Mallow against Respiratory Diseases

Marsh-mallow has always been considered the best natural medicine against respiratory diseases, as it influences strong secretion of scum in colds, coughs, bronchitis. It soothes the irritation that occurs in inflammation, and it is especially effective in pulmonary catarrh. It is especially good as an additional remedy in treating bronchial asthma. Immerse three teaspoons of roots in a cup of cold water for at least eight hours, heat a bit and sieve. Teas of white mallow flowers or leaves are prepared in the same way. Tea is sweetened with honey and drunk in sips. It is an ideal disinfectant, for gurgling and rinsing the mouth mucosa. Tea made of marsh-mallow helps with the diseases of the urinary and digestive organs, particularly with painful urination and inability to hold urine. Mallow efficiently influences the inflammation of the uterus, excessive discharge and increased acid. Tea is drunk cold and unsweetened, in the sip.

Milfoil Prevents Menstrual Symptoms

During the period convulsion in the lower part of abdomen occurs, followed by pain, which can be extended to the back. Then it comes to the fall of hormone levels, uterus contracts and since it has not come to the fertilisation, mucous membrane is rejected and a new one is being formed. Convulsion of the uterus obstructs the flow of oxygen and that is what causes pain. Milfoil can prevent that. It contains a mixture of ingredients (camphor, cineol) that eliminate cramps. Drink three or four cups of tea made of milfoil daily between meals.

Ginseng for Mental and Bodily Energy

Ginseng increases the resistance and the vitality of the body. The Chinese have been using it for 5,000 years. Ginseng helps in the treatment of impotence, anemia, bronchitis, asthma, poor digestion, stress, insomnia, fatigue and poor circulation. Science has confirmed that it helps the body to absorb vitamins and minerals better, stimulating endocrine glands. You should take it before having a meal because it is the most effective then. Ginseng can be obtained in a natural form (as a root), in the form of capsules, tea and liquid concentrate. The older the root of ginseng, the more effective is, because it contains more effective substances.

St John’s Wort against Depression

Short days with little daylight affect the brain gland epiphysis. The less irritation reaches the gland over the nerves, the less melatonin it produces. Too many sleep hormones causes bad mood. The solution for this situation is St John’s Wort. Herbal substance hypericine soothe nerves, a combination of active substances regulates the secretion of melatonin and keeps the stress hormone (cortisol), which improves mood. Have one or two cups of tea in the morning and in the evening.

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Today more and more people deal with yoga. Some of them do it to limber up their body, some to relax their muscles, and others to achieve control over themselves.  Some 15 million people do yoga in the USA, 4 million in Germany, 3 million in England, a million in Italy.

There are different ways of practising yoga (faster or slower) that all generations do. Yoga is often practised in a group. In the Western world the most popular is so called “Hata yoga” with exercises suitable for stretching muscles and ligaments, improving circulation and massage of internal organs. At the same time breathing and relaxation techniques are applied.

Yoga relieves from stress, it is an excellent method for improving the general state of health, for balance and achieving inner peace. Yoga helps in the treatment of many health problems such as heart disorders, arthritis, high blood pressure, migraine headaches, Premenstrual syndrome and obesity.

Efficacy of yoga depends on frequent and regular exercise (even a short time but every day). It is normal that exercises begin with warming up. Warming up contributes to a better and longer training. Yoga exercises limber up all parts of the body and make them flexible; increase flexibility and are particularly good for slim body shape, because only one hour of exercise “consumes” 600 calories. Such exercises are beneficial for health, including those people who rarely limber up. Troubles such as pain in the shoulders can be solved even after several minutes of exercise a day. Regular exercise allows regular glands functions as well.

If you do all prescribed yoga exercises regularly, you’ll have better posture and walk properly, you will be more confident, and breathing exercises will have a beneficial effect on your overall health.

Yoga for Face

Among the numerous subvariants of yoga, yoga for face has recently been invented, and works as a lifting. Its technique is based on the standard postulates of yoga (proper breathing, which slows down the number of heart rate, reduces tension etc.).

