Toothache is pain in the region around the tooth. It is a result of tooth decay (due to the degradation of tooth enamel) causing extreme sensitivity to the tooth. As this is a common problem therefore it is needed to understand its cause. It is caused when oral nerves are irritated. Brushing properly after every meal can reduce the chances of toothache. One should visit a dentist atleast in six months, so that any infection could be spotted out immediately.
Causes of Toothache:
1. Dental (tooth) infection, decay, injury, or loss of a tooth are the most common causes of dental pain.
2. Tooth decay is cause by special type of bacteria which works in the presence of sugar or sucrose and release acids that decays the tooth.
3. It is also caused due to gum inflammation and tooth fractures.
4. Consumption of tobacco and other similar items, eventually lead to serious dental problems and are the main cause of toothache.
5. Improper brushing techniques are responsible for inadequate cleaning of mouth and thus create space for bacterial breeding.
6. Trauma (injury) and Malocclusion (teeth out of their normal position) is also responsible.
Symptoms of Toothache:
1. Excessive pain during chewing of food.
2. There may be severe pain to pressure, or to hot or cold stimuli.
3. Brown spots on the tooth could be bacterial houses which will slowly invade the entire region around it.
4. Bleeding and swelling of gums.
5. Inability to eat very cold items such as ice-cream, cold drinks as they may cause pain.
Precautions for toothache:
1. Maintain oral hygiene by proper brushing and flossing daily to remove the formation of plaque.
2. Use of water picks and mouthwashes after having meals.
3. Regular dental check-up from the doctor.
4. Chewing and stimulation of flavor receptors on the tongue increase saliva production and thus lower the ability of acid bacteria to attack the tooth.
5. Lower intake of sugary food or food rich in sucrose could help curbing the problem.
6. Use of dental sealants (plastic like structures which are used o prevent trapping of food inside pits and spaces between the teeth) is a means of prevention.
7. Increasing calcium intake of body and eating food rich in vitamins and minerals could also help.
8. Do not neglect toothache as it may be a sign of serious tooth decay.
9. Prevent tooth decay with fluoride. Fluoride is a natural element which is effective in preventing tooth decay in children.
10. Wear a protective dental guard or headgear while playing sports to help prevent injury.
Remember: In case of toothache prevention is better than cure.
Home Made Remedies for Toothache:
1. Chewing the soft leaves of guava tree with your teeth helps you get relief from toothache.
2. Take the leaves of guava tree and boil it in water. Add some alum to it and gargle regularly with it to get relief from toothache.
3. In warm water add a few drops of Ankol oil (Alangium salvifolium) and gargle regularly to get completely cured from toothache.
4. Take a small branch of the tree neem (Azadirachta indica). Chew it slightly to make it like a brush. Then brush with such branches regularly to make your teeth strong. After developing a toothache brushing your teeth with this also helps a lot in relieving the patient from toothache.
5. Take powdered black pepper 3gm and powdered ock salt 3 gm and grind it in a kharal (its a vessel). Add about 3 gm mustard oil to it and apply it on your teeth for about 5-7 minutes to get instant relief from toothache. Applying it on your gums will give relief form aching gums also.
6. Roast some cumin seeds 3 gm, powder them and some powdered rock salt. Finely grind them and apply them on your teeth to get cured from the toothache.
7. Grind 3 cloves, mix with 5 gm lemon juice and apply it on your teeth or the hollow part on your teeth to get relief from toothache.
8. Applying the juice of a ripe pineapple on an cotton and putting that cotton on the aching tooth to get relief.
Cough
Cough is a reflex action which clears the breathing passages like throat and respiratory tract from irritants, foreign material, and phlegm.
It is very common among the masses and it is not a sign of danger until it persists for more than three weeks (in this case you must consult a doctor). Coughing is good for the lungs as it clears air passage and thus increasing space for oxygen intake to the body, therefore it’s not wise to suppress it.
Cough usually goes away within few days and therefore they do not need much attention.
