Showing posts with label Nature for You. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature for You. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Natural Tonic With Lemon and Oats

Natural Tonic With Lemon and Oats

 
To make your skin smooth and glowing relied on to do a tonic natural comfort of your home. A simple recipe to take care of your skin, especially now that the cold and frost are lurking!
  • Boil 30 grams of oatmeal in a quart of water for 10 minutes.
  • Let the tea cool, strain the liquid and then mixed the filtered juice of half a lemon.
  • Mix all waving and transfer the liquid into a dark glass jar.
  • Apply the tonic morning and evening and remember to keep in the refrigerator!

Parsley Benefits for Health

Parsley Benefits for Health
 
Parsley belongs to the family Umbelliferae and can be of two varieties: Curly leaf parsley grown in the U.S., Britain, Australia and New Zealand. Smooth leaf parsley grown in Italy, To this we must add two more specific forms, such as Neapolitan parsley typical of Southern Italy (the stems are used in salads as an alternative to celery) and the parsley in hamburg (grown for its root bulb). Parsley contains a lot of vitamins with antioxidant and two tablespoons of chopped parsley leaves contain 2 / 3 of the recommended daily amount of vitamin C.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Rose Hips Benefits

Rose Hips Benefits


Towards the end of summer, the fruits of wild rose ripen. Rose hips are actually in berries varieties. A plant with white flowers, very common in the meadows.

Rose Hips have so many use from the petals, remedies for compresses skin irritation, to their berries and leaves, especially in Ayurvedic medicine (the ancient Indian medicine) used for the skin and the respiratory system.

Treat Irritated Skin With Berries

Treat Irritated Skin With Berries


Here are some tips for irritated or inflamed skin from fruits of the forest, berries. All packs can be safely done by you, in your own home! Use one of the following teas or poultices for washing:

Rose Water

Rose Water


The Rose
Romantic and passionate flower, the rose comes from distant Persia. 300 varieties were known already in its medicinal properties as an antiseptic for external and internal use. Rose has properties that was used to purify the blood and its syrup had cardiotonic effects.

The Rose Water
Who does not remember the rose water used by our grandmothers and our mothers? To perfume and make your skin smooth and velvety rose water is an excellent remedy. It is a brew with excellent, refreshing, astringent, tonic, decongestant of the skin.

Raspberries and Blackberries for Dehydrated Skin Masks

Raspberries and Blackberries for Dehydrated Skin Masks



Mask with Blackberries and Honey
This homemade mask is ideal for dehydrated skin.


Ingredients to Make Mask with Blackberries and Honey
200 g of berries, 1-2 teaspoons of honey

Preparation to Make Mask with Blackberries and Honey
With a fork, mash in a bowl 200 grams of blackberries until a smooth paste.
After adding 1-2 teaspoons of honey, mix well.
Apply the mask on the face and neck, leaving it to rest for 20 minutes.
Remove it with warm water and dry blotting the skin, without rubbing.
Repeat twice a week

Shiny Hair With Chamomile

Shiny Hair With Chamomile

 
Chamomile is known because of his great qualities and is one of the plants commonly used in herbal medicine. Conciliatory to sleep and also a great help to combat colic and hormonal disorders as well as improve digestion.

The essential oils give this plant is widely used in cosmetics and creams, toners and masks for.
Do not forget the clarifying effect on his hair blond and brown. Here are some recipes to lighten hair with chamomile to do to your home. Your hair will become shiny and bright!

Friday, October 14, 2011

Benefits of Citrus

Benefits of Citrus



Citrus fruits are tasty and fragrant winter fruits and have a high benefits for our body. The choice is vast, ranging from the most common mandarins, oranges and lemons to the most exotic lime and grapefruit up to the fragrant cedar and bergamot from Calabria.

The high content of antioxidant vitamin C make it sound very useful to keep the skin supple and youthful addition to being useful to the health and immune defense.

Benefits of Garlic

Benefits of Garlic



History of Garlic
Garlic (Allium Satium) is a herbaceous plant and the part that is generally used is that of the bulb. Its area of ​​origin seems to be the central part of Asia and then spread around the world. Known since ancient times, seems that it was just garlic grass miraculous that Odysseus used to bring back his fellow men that were turned into swine by Circe.

Health Benefits of Garlic
Garlic is formed by 65% and 30% of water-soluble substances and the remaining percentage of fat-soluble substances. It's a great food with healthy properties. The amount you can eat but should be small because too many assumptions may cause irritation to the intestinal wall and cause damage to blood cells causing anemia.
Enough amount consumption of garlic for the prevention of influenza, colds, tuberculosis, bronchitis, boils, tumors and skin diseases.