Facial muscles may be tightened, too, as all other muscles. By constant repetition of some people grimaces (such as pouting the lips, as if you are kissing someone through the air etc.) strengthen facial muscles so that wrinkles are either prevented or removed in a natural way.

Exercises

Pellet

Alternately blow left and then right cheek and count each time until 30, then blow both and hold up to 60 seconds.

Ladybug

Imagine that you have a ladybug landed on your palm and you should blow it away. Blow with might and main for 60 seconds.

Cho Cho’s Dream

Stretch your face, from the corners of your eyes on one side, using the index and middle fingers of both hands. While you stretch your eyes, stretch your mouth, too, in a mild smile. Hold the pressure for 60 seconds.

Einstein

Press and stretch the skin of the forehead the strongest you can. Have your eyes goggled. Hold this position for 60 seconds.

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Body secretes various fluids. However, you need to know when this is normal, and when it is a change that requires a treatment. In the reproductive age all women, before or after the period, have normal, barely noticeable discharge from the sexual organ. After the period, the discharge is scant and clear, before and during the ovulation is clear and a bit intensified, and after the ovulation – a bit blurred. These changes in the appearance of the discharge are hardly noticed by a large number of women, but to those more careful and well-informed it can help in identifying the fertile days.

Vaginal discharge (fluor genitalis) is the discharge in the vagina, which exists regardless of a woman’s age. Normal discharge in the vagina of a healthy woman has various functions and the most important one is the protection of the upper parts of the genital tract from infection. Before the first period girls do not have discharge from sexual organ, and if it appears it is a consequence of poor hygiene, wearing of dirty clothes or scratching the intimate place. During the period the pH values rise and this favours the development of pathogenic bacteria. pH values rises even if it comes to the infection of the genital tract (endometritis, cervicitis, piometra) and also during some normal disorders. A long-term use of antibiotics, pregnancy, rinsing, and some foreign objects in the vagina are the conditions in which a woman is sensitive to infection. Irrational use of antibiotics and other drugs in the form of vaginaletes can destroy the vaginal flora, and thus represent the basis of natural defense against infection.

Under normal conditions vagina contains a benign Lactobacilli, which maintain its normal acidity, and in such an environment other microorganisms can not reproduce. In women throughout the adulthood estrogen hormones stimulate the proliferation of the surface layer of the vagina and thus it becomes resistant to many bacteria. When the vagina is endangered by some frequent irritations, such as frequent sexual relations (especially with multiple partners), medical interventions which hurt sexual organ, such as removing polyps, excision of suspicious tissue and the use of intravaginal cartridges or diaphragms used as a protection against pregnancy – it can be populated by different microorganisms.

Profuse and blurred discharge of unpleasant smell, followed by itching, or changes to the exterior of sexual organ indicates the inflammation that should be treated. What is first suspected is a trichomonal or fungal infection.

Trichomonal secretion is abundant, pussy and acidulous, foamy and has unpleasantly sweetish odour. Trichomonas vaginalis is a microorganism that causes inflammation of the uterus, bladder and urinary canal. It is transmitted by sexual contact, and both partners are treated.

Fungal infections are caused by candida (Candida albicans), and their development is favoured by the reducing of the acidity of the vagina. Those may occur in girls and older women, and diabetics, pregnant women and women who take large quantities of antibiotics for a long time often suffer from these disease. The infection is followed by the whitish discharge and the feeling of tingling and itching on the exterior of the sexual organ.

Bacterial infections cause the vaginal Lactobacilli to become replaced by some groups of bacteria. Causes of bacterial vaginosis are numerous: gardnerela vaginalis, Lactobacilli, bacterioides, peptosteptococci and others.

Gardnerela vaginalis is often the cause of bacterial vaginosis. It is followed by muddy discharge, and what can be seen under a microscope are cells of the vagina in the form hank around which gardnerelas are grouped. The sexual organ may be populated by the bacteria that do not cause any interference, and then bacterial vaginosis is not followed by discharge or other symptoms. One of such is Ureaplasma Urealiticum, which attacks the internal sexual organ and causes inflammation, which can be extended to the liver. A mild form of bacterial vaginosis often has no symptoms, and 20% of pregnant women who suffer from it do not have any interference, and give birth regularly. More serious forms of this infection cause more spontaneously. Human papilloma virus, HPV, causes the appearance of coilocites – these are the cells with a bright nucleus and a little blurred discharge. Small nipples (condiloms) may appear around the vent and the vagina as well, but less frequently.

