Natural Solutions to Cough

27th September 2011
When a cough comes upon you, your number one goal is to figure out how to stop coughing.  Your body naturally relieves itself of any illness you may have or any impurities you might have breathed in by coughing.  It can be extremely irritating and even painful if severe, not only for your throat but even for your back.  Coughing primarily comes from allergies, asthma, viral infections, smoking cigarettes and being exposed to chemicals and dust.  It is your body’s way of flushing out mucus. However, if you’re sick, you are also spreading germs to those around you.  Before you rush to the drugstore at the sign of a cough, you should know that over the counter medications are not always needed and they can leave you with unwanted side effects.

Papaya As Medicine

13th January 2011
The Most Common Recipe for Papaya Leaf Juice

Use seven medium size papaya leaves-not very old ones and not too young either.

The leaves should be wash thoroughly and partly dried. Cut them up like cabbage and put them in a source pan together with 2 liters of water.

Bring the water and leaves to the boil and simmer (without lid) until the water is reduced to half. Strain the liquid and bottle the glass containers.

a. The concentrate will keep in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days. If it becomes cloudy then it should be discarded.

b. For Kombucha brewing the concentrate is mixed together with green tea or other medicinal tea to one's need.

Kombucha fermentation conserves the properties of the papaya leaves in a natural way.

The recommended dosage in the original recipe is 50ml 3 times a day. The concentrate can also be added to other juices.

If papaya concentrate is fermented together with other teas the dosage is calculated on the proportion. For example, if 1 liter of papaya concentrate and one liter of green tea is fermented together the calculated dosage is 100ml 3 times a day.

Some people use the semi-mature(mature green) papaya fruit (with skin and seed), which is said to have the same healing effect as papaya leaves. The papaya  can be processed in a kitchen blender and can be mixed with other fruits.

Taking Care Of Your Liver

18th August 2010

Your liver is located just under your rib cage on the right side of your abdomen, it’s about the size of a football, weighs 3 to 4 pounds and performs hundreds of vital functions. Without it, you couldn’t digest food and absorb nutrients, get rid of toxic substances from your body or stay alive.

Serious complications can arise if you develop liver problems. Some liver problems can’t be prevented, such as those that are inherited, but you can take an active role in preventing other liver problems. Learn to identify symptoms of liver problems and how to avoid them.

Our liver is very resilient in the face of liver problems. It can remain functional after losing most of its cell to disease. It can regenerate in a few weeks – even after much of it has been removed during surgery.

But our liver isn’t indestructible. Liver problems are possible. Excessive alcohol consumption over many years is a leading cause of liver disease. Too much alcohol can make a normal liver swell with fat, causing a condition called fatty liver. If the fat becomes inflamed, it can lead into either alcoholic hepatitis, a liver problem that causes serious but often reversible liver damage, or cirrhosis, which causes irreversible liver damage. Because of extensive scarring, a cirrhotic liver shrinks to a fraction of its normal size

Prostate Problems

15th August 2010
Are you one of the millions who have issues with prostate? If you are, do read on as I've have solution for you. But first, you need to know what is Prostate and how it effect you before you go running out to buy things to cure it.

So, what is prostate?

Prostate is an organ forming part of the male reproductive system. It is located immediately below the bladder and just in front of the bowel. Its main function is to produce fluid which protects and enriches sperm. In younger men the prostate is about the size of a walnut. It is doughnut shaped as it surrounds the beginning of the urethra, the tube that conveys urine from the bladder to the penis. The nerves that control erections surround the prostate.

Tips to Healthier Heart

7th Aug 2009
These days, one need to take care more on their health then when our mother's time 30 years back. Since modern living has been catching with us, health become more neglected by having less time to eat properly, sleep properly or even lack of stress management. If this is to be left uncheck, we might not be able to live longer then 60 years old by all means. So, for us who has no time to take care of our own body, then follow these simple few tips and make sure you are consistent with it.

#1: Eat more of grains, vegetables, beens, greens, fruits, fish, seeds and yogurt

#2: Eat less of milk, cheese and nuts

#3: Add GARLIC to your recipe

#4: Beta-carotene rich food like carrots, cabbage, sweet potatoes and dark leafy greens should be taken into account on our daily diet

#5: Reduce Sodium intake to no more than 1 1/4 teaspoon of salt per day

#6: Eat regular meals/ Don't skip meals

Brain Damaging Habit

29th March 2009
#1: No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

#2: Overeating
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

#3: Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

#4: High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

#5: Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

Winged Beans and its Benefits

23rd March 2009
Also knows as winged beans or more prosaically as four angled beans. Its scientific name is Psophocarpus tetragonolobus and also known as kacang botol(some say kacang kelisa) in Malay as well as say lim tau in Cantonese. Its a legume widely planted in many South East Asian countries.

It is acclaimed as a "supermarket on a stalk" thanks to its high nutrient content, combining the benefits of green beans, garden pea, spinach, mushrooms, soy beans, bean sprouts and potatoes. Virtually the entire plant is edible - from flowers and leaves to tuberous roots and seeds.

Winged beans have been grown for generations in Papua New Gunea and South East Asia where they were once considered a "poor man's crop". The plant used to grow primarily in the backyards and was generally ignored; nowadays however, kacang botol is commercially cultivated in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.