Adarsh Mehandru: Low blood Pressure

Adarsh Mehandru: Low blood Pressure: Low blood Pressure Ailments & Remedies Low blood pressure or  hypo tension  refers to the fall in blood pressure below normal. I...

Low blood Pressure

Low blood Pressure

Ailments & Remedies

Low blood pressure or hypo tension refers to the fall in blood pressure below normal. It is a condition in which the action of the heart, in forcing the blood through the arteries, is weak. This may be a direct outcome of a weakened and devitalized system. While the normal limits are defined by the World Health Organisation as 140 mm / gh systolic and 90 mm/gh diastolic, it has now been reduced to 120 mm/gh systolic and 80 mm/gh diastolic in the US. Anything above that is high blood pressure or hypertension. Anything below is the low blood pressure.

Symptoms:

The patient with chronic low blood pressure may complain of lethargy, weakness, fatigue, and dizziness. The patient may faint, especially if arterial pressure is lowered further when he assumes an erect position. These symptoms are presumably due to a decrease in per fusion of blood to brain, heart, skeletal muscle and other organs. Symptoms like depressions below eyes, drying of lips, hair fall, insomnia, inferiority complex will develop.

Root causes:

Low B.P (Blood Pressure) occurs due to lack of appetite, weakness of dhatus, and reduction of fat. The most important cause of low blood pressure is faulty nutrition .It makes the tissues forming the walls of the blood vessels over relaxed, and flabby or stretched. This results in less supply of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues. Malnutrition can result from a diet deficient in calories, proteins, vitamin C, or almost any one of the B vitamins.

Sometimes the blood pressure falls rapidly because of loss of blood. Low blood pressure may also develop gradually because of slow bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, or bladder. Emotional problems are a far more frequent cause of low blood pressure. To a laser degree, prolonged disappointments and frustration may result in a subnormal blood pressure.

Herbal Home recipe to control low BP

Remedy using basil leaves and honey:

1. Crush 15 thoroughly washed basil leaves

2. Place it on a sieve and extract its juice

3. Add 1 tsp of honey to this juice

4. Mix well

5. Drink 2 times a day

Recipe Remedy using raisins:

1. Soak 10-15 raisins overnight in water

2. Eat them on an empty stomach next morning

3. Follow this with 1 glass of water

4. Avoid eating or drinking anything for 1 hr after this

Recipe of Beetroot

Drink 1 cup raw beetroot juice twice a day

Salt is useful in curing low blood pressure

Drink 1 glass, lukewarm water mixed with ½ tsp salt once everyday

However do this only till pressure reaches to normal

Drink a cup of black tea. Caffeine helps to increase the blood pressure.

Recipe

Ginger juice: 1 sp
Lemon juice: 1 sp 
Mix both and take one hour before food in the morning and night.
Benefits: 
Low B.P. due to lack of appetite will be eliminated.

Recipe
Dry grapes: 20
Anjeer/Anjur (Figs): 2 Nos.
Dry kharjur (dry dates): 1 No.
Wash the above and soak in half glass water over night. Early in the morning chew the soaked dry fruits one by one and drink the soaked water. Do not eat breakfast/food till one hour.
Benefits:
Depression and dark circles below eyes, depression of cheeks will be eliminated and blood will increase.

Recipe
Tomatoes: 5 (small)
Carrot : 1 No
Beet root : 1 piece
Cut the above into pieces and spray candy sugar powder and little honey before eating. This has to be taken between 4 to 5 p.m.

Recipe
Soak 32 dry grapes in drinking water over night. Early in the morning eat the grapes one by one slowly and drink the water.

Recipe
Take ginger juice 1 spoon added to 1 spoon honey two times a day one hour before food.

Recipe
Add 1 spoon honey to 1 cup carrot juice and take it in the evening.

Recipe
Eat one pomegranate before sleep. Low B.P. problem subsides.

Indian Spinnaker

Nutrients

Salt

Epsom Salt Bath

            Ayurveda Supplements   (buy from market)

             Stress Guard                               

                Ashwagandha Churna                

Ashwagandharish ta  

Diet

The treatment for low blood pressure should aim at rejuvenation of the whole system .To begin with, the patient should adopt a well balanced diet with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, should add milk, meat, or fish and egg in the diet. Also add grains and vegetable with plenty of salad.

Yoga

Basic Breathing (Pranayama)

The Shoulder Stand (Sarvang Asana)

The Corpse Pose (Shava Asana) 

Sulabha Bhastrika 

These remedies are based on the principles of Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of healing, and are completely natural, non-invasive, and can be prepared at home. Consult your doctor if the symptoms persist.  Refer to the terms of use.