In gynecology discharge is divided into 6 groups. The first group occurs in infants and represents the dominance of Doderline’s bacilli, gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, which are very small in amount. The second group may occur in girls before puberty, and involves a larger amount of Doderline’s bacilli. The third group appears in sexually active women, so according to the amount of bacteria and fungi that are found in secretions, it is divided into IIIb, IIIc and IIId. The fourth group is characterised by the presence of bacteria gonococci that causes gonorrhea. The fifth group is caracterised by the infection of flagellated parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. In the sixth group there is a fungus Candida albicans present.

Attention should be paid to the appearance of blood in the discharge from sexual organ. Even the least bleeding that occurs before or after the period is not normal. This may be a sign of the cycle disorder, or benign and malignant diseases. Blood in the discharge from sexual organ can occur due to some infections and injuries. Namely, it is the replacement of epithelium, and then single-layer cylindrical epithelium which covers the vaginal cervix is replaced by multiple-layer resistant epithelium which covers the outer part of the vaginal cervix, and therefore the vagina is more sensitive to irritations. After the appearance of such discharge, you should visit your gynecologist, who will do the check-up and determine the treatment.

In an intimate relationship avoid the use of alkaline soaps, because using them creates the conditions for the development of pathogenic bacteria. You must use the products for intimate care that, with their acidity (pH), create a dam to the infections of genital tract.

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Interest in personal capabilities, feelings and inner world in general is noticed. Emotions are intense, and there is also emotional instability and impulsivity notices. Sometimes even parents cannot understand all this. But everything will settle down after some time.

The outburst of tears, feeling of sadness and loneliness are normal phenomena following puberty. In the age of puberty there is a feeling of discontent and shame due to the changes in and on the body. The structure of the skin is modified. Pores can increase and secrete sebum. Out of the excess sebum, dust and dirt blackheads are created. They widen the pores in which bacteria that cause infection and pimples get into. Spots are not to be squeezed out. Both boys and girls should maintain regular facial hygiene and apply an appropriate dermatological treatment. Physical activity and stay in the fresh air are good for the skin.

It is normal that at first the period is irregular, but after some time usually everything settles down.

The period is something quite normal and natural.

Puberty is the time when you learn to accept yourself and your body.

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Massage affects the nervous system, reduces anxiety and harmful hormones in the body. It is excellent for stress reduction and prevention of diseases. It improves blood circulation, releases the secretions from sebaceous and sweating glands and reduces subcutaneous fat, increases tissue oxygenation and lymph swelling. If it is done properly, massage relaxes the body, improves flexibility of ankles and intensifies circulation. Digestion is stimulated and facilitated, which is an important additional medium, but also one way of treating certain conditions. Massage and manipulative techniques include long-term and intense touching, pressing, pulling and rubbing. It is not advisable to use a massage if you suffer from some skin diseases, phlebitis, blood clot, infection, redness and burns. Massage is usually done by hands, but feet can also be involved. Find some sensitive places or painful points on the body and start rubbing them. When you massage someone avoid pressing that person directly on spinal vertebras. It is best to press on both sides. Techniques of massage are numerous. The best known are Swedish massage, acupressure, the sower and others.

The Sower Massage

Of all the Asian massages this one is the most popular with us. It is the gentlest form of acupuncture, and is performed without needles. It is based on the theory of meridian energy channels under the skin, where according to their learning life energy chi flows. Specific energy points (meridians) on the body are stimulated by fingers. When this is done to someone it is said that person is physically and spiritually healthy. The body is stretched by the fingers, elbows and feet and in this way energy is released. Everyone enjoys this massage, which is both pleasant and efficient.

Abhianga Massage

This massage is done by two persons that use sesame oil. It derives from traditional Indian medicine, and includes the massage of the whole body. Each touch they make affects the brain, because it frees the body of stress. Everyone can enjoy this massage. Novices can feel a bit unusual (and even feel bothered by it) because they are simultaneously massaged by two persons. This massage affects the detoxification of the body and is good for dry skin care.