Types of cough:
1. Non-Productive Cough (Dry Cough): The name of this type is self-explanatory, i.e., it is dry and irritating. In this case the phlegm is much more thickened and as a result it is not easily expelled out. It affects the patient by exhausting and tiring him completely. Due to excessive coughing, there is acute pain in the chest region and throat. The sufferer may like to scratch his throat due to itchiness in the region as a result of dryness. It can have allergic origin or could be due to the reaction of an item that may cause coughing.
2. Productive Cough (Chesty cough or Wet Cough): This type of cough contains phlegm which is yellowish green in color. It is a result of viral or bacterial attack on the body and needs medical cure. In this cough, body expels harmful microbes and other toxins from the body in the form of phlegm, and therefore this phlegm should be expelled from the body, otherwise it could induce fever to the body.
3. Congested Cough: It generally occurs when the body is attacked by some flu or during common cold. The sufferer is first attacked by non-productive cough which is followed by a productive cough. Running nose and sore throat is usually very common during this time.
Causes of Cough:
1. Sore throat with swollen lymph nodes which occurs due to some allergy or viral or bacterial infection. The trickling of mucus from nose to throat causes irritation and make you tired mentally.
2. Asthma can cause constriction in the air passages and thus introduces cough to the body.
3. Air pollution, dust, smoking, temperature and environment changes could also be responsible for dry coughs.
4. Inflammation of larynx or pharynx.
5. Bronchitis is also responsible for cough. The bronchial pipes are clogged with foreign material and thus prove to be an obstacle in air passway.
6. If the cough is persistent for more than four weeks, then it needs immediate medical care as it may be tuberculosis also.
Symptoms of Cough:
1. Sore throat followed by feeling of itchiness all around the region.
2. The affected cells may cause pain in the area and dryness may spread all around it.
3. Person may also develop fever followed by running nose.
4. Vomiting, headache, pain in the chest region is also seen during this disorder.
Precautions during Cough:
1. Suppressing coughs may reduce the ability of the body to fight for infection.
2. Always put your hanky before your mouth while coughing or sneezing so that the infection may not spread to others.
3. Milk and milk products are harmful during this condition as they may increase the phlegm and therefore there consumption should be lowered.
4. Vegetables and fruits (like oranges, melon, tomatoes, raspberry and spinach) should be consumed in greater amount. Remember to wash them thoroughly before intake.
5. Drinking lots of water and exercising can also help to remove phlegm from the body soon.
6. Cough medicines should be taken in minimum amount as they may cause sleepiness, drowsiness and dizziness. Infact below listed remedies could prove to be a miracle during treatment of deadly cough.
Home Made Remedies for Cough:
1. If you are suffering from wet cough then take about 10-12 leaves of the plant tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), two black peppers, 1 tsp rock salt. Add to 2 cups water and boil it. When half a cup of water is left remove it and add one spoon of sugar and mix it. When the water becomes mildly warm filter it and drink it while sleeping. Take this for about 3-4 days and you will see immense relief.
2. Take one big spoon of pure ghee (clarified butter) and 15-20 black peppers. Add them to a bowl and heat them on a flame. When the ghee and peppers start to crackle then remove it from the flame. After it cools a little add 2tbs of grinded crystalline sugar (mishri) and mix it. When it is lukewarm and eat it while chewing properly. Do not eat or drink anything till about 1 hour after the above intake. Repeat this treatment twice a day for 2-3 days and even your oldest coughs will get cured.
3. This a solution or whooping cough (pertussis). This generally happens to children in which the child coughs very frequently and his face reddens. Relief is felt only after the child vomits. To cure this take a few leaves of tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) and grind it with pure honey. Take about half spoon of this and give it two the child every morning and evening on an empty stomach. Give him to drink 1-2 spoon cold milk to drink on top of this. There will be an immnse relief in his cough.
Precaution: Avoid the child to get in contact with coldness or cold winds.
4. This is a remedy for an infant who has cough. Not only the milk fed child gets disturbed but this is also a problem for the mother. We have a simple cure for this. Take some turmeric powder. Dip your hands in mustard oil and apply this with the turmeric powder on the babies neck, chest and back. Massage with very soft hands. Then take a clean cotton and roll and heat it very gently and put it on the back of the child and tie it there gently with a cloth. Take a warm cloth and heat it gently and cover the child with it and put him to sleep. The babies cough will be cured within 2-3 days.