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Health Benefits of Beer

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  Ten Surprising Health Benefits of Beer.

Day in Health

Beer drinkers rejoice: Your favorite brew may be healthier than you think. For years, wine drinkers have indulged without guilt, reveling in the news that red wine can help protect against heart disease. Recent research shows that beer can also be good for what ails you, from reducing risk for broken bones to helping warding off diabetes and mental decline. It can even increase longevity, a large study suggests. However, the key to tapping into beer’s benefits is moderation, meaning just one 12-ounce beer per day for women and two for men. Heavy drinking ups the threat of liver damage, some cancers, and heart problems. Bingeing on brew skis can also make you fat, since a 12-ounce regular beer has about 150 calories, while light beer has about 100.

Here are 10 surprising—and healthy—reasons to cheer about your next beer.

 1. Stronger Bones

Beer contains high levels of silicon, which is linked to bone health. In a 2009 study at Tufts University and other centers  older men and women who swigged one or two drinks daily had higher bone density, with the greatest benefits found in those who favored beer or wine. However, downing more than two drinks was linked to increased risk for fractures.

For the best bone-building benefits, reach for pale ale, since a 2010 study of 100 types of beer from around the word identified these brews as richest in silicon, while light lagers and non-alcoholic beers contained the least.

 2. A Stronger Heart

A 2011 analysis of 16 earlier studies involving more than 200,000 people, conducted by researchers at Italy’s Foundation di Ricerca e Cura, found a 31 percent reduced risk of heart disease in those who quaffed about a pint of beer daily, while risk surged in those who guzzled higher amounts of alcohol, whether beer, wine, or spirits.

More than 100 studies also show that moderate drinking trims risk of heart attacks and dying from cardiovascular disease by 25 to 40 percent, Harvard reports. A beer or two a day can help raise levels of HDL, the “good” cholesterol that helps keep arteries from getting clogged.

 3. Healthier Kidneys

A study in Finland singled out beer among other alcoholic drinks, finding that each bottle of beer men drank daily lowered their risk of developing kidney stones by 40 percent. One theory is that beer’s high water content helped keep kidneys working, since dehydration increases kidney stone risk.

It’s also possible that the hops in beer help curb leeching of calcium from bones; that “lost” calcium also could end up in the kidneys as stones.

4. Boosting Brain Health

A beer a day may help keep Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia at bay, researchers say.

A 2005 study tracking the health of 11,000 older women showed that moderate drinkers (those who consumed about one drink a day) lowered their risk of mental decline by as much as 20 percent, compared to non-drinkers. In addition, older women who downed a drink a day scored as about 18 months “younger,” on average, on tests of mental skills than the non-drinkers.

5. Reduced Cancer Risk

A Portuguese study found that marinating steak in beer eliminates almost 70 percent of the carcinogens, called heterocyclic amines (HCAs) produced when the meat is pan-fried. Researchers theorize that beer’s sugars help block HCAs from forming.

Scientists also have found that beer and wine contain about the same levels of antioxidants, but the antioxidants are different because the flavonoids found in hops and grapes are different.

6. Boosting Vitamin Levels

A Dutch study, performed at the TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, found that beer-drinking participants had 30 percent higher levels of vitamin B6 levels in their blood than their non-drinking counterparts, and twice as much as wine drinkers. Beer also contains vitamin B12 and folic acid.

7. Guarding Against Stroke

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found that moderate amounts of alcohol, including beer, help prevent blood clots that block blood flow to the heart, neck and brain—the clots that cause ischemic stroke, the most common type.

8. Reduced Risk for Diabetes

Drink up: A 2011 Harvard study of about 38,000 middle-aged men found that when those who only drank occasionally raised their alcohol intake to one to two beers or other drinks daily, their risk of developing type 2 diabetes dropped by 25 percent. The researchers found no benefit to quaffing more than two drinks. The researchers found that alcohol increases insulin sensitivity, thus helping protect against diabetes.

9. Lower Blood Pressure

Wine is fine for your heart, but beer may be even better: A Harvard study of 70,000 women ages 25 to 40 found that moderate beer drinkers were less likely to develop high blood pressure—a major risk factor for heart attack—than women who sipped wine or spirits.

10. Longer Life

In a 2005 review of 50 studies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that moderate drinkers live longer. The USDA also estimates that moderate drinking prevents about 26,000 deaths a year, due to lower rates of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

These benefits appear to apply in other countries as well, with an earlier study reporting that, “if European beer drinkers stopped imbibing, there would be a decrease in life expectancy of two years and much unhappiness.”

