Remedies

What is a muscle cramp? It can happen after intense exercise or in the dead of night when you’re doing nothing at all but sleeping. A muscle — say your calf — seizes up without warning, leaving you wincing in pain. You’re having a muscle cramp. It’s an uncontrolled contraction of a muscle or part of a muscle, which makes it tighten and causes pain, explains Madhuri Kale, a physical therapist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Sometimes also called Charley horses, muscle cramps usually occur in the larger skeletal muscles, such as those in the legs, and are categorized as either non-exercise or exercise-related. The good news is it’s typically temporary and can be soothed with self-care at home. What causes muscle cramps? Various factors can contribute to muscle cramps, ...

Greasy hair is a hair condition that is common in humans, one of four main types of hair conditioning— normal, greasy, dry and greasy dry. Oily hair can kill the entire effort a person invests in looking good on a special day. It is hard to style oily hair. Excess oil can also lead to skin problems. There are many ways to get rid of oily/greasy hair. These include changing how the hair is washed, the products used, and a number of natural remedies. Following the under listed home remedies could help you control excess oil. Aloe Vera Aloe Vera is known to be a magic wonder for many health and skin conditions so it comes as no surprise that it can work wonders when it comes to oily or greasy hair. Combining your mild shampoo, a spoonful of lemon juice and aloe vera can help you comb...

Tonsil stones are calcified stone formations found on the tonsils (pair of lymph nodes) at the rear end of the throat, right on top of the mouth. The formations are not noticeable until you suffer from consistent bad breath and poor dental hygiene. Eventually, food particles and bacteria accumulate in the region, specifically when the tonsils stop producing antibodies to prevent bacteria from entering the inner recesses of the oral cavity. Symptoms include pain during swallowing, sore throats, and inflamed tonsils. As the first-line treatment, home remedies are known to be effective. Some of them are as listed below. Toothbrush Turn the toothbrush around and use the backside to gently move the stone out of the backend of the mouth. Be careful not to hurt yourself and cause blee...

Kidney infections result from excess bacteria that have built up in the kidney. Doctors also call them pyelonephritis. Kidney infections can require hospitalization to treat severe symptoms, and so home remedies alone usually are not enough to treat them. Kidney infections are often the most serious of urinary tract infections (UTIs) because they have the most potential to damage the kidneys and spread to other body areas. Other UTIs may affect the bladder, ureters, or urethra, but are less likely to cause as significant damage. If a person suspects they have a kidney infection, they should see their doctor straight away. Are home remedies safe for kidney infections? Kidney infections can cause severe symptoms and lead to kidney damage, and so a person will need antibiotics to ...

Have you ever noticed red patches on your skin with a silvery coating of some kind? If it’s pretty consistent, there is a chance that you may have plaque psoriasis. This is often found on your elbows, lower back, scalp, and knees. Psoriasis is a chronic disease in which your skin cells’ process of maturity speeds up to the point that it reaches the surface. Since the old skin cells remain unchanged, the new skin cells tend to thicken and be covered with flaking skin. According to Health.com, the precise cause of this skin condition isn’t quite clear yet. Mona Gohara, MD, associate clinical professor of dermatology at Yale School of Medicine, explains that “something is happening at the level of the T-cell, one of the immune cells in our body, that signals the skin to overproduce.” ...

The sad reality is that bacne is experienced by many. Because if you think about it, the skin on your back gets clogged, too. Not only is bacne difficult to prevent, but it can also present some challenges to many people trying to get rid of it. The good news is that treating bacne is not necessarily impossible. Medical experts and practitioners have shared facts on how there are natural remedies that can further help you with the elimination of bacne. A dermatologist from New York City by the name of Elizabeth Hale shared a piece of helpful advice to those who are suffering from bacne. She said that sweaty clothing is one of the common causes of bacne. Furthermore, the hair follicles in the back can easily trap the bacteria and sweat, thus paving the way to breakouts. As for any ...

Hyperkalemia is a silent but life-threatening condition. It commonly occurs with little to no symptoms but could lead to paralysis, heart failure or cardiac arrest when left untreated. People experience hyperkalemia due to high levels of potassium in the blood. It can be triggered by health conditions, medications, and herbal supplements, according to Dr. Axe. The significant increase of potassium in the body has been associated with kidney disease, dehydration, trauma, severe injury and the use of potassium supplements. Luckily, there are drugs already available to prevent the serious effects of the condition. Treatments depend on the levels of potassium in the body. Changes to your diet and lifestyle can also help manage hyperkalemia. Natural Remedies for Hyperkalemia 1. A...

Holding the most appropriate acronym, seasonal affective disorder — SAD for short — is a form of depression that starts to creep up around the beginning of the rainy or cold season and tends to stick until the weather becomes warm again. People who suffer from this medical condition generally experience a decline in their mood, a lack of interest in daily activities and difficulty getting out of bed. Other symptoms include fatigue, irritability, anxiety, carb cravings, and weight gain. It is important to understand a bit more about the mood disorder and what triggers it before knowing the best natural remedies for this discombobulation. Why do people get SAD? It is believed that SAD occurs as a response to fewer daylight hours and a lack of sunlight, affecting people most durin...

Many may not know that cough­ing can help clear ir­ri­tants and in­fec­tions from the body, but when it per­sists, a dry cough can de­vel­op and be­come quite an­noy­ing. Some of you are prob­a­bly try­ing phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal drugs for your cough, while some may be in­ter­est­ed in a more nat­ur­al rem­e­dy. If you’re plan­ning on us­ing nat­ur­al reme­dies, it is im­por­tant to re­mem­ber that herbs and sup­ple­ments can af­fect med­ica­tions and cause un­want­ed side ef­fects. If a cough per­sists for a few weeks then you should seek med­ical ad­vice. Here are a few nat­ur­al reme­dies that you can try to kick that stub­born cough. Hon­ey and lemon This com­bi­na­tion has been a time-ho­n­oured way to soothe a sore throat. If Granny ever heard you were ill, she’d pull out the tea...