Note: Infants are very delicate so massage the child as delicately as possible. Also the things that are to be warmed should be as slight as possible and touchable easily by bare hands as a baby is sensitive and it may burn his skin. Also tie the cotton gently as it may hurt the child. Please take care of this.
5. Get some Liquorice (mulethi) from the market and grind it as finely as possible. Take twice a day daily with lukewarm water and you will see immense relief from your cough.
6. As we all know ginger is a herb that cures many diseases that we ail from. Here also ginger comes to save the day. This is the easiest of all the remedies if you have a simple cough. Obtain the juice of ginger by crushing it and then filtering. Add this with pure honey and warm it slightly. Take 1-2 tbs twice daily and see great results.
It is very common among the masses and it is not a sign of danger until it persists for more than three weeks (in this case you must consult a doctor). Coughing is good for the lungs as it clears air passage and thus increasing space for oxygen intake to the body, therefore it’s not wise to suppress it.
Cough usually goes away within few days and therefore they do not need much attention.
Types of cough:
1. Non-Productive Cough (Dry Cough): The name of this type is self-explanatory, i.e., it is dry and irritating. In this case the phlegm is much more thickened and as a result it is not easily expelled out. It affects the patient by exhausting and tiring him completely. Due to excessive coughing, there is acute pain in the chest region and throat. The sufferer may like to scratch his throat due to itchiness in the region as a result of dryness. It can have allergic origin or could be due to the reaction of an item that may cause coughing.
2. Productive Cough (Chesty cough or Wet Cough): This type of cough contains phlegm which is yellowish green in color. It is a result of viral or bacterial attack on the body and needs medical cure. In this cough, body expels harmful microbes and other toxins from the body in the form of phlegm, and therefore this phlegm should be expelled from the body, otherwise it could induce fever to the body.
3. Congested Cough: It generally occurs when the body is attacked by some flu or during common cold. The sufferer is first attacked by non-productive cough which is followed by a productive cough. Running nose and sore throat is usually very common during this time.
Causes of Cough:
1. Sore throat with swollen lymph nodes which occurs due to some allergy or viral or bacterial infection. The trickling of mucus from nose to throat causes irritation and make you tired mentally.
2. Asthma can cause constriction in the air passages and thus introduces cough to the body.
3. Air pollution, dust, smoking, temperature and environment changes could also be responsible for dry coughs.
4. Inflammation of larynx or pharynx.
5. Bronchitis is also responsible for cough. The bronchial pipes are clogged with foreign material and thus prove to be an obstacle in air passway.
6. If the cough is persistent for more than four weeks, then it needs immediate medical care as it may be tuberculosis also.
Symptoms of Cough:
1. Sore throat followed by feeling of itchiness all around the region.
2. The affected cells may cause pain in the area and dryness may spread all around it.
3. Person may also develop fever followed by running nose.
4. Vomiting, headache, pain in the chest region is also seen during this disorder.
Precautions during Cough:
1. Suppressing coughs may reduce the ability of the body to fight for infection.
2. Always put your hanky before your mouth while coughing or sneezing so that the infection may not spread to others.
3. Milk and milk products are harmful during this condition as they may increase the phlegm and therefore there consumption should be lowered.
4. Vegetables and fruits (like oranges, melon, tomatoes, raspberry and spinach) should be consumed in greater amount. Remember to wash them thoroughly before intake.
5. Drinking lots of water and exercising can also help to remove phlegm from the body soon.
6. Cough medicines should be taken in minimum amount as they may cause sleepiness, drowsiness and dizziness. Infact below listed remedies could prove to be a miracle during treatment of deadly cough.
Home Made Remedies for Cough:
1. If you are suffering from wet cough then take about 10-12 leaves of the plant tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), two black peppers, 1 tsp rock salt. Add to 2 cups water and boil it. When half a cup of water is left remove it and add one spoon of sugar and mix it. When the water becomes mildly warm filter it and drink it while sleeping. Take this for about 3-4 days and you will see immense relief.