Tao Massage

This type of massage is a combination of Eastern and Western techniques. At the same time it stimulates muscle relaxation and affects the chakras and energy points. For this kind of massage warm aromatic oils are used. Massage frees energy from the body and is great against the stress and after surgeries. Before you decide to try this massage, you should better consult your physician.

Tai Massage

This massage is different from the Tao massage. It is a combination of gentle movements, rhythmical acupuncture and stretching. It is implemented without any oil, using hands and elbows and the strength of the entire body. This is a very good massage because it removes energy blockade, stimulates blood circulation and metabolism, and increases the elasticity of the body. It is popular with athletes because some parts of the body can be treated individually. It is very popular with people who are too occupied with business commitments, people who suffer from the so-called managerial disease which is the cause of some damages on the back and neck muscles due to long and frequent sitting at the computer or curvature of the spine.

Ayurvedic Massage

This is one of the oldest techniques of massage. It represents only one segment of Ayurveda, Indian medicine, which suggests a natural and healthy way of life. This includes diet, yoga, breathing techniques and meditation. According to this philosophy, everyone has three vital powers: watts, pata and kapha. Every man has one of these energies prevailing. The goal of the massage is to achieve energetic as well as psycho-physical balance of these energies. A therapist who uses this massage has to recognize the type of a person and their condition and determine, according to the results, the technique and method of the massage, or body parts that need a special treatment. When performing the massage, specially prepared oils are used, such as olive, castor, sesame and others.

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Swimming

Swimming is one of the best ways to maintain fitness. While swimming you lose the same amount of energy as while running. It increases the strength and firmness of the body. If you swim freestyle, you will lose 300 calories for half an hour, butterfly style 450, breaststroke 240, breaststroke 200 calories.

Tennis

This sport includes the work of all muscles, it shapes arms. It is ideal for fitness and losing weight. Movements on one side and the other, quick jumps are a good training for the muscles of the legs and buttocks. Abdominal muscles are also active. It influences well the cardiovascular system. You will lose about 600 calories for an hour of the game. You should know that if you play in doubles the number of calories spent is reduced to around 50.

Cycling

By riding a bicycle you strengthen muscles of the calf, thighs and feet and improve overall physical fitness. Abdominal muscles and the muscles of the upper part of the body are not active too much. If you turn the pedals fast you will lose about 250 calories (in half hour). If you drive slow pace, you will lose only 90 calories. For better results extend the time of driving in an hour / hour and a half. Footwear also matters. Trainers should have a rough sole. Do not forget to put the helmet, too.

Running

This activity is mostly useful for leg muscles. It influences well the heart and lungs. By light running you will lose about 300 calories for half an hour. A good substitute for running can be brisk walking.

Tips for Better Recreation

• Before the training you should eat food with the smallest percentage of glucose.
• After the training a relaxation with light exercises is a must.
• Massage of muscles.
• 5-6 meals a day.

Nutrition of Athletes

Nutrition of athletes should be such that the weight loss takes place at the expense of excess fats, and not at the expense of muscle and other tissues. But the body can not do without fats. We need 30% of fats compared to the daily amount of food.

Important factors of sportsmen’s nutrition include amino acids, Pantothenic acid and vitamin C. Amino acids help the increase of muscle mass and supply energy to the body (Leucine, Isoleucine, Valine). These also provide raw material for brain neurotransmitters that control responsiveness, motivation, muscle movements. Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) is synthesized by a number of germs and plants. It stimulates the creation of neurotransmitters in the brain. The main sources of it are: meat, fish, beans, nuts, cereals grains, egg yolk, liver. Vitamin C is important because it prevents the unsaturated fats to create the so-called free electricity radicals, reduces the amount of cholesterol in the blood and activates the immune system. Vitamin C is also important for the synthesis of neurotransmitters, as well as for the growth of the skeleton and connective tissue. The main sources of it are: lemon, kiwi, strawberries, oranges, black berries, cabbage, potatoes, parsley, hip, salad.

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