By Lisa Collier Cool

Hidden Effects of SMOKING

Cigarette smoking:

Many people are aware of the dangers to the lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease but it can also cause slow, less noticeable damage to many other organs and body systems and your marital life too.

Smoking not only affects lungs but also gives rise to infertility problems. Smoking damages sperm, making them less likely to fertilize eggs and making the embryos they do manage to create less likely to survive.

Human sperm cells carry, balanced, two tiny highly charged proteins called protamine 1 and protamine 2. In smokers, sperm cells carry too little protamine 2. This imbalance makes them highly vulnerable to DNA damage. "When we inject these damaged sperm into an egg cell, the sperm is not capable of fertilizing the cell. And even if it does, the [miscarriage] rate is very high."  The quality of sperm from study subjects was assessed on the basis of density (number), motility, and morphologic abnormalities. Spermatozoa from smoker’s possessed significantly decreased density and motility compared with non-smokers (p 0.001). 75% of smokers versus 26% of non-smokers had a sperm density under 40 x 10 million/ml.

  Smoking cigarettes affects a man’s ability to maintain his erection. Erection occurs when there is a swift flow of blood to the penis. If something interferes with the blood flow, such as chemicals released during smoking, flow of blood may drop. There are also long-term effects such as endothelial dysfunction, which means a breakdown in the normal biochemical processes carried out by the cells lining the inner surface of the blood vessels. Long-term smoking has an effect on marital relations.

One of the main impacts of smoking is a decrease in lung function. The lungs consist of delicate membranes which are able to filter oxygen out of the air and send it into the bloodstream. Oxygen is essential for muscle function, especially during exercise, when muscles demand more oxygen, this means a decrease in stamina and performances, as muscles that get inadequate oxygen become fatigued more quickly.

Smoking also decreases your brain's performance, making you less effective in your work.

The effects of smoking on your face will make you seem older than you actually are, affecting your social life.

Smoking can affect your hearing. It has long been known that active smoking produces a negative effect on middle ear function.

Smoking increases your blood pressure too.

Women are more at risk from smoking

 Men and women are equally susceptible to the damage caused by chemicals in cigarettes. For women, cigarette smoking increases the risk of a number of specific health problems. Women who smoke can experience irregular periods and secondary amenorrhea (absence of menstruation);

Misconception on Smoking and Relaxation

 Many smokers claim that they smoke for relaxation. In fact, part of the relaxing effect of smoking a cigarette results from deep breathing. Try inhaling as if you had a cigarette in your mouth. Hold that breathe briefly and slowly exhale. Such deep breathing, pumps up to 20 percent more oxygen to the brain.
 

The Aftermath if you quit today:

Even if you have been smoking heavily for many years, it would still be in your best interest to quit. Quitting smoking can reverse the harmful processes begun by cigarette smoke and prevent the further deterioration of your body.

Note: All contents are scientifically true.

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Significance of HOLI

HOLI

In spite of being such a colorful festival, there are various aspects of Holi which makes it so significant for our lives. Though they might not be so apparent but a closer look and a little thought will reveal the significance of Holi in more ways than meets the eyes. Ranging from sociocultural, religious, biological and scientific, there is every reason why we must heartily enjoy the festival and cherish the reasons for its celebrations.

Mythological Significance
Holi gets us close to our religion and our mythology as it is essentially the celebration of various legends associated with the festival.
Foremost is the legend of Prahlad and Hiranyakshyap. The legend says there once lived a devil and powerful king, Hiranyakshyap who considered himself a god and wanted everybody to worship him. To his great ire, his son, Prahlad began to worship, Lord Vishnu. To get rid of his son, Hiranyakshyap asked his sister, Holika to enter a blazing fire with Prahlad in her lap, as she had a boon to enter fire unscathed. Legend has it that Prahlad was saved for his extreme devotion for the lord while Holika paid a price for her sinister desire. The tradition of burning Holika or the 'Holika dahan' comes mainly from this legend.

Holi also celebrates the legend of Radha and Krishna which describes the extreme delight; Krishna took in applying colour on Radha and other gopis. This prank of Krishna later became a trend and a part of the Holi festivities.

Mythology also states that Holi is the celebration of death of Ogress Pootana who tried to kill infant, Krishna by feeding poisonous milk to it.
Another legend of Holi which is extremely popular in Southern India is that of Lord Shiva and Kaamadeva. According to the legend, people in south celebrate the sacrifice of Lord of Passion Kaamadeva who risked his life to revoke Lord Shiva from meditation and save the world.