2. Take one big spoon of pure ghee (clarified butter) and 15-20 black peppers. Add them to a bowl and heat them on a flame. When the ghee and peppers start to crackle then remove it from the flame. After it cools a little add 2tbs of grinded crystalline sugar (mishri) and mix it. When it is lukewarm and eat it while chewing properly. Do not eat or drink anything till about 1 hour after the above intake. Repeat this treatment twice a day for 2-3 days and even your oldest coughs will get cured.
3. This a solution or whooping cough (pertussis). This generally happens to children in which the child coughs very frequently and his face reddens. Relief is felt only after the child vomits. To cure this take a few leaves of tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) and grind it with pure honey. Take about half spoon of this and give it two the child every morning and evening on an empty stomach. Give him to drink 1-2 spoon cold milk to drink on top of this. There will be an immnse relief in his cough.
Precaution: Avoid the child to get in contact with coldness or cold winds.
4. This is a remedy for an infant who has cough. Not only the milk fed child gets disturbed but this is also a problem for the mother. We have a simple cure for this. Take some turmeric powder. Dip your hands in mustard oil and apply this with the turmeric powder on the babies neck, chest and back. Massage with very soft hands. Then take a clean cotton and roll and heat it very gently and put it on the back of the child and tie it there gently with a cloth. Take a warm cloth and heat it gently and cover the child with it and put him to sleep. The babies cough will be cured within 2-3 days.
Note: Infants are very delicate so massage the child as delicately as possible. Also the things that are to be warmed should be as slight as possible and touchable easily by bare hands as a baby is sensitive and it may burn his skin. Also tie the cotton gently as it may hurt the child. Please take care of this.
5. Get some Liquorice (mulethi) from the market and grind it as finely as possible. Take twice a day daily with lukewarm water and you will see immense relief from your cough.
6. As we all know ginger is a herb that cures many diseases that we ail from. Here also ginger comes to save the day. This is the easiest of all the remedies if you have a simple cough. Obtain the juice of ginger by crushing it and then filtering. Add this with pure honey and warm it slightly. Take 1-2 tbs twice daily and see great results.
Gray Hair
When the hair starts loosing its coloring pigment, the condition is called graying of hair. It is the first visible sign of aging, which is a natural process, but it is not always the case and hence young people are also facing this problem.
Different ethnic groups have different hair colors which are due to genetic factors or influence of environment. There is diversity in hair colors all around the world.
Causes For Grey Hair:
1. A chemical called melanin is secreted by the pigment cells present in the hair follicles which is responsible for the pigmentation of the hair color. In case there is lower melanin (in old people it is due to dying of pigment cells), the hair are silvery white in color.
2. Albinism is a genetic abnormality in which little pigment is found in human hair as a result of which the hair is white or pale blond.
3. Stress, malnutrition or constant worrying are some of the causes for premature graying. This has been proved medically also.
4. People suffering from Werner syndrome or pernicious anemia also have grey hairs.
5. Using hair gels, washing hair in hot water, washing hair in dead water (salty water), using hair dryers and using chemical based hair products are also responsible for grey hair.
6. Dandruff or unclean scalp can also eventually lead to graying of the hair color.
7. Chronic constipation, sinus, headache, restlessness are also fairly responsible for this disorder.
Symptoms of Grey Hair:
1. Excessive roughness and dryness in the hair.
2. Excessive falling of hair after bathing or washing or during combing the hair.
3. Continuous increase in the number of grey hair.
4. Pain in the hair roots when you agitate them while bathing.
Precautions For Grey Hair:
1. Do not use any chemical based products to color your hair or for any other purpose. They look good but they severely harm your hair.
2. Apply henna (mehndi) paste in your hair as it serves as a natural dye and provides softness to the hair.
3. Do not use hair gels as they provide the most severe damage to your natural hair.
4. Hairs are fragile when they are wet. So do not agitate them much at that time otherwise it may cause hair fall.
5. Have a proper diet full of green and leafy vegetables and fruits to prevent premature graying of hair.
6. Have a proper treatment for hair dandruff.
7. Have a hair message atleast thrice a weak with coconut oil or any other oil which you prefer. It is really going to help because it enhances blood circulation and thus lower the chances of dying of pigment cells (refer above) and thus saves you from graying of the hair.
