. If you can control yourself, you can control the entire world. So all problems start with you -- Right?
55. A small story for you -- French Novelist Palsack was sleeping in a room.There came a thief and searched for money in his room all thru.The novelist woke up and started laughing. He told the thief " the money that I could not find during daytime, you are searching for in the night, better luck next time"
56. Do you know ? We can be proud to say the India is the largest exporter of Cashew nuts to all the countries of the world.May be that is the reason for the high price of cashew here in India as all are exported to others!!!
57. Oops! Just now read that watermelon will clean the cigarette smoke stains in the lungs and make the lungs clean and healthy!! Not bad at all.So smokers' friend is watermelon, we can say!! Rather it will say, you smoke, I will clean!! Good know!!
58. When anger enters thru the door, culture and intelligence escape thru the window!!
59. Garlic juice is the best medicine for Asthmatic patients.
60. The flower of plantain tree has the greatest property of healing stomach ulcer.
50. World Bank gave a loan first to India in Asian Countries and the amount is $3.40 crores.
51. In summer go in for watermelon and cucumber instead of coffee or tea to maintain body temperature balanced.
52.Earth revolving round itself once is a Day, Moon revolving round the Earth once is a Month and the Earth revolving round the Sun once is an year.
53. Do not spend what all you have; do not believe what all you hear;do not speak out what all you know -- Nice and thought provoking statements!!!
54. If you can control yourself, you can control the entire world. So all problems start with you -- Right?
55. A small story for you -- French Novelist Palsack was sleeping in a room.There came a thief and searched for money in his room all thru.The novelist woke up and started laughing. He told the thief " the money that I could not find during daytime, you are searching for in the night, better luck next time"
56. Do you know ? We can be proud to say the India is the largest exporter of Cashew nuts to all the countries of the world.May be that is the reason for the high price of cashew here in India as all are exported to others!!!
57. Oops! Just now read that watermelon will clean the cigarette smoke stains in the lungs and make the lungs clean and healthy!! Not bad at all.So smokers' friend is watermelon, we can say!! Rather it will say, you smoke, I will clean!! Good know!!
58. When anger enters thru the door, culture and intelligence escape thru the window!!
59. Garlic juice is the best medicine for Asthmatic patients.
60. The flower of plantain tree has the greatest property of healing stomach ulcer.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
41. To prepare chappathi dough, take one measure of atta and its half measure of water to blend.That is the correct proportion of flour and water.
42. Do you know, Curry leaves and Coriander leaves are good stimulants of insulin secretion.
43. Tender mango leaves made into chutney will give good appetite and very good for diabetic patients.
44. Sesame powder with jaggary is good for nursing mothers as it has the property of increasing breast milk. Jaggary is a good source of iron.
45. Onion in any recipe is good for constipation and for people suffering from piles.
46. Potato – onion masal with less of spices is very good as there is not much oil and potato has good carb in it. But the mischief monger is the associated Poori!!! But masal without Poori is valueless, that is the pity of it!!.
47. Onion removes the unwanted fat from the body.
48. Onion has very good medicinal property in controlling BP in the body. It acts well in regulating the working of the liver. Having onion in some form or the other in daily food, gives an all round health boost! So say hippip hurray to onion.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Amla( Gooseberry)
38. Do you know, Amla or Gooseberry has insulin secreting property and so very good for diabetic patients.
39. Amla has plenty of Vitamin C and has an excellent hair tonic and conditioner.
40. The abundance of Vitamin C in Amla will make the skin glow, if taken regularly in some recipes or other.The best way is to have one raw gooseberry fruit daily as it is called, the poorman’s apple. But the soaring price of Amla in stores nowadays does not go with the saying that it is poorman’s apple!!!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
KEEP QUIET!!!
Silence is Golden
37. In Australia, there is a large bird called Kookaburra, with a loud call that will sound like laughter. When they are happy, they laugh a lot just like humans!!
34. It is wonderful to know that cooked groundnut is the best immune booster to the body. It has the property to kill germs to a great extent and it acts as an excellent fighter against harmful bacteria’s and virus. It acts as a good agent in keeping the body young.
35. For cracks in heels in winter, cut a lime into two and rub it on the cracks at night, wash it well in the morning. This will help a lot instead of using other creams.
36. This tip is mainly for people like me who talk a lot. For each word that we speak, 72 muscles act at the same time. The more we speak, the more we use those muscles. That weakens the muscles far ahead of age. This explains why for some people, there are so many wrinkles on the face than others. So I tell you, silence is gold.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Tip on Eye Care
29. Turmeric powder is a greatest natural food against diseases. It is said having a light coating of turmeric paste in the throat at night will correct the mal functioning of gall bladder, correcting bile flow from the liver.
30. Turmeric powder is an antiseptic for wounds. Adding it to food items, strengthens the heart. It is a blessing for skin protection.
31. Carrot is a very good appetizer. When tummy is dull, cook carrot and take the juice by grinding it, add a little salt and drink. In no time hunger will resume with double strength.
32. When gold ornaments become dull, dip them in jaggary solution for a while and wash them well with soap solution. They will glitter again like new ones.
33. Do you know, at the age of 25, eyes tire out once in 45 minutes, at 15, they will tire out once in 35 minutes, at 12 years, in 25 minutes, at 9years, in 15 minutes. So at that interval, it is better to give the eyes some rest. Just relax body and mind closing the eyes for 5 minutes. That will freshen you up like anything. The problem of dark circles and sagging undereyes will not crop up.