Also, popular is the legend of Ogress Dhundhi who used to trouble children in the kingdom of Raghu and was ultimately chased away by the pranks of the children on the day of Holi.

Cultural Significance
Celebration of the various legends associated with Holi reassures the people of the power of the truth as the moral of all these legends is the ultimate victory of good over evil. The legend of Hiranyakashyap and Prahlad also points to the fact that extreme devotion to god pays as god always takes his true devotee in his shelter.

All these legends help the people to follow a good conduct in their lives and believe in the virtue of being truthful. This is extremely important in the modern day society when so many people resort to evil practices for small gains and torture one who is honest. Holi helps the people to believe in the virtue of being truthful and honest and also to fight away the evil.

Besides, Holi is celebrated at a time of the year when the fields are in full bloom and people are expecting a good harvest. This gives a people a good reason to rejoice, make merry and submerge themselves in the spirit of Holi.

Social Significance
Holi helps to bring the society together and strengthen the secular fabric of our country. For, the festival is celebrated by non-Hindus also as everybody like to be a part of such a colourful and joyous festival. Also, the tradition of the Holi is that even the enemies turn friends on Holi and forget any feeling of hardship that may be present. Besides, on this day people do not differentiate between the rich and poor and everybody celebrate the festival together with a spirit of bonhomie and brotherhood.
In the evening people visit friends and relatives and exchange gifts, sweets and greetings. This helps in revitalizing relationships and strengthening emotional bonds between people.

Biological Significance
it is interesting to note that the festival of Holi is significant for our lives and body in many other ways than providing joy and fun. We also need to thank our forefathers who started the trend of celebrating Holi at such a scientifically accurate time, and also for incorporating so much fun in the festival.

Holi comes at a time of the year when people have a tendency to feel sleepy and lazy. This is natural for the body to experiences some tardiness due to the change from the cold to the heat in the atmosphere. To counteract this tardiness of the body, people sing loudly or even speak loudly. Their movements are brisk and their music is loud. All of this helps to rejuvenate the system of the human body.

Besides, the colors when sprayed on the body have a great impact on it. Biologists believe the liquid dye penetrates the body and enters into the pores. It has the effect of strengthening the ions in the body and adds health and beauty to it.

Scientific significance

There is yet another scientific reason for celebrating the Holi; this however pertains to the tradition of Holika Dahan. The mutation period of winter and spring, induces the growth of bacteria in the atmosphere as well as in the body. When Holika is burnt, temperature rises to about 145 degrees Fahrenhiet. Following the tradition when people perform Parikrima (circumambulation or going around) around the fire, the heat from the fire kills the bacteria in the body thus, cleansing it.

The way Holi is celebrated in south, the festival also promotes good health. For, the day after the burning of Holika people put ash (Vibhuti) on their forehead and they would mix Chandan (sandalpaste) with the young leaves and flowers of the Mango tree and consume it to promote good health.

The Emergence of Chemical Holi Colors:

In the early days when Holi celebrations weren't as much commercialized, Holi colors were primarily prepared from the flowers of trees such as the Indian Coral Tree (parijat) and the Flame of the Forest (Tesu)these and several other blossoms provided the raw material from which the brilliant shades of Holi colors were made. Most of these trees also had medicinal properties and Holi colors prepared from them were actually beneficial to the skin. However times have changed and today, natural colours find few takers. Most people opt for chemical Holi colours that are cheaper and much more easily available

Dangerous Effects Of Chemical Holi Colours

Toxic Holi colours can cause damage to skin, hair and may take weeks to wean off. There is also a possibility of allergic reactions with chemical Holi colours. So what then can you do this Holi season to prevent such problems?

Make Organic Colours At Your Home:

Holi festival lovers will be glad to know that it is very much possible to make simple organic colours in one’s own kitchen. Here are some very simple recipes to make organic colours:

Colour                                 Method of Preparation

Yellow                                       1) Mix turmeric (haldi)

                                                2) Boil flowers in water

Yellow liquid colour                   Soak peels of pomegranate (Anar) overnight.

Deep Pink                                 Slice a beetroot and soak in water

Orange Red Paste:                     Henna leaves (mehandi) can be dried,

                                                    Powdered and mixed with water.    

            

 If you don't want to go through this trouble, then buy organic HOLI colors. Holi is fast approaching and we urge everyone to have a cheerful, happening, colorful and “organic Holi”.

I WISH COLOURFULL HEALTHY BLISSFUL ENERGETIC and enthusiastic HOLI to all.