Home Remedies for Grey Hair:
1. Grind the roots of Oleander with milk and apply it in the roots of your hair slowly to blacken them.
2. Take Indian Gooseberry (Amla) and the inner part of the seeds of mango in the same proportions and grind it with water. Then apply this on your hair to blacken them naturally.
3. Take powdered Triphala 3 gm and take it daily with water to naturally blacken gray hair.
4. Apply coconut oil in your hair or eat the pulp of coconut or drink its water to make your hair long and strong.
5. If their is excessive falling of your hair take the leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica) and boil it with water. Then filter this water and wash your hair with it to get long, black and strong hair.
6. Take the leaves of tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum)and powdered Indian Gooseberry(amla) and mix it with water at night. Early in the morning apply this for 15-20 minutes on your hair and leave it to dry. After that wash your hair clean with water.Your hair will blacken after regular usage.
7. Click nails to reduce grey hair.
Note: These remedies are to blacken your hair permanently and not temporarily as in the case of synthetic dyes.
Different ethnic groups have different hair colors which are due to genetic factors or influence of environment. There is diversity in hair colors all around the world.
Causes For Grey Hair:
1. A chemical called melanin is secreted by the pigment cells present in the hair follicles which is responsible for the pigmentation of the hair color. In case there is lower melanin (in old people it is due to dying of pigment cells), the hair are silvery white in color.
2. Albinism is a genetic abnormality in which little pigment is found in human hair as a result of which the hair is white or pale blond.
3. Stress, malnutrition or constant worrying are some of the causes for premature graying. This has been proved medically also.
4. People suffering from Werner syndrome or pernicious anemia also have grey hairs.
5. Using hair gels, washing hair in hot water, washing hair in dead water (salty water), using hair dryers and using chemical based hair products are also responsible for grey hair.
6. Dandruff or unclean scalp can also eventually lead to graying of the hair color.
7. Chronic constipation, sinus, headache, restlessness are also fairly responsible for this disorder.
Symptoms of Grey Hair:
1. Excessive roughness and dryness in the hair.
2. Excessive falling of hair after bathing or washing or during combing the hair.
3. Continuous increase in the number of grey hair.
4. Pain in the hair roots when you agitate them while bathing.
Precautions For Grey Hair:
1. Do not use any chemical based products to color your hair or for any other purpose. They look good but they severely harm your hair.
2. Apply henna (mehndi) paste in your hair as it serves as a natural dye and provides softness to the hair.
3. Do not use hair gels as they provide the most severe damage to your natural hair.
4. Hairs are fragile when they are wet. So do not agitate them much at that time otherwise it may cause hair fall.
5. Have a proper diet full of green and leafy vegetables and fruits to prevent premature graying of hair.
6. Have a proper treatment for hair dandruff.
7. Have a hair message atleast thrice a weak with coconut oil or any other oil which you prefer. It is really going to help because it enhances blood circulation and thus lower the chances of dying of pigment cells (refer above) and thus saves you from graying of the hair.
Home Remedies for Grey Hair:
1. Grind the roots of Oleander with milk and apply it in the roots of your hair slowly to blacken them.
2. Take Indian Gooseberry (Amla) and the inner part of the seeds of mango in the same proportions and grind it with water. Then apply this on your hair to blacken them naturally.
3. Take powdered Triphala 3 gm and take it daily with water to naturally blacken gray hair.
4. Apply coconut oil in your hair or eat the pulp of coconut or drink its water to make your hair long and strong.
5. If their is excessive falling of your hair take the leaves of neem (Azadirachta indica) and boil it with water. Then filter this water and wash your hair with it to get long, black and strong hair.
6. Take the leaves of tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum)and powdered Indian Gooseberry(amla) and mix it with water at night. Early in the morning apply this for 15-20 minutes on your hair and leave it to dry. After that wash your hair clean with water.Your hair will blacken after regular usage.
7. Click nails to reduce grey hair.
Note: These remedies are to blacken your hair permanently and not temporarily as in the case of synthetic dyes.