It seems more than anything that garlic reduces the risk of heart disease and cancer, prevents arteriosclerosis and strengthens the immune system. The garlic gives a great overall well-being during aging.


Quality and Conservation of Garlic
The production of garlic is especially in Central Asia, and China holds 70% of world production, followed by India and South Korea In Europe, however, holds the primacy of Spain.

The marketing of garlic can be varied depending on the degree of maturation of the bulb and can be found for sale of fresh, green, dried seeds and dried.

Benefits of Basil

Benefits of Basil



Basil (Ocimum basilicum) is part of the family Lamiaceae (Labiatae or), and is considered an aromatic plant.
The origins are from tropical Asia and in particular of' India, where it was considered a sacred plant, and the value of which continues today to be accredited.

The basil is a herbaceous plant, the stem can reach a height of 30-80 cm and the flowering occurs in the months between May and September. Being a plant of tropical origin must of course be in hot and sunny.

Asparagus Benefits for Health

Asparagus Benefits for Health



We cannot 100% sure about the origin of asparagus.They had been said to be from Mesopotamia or Iran. From the ancient times asparagus and wild crops were grown in a short time throughout the Mediterranean area. Later, the Romans named it with the name of which means asparagus spear. The reason? First of all, because the flesh is only the second of the shoot and then it was thought that this vegetable possessed healing benfits to the human body, regenerating it and giving it new life.

Herbal Teas For Menopause

Herbal Teas For Menopause



Menopause is a very delicate moment in the life of every woman. Flushing of the face and trunk, abdominal tenderness and breast complaints. These are the most common annoyances that every woman must deal with menopause, the phase of cessation of ovulation and menstruation ends. Nature offers several solutions to make this time more gentle and to fight these annoying discomfort.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Onion Benefits for Health

Onion Benefits for Health



Onion is a bulbous plant in lily's family and a relative of common garlic. Onion scientific name is Allium cepa and looks like a bulb covered with a thin membrane paper with colors ranging from golden yellow to red and white.

Onion Benefits for Health

Onions in addition to being useful as a cancer preventive, it has several other properties. The sulfur substances such as selenium and chromium that present in the onion have the ability to reduce plasma triglycerides, and blood cholesterol level, to regulate platelet aggregation and therefore to make the blood more fluid, helping to prevent thrombosis and other cardiovascular diseases. Onion act on bladder and kidneys, having a diuretic effect in resulting blood clearance.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Benefits of Berries

Benefits of Berries 



The grouped berries, like blueberries, raspberries, currants, blackberries and wild strawberries arise spontaneously in our woods, and have many benefits to be consume everyday. The berries of blue, purple and red have a very important role to our body because they contain substances that important for the structure of capillaries, the eye sight, the function of urinary and help prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Homemade Footbath Recipe for Tired Legs

Homemade Footbath Recipe for Tired Legs


If at the end of the day your legs are fatigued, swollen and tired,an infusion of thyme, sage and lavender can be an excellent remedy. Here are a recipe to make a homemade footbath that can give your feet ultimate relaxation in your own cozy space.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Benefits of Sage

Benefits of Sage

  


The Sage Origins
Sage is an aromatic plant that originated in the Mediterranean. Sage's natural habitat is in arid and calcareous soils. Sage benefits have been known since ancient times and the name derives from the Latin word 'Salvia' which means good health.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Homemade Face Masks

Homemade Face Masks



To feel more beautiful and make your skin brighter, accurate and vital sometimes you do not need to buy expensive form or go to the beauty salon. There are many beauty secrets to be implemented quickly and without spending any money made from natural ingredients that can be found in the house.The mask is a treatment that is done periodically and that gives our skin brightness, tone, hydration and vitality. A homemade face mask is a very useful, as it forces you to relax, to leave the tension and to devote more time for yourself though. At the end of treatment, the results are excellent!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Benefits of Honey

Benefits of Honey


Purifying, aphrodisiac and refreshing, deworming, anti-toxic, controller, cooling and healing.The adjectives are not enough to define the honey, used a thousand years before Christ in ayurvedic medicine as a remedy for various ailments.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Grapes Benefits Nutrition Facts

Grapes Benefits Nutrition Facts



The grapes are a treasure trove of valuable substances for human and it is typically a fruit in autumn. It has an energy value (100 calories 61 grams) and they are rich in potassium for anti fatigue.
It stimulates the intestines, fighting allergies and is good for the heart as well as keeping the body young.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Benefit of Papaya

Benefit of Papaya 



The Papaya is a fruit with energizing, refreshing and has the bright color of the sun. The Cubans called them "de fruta bomba" because it contains too many nutrients such as vitamins, antioxidants, proteolytic enzymes, fiber and trace elements. Ancient people called called this plant the 'tree of gold' for it was believed gave eternal youth.