Tip on Nails
25. Tomatoes are rich in vitamins, low in fat and kilojoules and packed with fiber and potassium.
26. In winter when people drive two wheelers, it is better to fold a newspaper & keep it inside the T- shirt in the chest. This will prevent from getting frequent cold and very good for asthma patients.
27. Have a problem of nails breaking often before growing long? Mix lime juice with Listerine and immerse nails for 10 minutes twice a month.You will have shiny long nails.
28. Do not throw away lime skins. Clean the nails with it, you will have wonderful nails, clean and soft.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Tip Today
22. When you have severe heartburn, sit upright without bending for 5 minutes, it will give real relief.
23. Garlic helps to fight infections, earning it the nickname “poor man’s antibiotic”
Today's Tips
18. Stressed a lot in job or housework? Sit down relaxed for just 5 minutes, close the eyes, start day dreaming, building castles in the air. May be a futile attempt, but will give you a fresh mind to start work again. In this you do not lose money or energy in anyway. Right? Day dreaming now and then is a big mental booster!!!
19. For heartburn, try to swallow your own saliva. It is a medicine and will give temporary relief.
20. Do you know, apple reduces the cholesterol in the blood level to a great extent. No wonder, people say, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Tomato also has the same property.
21. Always take any tablet in water instead of any drink. Drinks reduce the power of the tablets.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tips of the Day
15. When there is strain in the body and mind, the blood flow in the body will not be normal and uniform. A hot bath will set right the blood circulation and you will feel fresh and relieved of the strain. Try it!!
16. Alternate potato and sweet potato while cooking. Potato has potassium and sweet potato has beta carotene and fiber. OK?
17. Do you know, black pepper is a natural antibiotic?? It reduces cholesterol. It has Vitamin A and C. Absolutely no fat in any form. So try to substitute black pepper to chilli wherever possible.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Tips More
12. Ginger tea will set right mild stomach upset. Better to have it without milk. Mix one teaspoon of honey and half a teaspoon of lime juice in hot tea without milk, swallow it slowly keeping it for long in the throat. Throat irritation and mild sore throat will become all right.
13. Do not exercise before going to bed. Best time for exercise is early morning. Exercise will produce heat in the body and that will disturb the night sleep to a very great extent.
14. Dieting is not starving or avoiding one meal or breakfast altogether. Take 75% of what you usually take at every meal (for instance 3 idlis in the place of 4). That is best dieting.
Tips --Skin
10. Vital Statistics: Skin
1-2 mm – Average thickness of the skin
19 -34 days – Life span of skin cells
2 sq.m -- Area covered by skin on the average adult.
25,600 -- Number of good bacteria inhabiting every
square centimeter of skin.
1000 km -- About how much hair most people grow
in a life time.
50,000 a minute – Rate at which dead cells flakes and fall
off the body.
11. When you feel a sneeze coming on, do not suppress it. Preventing that160 kph blast of air from escaping may cause a nasty infection by forcing germs and viral particles back up into Eustachian tubes that lead to the middle ear.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Tips -- Tips
6. May you never forget what is worth remembering, nor ever remember what is best forgotten ---Irish Blessings.
7. According to a well known research on studying, those who study daily will have more memory power than those who struggle hours together during exam time.
8. Playing video games now and then promotes the decision making power of the kids. Playing it makes the brain work 85% faster than otherwise. But see to it, they are not addicted to it!!
9. British Nutrition Foundation says taking dates daily improves the memory power of all especially kids. Make it a habit to give them dates at bed time.
Dates have the added power of regulating digestion taken at nighttime before going to bed.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Tips --Tips
3. Ants will always go in a line. They follow the line because of a scent called Pheromone, they leave behind their path. The other ants follow it. Just try rubbing off the floor after a small line of ants pass by, the others that follow will run here and there as they have lost the trailing smell. This will help in preventing the ants from coming.
4. Potato is definitely non – fattening contrary to popular belief. They do have carbohydrates but they are energy giving variety. The fattening mischief is done by fries, chips and other oil mixtures. Plain baked potato with a little pepper salt is really good.
5. Do you know, one ordinary 7” long pencil can write nearly 40000 letters, can draw straight line to the length of 70 kms if you do not break the led while sharpening it!!!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Tips -- Tips
A Tip A Day
I love to read and note down all useful tips in many of the magazines and papers I read daily.So I thought why not share some of it with you all to make life somewhat interesting.You are always welcome to supplement with what you know and comment on the tips if you get some doubts.Happy reading.
1. I read that if you keep cut onions near the places where lizards frequent, the smell drives them away.I tried it and found really working.
2. Thick curd reduces longevity because of the fat content,whereas diluting it with plenty of water and drinking it as thin buttermilk increases the longevity.In growing children, buttermilk helps to increase their height.Why not try??
I love to read and note down all useful tips in many of the magazines and papers I read daily.So I thought why not share some of it with you all to make life somewhat interesting.You are always welcome to supplement with what you know and comment on the tips if you get some doubts.Happy reading.
1. I read that if you keep cut onions near the places where lizards frequent, the smell drives them away.I tried it and found really working.
2. Thick curd reduces longevity because of the fat content,whereas diluting it with plenty of water and drinking it as thin buttermilk increases the longevity.In growing children, buttermilk helps to increase their height.Why not try??
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