Showing posts with label cinnamon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cinnamon. Show all posts

Friday, 22 January 2016

Natural remedies at your home

At your home, you have several natural remedies available. Using the things present in your home, you can naturally cure several problems.
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1. Garlic

Garlic is a natural antibiotic, antibacterial and antifungal. It can be used for curing different illnesses. You can mince 1-2 cloves of garlic and add it to one glass of water. Drink the water and it will help you in fighting different types of illnesses caused by bacteria and other germs.

2. Hydrate yourself and rest

Hydration is very important when you want to keep naturally fine without any type of infection. If you have a fever, it means your body is fighting against any possible germ attack. You can support your body by keeping in hydrated on water and different types of herbal teas. You also need to rest so that your body gets the extra hours for fighting the infection. Extra rest and extra water can help you in nature really eliminating and fighting several problems.

3. Cinnamon

Cinnamon is readily available at your home. It will not only help you in stabilizing blood sugar, but will also work as antibiotic and anti-viral. If you’re sick you can add 1 tablespoon of cinnamon along with 1 teaspoon of honey and make a tea. This will help you to get relief from cough and congestion immediately. It will also lower your fever.

4. Hydrogen peroxide

When you have the first sign of cold, sinus infection, flu and ear infection, you can put little bit of hydrogen peroxide into each ear. Lie down for some time and it will work wonders for you. This is more effective in case of kids. To completely cure infection, you need to repeat the process every few hours.

5. Eliminate white foods

When you see the first signs of any illness, you need to completely remove all types of white foods from your diet. Avoid foods like grains, milk, dairy, sugars, cheese, soda, sweeteners etc. Why do you need to avoid them? These foods can suppress your immune function, which will reduce the healing ability of your body, and thereby will increase the length of the infection, and the possibility of getting sick. When you are sick, your body needs to focus on the healing part and not on digestion, and so you should eat less amount of food. Foods like fresh chicken soup and hot liquids will help you to keep your required strength.

6. Hot liquids

This is a very simple and effective treatment. When you see the first signs of illness, you need to drink more hot herbal teas and hot lemon water. The heat will boost your immune system and the same time, the herbs will reduce the infection.

7. Face steam

This is a very simple natural remedy which can be easily prepared at your home. You can make one using different types of kitchen herbs. For preparing such a face steam, first, boil 1 to 2 cups of water and then remove the water pot from heat. Add 2 teaspoons of thyme, oregano and rosemary to the water. Cover it for five minutes using a lid. Now, bring your face directly over the pot. While doing that, you can cover your head using a towel. The towel will hold the heat for a longer duration. Now, breathe in the steam. Keep at it for about 15 minutes. It has many benefits. It will loosen any congestion beside killing bacteria and viruses present in your lungs. It will also kill bacteria and viruses present in sinuses and bronchial. Sometimes, you can also use 1 to 2 cups of vinegar in the steam.

Friday, 11 September 2015

3 ways to use cinnamon to curb arthritic pain

Debjani Arora  Aug 26, 2015 at 05:24 pm

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Cinnamon is used as a natural remedy to treat various ailments and pain. However, it stands to be an excellent home remedy to curb arthritic pain. In case of rheumatoid arthritis, which is an autoimmune disease, the body’s immune system attacks the joints leading to bone loss, swelling, inflammation and ultimately, the unbearable pain. However, joint problems could also arise because of osteoarthritis that happens due to excessive wear and tear of the joints as one ages. While painkillers are usually prescribed by doctors to take care of the joint pains, cinnamon offers pain relief in a natural way devoid of any side effects. Here are six food habits to curb arthritic pain naturally.

How cinnamon works

The chemical combination of the herb makes it a unique healing agent for arthritic pains. 

Here is how it helps:
It acts as an anti-inflammatory agent: The chemical called cinnamaldehyde present in cinnamon reduces inflammation around joints. When one suffers from arthritis there are chances of blood platelets clumping around the joints that prevent blood circulation and produce arachidonic acid, an inflammatory fatty acid. Cinnamaldehyde stops the release of this acid and reduces inflammation at the joints, thereby reducing pain. Here are more health benefits of cinnamon that you should know about. 

It slows bone loss from joints: In case of rheumatoid arthritis, bone damage at the joints happens due to excess activity of cells called osteoclasts. This causes loss of movement, pain and deformity in arthritic patients. However, a study done in 2008 published in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry pointed out that cinnamon can help reduce this excess activity of osteoclasts and retard the process of bone loss. Here are nine ways to prevent bone density loss.

It prevents tissue damage at joints: When immune cells attack the joints they also eat into tissues that are largely responsible for keeping the joints safe and mobile. Due to its anti-inflammatory properties cinnamon suppresses the immune cells to attack the tissues at the joints and delaying the onset of arthritis.

How to use cinnamon

Simply add half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder to one tablespoon of honey every morning before breakfast. This combination works best to beat joint pain and is also suggested in Ayurvedic texts. Having this combination for a month helps to deal with the pain and delay deformity due to the condition. Here are other ways in which honey can do wonders to your health.
Make a health drink. Take a cup of water and boil it. Add one tablespoon honey and ½ teaspoon cinnamon powder. Let it stand for a few minutes, strain and drink this morning and night.
Adding a pinch of cinnamon in curries, rice preparation, yoghurt and salads can also work in the same manner.

Word of caution

Anything in excess isn’t a good idea, even if it is the humble cinnamon. If had in excess, cinnamon can interfere with blood thinning and blood clot medications or even give a migraine. Having it in moderation is ideal.

Reference:
1: Tsuji-Naito K. Aldehydic components of cinnamon bark extract suppresses RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis through NFATc1 downregulation. Bioorg Med Chem.2008 Oct 15;16(20):9176-83. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.09.036. Epub 2008 Sep 14.PubMed PMID: 18823786.
1: Rathi B, Bodhankar S, Mohan V, Thakurdesai P. Ameliorative Effects of aPolyphenolic Fraction of Cinnamomum zeylanicum L. Bark in Animal Models ofInflammation and Arthritis. Sci Pharm. 2013 Jun;81(2):567-89. doi:10.3797/scipharm.1301-16. Epub 2013 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 23833722; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3700084.

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